Review by Clark A. Visual novels in the vein of Danganronpa and Steins;Gate have garnered a broader, worldwide audience in recent years. It’s possible they owe a touch of that heightened interest to a humble defence attorney, Phoenix Wright, who first appeared in North America when the Nintendo DS was…
Read MoreList by Matt S. It has been a really good week for visual novels, with both Chaos;Child and Bad Apple Wars launching in the one week. Indeed, it’s been a really good couple of years for the genre, as localisation outfits have come to realise that there is a market…
Read MoreReview by Mikhail M. The Ace Attorney franchise is pretty special for me. It is also one of Capcom’s best franchises and I rank it up there with the likes of Monster Hunter. I still remember borrowing the original Ace Attorney from a friend when I got my 3DS and…
Read MoreImpressions by Clark A. Despite once being marketed as an opportunity to explore the life of a lawyer, the Phoenix Wright video games have always opted to be gleefully irreverent examples of legal drama. Educational software they are not, instead focusing on developing quirky characters through the adversities the legal…
Read MoreArticle by Clark A. The spring anime season brings one highly anticipated show about a hero in training, but I suppose you could say heroism is a central theme for all of them. Whether it’s a matter of directly purging evil, upholding the law (hey, lawyers aren’t all evil), beta…
Read MoreI don’t know about you guys but I think Tokyo Game Show 2015 is turning out to be way more interesting than E3, with one surprise after the other. Now, a few years after the delightfully campy Ace Attorney movie adaptation by prolific director Takashi Miike — that you should…
Read MoreWhile many of us Ace Attorney fans suffer the whims of the localization gods as we await news on The Adventures of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō, Famitsu – in a turnabout revelation – teased the existence of a sixth mainline entry. Related reading: Nick’s review of the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. If you happen to fancy hundreds of pages of high-quality artwork, boy does Udon Entertainment have your back. In an announcement at Comic Con International’s official Udon 2014 panel over the weekend, the company revealed it would be licensing a whole slew of art books from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I love fried chicken. There’s a chicken shop near my current home that I swear to whatever God you worship that it is a compelling reason to remain living in the area, and if I owned land in the area I would use that shop’s existence…
Read MoreThere were a handful of announcements made today during this month’s Nintendo Direct, but perhaps our favourite was the news behind Phoenix Wright. As of right now, 3DS owners can download a playable demo via the Nintendo eShop. Hopefully this demo will wet your appetite and hold you over the…
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