Next iteration of Ace Attorney for the 3DS unveiled

[MegaAce™]

A Famitsu scan grants insight on a new entry of the Ace Attorney series.
The time setting sure is a unexpected turnabout, though.

According to this Famitsu scan posted by @Lite_Agent, this new game takes place during Japan’s Meiji period (1868 - 1912, a.k.a. Rurouni Kenshin times) and naturally features a new star — it looks like that star is an ancestor of Phoenix Wright.
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The full title, according to @CourtRecords_, is Dai Gyakuten Saiban - Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken, or Grand Turnabout Trial - The Adventures of Naruhodou Ryuunosuke.
As mentioned previously, Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi is once again heading the project, after taking a break from the series with Dual Destinies.

We knew that the series would continue at some point, but who did expect it to be this way?
Crossing my fingers for the localization not to play in early Los Angeles.

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I mean, I guess it’s no surprise that the assistant in the Meiji-era Dai Gyakuten Saiban would be a woman in traditional dress, but here she is, Naruhodou Ryuunosuke’s assistant. According to Court-Records, she’s a “lover of foreign detectives and a progressive dreamer!”
The color scheme of her outfit also seems like a callback to Maya Fey’s look, though she doesn’t seem to be related to the Fey/Ayasato clan of spirit mediums.

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EDIT2:
First Trailer to the Game:

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[Chary]

Well, it's not what I was hoping for, but with Shu Takumi back at the helm, I'm happy. He'll write something awesome.

 

[cearp]

... this new game takes place during Japan’s Meiji period (1868 - 1912, a.k.a. Rurouni Kenshin times) and naturally features a new star — it looks like that star is an ancestor of Phoenix Wright.

predecessor, not ancestor, wright?

-edit. lol, no, i'm wrong...

 

[BrightNeko]

Without the article I was about to knock the art style. Everyone in the series that is new kinda is starting to look the same if they are on team good guy. Dude looked like a new apollo redesign.

 

[Foxi4]

Is it just me or does he look a little bit like an anime version of Bruce Lee?

 

[Gahars]

Is it just me or does he look a little bit like an anime version of Bruce Lee?

Just because he's asian?

Racist.

 

[Foxi4]

Just because he's asian?

Racist.

Spoiler

"OBJECTION! ...AND YOU BETTER'D BETTER NOT OVERRULE THIS ONE OR I'LL SHOVE A DRAGON FIST UP YOUR HONOUR!"

 

[Gahars]

*snip*

I don't see what Jackie Chan has to do with this.

 

[porkiewpyne]

As long as it isn't set in Japanifornia again (if it does get localised to start with), I have no objection whatsoever.

 

[MegaAce™]

As long as it isn't set in Japanifornia again (if it does get localised to start with), I have no objection whatsoever.

It'd be very weird to see how they could come up with a justification for the character wearing those clothes and carrying a freaking katana.

 

[ChaosBoi]

I kind of imagined this is how Phoenix's hair looked under his beanie in AJ (before we find out in DD that he still has his spikes that is).

Anyway, seeing how Takumi is going to be writing this one, this new entry should turn out interesting. I wonder if that other guy who also works on the AA series (forgot his name) is or will be working on another spinoff?

 

[Foxi4]

It'd be very weird to see how they could come up with a justification for the character wearing those clothes and carrying a freaking katana.

Sometimes you have to cut deep... to get to justice. (YEEEEAAAAAHHH!!!)

 

[TheCasketMan]

He looks like a fusion of Phoenix and Apollo. And look at that sword, I hope he doesn't point that at people now!

 

[MegaAce™]

Sometimes you have to cut deep... to get to justice. (YEEEEAAAAAHHH!!!)

But in the late 19/ early 20th century? He rather not take that sword into gun fights...

 

[Foxi4]

But in the late 19/ early 20th century? He rather not take that sword into gun fights...

First rule of Japanese games: swords are a viable weapon even in the event that guns are already present (including laser and plasma guns).

 

[VMM]

I didn't know Shu Takumi hadn't participated on PWDD, but that explains why the game wasn't on the same level of the other 4 AA games, that last case was shit

 

[Hop2089]

Meiji Era, this will be good, I haven't taken on anything set in this era since Otome Yokai Zakuro.

 

[Black-Ice]

Any Wright is Wright for me.

 

[matpower]

Good luck localization team, let's see if you can keep your Los Angeles stuff now! (Unless they change it to Early Los Angeles Alternative Timeline)
Looks like we will see more magic stuff ala Magatama/Perceive Bracelet since early days = no tech.

 

[Chary]

It'd be very weird to see how they could come up with a justification for the character wearing those clothes and carrying a freaking katana.

10$ on "Ancient Japan Festival held in Modern L.A." as the localization excuse.


...Or no localization at all....*sob*