Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney gets 'early 2008' release

by Jason Dobson { Nov 9th 2007 at 5:25PM }

We openly admit that naming your child Apollo Justice borders on cruelty and severely limits his choice of career path to either a lawyer or a cast member on a remake of American Gladiators. Thankfully, however, Capcom has subscribed to the former, with the appropriately named upstart attorney Justice taking center stage in what the math eggheads upstairs tell us is the fourth game in the Ace Attorney franchise, which will make its way to North America sometime in "early 2008" according to Capcom.

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney marks a departure from previous games by abandoning Phoenix Wright, the ace attorney we have grown to know and love. Additionally, Capcom notes that the game, which has apparently been selling like hotcakes in Japan, is the first to be designed specifically for the Nintendo DS, the previous three titles originally having been released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan before getting their touchable courtroom makeovers. The game will come with a host of new characters and cases, and despite missing Phoenix (as the main character, anyway), we know we'll be yelling "Objection!" and "Hold it!" the whole time, usually to the ire of those sitting next to us on the bus.

Tags: ace attorney, AceAttorney, Apollo Justice, ApolloJustice, Capcom, Phoenix Wright, PhoenixWright

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Nov 9th 2007 5:37PM

OBJECTION!!!

CJC @ Nov 9th 2007 5:39PM

HOLD IT!

The series is awesome. Objection overruled.

NATO_Duke @ Nov 9th 2007 5:40PM

I would like to move for sanctions based on such an obviously inappropriate objection.

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Nov 9th 2007 5:41PM

SUSTAINED!!! The court finds delays to open for discovery!

Samuel Mcconnell @ Nov 9th 2007 11:36PM

IGIARI!

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Nov 9th 2007 5:42PM

The court now grants temporary pendete lite custody of the minor game to T3H WICKERMAN pending trial set for next year.

gonk @ Nov 9th 2007 5:57PM

early 2008 is the new holiday season! so many games coming out in spring

also, i've never played a lawyer game

Anni @ Nov 9th 2007 6:36PM

I say, right on!

In my wildest dreams, we'll also be getting the limited edition version from Japan, but I doubt it. Either way, this is great news.

Seifer @ Nov 9th 2007 6:48PM

Technically, Phoenix is still in the game, but as for why he's no longer the main charcter... well, that would be a major spoiler now, wouldn't it? ;)

nxtiak @ Nov 9th 2007 7:10PM

TAKE THAT!!!
Yes! I love it. Can't wait!

Werbal @ Nov 9th 2007 7:52PM

Awesome. I had heard that they were hinging Apollo Justice's U.S. release on the sales of PW: Trials and Tribulations. Either PW3 is selling well or they've got enough faith in the series already.

Agent4187 @ Nov 9th 2007 8:06PM

Oh yes! I'm glad to get more information on the next title (Seeing as I just finished T&T) so early 08 is fine by me.

Tom @ Nov 9th 2007 9:43PM

Oh, I see what they did there...

Next up is "Artemis Ledger: Ace Attorney"

Geist @ Nov 9th 2007 9:41PM

HOLD IT!

Are you telling me that this series doesn't come with both English and Japanese text in one card, like the other three titles?

Blast Processing Megadrive @ Nov 10th 2007 1:38AM

The last three were DS remakes of GBA games. Since it was old hat for Japan (except for Case 5 of PWAA, which was new to the DS version), they included the English version as an incentive for those who already owned the GBA originals.

Since Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban 4) was new to the DS, there was no sense in delaying the Japanese release for an English translation. Plus, it won't sabotage sales of the US release by impatient people importing the JP version early.

Almadi @ Nov 10th 2007 10:34AM

Would this be the last game in this great series?

Also, are there any plans to combine the first two games in one cart and bridge the two stories?

Apreche @ Nov 10th 2007 10:20PM

The final episode of the first Phoenix Wright released in the US was also designed specifically for the DS instead of the GBA. There is no denying that it is the best Phoenix Wright episode ever. If all the episodes in Apollo Justice are as good as that one, this will be a game not to miss.