Sad news. I hope it gets a localization and release some day. Maybe on 3DSWare if the service can handle it.

I have to hear something wonderful on this series.  I loved the first Pheonix right but they kept going down hill since then.

I am sitting here with every Ace Attorney game to hit the DS, and they're telling me that they're not doing any more?


Well, they could do what some others are doing and releasing it as a 3DS title.




....does this mean that we're not going to see Phoenix Wright vs. Prof. Layton either?

"The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return"

The costs can't really be all that much though--it's text based, not even voiced for crying out loud.  Maybe another publisher will be allowed to make the NA version.  Guess that's our last hope.

It's no doubt more than a typical game though due to the amount of text and the need to have to essentially rewrite the story to fit the western culture.  The DS also has the largest target audience for this.  Part of me wonders if this series will be limited as DLC in the future.  It removes one of the biggest drawbacks from the producer's perspective - limited replay makes it easy to pawn the cartridge used.  Going that route would likely make the return more lucrative.


I worry about the care in such DLC releases.... Anyone have the iPhone version of the original? Does it play identical to the DS version?  I remember when they had a flash version of the first case as a promo tool, and the music didn't blend, transition, or sync like it did on the DS.