Capcom has lastly introduced a brand new Ace Legal professional recreation, however it might not be what followers have been anticipating.
Phoenix Wright Ace Legal professional: Twin Destinies VR is – because the title suggests – a remake of the 2013 recreation Twin Destinies, redesigned to play on VR headsets.
The sport, which is about for launch subsequent yr, will likely be accessible on Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 3S. Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Professional, in addition to the upcoming Meta VR Glasses.
“Step into the courtroom in VR and work together with suspicious witnesses and questionable proof to show your shopper’s innocence,” Capcom‘s official description for the sport reads. “Ship your OBJECTION! face-to-face like by no means earlier than.”
Whereas the sport will likely be totally playable with controllers, gamers can even make use of hand-tracked gesture help by “calling out witnesses and presenting proof with your individual fingers”.
Non-compulsory voice activation means they’ll additionally ship the sport’s trademark “OBJECTION!” catchphrase by shouting it out, somewhat than urgent a button.
Crime scene investigations may even be offered in VR, with gamers in a position to discover them as 3D areas and study proof utilizing hand monitoring and movement contorls.
In any other case, the sport seems to supply the identical circumstances and storylines as the unique launch of Twin Destinies, with Capcom promising “a gripping story stuffed with twists, emotional stakes, and vibrant characters throughout a number of episodic circumstances”.
Gamers have been ready for a brand new Ace Legal professional recreation for a while now, however in recent times Capcom has centered extra on re-releasing the earlier titles in fashionable compilations, together with English localisations of titles that have been beforehand Japan-only.
On the time of writing, the one Ace Legal professional recreation that isn’t at the moment accessible on fashionable methods is the 2012 crossover recreation Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, although a recent leak of Steam achievements included that recreation, suggesting a contemporary re-release could also be within the works.
The final totally new recreation within the Ace Legal professional sequence was the 2017 spin-off The Nice Ace Legal professional 2: Resolve, which is about close to the tip of the nineteenth century.