I bet by now you guys have heard the awesome news! A Phoenix Weight and Professor Layton crossover game for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS! If you guys haven't, well here's the trailer:
Pretty fucking neat-o, huh? Gameplay details haven't been revealed yet, but it's probably safe to assume that it might be a mix of Layton's puzzles and Phoenix Wright's fantastic court cases.
According to the trailer, the game takes place in an unspecified period time, where Layton and his boy-toy Luke, Phoenix Wright along with Miya, somehow got summoned up in the city you see there. Here in this city, reality, as we know it, ceases to be and witches and magic exist. The leader of the city is said to be an enigmatic person called "The Storyteller," and whatever he writes goes. Or is it? That's what Layton's here to prove otherwise, as you can see in the trailer where he's "probably" accusing the girl, said to be a witch in the video, to be full of shit. Phoenix, on the other hand, is doing what he does best, defending his clients. That's all that was revealed in the video, if I can remember correctly, and from the looks of it, it's going to be one hell of a ride...
That is, if this game manages to get localized. According to a blog post over in Capcom Unity, it is only announced to be released in Japan with no plans of a Western release. Though this game was just recently announced, people over the internet have begun speculating, spreading gloom and doom that this game being "Japan Onry" is already set in stone - as can be read in the latest post of the The Escapist. I don't blame them however, Japanese developers are notorious for keeping some of their awesome game from the outside market.
Let's just hope this isn't so. After all, the 3DS is not even out yet, and even the Japanese release date hasn't been posted.
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Once someone realizes they can make money off it, they'll localize it.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when they do stuff like this. >:(
ReplyDeleteMeh, the community blog simply says that there was no release announced yet for the west, which is true. I'm sure the game will get enough support to be released out of Japan.
ReplyDeleteGaming communities on the English side of the web are already sparking a lot of hype, and it was just announced.
Isn't it sad ;_; I sure hope it comes out in America. My two favorite DS games in one. It's just too good.
ReplyDeleteMite b cool. I love Phoenix Wright games, even if the legal system drives me mad...
ReplyDeleteIt would be sad if it turned out to be Japan onry.
ReplyDeleteThis game has to be localized. I will buy the 3DS specifically for this game.
ReplyDeleteI really hope it is translated, I want to play it!
ReplyDeleteI will be very surprised if this isn't translated, considering both the Phoenix Wright and Layton games are available in English.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, it will receive a fan translation. They always do.
Cash crop.... but it looks like they did it decently
ReplyDeleteahh looks like a good job, hopefully they do a translation!
ReplyDeleteseems to be a nice game, but I'd rather play it raw than localized^^
ReplyDeleteNot much of a fan of either series, but for those that are Capcom would be shooting themselves in the foot for not trying to sell this in the west given their popularity.
ReplyDeleteYour hiatus is longer than mine! This madness has got to stop!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's like not localizing Monster Hunter frontier.
ReplyDeleteCapcom is crazy.