Fans of iconic courtroom dramedy visual novels might think they’re all caught up on Ace Attorney at this stage. Even if you never touched the series during its original 2001-2017 run, Capcom’s admirable interest in preserving their older flagship titles means you’ve had ample opportunity to play the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, which hit then-modern consoles and PC in 2019, and was finally followed by the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy earlier this year. Since 2021 you’ve even been able to play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, a prequel duology that many fans were convinced would never be officially localised outside of Japan.
But one game you probably haven’t played if you’re a relative newcomer — heck, maybe not even if you’re an old-school fan — is Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, which remains gated off to modern audiences thanks to its distribution largely relying on an ever-diminishing supply of second-hand Nintendo DS cartridges (although at least you can play it on mobile). And since today marks the 15th anniversary of that game’s original Japanese release, it seems appropriately celebratory for us die-hard Ace Attorney types to make some noise about the fact that while we’re really grateful for our current bounty, we’d also really love to see this one get a remaster next, Capcom, please.
For the benefit of the uninitiated, this two-part spin-off focuses on main series protagonist Phoenix Wright’s childhood best friend turned professional rival and later friendly adversary plus probable love interest, no seriously, they’re barely even trying to be coy about leaning into that reading any more: Miles Edgeworth. (In case you’re wondering, the second Investigations title — which is not celebrating a birthday today and so shouldn’t be hogging our attention too much — came out in 2011, and remains the only Ace Attorney game aside from half-a-dozen in-browser curios never to be released outside of Japan.)
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