...Will there be rape?
But an unreleased detective game on the DS? Make it so. :O)
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Jake Hunter:Detective Chronicles sure to appeal to the Phoenix Wright set
If you salivated on everything in reach when you got your paws on the free Flash demo for Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice, it may be about to happen again: Japanese Famicom series Jinguuji Saburo is coming to the US. The game originally appeared on the Famicom and has since seen an incarnation on the Sega Saturn. The American title will be Jake Hunter:Detective Chronicles and is said to be much more "grim and serious" than the Phoenix Wright series. If you're still with me after the grim and serious bit, let me share with you an interesting quote from a member of the American localization team: " (The game is) closer to a straight forward digital novel...you'll still need to search for clues, talk to witnesses, find the right line of questioning to progress in the game." Translation for those of you too lazy to contemplate that: more reading than Phoenix Wright. The game will feature three different cases and will be priced to sell at $19.99. The developers estimate about 15 hours total play time for the game, but knowing the type of gamer than loves this genre, you can likely complete it even faster than that. Aksys will bring the DS title to North America in Spring 2008. Indie gem or total tripe? We haven't a clue, but updates will come as we find out more about it. [Via AdventureGamers -- Thanks Jonathan] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)More grim and serious than Phoenix Wright? How many people were brutally murdered in the Phoenix Wright games? It happens like once a month where he's from. You mean it gets more serious than that?
...Will there be rape? I hope it's more like the first Phoenix Wright's last case with all the extra investigation techniques + the tone and style of Hotel Dusk. "Straightforward digital novel" probably suggests otherwise, though. I'm looking forward to it. Problem is I hate the name. Come on Aksys...Jake Hunter....that name is so damn generic for a detective game. How about staying a bit truer to the original japanese settings and names. I don't know, the only reason I could stand the PW games was because they didn't take themselves so damn seriously. If a game like that comes along and starts putting on its serious acting face, then I'm gonna end up laughing, and not in the good way I did with PW. I dunno, looks interesting but not sure if I'll like the seriousness. I will check it out if i hear good things about it. I'm excited for this one. I'm a big adventure game fan and the apparent similarities to Hotel Dusk can only be a good thing. Also, the characters on that Saturn case are reminiscent of Snatcher, one of the greatest games ever. The protagonist looks like Daniel Baldwin's character out of Homicide: Life On The Street.
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