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Phoenix Wright producer OBJECTS to non-DS sequels photo

Have you ever played an Ace Attorney game and thought to yourself, "Man, this would be so much better if it wasn't on the DS"? Of course you haven't, because that would be idiotic and you're not an idiot. Are you? If you are, then allow Capcom to dash your hopes of seeing Wright on the Wii, PS3 or 360.

"Right now, we have no plans to make ports for any other hardware," explains producer Motohide Eshiro.

"It’s not that we don’t like other hardware and that we don’t want to do it. It’s just it was original made for handhelds, it was made to be played on the go, and also the interface we created the game, especially for Ace Attorney Investigations, uses the touch screen and we want people to interact with that. You can’t replicate that on Xbox Live. For us, the DS seems like the most natural fit."

I really couldn't imagine playing Phoenix Wright on a home console, actually. Sometimes tells me it would lose a little of its charm if it went all Hi-Def.


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TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 08:48
TheToiletDuck
I can't see myself playing this on a console either. Wasn't Harvey Birdman a similar sort of game and i remember just really wanting that on my DS. Phoenix Wright is the perfect 'before-bed' game.
Frohike's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 08:56
Frohike
Maybe he can convince the publisher to re-print the first game. I can't track down a normally priced copy lately.
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 08:58
GoldenGamerXero
Yeah the games works on the DS and although they probably could redesign the games to work on other consoles they alreadly had GBA games and the reason they went to DS in the first place was because they thought it would work better. Why change it if it's the best it can be?
gatorsax2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:16
gatorsax2010
Maybe if I could play it on the Wii with waggle-controlled finger pointing. Other than that, the DS suits it perfectly.
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:19
Isay Isay
@gatorsax2010

PHOENIX WRIGHT FOR NATAL CONFIRMED!!!
Hcapt's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:21
Hcapt
OBJECTION!
Kvb's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:28
Kvb
Excellent. I love exclusives, because that means the games will be optimised for the system you are playing it on.
Shael's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:40
Shael
<i>Kvb's Avatar
Kvb at 08/18/2009 09:28
Excellent. I love exclusives, because that means the games will be optimised for the system you are playing it on.</i>

<b>OBJECTION!</b>

That's bullcrap. Case in point: Haze

<b>TAKE THAT</b>
Chack's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 09:56
Chack
I love Phoenix Wright but, weren't the first 3 games originally released on the GBA?
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 10:09
Los255
I always thought of the possibility of a Wii version, but all that waggle wouldn't make it any better. Maybe investigations are spiced up, and that Wii Speak thing to shout at people, but there's nothing wrong with leaving it on the DS.
mo0man's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:23
mo0man
You can already shout at people on the DS
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 11:39
Los255
@moOman: I save the embarassment thanks ^__^

Plus, I can hum and it still registers as "Objection".
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 13:52
Dexter345
Weren't the original games on the GBA in Japan? I don't see how that offers any functional advantage over XBLA.

But still, I don't desire it anywhere else.
meanorphan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 13:55
meanorphan
I would like to see it on Iphone, just because that is easier to use. I would hate it on anything else.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 16:55
Johnny Justice
For me it's not only the touch controls, I also prefer the pixelated visuals. I don't really like seeing the outside of game art so much.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/18/2009 17:51
Anus Mcphanus
Fair enough if they don't want to put it on other platforms but I don't see why they couldn't do it on the wii.
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