The Great Ace Attorney 2 on 3DS Gets a Flashy New Japanese Trailer

Quirky Sherlock returns

by Thomas Whitehead Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Capcom has brought some fantastic Ace Attorney titles to the West as eShop releases, but so far the spin-off The Great Ace Attorney hasn't followed - there have only been vague and unlikely teases on that front. While we wait, though, The Great Ace Attorney 2 - subtitled 'Ryunosuke Naruhodo's Resolution' - is most definitely on the way in Capcom's homeland.

Announced last year, there's now been an updated trailer that confirms the obvious - that it'll be heading to the 3DS. It doesn't give a final release date or window, with the trailer really being produced to tie-in and celebrate the IP's 15th Anniversary celebrations.

Check it out below, in which we see the return of Sherlock Holmes in a starring role.

Do you still hope to see the first Great Ace Attorney in the West, or do you think these titles are destined to remain as Japan-only releases?

Tom has been involved in the games industry for over a decade, mostly writing about it or struggling to sell Indie games. Loves reading, writing, hunting Capcom’s fiercest monsters and watching baseball.

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Warruz
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Capcom always keeps a steady stream of releases to remind Western fans that they hate them, on some degree.

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MagicEmperor
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Oh, no! As a Western fan of the series, I'm not bitter! breaks a glass bottle he was holding just by his grip Not bitter at all.

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wazlon
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

A nice little reminder for us so we remember what we're missing out on

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Luna_110
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Damn it Capcom... At least release it as en eshop game if you can't be bothered to give us a physical release!

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JubilifeRival
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

#420LocalizeIt

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zip
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Too bad this will never be localized because it doesn't make sense that Phoenix Wright's ancestor is japanese. Gotta eat sushi in america!

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Miles_Edgeworth
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Why can't we get these games its not fair

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MagicEmperor
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

@zip "Eat your hamburgers, Apollo."

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cheonsacz
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Well... it would be a digital release only anyway if they decided to localize it, which I absolutely don't like.

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IcaroSan
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

@zip If that's the excuse they are using, I'm sorry but they are idiots. He can have a japanese ancestor and still live in America. The fact that Sherlock Holmes speaks perfect japanese is more absurd than this

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dsparil
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Capcom has said in the past that they want to release Great Ace Attorney but can't for unspecified reasons. It's likely because some of the Sherlock Holmes stories are still under copyright in the US.

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impurekind
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Now THAT is how you do the whole "toon-shading" look and style right.

I want more games with specifically this kind of toon-shading--all kinds of games.

For example, I want a new mostly side-scrolling but 3D Dungeons & Dragons arcade-style game with toon-shading done that well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARZyiO3F-fI

Or how about something like a new Alien vs Predator done similarly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wBS3jI1vo

I love the look of those old arcade games, and we kinda don't ever really see that gorgeous and colourful look and style in videogames anymore for the most part, which makes me sad.

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G-Boy
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

breaks my coffee mug
The only time a Western Ace Attorney fan can cry is when it's all over.

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ErrantEmbers
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Still waiting on the first Great Ace Attorney to come to America.....

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MagicEmperor
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

@G-Boy For sure!

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Bobb
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Do you hear this?
It's the sound of Capcom mocking us, yet again.

Though the copyright on Sherlock Holmes makes sense

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EternalComposer
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Literally unplayable

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Solid_Stannis
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

...It can't be a coincidence that the AA spinoffs became exclusively Japan-only around the same time the KH Final Mixes finally got released internationally.

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ollietaro
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

I just really want this game and its predecessor. See my profile pic to the left that I took two days to make y'all

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Naoto-chi
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

This is the reason that I chose to go to Teknikum (highschool), and why I have chosen to take japanese classes, it is all for the sake of becoming a game translator!!! One day I hope to work for Nintendo so that I can be part of the team that brings over games from japan to EU, but first I need to graduate...

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PrincessSugoi
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Has a big Ace Attorney fan, always nice to see these reminders that Capcom hates me.

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PipeGuy64Bit
Mon 23rd Jan 2017

Well there's at least a fan translation of the first game that's making good progress. They already translated the demo and the first case is said to be finished "soon".