14 DAY TRIAL // Capcom's highly-anticipated The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has just received a brand new trailer that showcases some of the new gameplay mechanics that will make their debut next month along with the game's launch.
In addition, the trailer offers fans of the series a more in-depth look at the core gameplay and provides more insight into classic Ace Attorney courtroom and investigation sequences. Before we take a deep dive into what's been shown, it's important to mention that The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles releases on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC (via Steam) on July 27.
Moreover, players who purchase the game by August 31 will receive the “From the Vaults” Early Purchase Bonus, which includes a collection of 54 art and music pieces that contains some never-before-released content. This is likely to be gold for long-time fans of the Ace Attorney series.
Moving on to the new trailer, we get to see two new gameplay features in action: Summation Examination and Dance of Deduction. In the upcoming title, Ryunosuke will team up with Sholmes to engage in a show-stopping “Dance of Deduction,” a series of new sequences in which players are tasked with correcting Sholmes’s outlandish conclusions to uncover the true facts of the case.
Also, using the new “Summation Examination” gameplay mechanic enables players to point out the inconsistencies between jurors’ statements to move the case forward.
As mentioned earlier, the series’ core gameplay involving Investigations and Courtroom Battles returns. During Investigations, players will visit the scene of the crime to gather evidence, converse with witnesses and search for clues. In the courtroom, players must present evidence, question key witnesses, and make their case to secure a “Not Guilty” verdict.
In The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, players will step into the shoes of an aspiring Japanese attorney named Ryunosuke Naruhodo, an ancestor of the courtroom legend himself, Phoenix Wright. With the help of his legal aid Susato Mikatoba and London’s great detective Herlock Sholmes, Ryunosuke will solve the mysteries behind 10 cases set in the late 19th century during Japan’s Meiji Period and England’s Victorian Era.