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Late to the Verdict: Phoenix Wright 3 and Ace Attorney 4

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
Himuro said:
It really is amazing we got this series localized. If this were like, 10 years ago, we'd never see PW released here.

So true, I bet that they never expected to be so popular in the states.

Each game sells around 50k-100k which is very good for a very NICHE title. Not to mention a lot of people play it through other means that are not as legal, which is why the Phoenix Wright cosplay gathering was one of the biggest ones in Anime Expo 2007 and 2008.

Here are two pictures from AX 2008

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Hell the only cosplay gathering that was bigger was the Naruto one, and you know how Naurto fans could be like.
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
I can upload more pictures from the Anime Expo 2008 cosplay gathering, but I don't have time until Friday to do so.

Which means this thread has to be alive until then :lol
 

XiaNaphryz

LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Hcoregamer00 said:
So true, I bet that they never expected to be so popular in the states.

Each game sells around 50k-100k which is very good for a very NICHE title. Not to mention a lot of people play it through other means that are not as legal, which is why the Phoenix Wright cosplay gathering was one of the biggest ones in Anime Expo 2007 and 2008.

Here are two pictures from AX 2008

DSC04123.jpg


DSC03634.jpg


Hell the only cosplay gathering that was bigger was the Naruto one, and you know how Naurto fans could be like.
Dahlia is so awesome, I really like her theme as well. AA3 end spoilers -
I particularly like how the twins' theme was incorporated into the "Kurain Genealogy" medley track on that GS Orchestra soundtrack. I hope we see Iris in the next proper AA game. :(
 
Death_Born said:
What the--? Is this some kind of actual book based on the Phoenix Wright games? If so, that would be....
fuck-awesome!!!
Furthur investigation shows that it's the manga.

Maybe there is hope that Capcom will release the artbook over here, as well.
;_;
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
XiaNaphryz said:
Dahlia is so awesome, I really like her theme as well

Yeah, she is the ultimate Phoenix Wright villain. She makes all the other ones look like wimps. That is why she was my avatar for about a year.

It is okay, I have a feeling that the character for my new avatar will also be in a niche, unappreciated game that should sell more than it should (For those of you who doesn't know, it is Selvaria Bles from Valkyria Chronicles).
 
Unlike most other PW fans, I didn't find the last case in PW3 that good. I'm not a fan of the supernatural stuff.
PW1 remains my favorite in the series, mainly because it's the first one I played. The extra case helped of course. My fav case overall is probably #4 from PW2.
 

Grecco

Member
ninj4junpei said:
Furthur investigation shows that it's the manga.

Maybe there is hope that Capcom will release the artbook over here, as well.
;_;


is there a list of all phoenix wright related stuff released? i wonder if i can make a cvxfreak like collection of PW stuff
 

XiaNaphryz

LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Grecco, try looking around import shops like Play-Asia. They have a bunch of Gyakuten Saiban books listed.

Capcom, bring over the artbooks!!

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Grecco said:
is there a list of all phoenix wright related stuff released? i wonder if i can make a cvxfreak like collection of PW stuff
I don't know of any. I'd suggest looking at Play-Asia to get an idea of what has been released.
 

diss

Banned
PW3 was fucking awesome. Somebody here has an avatar of that evil chick and whenever I see it my skin crawls.

I loved how PW3 wrapped up that storyline. I didn't want it to end while playing it, but once it did I was completely satisfied.

Ace Attorney 4 on the other hand... http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/14103.html <- Massive AA4 spoilers!
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
Grecco said:
is there a list of all phoenix wright related stuff released? i wonder if i can make a cvxfreak like collection of PW stuff

Here is a collection of my Ace Attorney stuff.

USA released stuff
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
  • Ace Attorney 2: Justice for All
  • Ace Attorney 3: Trials and Tribulations
  • Ace Attorney 4: Apollo justice

JPN released stuff
  • Gyakuten meets orchestra
  • Gyakuten Saiban Official Artbook (cost me $45, but it was so worth it)
  • Franziska Figure
  • Phoenix Wright Figure
  • Maya Figure
  • Phoenix Wright Manga v.1
  • Gyakuten Saiban 2 DS
  • Gyakuten Saiban 3 DS
  • Gyakuten Saiban 3 fanbook
 

Grecco

Member
Hcoregamer00 said:
Here is a collection of my Ace Attorney stuff.

USA released stuff
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
  • Ace Attorney 2: Justice for All
  • Ace Attorney 3: Trials and Tribulations
  • Ace Attorney 4: Apollo justice

JPN released stuff
  • Gyakuten meets orchestra
  • Gyakuten Saiban Official Artbook (cost me $45, but it was so worth it)
  • Franziska Figure
  • Phoenix Wright Figure
  • Maya Figure
  • Phoenix Wright Manga v.1
  • Gyakuten Saiban 2 DS
  • Gyakuten Saiban 3 DS
  • Gyakuten Saiban 3 fanbook


Ive got the Artbook (Cost me 50 lol) and the 4 games gotta start cracking on the other stuff. I was wondering can you get the Attorney badges? Silly question i guess.
 

GhaleonQ

Member
XiaNaphryz said:

Soooo true. I hope the story there gets ironed out properly with the next 2 games.

Himuro said:
IS THAT GODOT UNMASKED?

FUCKING SPOILER

SPOILER

It's not a big deal. As mentioned,
the reveal isn't your usual heave-off-mask-to-reveal-identity Japanese thing. He appears, and you go, "Oh. That's him, but before." There's no "event" ruined for you.
 
Himuro said:
How could anyone hate Godot?

In fact, I don't hate ANY character in PW. There's no bad character. There are some characters I'm not too FOND of like Oldbag, but over all, I like pretty much every character. Except Mia. Mia can go to hell. Bitch needs to stay dead!!!

My favorite PW characters:

1. Phoenix
2. The judge
3. Gumshoe

Also, I love the ferocity that is the court room in Ace Attorney. I get sooo into it and it's like a movie or cartoon or something aside from when I have to present evidence, I pause and think for a bit. The flow of court battles is really amazing when you get into it. The "OBJECTION" things add to it I think.
I hate Lotta Heart
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
Grecco said:
Ive got the Artbook (Cost me 50 lol) and the 4 games gotta start cracking on the other stuff. I was wondering can you get the Attorney badges? Silly question i guess.

Honestly, I have no idea.

Most of the extra items are artbooks and figurines.

I bought these figures at Anime Expo for around $6

I got Franziska, Maya, and Phoenix. Pretty lucky since the boxes are unmarked and randomized.
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
diss said:
PW3 was fucking awesome. Somebody here has an avatar of that evil chick and whenever I see it my skin crawls.

I did, I changed it a couple of hours ago because I was inspired by another thread.

I trade one evil chick in the Phoenix Wright story to the ultimate evil chick in the Valkyria Chornicles storyline. Don't worry, I will keep my tradition of having a Villain as part of my avatar.

The difference is that most of you guys wont know how evil my avatar character is until November 2008 ^_^
 

XiaNaphryz

LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Hcoregamer00 said:
I did, I changed it a couple of hours ago because I was inspired by another thread.

I trade one evil chick in the Phoenix Wright story to the ultimate evil chick in the Valkyria Chornicles storyline. Don't worry, I will keep my tradition of having a Villain as part of my avatar.

The difference is that most of you guys wont know how evil my avatar character is until November 2008 ^_^
Dahlia is still more evil and you know it.
 
I'm a big PW3 fan. Still underwhelmed by PW4... especially that final case. Hopefully Capcom is making headway on Gyakuten Kenji so we can see a release sometime in 2009. I'm already going through withdrawal.
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
B-Rad Lascelle said:
I'm a big PW3 fan. Still underwhelmed by PW4... especially that final case. Hopefully Capcom is making headway in Gyakuten Kenji so we can see a release sometime in 2009. I'm already going through withdrawal.

I hope so too, having such a long time between the last release and Gyakuten Kenji and Gyakuten Saiban 5 is so unusual.
 
I believe Apollo Justice 2 was announced at some point, though beyond the fact that it exists, we know nothing.

I have such bad luck! Reading this thread made me realize that the Orchestra 2008 CD was on Play-Asia. I was going to add it to my order that was pending with the TWEWY Remix soundtrack, but of all the luck, it went from waiting to "preparing" some time today and I'll have to make a new order. Ah well. Perhaps I'll take the opportunity to add the Persona 3 soundtracks while I'm at it.
 

Grecco

Member
Himuro said:
There's an official release of GS5? I thought the next game we were getting was Perfect Prosecutor? Is that Gyakuten Kenji?


Kenji is Perfect Prosecutor. GS5 stuff is new to me. :lol
 
I love the Phoenix Wright / Ace Attorney games. Godot is awesome. The artbook is a really great product, very nice packaging. Also, you might want to add Phoenix Wright playing cards to the list of stuff released in Japan, I picked up a deck of those on Play-Asia and they're pretty cool.
 

Splatt

Member
PW 3 is, story wise, the most confusing of the three games. For me atleast.

There was just so much mumbojumbo and magic going on that in the end, I didn't know who summoned who, who killed who, who ate who's cookies....

I liked the interactions between characters, though. Funny, clever and funny. The way they should be in PW games.
 
I want AA5 partially because I want to see how they're going to fix the huge mess of a storyline they made in AA4. It'll be glorious either way. :D
 

Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
Himuro said:
There's an official release of GS5? I thought the next game we were getting was Perfect Prosecutor? Is that Gyakuten Kenji?

They announced the existence of Gyakuten Saiban 5 a long time ago.
 

jvalioli

Member
Grecco said:
is there a list of all phoenix wright related stuff released? i wonder if i can make a cvxfreak like collection of PW stuff
If you want I can make a list. It won't be totally complete but it'll have most everything. Play-Asia really doesn't have that much PW merchandise.

GS5 was announced in a financial report. That's all we know.
 

jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
I just started PW3 and it's awesome so far... about midway through Case 2 and I remember why I like the series so much.
 

Blackjack

Member
Hcoregamer00 said:
I don't think Dahlia invaded a country and wiped out an entire brigade with the swipe of a sword.
She was working on it, until that damn Mia Fey interfered!

Final Cases, in order of awesomeness are 3, 1 (Von Karma), 1 (Gant), 2, 4
 

Yottamole

Banned
Grecco said:
The last case had some awesome moments though.
The whole mason system was awesome. it felt like matrix meets sliders jumping to the past and back to solve psylocks. Loved it. The actual trial itself was meh, i actually forgot about the jurist thing till the end and i thought Kristoph was gonna get away with murder, and the whole voting inocent or guilty thing. Do you have a different ending if you stupidly vote guilty?
No, you just get the regular game over screen, unlike AA2 where you are treated an extra scene.

Himuro said:
PW1 easily has some of the best music in recent years, but PW2 and 3's soundtracks aren't nearly as good.
In recent years? AA1's music was written by 2001...

SenseiJinx said:
Speaking of PW music: does anybody else have the "Gyakuten Saiban meets Orchestra" CD? I imported it a couple of years ago. I did a bit of Google searching, and couldn't find it anywhere right now. But keep your eyes open. It's absolutely brilliant. I cannot stress enough how good it is. Beautifully orchestrated tracks of the best songs from the Phoenix Wright games? YES. You guys wouldn't believe how beautiful "Fragrance of Dark Coffee" (guess who's theme that is!) is.
I think the Jazz album's version of "Dark Coffee" is better. I think it was announced on the Capcom forums that they were bringing over both the orchetral and Jazz albums of Ace Attorney to North America.
 

Fantastical

Death Prophet
Does anyone know where I can buy a Phoenix Wright knit cap (the one he wears in AJ)? I'm not necessarily going to wear it, but I do want one. They used to sell it at a capcom online store but the listing has been removed.
 
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