I think so. It was even meant to be a soft reboot for the series. The first Ace Attorney is the best place to start though.
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Coming to 3DS eShop in November
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JonnyDBrit
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Well, ease of the eshop and the price on physical copies is worth considering. The games - particularly Apollo Justice - can retain a surprising amount of value at times. Then again, that probably also varies by region too.
themagicalkitsune
Member
THANK YOU. It was very jarring to have 1-3 and 5&6 digital on 3ds and only the DS cart for 4. Pretty bad for my OCD. At least now I'll have everything in a folder and won't have to skip entries.
I would have liked it sooner but eh, November it is.
Keep twisting that knife eh? Just a stab won't cut it.
I would have liked it sooner but eh, November it is.
Keep twisting that knife eh? Just a stab won't cut it.
mrmickfran
Member
Already got it on DS but it's nice for anyone who wants to get into the series to have all entries on one system.
All mainline ones anyway
EDIT: Japan gets a physical collection? WHAT THE EFFF
All mainline ones anyway
EDIT: Japan gets a physical collection? WHAT THE EFFF
GinoFelino
Member
Weird, isn't it?
Why announce this for November? It's a decade-old game, just release the damn thing next week
Sure, I would have expected it sooner in the 3DS's lifespan though. We're at the point where completing a collection on this platform is starting to feel like wasted money already.
Play the Ace Attorney Trilogy first.
JonnyDBrit
Member
On that I somewhat agree. But well, this is Capcom, and trying to figure out their business decisions is a matter of arcane nonsense.
Jawmuncher
Member
Thank you so much capcom.
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I love AJ, but I want TGAA not rereleases of the stuff I've played a dozen times now
Edit: Lol WTF at that Japanese collectors edition. Just adds more salt to the wound. I'd be all over that. God damn I'm so mad AA is treated like shit over here from a company bigger than those who translate huge JRPGs on the reg
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I love AJ, but I want TGAA not rereleases of the stuff I've played a dozen times now
Edit: Lol WTF at that Japanese collectors edition. Just adds more salt to the wound. I'd be all over that. God damn I'm so mad AA is treated like shit over here from a company bigger than those who translate huge JRPGs on the reg
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Its one of the easiest entries but the first one is where you should start.
PS: dat hd treatment in a 240 screen
PumpkinSpice
Banned
There are some animations missing in the 3DS version. It's pretty minor stuff tbh.
sixteen-bit
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Nocturnowl
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Apollo is flawed but I appreciate it more than pretty much every AA game that came after it.
It's a shame it couldn't go full reboot, I think that's what the series needs most right now.
Even so what it did with Wright and Skye was unexpected yet on the whole appreciated in regards to doing something unexpected with character development.
Wright in particular gained such an enjoyable edge here that's unfortunately lost entirely in newer games as they revert to an incredibly safe take on classic Wright that feels stagnant as heck.
Apollo himself unfortunately doesn't have much going on here, though he does feel more straight man to everyone else's eccentricity, they even seem to have an intentional gimmick of defendants being uncooperative for various reasons in this one which is an interesting albeit frustrating take on things.
Trucy is great, my favourite sidekick and one who is unfortunately sidelined after this game.
There's no denying though that case 4-3 is quite possibly the worst in the series for a myriad of reasons, really drags Apollo down.
It's a shame it couldn't go full reboot, I think that's what the series needs most right now.
Even so what it did with Wright and Skye was unexpected yet on the whole appreciated in regards to doing something unexpected with character development.
Wright in particular gained such an enjoyable edge here that's unfortunately lost entirely in newer games as they revert to an incredibly safe take on classic Wright that feels stagnant as heck.
Apollo himself unfortunately doesn't have much going on here, though he does feel more straight man to everyone else's eccentricity, they even seem to have an intentional gimmick of defendants being uncooperative for various reasons in this one which is an interesting albeit frustrating take on things.
Trucy is great, my favourite sidekick and one who is unfortunately sidelined after this game.
There's no denying though that case 4-3 is quite possibly the worst in the series for a myriad of reasons, really drags Apollo down.
I wish they could've gone the extra mile and included all localisations... the first 4 games are available at least in euro-5, and releasing text adventures in english and japanese only doesn't make much sense in Europe. Couldn't have been that much work to insert the old localisations surely.
NinjaCoachZ
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Haha thanks.
But for real, I'm really excited. I finished the trilogy I think sometime last summer and not being able to play Apollo Justice when I already have Dual Destinies was a bummer. My options were to track it down and pay a decent chunk of change (everything was at least $50 last I checked) or grab the mobile version. I actually heard good things about the mobile ports of the game but for whatever reason I still have an aversion to purchasing things on my phone.
But for real, I'm really excited. I finished the trilogy I think sometime last summer and not being able to play Apollo Justice when I already have Dual Destinies was a bummer. My options were to track it down and pay a decent chunk of change (everything was at least $50 last I checked) or grab the mobile version. I actually heard good things about the mobile ports of the game but for whatever reason I still have an aversion to purchasing things on my phone.
I got the physical copy two years ago on amazon for about 17 euros i think, in Europe. apparently now on amazon and ebay, best prices are between 27-35 euros.
chaobreaker
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I have no interest in replaying any Ace Attorney game but I'm glad 3DS (and mobile) players can fall in love with the series like I did years ago on the DS.
Speaking of this, is that infamous performance video finally going to be displayed in a much more crisper definition?
Speaking of this, is that infamous performance video finally going to be displayed in a much more crisper definition?
ShockingAlberto
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It was meant to be a finale for the series, actually.
On top of being the BEST PRICE versions, this CE apparently costs 150,000 yen ($1360).
https://creators.co/@domwatling/4343666
Real gold....
NegativeCero
Banned
Weirdly enough I'm working my way through this one on DS. I might as well wait for this one though bc I'm only in Chapter 1.
Triforce141
Member
I might as well get it since it's the last one I don't own
Already happened in the HD port, and it's still dumb as it was on the DS
besides the Investigations and DGS
Already happened in the HD port, and it's still dumb as it was on the DS
Spirit Icana
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Dagnabbit! I saw "Ace Attorney" and "3DS" and got hyped thinking it was the Great Ace Attorney game getting localized. Clicked thread swiftly and then finally registered the "Apollo Justice" name ahead of those two words. lol
R_thanatos
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TheNotoriousAFG
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Once on the DS was more than enough for me, but I'm glad that the series is finally accessible in its complete form on the 3DS Eshop for anyone to play it. God, I love this series so much ;_;
Japanmanx3
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Japan getting physical is salt in closed wounds.
Start with the Trilogy already on the 3DS eShop. Arguably still the best Ace Attorney experience and the proper place to start. Dig into Apollo after(its the fourth game).
Sweeeet, thanks!
I mean, it was meant to be a reboot, but the later games don't follow through on that at all.
It's best to start with the original games, because although I do like Apollo Justice, frankly, 5 isn't great and while 6 is good, some of that depends on you having played the originals anyway, so there's no real point in rushing to the later ones.
Mac the KNife
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Long Live Bum Phoenix.
Aaron Strife
Banned
I still revisit AA from time to time. I treat them like novels. Some people will read them multiple times, some won't.
That being said they go on sale frequently anyway.
When he was the coolest cat in the game. Then he got nerfed in AA5
Herr Starr
Member
There were good reasons for why he would behave like that in just that game though.
Apollo Justice spoilers:
He doesn't trust Apollo (Apollo is Kristoph Gavin's protegé after all) until late in the game, keeping him both at a distance and on a tight leash. His laid-back attitude comes from him not wanting to show his hand to a potential enemy.
Apollo has mostly gained his trust by the time the fifth game rolls around though, and in that game, we also get different perspectives on Wright, such as his own and Athena's. This all comes together to create the appearance of Wright having changed dramatically
when it's really just our perspective of him that has changed.
Apollo has mostly gained his trust by the time the fifth game rolls around though, and in that game, we also get different perspectives on Wright, such as his own and Athena's. This all comes together to create the appearance of Wright having changed dramatically
when it's really just our perspective of him that has changed.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
On that same note, I feel like seeing Phoenix from Apollo's perspective added an entirely new level of depth to his character that is more fully fleshed out BECAUSE we see him in the main seat again in AA5 and AA6. We see how Phoenix looks from an outside and inside perspective, how much the visible thoughts going through his head change our perspective of him as a viewer, and how his persona comes off to others as compared to who he really is inside. Whenever Phoenix showed up in Apollo's or Athena's chapters, I definitely felt hints of "bum Phoenix" or mentor Phoenix in him. It's only when we get a look inside his head and see him from his own perspective again that he turns back into a seemingly incompetent goofball. This shows the most during (AA6 spoilers!)
AA6's second to last case, where Apollo faces off against Phoenix in court - he seems deadly capable as an opponent, despite being the same old Phoenix we know and love when playing as him.
NinjaCoachZ
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https://www.facebook.com/aceattorney/videos/1493106647470719/
Release date is November 21 (NA) and November 23 (Europe)!
Release date is November 21 (NA) and November 23 (Europe)!
I dont really agree with that reading at all. Phoenix was prepping Apollo, but really cases 2 and 3 have little to do with the main story and I dont think Phoenix ever really thought
Apollo would betray him for Kristoph or anything like that
Also cool, calm, collected and prepared Phoenix is definitely out the window in 5 and 6. Hes certainly more mature in his outward appearance and behavior than the original trilogy but its still a noticeable regression from 4. Remember in 5 hes supposed to be
helping Edgeworth but seems woefully out of the loop on practically everything
(Months late response lol)
The_Inquisitor
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God this makes me so upset there are still two untranslated games.
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