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Check Out Cross-Dressing Phoenix Wright, Part 2
Once again, the ladies at musical troupe Takarazuka Revenue are bringing Phoenix Wright to the stage — complete with singing, dancing and cross-dressing. More »
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Capcom Announces *Another* Phoenix Wright Musical
The all-female Phoenix Wright musical debuted this month in Japan. Capcom and the Takarazuka Revue are once again collaborating for another Phoenix Wright song-and-dance. More »
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Watch The All-Female Phoenix Wright Musical
This month, all-female-musical troupe Takarazuka Revue will debut its stage version of Phoenix Wright. Here's a sneak peak. More »
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Cross-Dressing Phoenix Wright Musical In Official Poster Form
Soon to be appearing on a Hankyu train near you, here is the official Gyakuten Saiban poster for the Takarazuka musical version. Previously, we brought word of this upcoming stage version due this February. More » -
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Dare You Object To These Phoenix Wright Figures?
These were at TGS, but somehow went unnoticed by, well, everybody. They're a line of Phoenix Wright figures. Not statues, figures; as you can see, they're ball-jointed, so the only limit on your finger-pointing poses is your imagination. They're a little too cartoony for our tastes - we strive for authenticity in our adult collectibles - but hey, it's the thought that counts. They'll be out in Japan sometime next year. More » -
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Phoenix Wright and the Case of the Backwards Book
Recently Ballantine Books sent me a copy of the new Phoenix Wright manga, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Official Casebook Vol. 1 The Phoenix Wright Files. More »
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Phoenix Wright, As Cross-Dressing All Female Musical
Take that! The all-female Takarazuka Revue troupe is best known its musical stage shows where women actresses play both male and female roles. The Revue's shows range from the traditional (Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!) to anything but (stage versions of Oliver Stone's JFK, Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby). Next February, the Takarazuka Revue's Cosmos troupe will bring its crossing-dressing musical sense to a stage version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, complete with romance and intrigue. It's interesting to note that Takarazuka has decided to go with the game's English language character name, Phoenix Wright, instead of the character's original Japanese name, Ryuichi Naruhodo. The ace attorney will be played by actress Ranju Tomu, pictured in costume. Hit the jump for a shot of her without the man makeup. More »
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Phoenix Wright Manga Coming To North America In September
Two volumes of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney manga are coming out in North America, according to an Amazon listing dredged up on NeoGAF by Wired, who made all of the "fans will have no objection" puns already so that I don't have to. Thanks, Wired! More »
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Phoenix Wright Spin-Off Features WALKING
Phoenix Wright rival Miles Edgeworth is getting his own DS spin-off, Perfect Prosecutor. The DS title co-stars detective Dick Gumshoe as Edgeworth searches for crime scene evidence that coppers missed in a new third person walking search and deduction system. Walking in an Ace Attorney game? What the? More »
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Phoenix Wright Does Not Object To Episodic Gaming
Phoenix Wright is coming back to the PC. And not just coming, but coming in many, many pieces, as it's been announced that the first three GBA titles (which have already seen limited releases on PC in Japan) of the series are to be broken up into a steady stream of episodic titles. The first one lands next week, and will be free (as will the first chapters of the second and third GBA titles), with all remaining chapters costing ¥120 (around USD$1). That's for each chapter: to buy every chapter of a whole Ace Attorney game will cost you about ¥1920 (USD$19). No idea whether, like the DS versions, these will have an English-language track, but I guess we'll find out on March 18 when the first episode's due. More »
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'Is Our Children Reading?' - A Defense of Video Games
Reader Chris W. pointed us to a nice little piece in The Guardian on the questions of video games and literacy, with author Steven Poole coming to the defense of that medium we're all so fond of. It's nothing new for those of us who game, but it never hurts to have another (reasonable, rational) voice in the chorus. Poole points out there are plenty of games out there that require as much reading as the average children's novel (if not more), and while the quality of writing may be variable, it's not as if every paperback on the shelves is fantastically written. More »
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Capcom Playtesting Pays In Spades
When we posted a brief note about an upcoming Capcom playtesting session in the Bay Area of California, reader Justme8800 heeded the call. In addition to getting hands-on time with an unnamed Capcom game—no, we couldn't squeeze it out of him—he walked away with all this stuff. More »
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Phoenix Wright Makes Ace Attorneys?
Phoenix Wright may be a fun...ish game, but it certainly can't teach you to be a real lawyer like those guys on TV, right? Not so! Capcom producer Minae Matsukawa tells a story of real life proof that Phoenix Wright is the best lawyer teaching tool for the DS of all time....a gentleman came up to me and said that he was a professor at a law school! He told me that as an educator of lawyers-to-be, he highly recommended the "Ace Attorney" games to his students.
Was it a prank? More »
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Ben Judd Talks Swingy-Swingy, About Himself
That dashing mustache right there is Ben Judd. Ben Judd is the producer of the upcoming Bionic Commando re-imagining. The game's official site has the first podcast up. They're still finding their feet, and Judd talks about what it's like being a foreigner working in the Japanese game industry and how difficult it was to create Bionic Commando swingy-swingy in 3D: More » -
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Wii Subpoenas Harvey Birdman
Previously announced for the PS2 and PSP, Capcom is bring Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law to the Nintendo Wii this November. I would accuse the game of being a ripoff of Phoenix Wright, but Capcom makes Phoenix Wright as well, so I am just going to shut up now.Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is a fully animated interactive adventure game that merges the fun and mayhem of the popular Adult Swim TV show with Capcom's unique style of gameplay. Players will step into the shiny wingtips of Harvey Birdman, a third-rate superhero turned third-rate defense attorney charged with exonerating parodied classic cartoon characters.
I'm actually planning on picking this one up. Between my deep love for the PW style of gameplay and the humor of Harvey Birdman lovingly reproduced in video game for as evidenced by the gameplay footage we posted awhile back, this one could be a winner. If anything you get to set Guile's hair on fire, and let's face it - Guile is kind of a dick. More »
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Apollo Justice, The New Ace Attorney?
With Phoenix Wright largely out of the picture in the fourth Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney in the West) legal adventure, Nintendo DS gamers are going to have to welcome a new protagonist to the series. Already a smash hit in Japan, Gyakuten Saiban 4 features Housuke Odoroki as the lead attorney, with Wright limited to a cameo role, meaning Capcom USA has a marketing challenge on its hands. More » -
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Ace Attorney Five Announced
Big hit in Japan DS title Gyakuten Saiban 4 (AKA "Ace Attorney 4") moved 250,000 copies during its first week on sale. This fall, Gyakuten Saiban 3 will be retitled as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations for North America, and the previous Phoenix Wright game was so popular that it sold out — Like you couldn't get a new copy for a while. So, you think Capcom would make another Ace Attorney? Do you really? According to Bloomberg, the third party developer recently announced Gyakuten Saiban 5. How risky! I bet one day they'll do a Gyakuten Saiban 6, a Gyakuten Saiban 7 and maybe even a Gyakuten Saiban 8. More »
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Papercraft: Phoenix Wright
Paperkraft.net points us to Court-Records.net where they have posted this great Phoenix Wright papercraft model. Also available are models of Mia Fey and everyone's favorite frilly collar wearing attorney, Edgeworth. All three models look fairly easy to put together with the possible exception of Phoenix's trademark spiky do. Just be careful you don't lop off a few spikes while your cutting him out. I particularly like the "Objection!" word balloon that accompanies it. Nice touch! Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of the Court-Records page to find the models. More »
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Gyakuten Saiban 4, Half A Million Shipped!
Gyakuten Saiban 4 is Capcom's most successful entry in Ace Attorney series to date. Since going on sale April 12th in Japan, a half a million copies have been shipped. When Gyakuten Saiban was previously localized into English with Phoenix Wright, the game was so popular and hard to get because Capcom didn't print enough copies. Even in an age when success is judged in Pokémon standards, Gyakuten Saiban 4 is a hit with no objections here. More »
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Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Sales Chart
The Media Create sales data from April 9th through the 15th is out, highlighting Japanese buying trends, and Capcom's Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Ace Attorney) takes the number one spot. Some new DS releases snuck into the top ten, including Nintendo's Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 and Rocket Co's shovelware for Sanrio fans, My Relakkuma. More »
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Game Vixens To Look Up To
Top ten list for female gaming characters usually look like this. Old hat and mehsville. So! It's nice to see something, I dunno, different? Interesting? Over at ShinyShiny, they've put together a list of ten female game characters to idolize. They are: More »
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Bikini Girls Promote New Ace Attorney Game
Weekly manga Young Magazine knows what its young, male readers like: They like girls. Girls in skimpy outfits. So, if Young Magazine is going to do a piece on Gyakuten Saiban 4 ("Ace Attorney" series in the West), it needs something to hold its readers' interest. Yup, it needs girls in skimpy outfits. Otherwise, the readers will just flip by, looking for cheesecake photos. So! Hit the jump for the pages in full, all relatively safe for work. More » -
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Rumor: Phoenix Wright 3 Titled, Dated
Over at the Court Records Forum, a GameCrazy employee has posted pics of the store's database, which includes an upcoming Phoenix Wright game, the third in the series for the West. Writes the employee: More »
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Pheonix Wright Making Cameo In Ace Attorney 4
While the previous Ace Attorney games were ports and featured Phoenix Wright as the main character, Gyakuten Saiban 4 (AKA "Ace Attorney 4") is not a port and doesn't feature the blue suited attorney. Instead, the game is a totally new entry in the series, designed especially for the DS and featuring a new attorney. But what about Phoenix? We like Phoenix! Says Capcom producer Minae Matsukawa: More »
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Bad News Importers, Gyakuten Saiban 4 Japanese Only
Objection! While previous entries into the Gyakuten Saiban series (AKA "Ace Attorney") featured Japanese and English language options making them import friendly, the latest entry does not apparently. Online importer Play-Asia notes on the product page: More »
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Frankenreview, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All is Capcom's latest GBA made DS release for gamers who want to throw a book at someone (metaphorically, though maybe in real life, too). More »
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Phoenix Wright Finger Schwag Returns For Sequel
If you missed out on the hot fingering action from the Phoenix Wright Nintendo DS stylus when the first game was up for pre-order, fret not. You can once again secure the ace attorney's proudly erect digit for all of your menu choice confirming needs. The bonus also includes a handy "HOLD IT!" screen cleaning pad, perfect for spittle wiping. More »
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Phoenix Wright Available At Capcom Store
If news of hard-to-find DS title Trauma Center DS returning to retailers didn't get your all hot and bothered, this news should: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is now available for purchase on Capcom's online store. More »
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