Siliconera recently chatted with Ace Attorney series producer Motohide Eshiro and Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies scenario director Takeshi Yamazaki. You can find the full thing here, but there are a couple of points that stand out.
First, there’s a vague hint from Yamazaki that Dual Destinies could be the start of its own series. The first three Phoenix Wright games kind of stand together as their own trilogy, and Capcom could be thinking of doing something similar starting with Dual Destinies.
“It takes place a year after the previous game [Apollo Justice], so it’s a continuation of that story, so in a way you can think of it as a direct link to that one, as part of a new series, so to speak.”
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The latest batch of Puzzle & Dragons Z cover the additions and premium subtractions from the mobile version and more. You can find a convenient summary below.
– Numerous freemium features from the mobile version are being removed
– Game will have more RPG elements including fields to explode
– 3DS game won’t have Magic Stones (chance to acquire rare monsters and recover your stamina to continue playing, in exchange for cash)
– Also being removed is the team cost feature (limited what kind of monsters you could have in your party)
– 70-80% of the monsters will be brand new
– NPCs will provide hints and strike up conversation
– Level up system will be included
– Players will need “Chips” in order to evolve monsters
– Chips will also have various patterns in the evolution process
– Trade monsters with friends
– Character cards store all of your player data
– Friend registration system: your friend’s leader monster can appear as a helper in your battles
Update: Added Monster Hunter 4.
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
Ugoku Memoch? 3D (Flipnote Studio 3D) – FREE (Worldwide Gallery, 100 yen per month)
Mario and Donkey Kong: Mini Mini Carnival (Minis on the Move) – 1,200 yen
Jet Coaster o Tsukur?! 3D (Coaster Creator 3D) – 800 yen
3D Galaxy Force II – 800 yen
Minna no Oshaberi Chat – 980 yen
Gyakuten Saiban 5 (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, retail title) – 5,990 yen
Chibi Debi! 2 – Mah? no Yume Ehon (retail title) – 5,040 yen
Chibi Debi! 2 Mah? no Yume Ehon DEMO – FREE
Boku wa K?k? Kansei-kan Airport Hero 3D Naha Premium DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Hebereke (U-four-ia: The Saga, Famicom) – 500 yen
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Lego City: Undercover (retail title) – 5,387 yen (from 7/25 to 7/31, then 5,985 yen)
Ryu? ga Gotoku 1&2 HD for Wii U (Yakuza 1&2) DEMO – FREE
Namco Bandai is preparing a new 3DS game based on the Kuroko’s Basketball manga/anime series, according to the latest issue of Jump. Details are essentially non-existent at this point, but we do know that it will have an original story.
A release date and price haven’t been announced at this time.
