14 DAY TRIAL // The last game in the Ace Attorney saga to be announced by Capcom was Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, and it was given official disclosure back in June. It had as release date for the DS February 16, so, when it was announced, everyone thought that they'd have to wait eight more months before they could get back to the courtroom drama. But that's only half true, as Capcom has announced that an Ace Attorney addition to the franchise will arrive before that.
Yesterday, Capcom stated that the first three of Nintendo's DS Ace Attorney games would be brought over to the Wii. The titles will be in a downloadable format, as WiiWare, and the first one will be available in January 2010. The original Phoenix Wright of 2005 will be scaled down for the Wii, but the additional content will be eventually supplied. The game will cost 1,000 Wii points, or $10, and will include the first four cases found on the handheld. The fifth one will be provided in May for a mere 100 Wii points, or just $1.
In March, the Wii will get the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All, while the third game, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, will become available on the WiiWare in May, most likely at the same time as the fifth case of the first Phoenix Wright. Justice for All, as well as Trials and Tribulations, will be available for the same 1,000 Wii Points, just like the first Ace Attorney Wii ported installment, but Capcom didn't specify if these too would be scaled down.
Ace Attorney turned out to be quite a hit on the DS and the game's idea and general style were very well received by players. The adventure game follows the investigations conducted by Phoenix Wright in order to reveal the truth, but more importantly, and of course more difficult as well, to prove that truth in a court of law.