GR: Given the recent WiiWare remake of Ace Attorney and the franchise’s serialized nature, are there any plans for DSi episodes or content in the future? 


ME: Right now we really don’t have any plans for DSiWare going on. Of course if the demand is high enough we’ll have to consider it, but we have to also consider the memory limitations for DSiWare and technical things aside from what the fans want. There’s a lot to think about unfortunately.    

Given the format of those games 200 points a episode or the pair would be fair on DSiWare. Plus it is digital distribution so it can just sit there and not sell and not cost anything. I suppose that they could be keeping it off the service for now and will put it up there to promote the series at some point.

" It seems they just want to make as much money as they can selling expensive carts to the large fanbase.There's very little replay value in these games, I'd much rather prefer to have DLC episodes.     "

" @Linkyshinks said:

" It seems they just want to make as much money as they can selling expensive carts to the large fanbase.There's very little replay value in these games, I'd much rather prefer to have DLC episodes.     "

I don't know.  The individual cases in Ace Attorney games have always linked together into an overarching narrative.  It wouldn't be the same to release individual cases piecemeal.  Otherwise we might end up with another situation like Case 5 in the original Ace Attorney on DS, which to me just didn't fit with the tone of the rest of the game and actually soured me on the experience. "

" I think it can still do that effectively, while also creating a good level of anticipation for each release. I would want to see a new stories with slightly longer cases designed.   His memory excuse is a very lame one, there are after all fully fledged games available on DSi already.   This is a money decision, it makes more sense to continue to sell them on cart, despite the fans cries for episodic games in this series for a long while now.  "

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" It seems they just want to make as much money as they can selling expensive carts to the large fanbase.There's very little replay value in these games, I'd much rather prefer to have DLC episodes.     "

I don't know.  The individual cases in Ace Attorney games have always linked together into an overarching narrative.  It wouldn't be the same to release individual cases piecemeal.  Otherwise we might end up with another situation like Case 5 in the original Ace Attorney on DS, which to me just didn't fit with the tone of the rest of the game and actually soured me on the experience. "

^This is why they don't release it piecemeal. The producer of the Ace Attorney series said that too much goes into a single case that it'd take months more to get each one out the door rather than a collective package since the development behind these titles really do rely on the overarching story. It was on an episode of the Bionic Commando podcast; I'm too lazy to download it again, so I'm just paraphrasing. "

 Well why not create the lot of them before release?  "

Plus, not everyone owns a DSi. I know a lot of people do, but a large segment of the market still has Lites.

" @Linkyshinks said:

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" It seems they just want to make as much money as they can selling expensive carts to the large fanbase.There's very little replay value in these games, I'd much rather prefer to have DLC episodes.     "

I don't know.  The individual cases in Ace Attorney games have always linked together into an overarching narrative.  It wouldn't be the same to release individual cases piecemeal.  Otherwise we might end up with another situation like Case 5 in the original Ace Attorney on DS, which to me just didn't fit with the tone of the rest of the game and actually soured me on the experience. "

^This is why they don't release it piecemeal. The producer of the Ace Attorney series said that too much goes into a single case that it'd take months more to get each one out the door rather than a collective package since the development behind these titles really do rely on the overarching story. It was on an episode of the Bionic Commando podcast; I'm too lazy to download it again, so I'm just paraphrasing. "

 Well why not create the lot of them before release?  "

If they finished all of the cases before release, why not just release them together on a game card like they already do? "

" @Hailinel said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" It seems they just want to make as much money as they can selling expensive carts to the large fanbase.There's very little replay value in these games, I'd much rather prefer to have DLC episodes.     "

I don't know.  The individual cases in Ace Attorney games have always linked together into an overarching narrative.  It wouldn't be the same to release individual cases piecemeal.  Otherwise we might end up with another situation like Case 5 in the original Ace Attorney on DS, which to me just didn't fit with the tone of the rest of the game and actually soured me on the experience. "

^This is why they don't release it piecemeal. The producer of the Ace Attorney series said that too much goes into a single case that it'd take months more to get each one out the door rather than a collective package since the development behind these titles really do rely on the overarching story. It was on an episode of the Bionic Commando podcast; I'm too lazy to download it again, so I'm just paraphrasing. "

 Well why not create the lot of them before release?  "

If they finished all of the cases before release, why not just release them together on a game card like they already do? "

 To reduce significantly the costs involved with releasing a cart game. "

" @Linkyshinks said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Hailinel said:

" @Linkyshinks said:

" It seems they just want to make as much money as they can selling expensive carts to the large fanbase.There's very little replay value in these games, I'd much rather prefer to have DLC episodes.     "

I don't know.  The individual cases in Ace Attorney games have always linked together into an overarching narrative.  It wouldn't be the same to release individual cases piecemeal.  Otherwise we might end up with another situation like Case 5 in the original Ace Attorney on DS, which to me just didn't fit with the tone of the rest of the game and actually soured me on the experience. "

^This is why they don't release it piecemeal. The producer of the Ace Attorney series said that too much goes into a single case that it'd take months more to get each one out the door rather than a collective package since the development behind these titles really do rely on the overarching story. It was on an episode of the Bionic Commando podcast; I'm too lazy to download it again, so I'm just paraphrasing. "

 Well why not create the lot of them before release?  "

If they finished all of the cases before release, why not just release them together on a game card like they already do? "

 To reduce significantly the costs involved with releasing a cart game. "

As Sleepy_Insomniac noted, not everyone has a DSi.  Would you prefer to leave them out? "

The intention of DLC is to reduce coss for both the developers and the consumers. If developers alongside Nintendo cost their games in a way which makes them more expensive than a retail release, well that would be pretty low, especially low in this case coming from Capcom. 
 
They would have to provide them at a cost which gives players good incentive, good incentive to return also.