Capcom has announced today, during the Tokyo Game Show, that they have been busy putting together the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Fans won’t have to wait too long until they can get a hold of it, as it’s launching on multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, on January 25th, 2024. The collection contains all three games, which are as follows: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. The collection naturally contains HD graphics and special bonuses galore, which should make it the definitive version. You can watch the trailer in the video below.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy coming to Switch next year
Wow, I’m very impressed with the extras that seem to be here. Obviously the DLC stuff should be and is included. However, the inclusion of music, art and animation galleries is great and goes beyond what is offered in the original trilogy. And I think the “Story Mode” is a series first too, which is definitely a nice addition for people who are only interested in the story and not the gameplay. I presume you might also be able to toggle it on or off as you please too, so you could just use it for the investigations if you don’t like doing them for example.
Overall, it looks like they’ve put some real care into this package and I’ll certainly be buying Day 1 (though probably on my Steam Deck rather than my Switch), I really hope it sells well. I do think releasing this game is a prelude to AA7, as this game will allow players on all platforms to be up to date with all of the story of the main series up to this point. It’s a good time to be an Ace Attorney fan!
(Oh, the name is still stupid though. New players are going to be surprised when for most of the time, this isn’t really Apollo’s story haha)
Do we have to buy the DLC again? XD
Nop, it’s included :D
Agreed. Although, the last 2 games do focus a lot on apollo, (specially SoJ) even if you don’t play as him all of the time.
SoJ definitely spends a lot of time with Apollo. Dual Destinies though, to be honest just feels like Apollo is just kinda there most of the time without much purpose, even when he’s relevant to the story it feels pretty stupid too.
The only game that doesn’t predominantly feature Apollo is Duel Destinies, and even then he still has his own character arc that is relevant to the main plot.
AJ is literally his debut game and SoJ, despite having “Phoenix Wright” in the title, is definitely Apollo’s story in the end.
This trilogy shows Apollo’s beginnings, growth, and him becoming an “Ace Attorney” of his own in the final game.
It’s definitely his trilogy.
The Animation Studio feature is a nice touch, will have fun messing around in that.😊
Kinda wish they added the 2 Miles Edgeworth games like they did with the original trilogy and Great Ace Attorney 1 & 2.
I bet a duo bundle is in their cards atm. It’s all they have left aside from sequels.
Huh. So the whole thing is rated T. I remember Dual Destinies actually got an M rating here in the States, and I think I know specifically which part warranted it (if you’ve played DD, you probably know too). It’ll be interesting to see if that is untouched for this trilogy or if was scaled down a bit.
I think the ESRB was more strict during that period. I know what scene you’re talking about, and I still don’t think the whole game should be rated M because of that. At least I could tell why DD got it, there were plenty of games in that period that should’ve gotten a T or even E10+ rating.
I know what you mean about the ESRB. Did you ever play Zelda: Spirit Tracks and wonder why it got E+10 when it’s no more violent than Zelda: Phantom Hourglass which got an E? I know I have. I thought “maybe it’s because it’s more difficult than PH” but that rationale never made much sense to me.
Maybe because of the Phantom Zelda?