Ace Attorney Investigations 2 [DS] NOT coming to the West?

[Deleted User]

Ace Attorney is now the Fire Emblem of Capcom. Sigh, I hope there's plans for a fan translation. There's already a full out walkthrough done but it's really not the same to play it and have no idea what you're doing XD

 

[MigueelDnd]

But... I haven't missed out on any AA title (except for that rare AA4 thing that Japan got that nobody cared about, Gyakuten Saiban Jiten or something) until now! I WANT.

That was just an enciclopedia with info from the previous Gyakuten Saiban, don't act like it's important or something.
It's really unlikely for them to unrelease that... but oh well, good thing I'm already starting to learning japanese. That may do if further installements and the crossover don't get to be released in English....

 

[Delta517]

No!!! This can't be true!!!!

 

[The Pi]

I've yet to get through the rest of the games in the series (on the third atm) but it's a real shame if the rest don't get an English translation even if you learn Japanese you'll need a Japanese 3DS to play the 3DS games

(assuming piracy can't be reached)

 

[Deleted_171835]

I've yet to get through the rest of the games in the series (on the third atm) but it's a real shame if the rest don't get an English translation even if you learn Japanese you'll need a Japanese 3DS to play the 3DS games

(assuming piracy can't be reached)

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is a DS game.

Also, there hasn't been an Ace Attorney game confirmed or released for the 3DS.
except for that phoenix wright x layton crossover

 

[notmeanymore]

I've yet to get through the rest of the games in the series (on the third atm) but it's a real shame if the rest don't get an English translation even if you learn Japanese you'll need a Japanese 3DS to play the 3DS games

(assuming piracy can't be reached)

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is a DS game.

Also, there hasn't been an Ace Attorney game confirmed or released for the 3DS.
except for that phoenix wright x layton crossover

Which is the exact game he was talking about.

 

[DarkShadow96]

Whoa what...
Hope it gets confirmed in the near future

 

[The Pi]

I know, I was talking about the crossover. (since it is, sorta, an Ace Attorney game)

 

[Uncle FEFL]

Ace Attorney is now the Fire Emblem of Capcom. Sigh, I hope there's plans for a fan translation. There's already a full out walkthrough done but it's really not the same to play it and have no idea what you're doing XD

My thoughts exactly. My favorite franchises on the DS, both not cared about by their own company!

 

[Deleted User]

Ace Attorney is now the Fire Emblem of Capcom. Sigh, I hope there's plans for a fan translation. There's already a full out walkthrough done but it's really not the same to play it and have no idea what you're doing XD

My thoughts exactly. My favorite franchises on the DS, both not cared about by their own company!

I know right? Even now, there isn't anything new with Fire Emblem at all, in Japan too. My hopes for FE4 remake were shattered. My hopes for FE3 Remake to get localized was shattered.

And for Ace Attorney Investigations 2 to just not come out is rather sad since all the other games made it here.

 

[Byronic Hero]

The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return. And no, it wouldn't sell more than Okamiden (which has already sold more than the first Investigations).

Could this content show up on some other platform somewhere down the line? Possibly, but there's nothing on that front for me to talk about. I realize there are fans who would like to have this and I'll be sure to explore ways that could happen viably in the future with our strategy and R&D teams but no promises.

Anybody else die a little inside after reading this?

 

[Raika]

The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return. And no, it wouldn't sell more than Okamiden (which has already sold more than the first Investigations).

Could this content show up on some other platform somewhere down the line? Possibly, but there's nothing on that front for me to talk about. I realize there are fans who would like to have this and I'll be sure to explore ways that could happen viably in the future with our strategy and R&D teams but no promises.

Anybody else die a little inside after reading this?

I did.

 

[Arm73]

The truth is ( I mean it could very well be ) they' ll wait until the 3DS gets more popular and then they will just port the game and localize it for the western market charging full price ( 3DS price ) for a simple port of a 2 years old game just because it was " previously unreleased ".
I mean how much could it really cost to translate a bunch of text ? There are pretty good fan made translation out there done with very little resources, how difficult could it be for capcom to do it when they already have all the staff and the hired people to perform the job ?

It will come to us, but on the 3DS in a year or two, full price, localized and with very little enhancement to justify the full price tag .
It's all business.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Meh, if they wanted to save the price of production costs they could possibly just make a WiiWare version or an iPhone version like they did with the older titles. Its probably not as good as the DS experience but Capcom doesn't have to waste money on production costs.

That just seems the most logical course of action if they wanted to bring the game over.

 

[RupeeClock]

Meh, if they wanted to save the price of production costs they could possibly just make a WiiWare version or an iPhone version like they did with the older titles. Its probably not as good as the DS experience but Capcom doesn't have to waste money on production costs.

That just seems the most logical course of action if they wanted to bring the game over.

Did you know there's an iPhone version of Ghost Trick?
Just saying.

 

[Warrior522]

The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return. And no, it wouldn't sell more than Okamiden (which has already sold more than the first Investigations).

Could this content show up on some other platform somewhere down the line? Possibly, but there's nothing on that front for me to talk about. I realize there are fans who would like to have this and I'll be sure to explore ways that could happen viably in the future with our strategy and R&D teams but no promises.

Anybody else die a little inside after reading this?

I did.

This. TO COURT RECORDS! It's fan translation time.

 

[Master Mo]

The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return. And no, it wouldn't sell more than Okamiden (which has already sold more than the first Investigations).

Could this content show up on some other platform somewhere down the line? Possibly, but there's nothing on that front for me to talk about. I realize there are fans who would like to have this and I'll be sure to explore ways that could happen viably in the future with our strategy and R&D teams but no promises.

Anybody else die a little inside after reading this?

I did.

I don`t know where he got those numbers from but from when I can gather from VGCharts AAI:ME sold 584,942 units in its liefetime and Okamiden sold 198,339 units til know. I know Okamiden isn`t out for too long over here but still as far as I can see it is a false statement to say Okamiden already sold more then AAI... Not that I don`t like Okami. As a matter of fact I like it more then AA (love both series though

) but still I want to make clear that AAI wasn`t selling as bad as people think it did.

Also as far as I can see the US and Europe release of AAI makes half of the lifetime-sales (approx. 300 units), which is quite good imo.

It would really be a shame if it wouldn`t see a localization

 

[machomuu]

It's sad really.

Japan saw a bunch of sequels last week, and they all performed below their predecessors.

Leading the way in Media Create's weekly sales chart was Ace Attorney Investigations 2, with just over 130,000 units. An impressive first week figure, but not as impressive as the original's 172,000 units from back in June 2009.

I though this would give them a little courage to localize it.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Maybe we can hope for a WiiWare release.

I wasn't really expecting to have another AA game for at least 7-8 months anyway. (Based on the AA Track record of releases.) So maybe I'll get an announcement of something in that time.

That'd be better than nothing at all, right?

 

[WiiUBricker]

No, please no shitty WiiWare release. Those games are perfect for the DS.
I actually lost hope for an english localization. Someone should make a fan translation.