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The Next Phoenix Wright Is Rated M (For Murder?)

Jason Schreier - Is Phoenix Wright going all Law & Order on us? Capcom's next lawyer game will be rated M—presumably not for Maya Fey—and people are totally freaking out about it.

Phoenix Wright games are always about bloody murder, and you always investigate crime scenes full of grisly-albeit-cartoonish evidence, but until now, every game in the series has been rated T for Teen. This next one, Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies, is M for Mature, maybe because it's in 3D? Or is the series taking a turn for the morbid?

nick3093969d ago

I saw blood in the least trailer, it looked real enough for the esrb to say its for mature audience.

WrAiTh Sp3cTr33969d ago

He must have poked someone in the eye.

linkenski3969d ago

The first Ace Attorney started out by showing a bleedout from a blunt force trauma to a victim's head and it was animated... that game was rated T for teen.

CaptainYesterday3969d ago

Seriously? That's very interesting can't wait to get my hands on this game :)

Donnieboi3969d ago (Edited 3969d ago )

Well at least those who were teens before (when the series started) should be adults now anyway. But it sucks that today's teens can't play (unless their parents are cool with it).

chadboban3969d ago

My parents were always cool with me playing mature stuff just as long as I never behaved badly and never repeated what I heard. If I ever did they'd insta-ban me from them and they were very clear about that. Same goes for my little brother now.

Off topic here: I noticed you've been changing your avatars like crazy man, you stuck with Yosuke for a good while, then you went from James Gandolfini to Apologetic Iwata and now Trayvon Martin in a matter of weeks. LOL. What's inspired the changes?

Donnieboi3969d ago (Edited 3969d ago )

On Topic:

Yeah my mother never cared if I played mature rated games. The only one's off-limit were Grand Theft Auto games.

To respond to your second portion:

The inspiration is based on the things I can't get my mind off of at the time. Yosuke because I was obsessed with Atlus and Persona 4. Gandolfini because he was a great humanitarian and actor who died recently. Apologetic Iwata because I thought he should retire (and now I am on the fence about that). And Trayvon because I lost/dumped 3 close friends this week when I saw them celebrating Zimmerman's victory as if it was a mutual victory for all whites (instead of seeing it apart from the racial factor--and remembering that an unnarmed teen was killed for walking home with a hoodie on--a hoodie, in the RAIN.). Keep in mind, that not too long ago, gun-ownership rights were up against the wall. So some of Zimmerman's overzealous supporters (not all, but just the willfully blind) might also see this as a misguided victory for gun rights (which explains their "joy" at the verdict).

But I am not going to get into a political debate about that here.

MrMister3969d ago (Edited 3969d ago )

@Donnieboi

Sorry you had to find out about your "friends" the hard way like that. My own cousins were acting all giddy over the verdict too, talking gibberish about how it's payback for the OJ Simpson trial (don't know if your old enough to remember that though). So petty, since one case from years ago has nothing to do with the other.

Anyway

On topic: I'd let my children play mature rated games, but only when they are teens and I can monitor them. I don't want them playing things that are murder sims though.

Donnieboi3969d ago (Edited 3969d ago )

Thanks.

Y'know what? I always loved the Pheonix Wright games because I'd always been good at debating and fascinated with law. Maybe later when I eventually go for my Masters degree, I might give "Law" a try.

chadboban3969d ago

Oh okay, sorry about having to lose your friends, that's always a hard thing, but it's cool that you stand up for what you believe in. Stay cool bro.

wingman32x3969d ago

I know that there's a lot of darkish content in the Phoenix games already, so this really shouldn't be surprising.

Still, though, I didn't really expect an M rated AA game. I hope the more lighthearted aspect doesn't go away or get diminished.

Kryptix3969d ago

The M rating is probably only for making the crime scene and wounds more descriptive. Plus with 3D, searching for evidence in rooms with blood can be terrifying to some. The Phoenix Wright games always had darkness in them and that didn't stop the characters from having that unique charm. Hopefully it is M rated, it would make you really feel how a real life lawyer operates in the real world.

Canary3969d ago

There a release window yet?

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Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica Remakes are reportedly in the works, not Resident Evil 1

Industry insider Dusk Golem reveals that there is no Resident Evil 1 Remake in the works. Instead, Capcom are reportedly in active development of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica.

-Foxtrot2d ago

RE Zero would be better to do first over RE1 because they can tie the story into RE1 more.

The original RE Remake was weird because Rebecca never mentioned anything about what happened in Zero and it felt so disjointed because Zero was developed during the Remake and they clearly didn't share any notes with one another.

Cacabunga1d 11h ago

Wise decision. 2 of my favorites!

repsahj23h ago

RE Zero is one of my favorite game on gamecube!

Knightofelemia2d ago

Give me Dino Crisis dammit Capcom

TGG_overlord1d 15h ago

And all it took was +24 years + a phone call from me lol.

GotGame8181d 8h ago

LOL! A phone call from you? ROFL! They have been remaking RE games for YEARS! It was a matter of time!

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Stellar Blade has sold more physical copies than Dragon's Dogma 2 in Japan, despite PS5 exclusivity

By the looks of it, PlayStation 5 exclusivity does not hurt the sales of Stellar Blade in Japan as the game has passed 90,000 sold physical copies.

Hugodastrevas5d ago

Stellar Blade really deserves way more praise than it got, devs have been adding more and more content, for free, since release and the game already was great to begin with!

BrettAwesome5d ago

More than it got? It got tons, by everyone except the sad wankers who's idea of a sex life, is pulling on their dicks while watching big fake cgi titties 😂

gerbintosh4d ago

Don't see the difference between cgi titties and fake boobs. Also no difference to wanking it to either one of them since both aren't physically there

RiseNShine4d ago

Salty that the game is doing well hm? ;) I suggest some cheese with your whine.

Skuletor4d ago

So you're saying the people that like watching CGI tits didn't praise the game? An educated guess is you meant the opposite.

BrettAwesome4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

@Risenwhine
What the fuck are you talking about? I think it looks like an awesome game. I don't get the sentiment that it didn't get as much praise as it deserved. The only ones who's been shit talking it, are sad wankers with no sex life. Am I whining? How? 😂

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Cacabunga5d ago

I think we can safely claim that Stellar Blade 2 is confirmed!
I got it day one, i have some backlog due to RDR2 i just platinumed.. i will get to Stellar Blade in the near future

shinoff21835d ago

Same but I'm hitting yakuza right now. Stellar blade looks cool though.

neutralgamer19925d ago

Capcom really dropped the ball with DG2. They had easy success on their hand but instead with their stupid decisions ruined the games success

Stellar blade is an amazing game and deserves all the success. For all the artificial hate it got from people who had no interest in the game to begin with this shows if you make a good game it will sell. The so called 1st party drought from PlayStation has meant 4 exclusives in 2024 so far. Other companies need to learn how to run a business and plan for the future

H95d ago

Stellar blade is performing very impressively there, DD2 didn't do well because word of mouth destroyed it's reputation and not about the Microtransactions or performance, bad word of mouth about how the game lacks so many things that were in the first one

Redemption-645d ago

DS2 sold 2.5M in a little over a week, what the hell are you talking about?

H95d ago

"there", that's Japan, this article is about Japan, the bad word of mouth is about Japan

Hereandthere5d ago

Exclusives matter. No matter what bumbling phil and bond try to say, exclusives is why you buy a console.

The_Hooligan5d ago

How dare you speak common sense!!??

jznrpg5d ago

It would if they added a lot more combat and didn’t focus on graphics

XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Stellar blade is great excited for 2

anast5d ago

They dropped the ball with dogma. SB is a solid game, it just had to weather the social storm.

shinoff21835d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Said that dd2 was missing things the first one did,like mass effect 2? I haven't played it so I'm really asking.

spss115d ago

I've played both and I have no idea what people say when they claim it's "incomplete". I've only noticed new things in comparison to DD1 (I would give a list but spoilers). Sometimes I wonder if some people actually played DD1 or maybe they remember it differently. Anyways, if you liked the first one and want more of that, you'll probably like DD2.

anast4d ago

Yeah, the content, combat movement is slower, less vocations, the armor system, it's more simplified, and dungeons are lacking. It's like they rushed it out or something, but didn't forget to add in youtuber pawns and micros. At least ME 2 upped the content.

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Resident Evil 1 Remake To Have Slower Pace; Will Further Expand On The Game's Lore

Many details for the upcoming rumored Resident Evil 1 remake have already leaked online. Capcom appears to have huge ambitions for it.

XiNatsuDragnel10d ago

Sounds interesting I'll be interested in the second remake of re1

Cacabunga10d ago

They game cube remake was mind blowing.. another remake would be nice but i was really hoping for Code Veronica first

-Foxtrot10d ago

If it's true they are probably leading up to RE5 with the Chris vs Wesker story

RE1, CV and then RE5

Terry_B10d ago

Their REmake is still one of the best 3 video game remakes ever made.

Cacabunga10d ago

Terry

Zero was not a remake but an amazing game as well. I hope they remake that one one day with some coop play.. great great game

maelstromb10d ago

The whole Lisa Trevor side-story was an incredible addition and really fleshed out more of the lore. It could have easily felt tacked on to artificially extend the length of the game, but it felt 'right' like it should have been in there from the beginning. I'm hoping they include that in the Re-remake.

Yui_Suzumiya9d ago

Code Veronica definitely needs it the most!

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fsfsxii10d ago

Cant wait until they cut the basement section and replace it with something worse.

Becuzisaid10d ago

While I want another modern remake of 1, I think code Veronica should be first. The first re1 remake holds up amazingly well. Give CV it's due.

Scissorman10d ago

As long as the Crimson Heads are back.

Nerdmaster10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

I hope they don't. They were created mainly to justify Wesker not really dying, and they do create more tension, but they don't make much sense.
Re-reviving things that were twice dead? Why would the virus stop there and not keep reviving them forever (until the head gets destroyed)?
And also the characters knowing that destroying their heads keep them from becoming crimson heads, while having a combat knife and lots of heavy objects around to do it while they're down, but having to rely on lucky shots or burning them with oil?
They can create other stuff that serves the same purpose of creating tension but that makes more sense.

Levii_9210d ago

Come on State of Play already!!!

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