The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Fans of law games, virtual lawsuits, or those who, above all, enjoy the opportunity in the gesture of victorious heroism to point the poor prosecutor at the roaring shout of “Objection!” Just before shattering the feebly accusation logical deductions solid as a rock, certainly not the unknown series Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. This is exactly what you do there regularly in every episode.
Among these audiences, there will certainly be those who were unhappy by the fact that the historic spin-offs of The Great Ace Attorney Adventures from 2013 and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve from 2017 were released only on handhelds and phones in Japan. However, this will soon cease to be true, as Capcom has announced that it is about to be localized and both titles will enter the Western market not only in English as part of a collection called The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.
The title is worth noting because of probably the most brilliant names of the main characters in the history of the universe. You will shine a light of a pair of giants named criminals … Herlock Sholmes and Ryūnosuke Naruhodó (freely translated by Drakoslav JoTakhle).
It should be added, however, that in the original version Herlock was normally called Sherlock, and the change was quite possibly due to the threat of judicial scramble by the Doyle family. He still owns some of the rights to Sherlock’s original stories, and the lawsuit certainly doesn’t go far, as Enola Holmes has been convinced in the recent past.
On the other hand, given the genre of the game, it would be a rather poetic opportunity to easily spice up entering the Western market. And by the way, even Herlock Sholmes is not a completely original idea, a character with this name appeared in the short stories Arsène Lupine versus Herlock Sholmes, written in 1908 by Maurice Leblanc. But in this case, perhaps no one will be suing anymore.
Either way, in the games you will visit Victorian England and Japan in the Meiji period. You will follow Ryunosuke’s story from his student years, when he only hopes to become a lawyer one day. You will gradually become acquainted with the ensemble of characters, including the aforementioned Herlock, you will satisfy justice in a number of cases and … you will become a lawyer, of course.
The games will also receive localized dubbing, but if the spoken English in Japanese games sounds as comfortable as when a hand slips on a grater, there is no need to lament – the original pronunciation will of course be a choice as well.
In addition, a few new features will be added. Eight new mini-stories, a couple of costumes for the characters, a virtual artbook right in the menu and “autopilot mode”. In it, you can focus only on consuming the story, playing and choosing the right answers will get the title for you.
And good news at the end – you won’t have to wait long. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles will be released on July 27 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Switch.
