It has been reported that Capcom's forthcoming 3DS title The Great Ace Attorney will feature Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective Sherlock Holmes — but with a twist.
According to Game Jouhou, the famous sleuth will be joined by his famous sidekick Watson, who will be an 8-year old girl as opposed to a strapping male adult.
Capcom is expected to show off more of the game at the forthcoming Tokyo Game Show, but it has already teased the silhouettes of two new characters on the official site of the game.
The Great Ace Attorney is set during Japan's Meiji Period and is being overseen by series creator Shu Takumi.
[source siliconera.com]
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I can't even describe how annoying that idea is to me. XD
Heh.
Can't wait to play this.
Early footage of the game was found:
This have peaked my interest. Now I'm curious if anyof the main characters in the Phoenix Wright series connected to it or their ancestors. This guy does resembles Apollo Justice a bit.
Edit: got the pic
The spirit of Watson must be rolling in his grave.
8 year old chibi Watson doesn't stack up to Martin Freeman's portrayal, but still beats Lucy Liu. XDD
@technotaylor98 would rather have the Holmes based on Jeremy Brett but one based on Basil Rathbone would be nice too
That sounds really cool. But why is Watson a girl? Also this seems a bit more fitting for a Layton game.
Actually curious now...did you folks across the pond in the UK get "Inspector Gadget?" cartoons back in the 80s or 90s?
@Action51 yep we did
@Action51
I just finished Dual Destinies, so I'm eagerly awaiting this game
(After Trilogy, of course)
I just finished Dual Destinies, so I'm eagerly awaiting this game
(After Trilogy, of course)
Somebody has been watching Elementary...
I'm okay with this.
Actually I'm in favor of this.
@Action51 I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME ATTORNEY, NEXT TIIIIIIIIIIIIME!
MEOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
I'll probably get it, but I'll rather have a Dual Destinies sequel
So let me guess: the girl is a prodigy/wizard, whose parents faced a dire fate in an unsolved mystery case and this Sherlock has to take her under his wing. The girl is at one or several points accused of murder. Oh, and she overeats, is clumsy or has some other hilarious quirk from the "Anime Girl 101".
This is awesome but why does Watson keep getting turned into a woman? I'm picky about my Holmes:x
Hahahahahaha!!! Oh god, slowbeef would lose it if he heard that!
In all honesty, though. I never liked stuff that was based on Sherlock Holmes, since it only uses their most common tropes as the base, while everything else tends to be rather disloyal (or even insulting) towards the source material.
Hey, at least she's not Lucy Liu
am u rite?
Why is Watson an 8-year old girl? Why even bother calling her Watson? And realisticly, she wouldn't be able to help him out in any way. Only annoy and hinder him. Also, it goes against his character to take care of a little girl. His basic character. The game has made a terrible first impression so far. I'm wondering how much he'll even be Holmes anymore. Japanese quirkyness like this does not work for the character Sherlock Homes.
I'm fretting b/c the Japanese history dlc episode wasn't released in the west so I really hope this new game gets an English release.
Haha, oh Japan. Don't ever change.
Well, this will be interesting.
Here's the question is she THE Watson, or maybe Watson's daughter?
Well that is a weird thing.
But then Ace Attorney, can't expect complete logic can we? I love the games for that!
@Radbot42
Now that's a possibility, I didn't think of. This will be interesting...
Now all we need is official art for these two characters.
[Shark Jumping Intensifies]
I guess Japan needs their moeblob loli characters
It seems to me that Capcom didn't have a certain companies permission to get a certain top hatted gentleman mystery solver so are throwing Holmes in instead.Reason? He'll have an annoying sidekick who'll state the obvious But honestly this actually interests me.Can't wait for this to be released in 2 years time.
I would have maybe gotten over Watson being female suddenly but an 8 year old girl?
@Action51 We got them.
Me: Oh, hey! Sherlock Holmes! (reads that Watson's an eight-year old girl)...wait, what?
Gender equality? I think this might be taking it too far. But it could be worse!
(I'm not going to say how because I don't feel like arguing right now with certain people...)
I would prefer that he was a man, just because he was my favorite character from those stories. But I'm kinda' neutral at this extreme.
Can't wait to play this game!
I only ever read an abridged kids version of Sherlock Holmes, but wasn't Watson supposed to be a male and own a gun for when it was dangerous?
Thankfully they're not the main characters, more just the spunky detective foreigners. Anyways, this oughta be a sight to see.
@Whopper744 Ask the creators of Elementary...
I see no point in them changing Watson into a girl. In fact, I see no point in Holmes being in there. They could've gone with an ancestor of Pheonix (or Apollo). Maybe even an ancestor of the prosecutors (like Miles) since they are closer to detectives.
My Japanese is pretty much Google-ing the katakana, but doesn't this mean that the silhouettes will be revealed on Thursday, Sep 11th?
Japan's moto: Every must (be) moe!
@Captain_Gonru I saw that future one! I so wanted it to be good, but it wasn't very well written, IIRC.
Sounds about right coming from Japan...
I'm a massive Ace Attorney and Sherlock Holmes fan. Sounds like an interestimg mix to me. So, I'm assuming that the investigation parts will be done by Sherlock and the trials with the great grandfather of Phoenix.
Japan... Oh Sweet Japan...
An 8 year old female Watson?
@TwilightV jump the Shark, more like the Shark just jumped the nuked fridge
@Action51 Exactly what I was thinking.
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