Come Watch E3 with us!

Although not strictly Ace Attorney related, at around this time of year a bunch of AA fans gather together to watch companies that aren't Capcom showcase their latest offerings, all while asking each other where all the lawyers are.

That's right, it's E3 time, and as always Court Records will be hosting live viewings of each of the major conferences. While we don't normally expect AA news at any of these except maybe Nintendo's, it's always a fun time chatting about the more general state of the gaming world with like-minded people, so please make sure to join us there.

Make sure to follow us on https://twitter.com/CourtRecords_ to see when we're going live. As always, the streams will be hosted on http://cytube.court-records.net/r/CR.

Court Records is looking for staff!

Hey all, as you may know Court Records is in the process of a site overhaul, and we need some more support from the community to be able to get it up and running; specifically, we’re in the need of a new front-end developer, and new copywriters for the site’s various resources. 

You can find out more about the developer job at https://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=33012, and the copywriter job at https://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=33011. 

If you’re interested or have any questions, feel free to drop us a line at courtrecord@gmail.com 

Thanks!

DGS Fan Translation released on 3DS

The ever hard-working Scarlet Study fan translation team have announced that all five episodes of their fan translation of The Great Ace Attorney (Dai Gyakuten Saiban) are now available on 3DS! You can watch a trailer for the release at https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=BQJ3aaHczuw here, and find out more details about the patch and how to download it at https://scarletstudy.gq/2019/03/30/3ds-only-full-game-release-android-slightly-delayed/.

They've also announced that work has started on translating the second game, and that the release of the finalised first game on Android isn't quite ready yet.

This is an amazing effort by an amazing team of translators and programmers, and as Ace Attorney fans who are occasionally ignored by Capcom, it's fantastic to see such dedicated and talented fans work on bringing the series to its fans outside Japan. A big thank you from everyone at Court Records goes out to them.

AA Trilogy Western Release Date

The Western release date for the HD remaster of the Ace Attorney Trilogy has been revealed as April 9th by Capcom. The game will be digital only in the West, and will release with English and Japanese language support, with French and German to be added in a post-launch update. April 9th will also be the first time the game will release on Steam, and it's probably the delay in this version of the game that is causing a slight delay in the game's Western release. PS4 and Steam versions of the game come with a pre-order bonus wallpaper.  

You can read more about the game's Western release from Capcom at http://www.capcom-unity.com/capkel/blog/2019/02/27/phoenix-wright-ace-attorney-trilogy-comes-to-your-favorite-platform-beginning-april-9th

Nintendo Direct 02/13

A new Nintendo Direct has been announced for air tomorrow, and as always Court Records will be hosting a stream of the Direct at http://cytube.court-records.net/r/CR. Although Ace Attorney news is unlikely, we may possibly see a release date announcement for the HD Trilogy in the West. The Direct airs at 2pm PT, 5pm ET, 10pm GMT and 11pm CET. 

In addition, if you don't follow our twitter, you might have missed some smaller items of Ace Attorney related news, including the fact that the soundtracks for most of the games have been recently released on Spotify. You can find them by searching for 'Capcom Sound Team'. In order to promote the AA Trilogy remaster, Capcom has also released a remaster of an old Ace Attorney Investigations trailer, which features the Steel Samurai theme song with lyrics. You can find that here.

We hope to see some of you at the stream!

After first being teased way back in 2014, First 4 Figures has finally unveiled its Phoenix Wright statue, which opens for pre-orders on Friday 23rd November. You can find out how to pre-order the figure and watch a short video on F4F's website here (but be warned, they're usually on the pricey side). Even if you don't preorder, I think it's a promising sign that we're finally seeing some AA merch widely available outside Japan.

Previews for this week's Famitsu magazine are out, and reveal that the recently announced Ace Attorney Trilogy HD port for PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Steam will be featured in the upcoming issue. We'll have high definition scans of Famitsu when it's out. Furthermore, the English Ace Attorney twitter account has announced that it too will be sharing new details about the upcoming ports, likely the same as what will be shared in Famitsu. For those in Japan, the release date of the port has been announced as February 21st and e-Capcom has also put up its limited edition versions of the game for Switch and PS4. Depending on which version you buy, it comes with a copy of the game, a soundtrack CD, a drama CD, a mini canvas art piece, a buildable Blue Badger kit and even some Steel Samurai trading cards. You can order them at https://www.e-capcom.com/shop/g/gC00003002/

One Hour Anime Special to be broadcast in January

A one hour long prequel episode to the current AA Season 2 is set to air on January 19th at 5.30pm JST. It will reportedly be based on Turnabout Memories. For those in Japan, a special cinema airing of the episode will be shown on the 17th, with special guests Yuki Kaji (Phoenix) and Aoi Yuuki (Maya) talking about the production of the show.

An Ace Attorney Orchestral Concert has been announced for March 30th 2019 in Japan at this year’s TGS. 

Ace Attorney Trilogy HD port to be localised

The recently announced AA Trilogy HD port for PS4, Xbox One, Switch and Steam will be localised into English and released in 2019. You can watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnYpTj_aUoA&feature=youtu.be

Ace Attorney 123HD is coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Steam! The UI and some assets have been updated. You can watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW6RfwjnJgI.

More info at http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32914&p=1427872#p1427872

Ace Attorney Panel @ TGS 22/09

The Tokyo Game Show has just started, and on Saturday 22nd there will be an Ace Attorney related panel streamed live and promising to be 'unmissable'. If you'd like to watch the panel with us, we will be streaming it as always at http://cytube.court-records.net/r/CR. The panel will be 40 minutes long and starts at 16.00 JST (3.00 EDT, 00.00 PDT, 8.00 BST and 9.00 CEST).

We'd love to see you there to watch the panel unfold and chat about any news with fellow Ace Attorney fans! If you can't make it, any news will be posted here, and on our website (court-records.net), twitter (@courtrecords_) and discord (discord.gg/aceattorney).

Plus, make sure to stick around after the stream for a special surprise...

There's a new Nintendo Direct today, and we'd love it if you came and watched it with us! We're hosting the stream as usual at http://cytube.court-records.net/r/CR. The Direct is 35 minutes long and airs at 3pm PT/6pm ET/11pm BST/Midnight CEST (so just 20 minutes from this post.) Because of the Ace Attorney event at TGS in a little over a week, we're not expecting any Ace Attorney news, but you never know...

We hope we'll see you there!

Ace Attorney Panel at TGS 2018

Capcom have announced an Ace Attorney panel for this year's Tokyo Game Show. The panel will be held on the 22nd of September from 16.00 JST (3.00 EDT, 00.00 PDT, and 8.00 BST) will last for approximately 40 minutes. Ace Attorney series producer Motohide Eshiro and game designer Shinsuke Kodama will be in attendance.

The panel has been described as 'unmissable for Ace Attorney fans' so hopefully there'll be some interesting news to come out of it.

Source: http://www.capcom.co.jp/tgs/stage/index.html#Gyakuten

A 28 page illustrated zine, made by fellow Ace Attorney fans has just become available for pre-order. The Ace Adventurer Zine is an RPG fanzine that gives that gives our favourite attorneys some new weapons to point with, the more the merrier! Help support the Ace Attorney fan community by purchasing or showing your support on twitter! If you have an Ace Attorney related fan project you'd like CR to promote, make sure to DM us on twitter! You can find out more details at the twitter https://twitter.com/aceadventurers And you can preorder the zine at https://aceadventurer.bigcartel.com/

There's a new Smash Direct tomorrow - and while Phoenix's chances of joining the brawl might be slim, why not come and watch with fellow Ace Attorney fans at cytube.court-records.net/r/CR 

Search for the Truth Game Jam Entries!

As you may know, Court Records, in collaboration with the Ace Attorney Discord and AAO, recently hosted an Ace Attorney themed Game Jam! That Jam recently ended, but you can see some of the entries here. Please note that given the short length of time, a lot of these games are in an unfinished or proof of concept stage. You can check out the jam page, as well as comments from the organiser lazyplague at https://itch.io/jam/search-for-the-truth/topic/269345/the-game-jam-highlights Circle of the Turnabout by DannyPlaysSomeGames! http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?p=1425264#p1425264 Basic Premise: A trilogy style case investigating another murder on Eagle Mountain. Global Warming Real by The Gamer Cat! https://thegamercat.itch.io/global-warming-real Basic Premise: It's just a picture of a polar bear in roblox. Project Big Hat by Team Big Hat! https://lazyplague.itch.io/project-big-hat Basic Premise: A reporter named Sydney Raine drives out to an apartment building to search for leads on a missing persons case. She meets the landlord, W.W. Washburne, and has a small chat with him. Spooky Investigator by Arodude & co.! https://arodude.itch.io/spooky-investigator Basic Premise: Two students, Pichu and Froyo, are taking a remedial exam for their “Magic and Investigation” class at this magical college, The exam consists of three investigations, all fairly short and not painful to solve. Pichu, our protagonist, clashes with Froyo in trying to solve these mysteries. Turnabout Manor by discord user Mannequin! http://www.mediafire.com/file/dfom19hxc839h4b/TurnaboutManor-0.1-pc.zip/file Basic Premise: Phoenix and Maya are invited to a manor for some closed-circle mansion shenanigans by a prominent lawyer. Upon arrival, they realize that their group of contacts, including Gumshoe, Edgeworth, and even Larry were invited as well. Turnabout Underworld by Bigwins! http://www.aaonline.fr/player.php?trial_id=103891 Basic Premise: Set after the events of DD, Apollo takes on a locked room mystery, where Plum Kitaki is suspected of murdering the head of the Cadaverini family. However, there’s a lot more to this case that meets the eye, and it goes places that no one could possibly expect. I hope you enjoy playing some of these games, and make sure to give your thoughts in the comments, on the Discord or the itch.io page!

Search for the Truth Game Jam starts today!

The Ace Attorney inspired game jam starts today and lasts until August 1st, so now’s your last chance to make your ideas into a reality! For more information on the jam including links to the itch.io page and discord server, check http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32869