Capcom delivers verdict on Gyakuten Kenji date

by Chris Greenhough { Sep 23rd 2008 at 7:00PM }

After a long stretch of hearing nothing about Gyakuten Kenji, Capcom has issued a Japanese release window for the Miles Edgeworth-flavored Ace Attorney spin-off: a vague "Spring 2009." Unless an English language option is included in the game (it's happened before in this series), that's fairly useless to those who don't speak Japanese, but there's still time to amend that.

To coincide with this announcement, Capcom passed a bunch of new screens around, mainly depicting scenes from the opening case and new prosecutor Makoto Yuuki (which translates as "truth courage"). Anyone else find Edgeworth's bobble-headed physique a bit weird, by the way? No? Okay, probably just us.

Gallery: Gyakuten Kenji

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Tags: ace-attorney, adventure, capcom, edgeworth, gyakuten-kenji

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Roto13 @ Sep 23rd 2008 7:23PM

I'm just happy to see Gumshoe again.

Itonoko @ Oct 31st 2008 3:04PM

Yes! gumshoe's the best detective in all manga/game series^^
He's also a hardworking and goofy detective which we all know and love :' )

Shoyz @ Sep 23rd 2008 7:43PM

Any in-court parts? I -hated- investigating, but the guilty verdict always made it worth it to me.

justin b. @ Sep 24th 2008 10:20AM

I have to agree with you. Well, I didn't HATE the investigating, but it was nowhere near as interesting as the cases, and sometimes it was downright annoying trying to figure out where to go next. What disturbs me is that it looks like the whole game might be investigation only, which would SUCK, because the cases are the best part.

GatorSax2010 @ Sep 23rd 2008 7:55PM

I bet this gets a more timely English-language release than the other games in the series, now that we're finally all caught up.

vgxtremist @ Sep 23rd 2008 8:59PM

Geez I love this series so much, can't wait to play this...course I guess I didn't really need to tell you that eh?

Josh @ Sep 24th 2008 12:20AM

Oooh yeaaah, I need this game.

ShampooPrincess @ Sep 24th 2008 7:45AM

This series is one of my all time favorites. I can't wait!

Zealot @ Sep 24th 2008 12:00PM

So if Yuuki is a fellow prosecutor, I suppose that means that the chick in the trailer is probably a defense attorney and an antagonist?

Anyway, even if this is isn't a traditional game in the series, I hope that the fact that Edgeworth is getting a game despite the franchise having "moved on" is a sign of better things to come in Gyakuten V.

Homerun17 @ Sep 24th 2008 4:19PM

Nope, She's a master thief according to the website..

Zealot @ Sep 24th 2008 5:07PM

Geh, that's a shame. At least this might mean not all the cases will be murder-related, which would be a change of pace.

chibi_wings @ Sep 24th 2008 6:15PM

yuppie! I love edgeworth. I'm still excited, even if the game is more focused on the detective aspect then the attorney aspect.

StephenM @ Sep 25th 2008 2:33PM

>>Anyone else find Edgeworth's bobble-headed physique a bit weird, by the way?

Haha, in the full-body shots Edgey looks like a nine year old boy. WHICH, by the way, would be fitting. I think we would all enjoy a Phoenix Wright prequel starring elementary school versions of Miles, Phoenix and their third stooge Larry.