Ace Attorney Was Initially Considered A Failure At Capcom

Ace Attorney Was Initially Considered A Failure At Capcom

From The Outerhaven Productions (Written by Todd Black) on | OpenCritic

I’ve made it no secret on the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast that I LOVE the Ace Attorney saga. In fact, during a recent ranking of my “favorite Switch titles,” I put the collections up at No.3 because they were my “feel-good” games to play repeatedly. I love the storylines, the characters, the mystery elements you have to solve, and more. That’s why I, alongside many others, have been campaigning to get the 7th mainline title made so we can resolve the final cliffhangers that are still out there. Whether Capcom does this or not is still up for debate, just like it was “up for debate” initially if the series would go past one game!

This reveal happened due to a post from a Bandai Namco producer, who noted that it’s harder than ever in today’s gaming world to make new IPs due to rising costs and needing to have “success right now” versus success over time, using Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise as an example of that. That’s when  Ace Attorney developer Masakazu Sugimori made his own post and stated that series director Shu Takumi initially faced resistance from Capcom after the first game was released and did...