Okay, I know the title of this post is a little crazy, but there appears to be a trailer out for a spinoff of one of my favorite Nintendo DS game series, Ace Attorney. The new game takes Phoenix’s friend and fellow lawyer, Miles Edgeworth, on cases of his own in which he will point fingers and try to get people thrown in jail, just like any good prosecutor would do! The game is going to be entitled Gyakuten Kenji, which means “Turnabout Prosecutor” in English and all the trailer makes me want to do is learn how to speak Japanese. Because all the good games come out in Japan:

The game looks a little bit different than those in the Ace Attorney series and we’ll actually see people walking around in the game! Which is very unlike the Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice games which mainly feature lots of stills of people who only have moving mouths and the occasional wave of blowing hair. I mean, these games aren’t quite graphic intensive! But Gyakuten Kenji dares to take the DS graphics a bit farther. That DS is so going to choke with all that action!

It looks like there will be a few people from the cast of the Ace Attorney series involved in this game and will include such familiar faces as Dick Gumshoe. And. Um…. that’s about it. But, isn’t Dick Gumshoe like the best character in Phoenix Wright and so forth? I would have to say yes.

[Image courtesy of Capcom.]

Once again, Capcom has proven just how dang cool they really are by allowing poor folks like me to play a demo version of their very popular Nintendo DS game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (EDIT: wait, I lied. This is actually a demo for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. It’s too early!) . But how does one demo a Nintendo DS game if they don’t even have a Nintendo DS? Well, that’s easy! Just go on over to this post over at Kotaku, click on the giant Nintendo DS and sit back and be objected at for the next few minutes!

Now, I’m sure this demo has been out for quite some time… I mean, why wait months after the release of a game to put out a demo? It makes no sense. But this is the first time I’ve ever seen this and I think it’s pretty bad assed. I’ve played the first… hmm… 2 hours of this game and it’s definitely worth it if you can see past the silliness and focus on the entertainment value. And afterwards, when you’re done playing the entire game, you’ll be able to OJBECT anything! And maybe you’ll even be able to throw in a few HOLD ITS! Fun. Lots of fun.

Maybe this demo will even talk you into buying an awe-inspiring Nintendo DS to play all of these crazy adventure games on! You won’t regret it! Plus, you’ll look cool and it never hurts to look a little cooler, does it?

Well, I bet the first game in the Phoenix Wright series quite a few weeks ago and ever since then, I’ve been working my way through Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations. The only thing I wish for after playing a game like this is that attorney’s really prosectued and defended people like they do in Phoenix Wright. In the Phoenix Wright games, the judge of the case almost immidiately agrees with the Prosecution, even though the facts make no sense.

Let me give you a scenario that we might just see in one of these Phoenix Wright games.

Yes, the prosecution does hold a whip.

The Prosecution: The defendant has to be the one who murdered the victim. Why? It’s simple really. The defendant was seen eating a hot dog right next to the victim in line at a gas station. There is no room for discussion here, as this clearly makes the defense guilty!

The Judge: Well, that does make sense. Defendants seen eating hot dogs in the vicinity of the victim usually means that the defendant KILLED the victim! I see no reason to go further in this trial, unless the defense has something to say.

The Defense: Oh my gentle Jebus. This judge is a complete tool.

No, seriously. I would not doubt if this scenario made it some where into a Phoenix Wright game! The judge ALWAYS thinks the Prosecution is right and can’t think beyond the logic the prosecution throws out.

There is one thing I can say about these games, though. They are a lot of fun. I think it’s because you can laugh at how weird the cases generally go. So, if you’ve been putting off playing this series because you think it looks silly, you should definitely give it a try. It’s way more fun than I thought it would be!

So, I picked up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney on Friday for my brand spankin’ new Nintendo DS and I have to say… I’m impressed. More impressed than I thought I would be. The game is actually… incredibly fun and filled with my type of weird humor. Just the type of thing I like in a game. The great thing about it is that it seems to be the LONGEST GAME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF MAN KIND.

Okay, I may be exaggerating just a little, like I tend to do. But every time I beat a trial, I think I’m done, only to be proven wrong once again when another episode for a new trial pops up! I mean, I started playing Friday night, played for like 4 hours Saturday and 4 hours Sunday… and then about 3 hours Monday and I just started a new episode! Will this go on forever? I’m used to my adventure games being like 2 hours long, so it’s very nice to be surprised with a new episode when I beat a particularly grueling case.

In actuality, the game doesn’t really feel like a game to me. But more like an intricate story that I’m taking place in. I mean, you can’t really lose with this game. There is no dying and you get an infinite amount of second chances. You feel like you can do nothing wrong to lose a case! And that’s always fun. The game isn’t too hard to figure out, which leaves the frustration factor low. And as we know, frustrating games are never fun. Okay, they’re fun, too, but I like less frustrating games personally.

All and all, I’m glad I picked up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and I’ll DEFINITELY be playing the other two. I love trilogies!