Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies will not be released overseas as a physical product, according to producer Motohide Eshiro.
Eshiro shared the following in a new Capcom-Unity interview:
In response to fan feedback we looked into a western physical release of Dual Destinies but from the beginning of the project, one of our goals has been to bring the game to the western market much more quickly than we have been able to in the past. As text adventures, the Ace Attorney games require a lot of time for localization, so we really moved the proverbial mountains and had a lot of people work very hard to get the text localized as quickly as possible—while of course maintaining the high quality level fans are accustomed to.
As part of this, we made the decision to release on digital only in the west in order to take manufacturing time out of the equation and allow the release date to be as early as possible. So the answer is, no, Dual Destinies will be a digital download-only release in the west.
Capcom announced that the publisher would be bringing Dual Destinies to the west in May. The news was met with some backlash due to the eShop-only launch. Just a couple of months ago, however, Eshiro left the door open to a physical version. It sounds like such a possibility is no longer in the cards.
Ubisoft has made its PAX Prime 2013 lineup official. The publisher’s slate of games for the expo include The Crew, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Rayman Legends, Watch_Dogs, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, and Might & Magic Duel of Champions. Ubisoft’s lineup will be on display at booth #612.
You can find Ubisoft’s full plans for PAX Prime below. Fans will be able to partake in theater showings, pre-order incentives, and more.
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U retail
Rayman Legends – €44.99 / £36.99
Disney Planes – €39.99 / £34.99
Wii U VC
The Legend of Zelda – €4.99 / £3.49
3DS VC
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos – €4.99 / £4.49
3DS retail
Disney Planes – €29.99 / £24.99
My Western Horse 3D – €39.99 / £34.99
DSiWare
Treasure Hunter X – €1.99 / £1.79 / 200 points
Source: Nintendo PR
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams doesn’t work as intended with off-TV play. When initiated, the game’s audio goes missing.
The good news is that this wasn’t just a simple oversight – Black Forest Games is aware of the issues. On Twitter, the studio said it is currently “considering a patch depending on how it works on the system.”
The tweet reads:
Regarding the sound issues on the #WiiU pad: we are considering a patch depending on how it works on the system.
— Black Forest Games (@BlackForestTeam) August 26, 2013
Nintendo managed to secure three awards at this year’s Gamescom. Mario Kart 8 was selected in the “Best Wii U Game” and “Best Family Game” categories while Zelda: A Link Between Worlds was chosen as the “Best Mobile Game”.
You can find the full lineup of winners on our sister site.
Professor Layton has been Level-5’s most-successful series. The franchise has spawned 15 million copies around the world since the original’s release, the company announced during its “Vision” event in Japan held earlier today.
Level-5 provided sales updates on other IPs, too. Inazuma Eleven has also been access with global sales reaching 6.5 million units. Meanwhile, combined sales of Ni no Kuni on the PlayStation 3 and DS stand at 1.4 million sales worldwide.
There’s also a bit of news about Level-5’s Guild series. The likes of Liberation Maiden, Aero Porter, and Crimson Shroud, have sold 400,000 digital copies in total. Around 50% of the share comes from overseas downloads.
