by Jamie Love - 11.18.09
This morning we heard that Capcom intended to port the Phoenix Wright series to WiiWare in Japan, and the studio has now confirmed that this will indeed be happening in North America as well, beginning in January at a cost of 1,000 Wii Points per game.
As for motion controls, word is that players will be able to present evidence by swinging the WiiMote, and press suspicious testimonies by waving it.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Episode 1 through 4) will be available in January, with the fifth bonus episode unique to the DS release made available in May for an additional 100 Wii Points.
Justice for All will release in March, and Trails and Tribulations will complete the trilogy’s move in May.
Realizing that the fifth episode in Ace Attorney was a bonus for the DS remake, and that Capcom is likely returning to the GBA releases for their porting source material, I still feel the urge to shout “Objection!” at the idea of it being separated and sold as additional content. Any good lawyer knows these sorts of things invite contempt from the jury.
I hope it works with WiiSpeak.
DAGO - 11.18.09 10:59 pm
Meh. I’ve already got all three DS versions. If it was new episodes, I’d totally bite, but as it is… I’ll pass.
Josh - 11.18.09 11:48 pm
I don’t see the point of getting this over the DS incarnation, really. Especially if you already have the latter.
Shadic - 11.18.09 11:58 pm
I’m actually pretty happy that they’re selling the bonus chapter separately, because now I have a cheap way to check out the Wii controls, without re-buying a whole game.
I also bet that single episode will sell a ton, solely based on its low low price point.
LuigiHann - 11.19.09 2:05 am
This is actually pretty awesome for someone like me; I’ve wanted to play the games based on recommendations from friends for a while, but don’t feel like hunting down and/or paying full price for all of them. 30 bucks for all three games that I can play on the big screen? Yes please.
Dopple Boppler - 11.19.09 4:47 am
Ha. I mocked up Phoenix with a wiimote so long ago that… well, we were still calling it the revmote.
http://joshuajamesslone.name/images/date/20060401phoenixrev. jpg
Joshua J. Slone - 11.19.09 10:53 am
I think the pricing is reasonable, I may get these - I’ll just have to try and remember which one I actually already played.
Joe - 11.21.09 7:42 pm
I just missed out half of my sentence: it is well priced compared to the tell tale games e.g. strongbad and Tales of Monkey Island.
Joe - 11.21.09 7:43 pm