So, why isn't Phoenix Wright in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom?
by Justin McElroy 
{ Aug 18th 2009 at 12:00PM }
The producer told NGamer that Phoenix's one attack -- shouting at his opponent -- would have been a fine size in Japanese ("igiari" can be written in four characters), but when translating that shout to the 10 characters in "Objection" ... well, we should let Niitsuma explain it: "When we localize, the balance of the game gets destroyed because the move becomes bigger. There'd be no way of avoiding it! We had to remove [Phoenix] for these reasons. In the future, it is one of our aims to get him in."
OK, upon re-reading, we're now 99 percent sure that he's joking. Still, it's funny, right? Read the interview for yourself here, or, better yet, just go buy the magazine.
[Via The Escapist]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nightmare452 @ Aug 18th 2009 12:32PM
Damn! Were Phoenix in the game, I would have bought it day one (and for the record, I have only played the 1st 3 cases of the 1st game so I ain't a hardcore fan), but it would have been a blast to play as him.
No excuses Capcom! You blew it.
Jack_Jackington @ Aug 18th 2009 12:38PM
OBJECTION!
Tim @ Aug 18th 2009 12:52PM
I thought that even lawyers would sue little girls such as Roll.
ShukuenShinobi @ Aug 18th 2009 1:04PM
Why hasn't anyone pointed out "Objection" has 9 Letters? To get 10, they'd have to be including the "!".
I-gi-a-ri-! is 5 characters, not 4. (even in Kanji). So in localization, they could easily have done Ob-je-ct-io-n! to be 5 characters of attack.
It's clear they just hate us. D: If he was trying to be funny it failed.
ChromeAlchemist @ Aug 18th 2009 2:02PM
Whoa, that's the first time I've seen you guys get news from The Escapist. Interesting...
http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=3197149
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Aug 18th 2009 3:06PM
WOW. EPIC TROLL.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Aug 18th 2009 3:04PM
I would love to see more non-fighting game characters in Capcom vs. series. Miles, Phoenix, Frank West, Wayne, Wesker, etc... How about Capcom vs. Zombies and Attorneys?
ChromeAlchemist @ Aug 18th 2009 3:25PM
Chances are, they're saving them for a sequel. Remember MvC? By the second they went into overdrive with the roster.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Aug 18th 2009 3:42PM
Heck I am playing 2 at the moment! Yeah, I hope they add some offbeat characters in the next vs. outing.
Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 18th 2009 3:27PM
The image...it can't be....he's not shouting anything!!
zglukahr @ Sep 11th 2009 10:21AM
This is nonsense, why would they scrap Phoenix just because of a localization problem when the game TvC was intended to be japan-exclusive in start, that's bullsheet