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Ace Attorney Investigations 2 [DS] Actually Definitely Not Coming to the West
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I don't think I've ever seen a physical copy of it, in any store that sells games I've been in. And I doubt this is because it's been perpetually selling out.Kusagari said:
The first Ace Attorney translation was an experiment, yes, but it did come out at a time that three games in the series were already out in Japan, meaning there already would be at least a small set of dedicated fans familiar with the game. I think it's worth keeping in mind that the concept of Ace Attorney is probably a lot easier to spread through word of mouth than trying to sell someone on Ghost Trick. Capcom went in expecting "meh," and got "good" instead, so they decided to expand the effort. But especially without Takumi leading the charge, I think it's likely that their raised expectations started exceeding the series' realistic audience size.
I can see why they'd localize Ghost Trick and not AAI2, thinking that since a limited run of the first AA took off that it might work again this time, but their distribution was so limited that its bombing doesn't surprise me in the least. Losing Cing with the bourbon-tastic adventures of Kyle Hyde and now the potential of losing Gyakuten and future Takumi projects, I worry that the adventure-game renaissance we saw on the DS is going to go belly-up again for the next generation, outside of Layton.
chickdigger802
Banned
curious why they stopped porting this to ios.
Was playing it on the ipad yesterday. Still holds up well nearly 10 years.
Was playing it on the ipad yesterday. Still holds up well nearly 10 years.
IchigoSharingan
Member
bon said:
Thou shalt not troll an Ace Attorney fan. FOR SHAME.
Besides, we know AAI2 is improved. So we wants it. It is...our preciousssssss.
ShockingAlberto said:
Except for one game.
And that is Half Life 2. On your knees Alberto! And beg for forgiveness!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Capcom you wound me.
Oni Link 666
Member
Hopefully someone like Ignition or Xseed will pick this up.
From The Dust
Banned
Oni Link 666 said:
fixed. Ignition proven they can't do this shit
Oni Link 666 said:
Hahaha, oh man. My beloved RPG franchise only had 1 real game out of 9 localized (3 games overall localized), and hasn't had a single game localized since 2004 but I still wouldn't want Ignition localizing it. It's the one case where I wouldn't want a localization. I also doubt Capcom would give anyone else the publishing duties. They seem more like Scamco than Sony.
Edit: Atlus is too busy bringing over WRPGs no one wants to localize a text adventure
amIdoingitrite?
Aksys would be a great fit, but they're the least likely due to their age, and experience.
Femmeworth
Banned
Oni Link 666 said:
Oni Link 666 said:
Oni Link 666 said:
Are you out of your mind? A fantranslation would be better.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Takao said:
Out of curiosity, which is it?
Honestly, Capcom isn't going to hand over rights for AAI2 to any other publisher, even if they were interested. They're still holding out the option of bringing over future Ace Attorney games, so they won't want to share control of the brand.
What's really hilarious is that if Atlus brought it over, they'd hype it the fuck up with an awesome press release, heavy promotion and either a nice LE or some cool preorder swag, and sell like 5x the copies that Capcom could have if they had localized it themselves.Kusagari said:
Femmeworth
Banned
... and that's why Capcom won't give it to them. Motherfrakers. Admittedly, if Atlus originally had the rights to the series, we wouldn't have had an Alexander O. Smith translation. Though I imagine that it would still be quite good. <3 AtlusChemo said:
Crumpet Trumpet
Banned
It would be so poetic. The DOCTOR VS LAWYER showdown in the early years of the DS would finally come to an end under the unified Atlus flag :')Kusagari said:
Femmeworth
Banned
I miss Medabots.Takao said:
Medabots/Medarot
Cardboard Senki better get its ass over here.
Edit: I just saw the promo art for Medarots DS. What did they do to Metabee?! Those character designs are rather funky.
Boney said:
There's a good chance that the English license to the anime expires this year (hence the 2001 - 2011). Combine that with the fact it seems no one is interested in bringing over the new DS/3DS games it's the end of the franchise in English. Which is depressing given the franchise is experiencing a mini-rebirth right now in Japan.
Boney said:
I hate Scamco for a lot of things, but they have nothing to do with Medabots. I blame Natsume.
ninj4junpei said:I miss Medabots.
Cardboard Senki better get its ass over here.
Edit: I just saw the promo art for Medarots DS. What did they do to Metabee?! Those character designs are rather funky.
We're probably not going to get Cardboard Senki. Apparently SCEA filed trademark papers ages ago, but considering they never spoke of the game, I don't think they have plans.
As for Medarot DS, that's actually not Metabee. That's the latest model in the KBT series. Its production name is KBT10-M Gun Nose. Ikki apparently has taken over Henry's job at the Hobby Store, and has fitted Metabee's medal in a new Arch Beetle like body. However, I've been told you can use the classic Metabee style KBT design as armor to put on your tinpet.
//Off-Topic
Femmeworth
Banned
Takao said:
Interesting. Damn, Medarots Navi had some really sweet mecha designs. Curse you Natsume.Takao said:
From The Dust
Banned
qq more said:
Lux-Pain, Muramasa, Arc Rise Fantasia.
broken translation, shit sub (yea, they fucked up subtitles), shit dub
qq more said:
03 Entertainment did Chaos Wars and if you've never seen a video of the dub you need to. IT IS GLORIOUS!
Edit: the vid in all its glory - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAtC1SzWSXg
Hours Left
Member
The success of 999 and the Ace Attorney series is more than enough of a reason for Capcom not to give up on the series in North America.Jintor said:
There is a market for these games here, and to stop localizing the series that played a major role in revitalizing the genre in the west is crazy IMO.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Crap. Oh well, at least this game has a good chance of being fan-translated, unlike most of the left-in-Japan DS games.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
vall03 said:
Of course, it would be one of XSEED's best selling games ever if they did localize it. Ace Attorney is a lot more high profile than pretty much anything else they've got their hands on.
Mockingbird
Member
I'm all for it being on the 3DS with 0 enhancements if it's just to circumvent piracy.
also, what's the reception of this game anyways? I haven't heard anything from it. The trailers make it look a hell of a lot more interesting than the first game -- which was a bore.
also, what's the reception of this game anyways? I haven't heard anything from it. The trailers make it look a hell of a lot more interesting than the first game -- which was a bore.
chickdigger802
Banned
If someone else localized it. It just wouldn't be the same.
The localization of this series IS 80% of the game. And capcom did it superbly.
The localization of this series IS 80% of the game. And capcom did it superbly.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
This blows.
I love these adventure games on the DS and was looking forward to AAI 2.
I love these adventure games on the DS and was looking forward to AAI 2.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Kusagari said:
I'm sure Aksys would be just as fine as Atlus would be. Between 999 and other text-heavy games such as Blazblue's story mode, they've shown that they have top-notch translators. I think any new localization team would struggle with keeping a tone consistent with earlier Ace Attorney games though.
This is all moot however, since no publisher besides Capcom will localize AAI2. End of story.
ShockingAlberto
Member
A third party localizer is not going to pick up an established IP, guys.
Femmeworth
Banned
*shakes fist angrily at tag*ShockingAlberto said:
ShockingAlberto
Member
So who has actually played the game? Because I just read something about one of the cases that may be the actual reason it's not coming out.
Is that true or did the case synopsis totally bullshit me? If it is true, I think the "We don't think it would make money" thing is just an excuse.
The case synopsis I read said that Edgeworth is trying to figure out who killed the President of Zheng Fa. It connects to an older case where his father defended someone accused of killing the leader of Japan. Since Ace Attorney takes place in America in the western versions, that would mean the assassination (attempt?) would have to be on an American president, which would not fly at all. They can't change or remove the case because it is the fundamentally most important case of the game.
Is that true or did the case synopsis totally bullshit me? If it is true, I think the "We don't think it would make money" thing is just an excuse.
IchigoSharingan
Member
can't they just
? Doesn't exactly have to be
. Kinda like in the original AAI,
Regular AA games sold well. They'll be fine. Unfortunately AAI didn't sell enough. Otherwise there'd be no question. It's a bit shocking it basically bombed. Not shocking after all the reviews, obviously.
change the ranks to a high ranking official
the president
dealing with embassy figureheads.
backlot said:
Regular AA games sold well. They'll be fine. Unfortunately AAI didn't sell enough. Otherwise there'd be no question. It's a bit shocking it basically bombed. Not shocking after all the reviews, obviously.
GhaleonQ
Member
Alexander O. Smith:
@GhaleonQ I hadn't heard -- got a link?
As I said in the other topic, this is as much his baby as anything he's done. He applied to do 1 (his favorite translation in terms of dialogue) basically anonymously, Capcom wanted to cut costs on 2 so they didn't hire him, and they localized 3 at the same time as 4 so he chose 4. They presumably cut costs again on Prosecutor 1.
SAVE US.
@GhaleonQ I hadn't heard -- got a link?
As I said in the other topic, this is as much his baby as anything he's done. He applied to do 1 (his favorite translation in terms of dialogue) basically anonymously, Capcom wanted to cut costs on 2 so they didn't hire him, and they localized 3 at the same time as 4 so he chose 4. They presumably cut costs again on Prosecutor 1.
SAVE US.
Femmeworth
Banned
So even though the series became a surprise success, they were already cutting costs. Fascinating.GhaleonQ said:
