Hmm... is it just me, or does it seem that she might actually be a bit older than our new protagonist? She just seems too refined and serious to be a teenage sidekick.

Hmm... is it just me, or does it seem that she might actually be a bit older than our new protagonist? She just seems too refined and serious to be a teenage sidekick.

Sucks that the image is very pixalated that you can't see very well how the court looks like

It's standard procedure for the blog owner; they pixelate it as proof they've got the issue but so as to avoid legal issues from posting scans.

Sent it to CSI and had them enhance the IPs of the data flows I couldn't. But it was described in the text of the article.

Well it does take place during the Meiji Era so I would assume she would have to be more refined and serious especially if the game is gonna have more of a darker look than the previous games.

I can see that, but it's not like they're all going to be played perfectly straight to the way they would be in reality. It's still Gyakuten Saiban at the end of the day.

Here’s our first look at Ryuunosuke’s assistant, Mikotoba Susato! As Ash mentioned, she’s a judicial assistant; according to Takumi, she also loves foreign mystery novels and is a forward-thinking dreamer.

Another AA, another perky teenage assistant zzzzz

Another AA, another perky teenage assistant zzzzz

Now she just doesn't need to be a teenager and a carbon copy of Maya and we're all set.

Also, if Ryuunosuke's in the military, shouldn't he really be the more serious one? I just hope we'll get to know a little more about the personalities soon. Maybe Lil' Ryu is going to end up being the final culprit after he uses that sword a little too carelessly, gets charged with murder and is executed or whatever - just before sharing a passionate night with the new assistant, who then flees to America. I'm a genius!



(Not drawn by me)

But this time, the main character has a long sword at the ready, and she's sure eager to "help".
Even I don't know what I mean by that.

I think you meant that Ryuunosuke often needs help with his shaft from her

Wouldn't be a Japanese game/old setting without lots of sexism. Time to post all the sword related sex jokes!

I'm with the members that suggested this might be Takumi's take on finally rebooting the series and at the same time pleasing the Capcom execs. I presume we will see the ancestors of a couple of more characters (three, counting Phoenix). Other than that, the entire cast should be entirely new. Here are some thoughts I have:

- Nick's mentor is a forefather of Edgeworth's
- Not seeing it but would be kind of ironic if the von Karma lineage actually started as a "clan" of defense attorneys and Manfred was the one to break that tradition.
- Not seeing this one either, but if Miles' ancestor isn't Wright's mentor, he could be his assistant (or both: the mentor has a son which is Feenie's assistant and both are related to Edgey).
- The theme of this game could either be spirit channeling or something to do with demons.

*sigh* Why...? Why can't we have a 20+ woman following us around? I was so happy when I had Franziska as my assistant in GK for two cases - okay, one she was 13, but still. Or give us a male assistant. Unless they think it's impossible to have a male hero and a same-sex assistant.

C-A

And actually about the evolving thing, it actually seems that his work seems to downgrade as the Ace Attorney series went foward. They all were great, but JFA and T&T didn't capture the essence that the first game did. Then after that was of course, AJ. But then he created Ghost Trick which was a masterpiece, seriously. I think the only reason why his work in the series wasn't as good as the first one was because he didn't really want to do the other ones, not because he didn't have good ideas. AA was supposed to be the only game, but it caught on and Capcom was all "Hey, let's make a trilogy!" and Takumi was like "Well... OK."

A few more details:

-Takumi doesn't think of this as a spinoff or a gaiden game, but rather a full entry in the series.

A few more details:

-Takumi doesn't think of this as a spinoff or a gaiden game, but rather a full entry in the series.

So does that mean its gonna be somewhat like a prequel since it takes place in the past

I imagine so.

Though I'd relax a little Neavarex, I presume you enjoyed some of the previous games to an extent. Another should be fine be it Takumi or the AAI team.

Perhaps I'm not picky but for a niche franchise like ours I'm happy for anything.

Though I'd relax a little Neavarex, I presume you enjoyed some of the previous games to an extent. Another should be fine be it Takumi or the AAI team.

Official site
http://www.capcom.co.jp/new-gyakuten/

Promotion video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxK20bOl-ag#t=45

Here's just the trailer music for those who, like me, can't get enough of it.

What do you think it is? Objection, Pursuit, or something new altogether? Definitely sounds inspired by Layton. Maybe it's being composed by the PLvsAA composer, Yasumasa Kitagawa? Or hell, maybe even Tomohito Nishiura himself is doing it! That would blow my mind.

Cross-examination, please. I would be such a happy camper... and defender of justice.

And in the right place again, Plurk user ifu11 posted in the comments full sized scans of the Famitsu article.

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I seriously have to be careful not to misfire, ack... Forgive me for coming off as spammy.

EDIT: Also, I just noticed in the second page... is that dog in the bottom-right Missile? If so, I love that Takumi still finds a way to insert his dog into his games no matter what.

This reminds me: Takumi Shuu is a big fan of mystery writer Awasaka Tsumao and his A Aiichirou series (亜愛一郎), you can find all kind of references in GS. After writing the main A Aiichirou series, Awasaka also wrote a short story collection about Aiichirou's forefather A Tomoichirou, (亜智一郎), also an amateur detective. Coincidence?