Sure just like with Investigations 2, bro.
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Capcom: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies hitting the West [Digital Only Confirmed]
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Sure just like with Investigations 2, bro.
We've had stories here where a Nintendo customer service rep can clearly see the customer's digital purchase history, knows with 100% certainty that the person on the phone is the owner of said history, yet they still refuse to do a transfer. They make "exceptions" here and there, but otherwise, that is the official stance Nintendo has on the matter.
Meanwhile, I could lose/have stolen or break my PSP/Vita/PS3 today and I could simply buy another and re-download all my digital games. No fuzz, no hassle, no having to call up Sony with a police report to plead my case and get my games back.
This is the truth right here, and we need Capcom to understand.
Valhalla Knights 1 and 2 are actually among Xseed's best selling games.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
I need this game. Digitally only is awful, considering I have every AA game (with case) released in NA... But I need this game. I would've preferred AAI2 digitally and a physical copy of AA5.
Father_Brain
Banned
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Eh, I'm not sure if I will buy it now since I want physical copy.
On a positive note, I do like the name they gave to Winston Payne's brother, Gaspen 
Glad to see the puns are still as excellent as ever.
I want to believe that this reaction to a digital-only release will show Capcom that there's demand for a physical print run too, but I'd be a foolishly foolish fool to really believe that.
Glad to see the puns are still as excellent as ever.I want to believe that this reaction to a digital-only release will show Capcom that there's demand for a physical print run too, but I'd be a foolishly foolish fool to really believe that.
Jawmuncher
Member
Earthpainting
Member
It's a shame, but I don't think I get to be picky here. Digital it is.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
This is fucking awful news. I hate buying a digital release when a boxed version of it exists somewhere. I guess I'll just buy a boxed copy of the JP version.
It's even less enticing considering Nintendo's absolutely deplorable digital distribution policies.
It's even less enticing considering Nintendo's absolutely deplorable digital distribution policies.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
But PC digital sales are growing more and more. 3DS digital sales must be still quite low on average. Some Nintendo games did ok,but we lack numbers for most other titles.
Because filing fraudulent police reports and clogging up the system is totally acceptable. It shouldn't even be considered an option.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Yeesh dudes I've bought 100% of my 3DS via DD after NSMB2. On a handheld it's totally the way to go. The only time you'd ever possibly end up hosed by the account system is if you actually lose your 3DS somewhere. They're fine about letting you redownload if your system breaks and you send it in to them.
michaeltraps
Member
Same. Sucks it's digital only, but if that's the only way we'd ever see the game in the West, then so be it.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
A test to see how viable the market is for an AA Investigations 2 digital only release.
I hope the build in the trailer is a work in progress. It seems to use a new awful font because the text box doesn't appear to be expanded in this one. Previous AA localizations had an expanded text box compared to the Japanese release to fit the text in (the text box ix much bigger in the localized versions).
They'll probably change their expectations if its DD only and if people still care about the series it'll do decent.
One of the anti-digital luddites in another DD thread called buying games from the eShop "dangerous", so you must be public enemy number one.
Sucks, but I kinda understand it. The initial US supply shortages of the first game made the series seem a lot more popular here than it actually ever was. I saw plenty of copies of each subsequent release just gathering dust on shelves for months and years until stores clearanced 'em out.
On the bright side: Maybe if this does well, they'll give EX Troopers a digital release instead of no release?
On the bright side: Maybe if this does well, they'll give EX Troopers a digital release instead of no release?
Lightning Lord
Banned
Capcom never had faith in the Ace Attorney series.
Anyway, I don't like digital downloads, although I do make exceptions. But this... I just don't know how to feel. Especially since it involves eshop.
Nocturnowl
Member
I wished for AA5 this year and lo and behold it's actually happened, except with the digital downside, I must've wished on a monkey's paw.
Crimson Clown
Member
We're lucky to be getting this at all. Considering how badly AAI sold, it's totally reasonable Capcom want to cut back on costs as much as possible by avoiding a physical release.
I bought the original DS for this franchise, so I care about it a whole lot, but having a copy that can disappear if something happens to my system is pretty fucked up. It feels like some kind of extended rental.
AAI was a spin-off anyways, so it's not entirely fair. I guess my real anger is towards Nintendo for having the worst possible 'account' system. If this was a Vita game with digital only, I would not even bat an eye.
EX Troopers has some really novice programming thing where ALL the text is actually hardcoded into Japanese, making an English release near impossible.
...did you read this post before you hit submit?
Because people who are against using Nintendo's backwards online shop system that wouldn't even be acceptable in the late 90s must be "luddites" -- lol.One of the anti-digital luddites in another DD thread called buying games from the eShop "dangerous", so you must be public enemy number one.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Not in the uk. Stupid nintendo pricing.
Anyway... So uh, notice the words around the rhino in the top left of this picture?
Wow that sounds rash. Was that in North America? Though wouldn't you still want to file a police report if your console was stolen?
There's no question that Nintendo is backward as shit with their online "efforts"
That's why you import one from NA. After that basically everything on eShop is good 20-30% cheaper than local retail here.
There are quite a number of games that have sold >50,000 on the eShop in the US alone (from extrapolation). Doubt that Ace Attorney 5 was ever going to do a whole lot.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Agreed. So excited that this is coming this fall. I see they finally recorded a new audio for phoenix. I wonder if it is the same for Apollo.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
One of the anti-digital luddites in another DD thread called buying games from the eShop "dangerous", so you must be public enemy number one.
Well, considering your purchases aren't tied to an account where you can retrieve the game any time you want, I wouldn't exactly call it a sound purchase.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I am not sure what point you are trying to make. What does that post have to do with mine?
Hide your kids and wives, I'm in townOne of the anti-digital luddites in another DD thread called buying games from the eShop "dangerous", so you must be public enemy number one.
What? That's not fraud. What the balls are you talking about?
StevePharma
Member
I would pay 60-100 bucks for a crowdfunding like boxed copy incentive for both AAI2 and PW5.
I wonder if Capcom ever did one of these limited runs, how many sales it would attract. I'd guess enough to make a profit.
But probably not a big enough profit for Capcom.
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I wonder if Capcom ever did one of these limited runs, how many sales it would attract. I'd guess enough to make a profit.
But probably not a big enough profit for Capcom.
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No, I'm asking if you read your own post before you hit submit.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I would've liked to buy the box but if this is the only way the western audience could get the game then whatever.
That really only affects sales from people on sites like GAF because most people either don't know or don't concern themselves with it for whatever reason.