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Feature: Ace Attorney’s Hidden Legacy: The Evidence Capcom Didn’t Present To The West

Despite long-standing objections, it seems the Great Ace Attorney is finally being localised.

To say Capcom is having a rough time recently would be putting it mildly. Having been subjected to a “customised ransomware attack”, we’ve witnessed no end of leaks about upcoming plans for the next few years, but amongst this all, one particular reveal stood out. Keeping in mind that this remains formally unconfirmed by Capcom presently, it showed confirmation of Ace Attorney 7 being in development and two other collections were also spotted. One suggests a sequel trilogy set is on the way, which would comprise of Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice.

The other, however, confirms news that fans were starting to think would never come: that the two Great Ace Attorney titles are getting localised for Western release. Said to be bundled as part of a new compilation alongside the original trilogy, fans had long given up hope that we’d ever see this obscure entry. For the unfamiliar, Great Ace Attorney (known in Japan as Dai Gyakuten Saiban) released in 2015 on 3DS, and whilst the main entries were created under different directors, these spin-off games were under the direction of Shu Takumi, the creator of Ace Attorney who’d left the series after Apollo Justice.

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