Last year, after seven long years of waiting, fans finally had the chance to play the once infamously Japanese exclusive Ace Attorney games through a collection called The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. This title not only delivered two of the biggest games in the series, but also sparked a renewed interest in the series from publisher Capcom, which has long struggled to retain the series' popularity in the west. Surprisingly, Capcom has now announced a new Ace Attorney concert which is in commemoration of the series' 20th anniversary.
The Ace Attorney series celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, making the announcement of a 20th anniversary concert taking place in May 2022 somewhat surprising. The series began in 2001 on the Game Boy Advance in Japan under the title "Gyakuyen Saiban," which was later localized as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney on the Nintendo DS in 2005. The first three entries followed bumbling rookie lawyer Phoenix Wright through a series of often equally suspenseful and comedic investigations along with the series' famous courtroom sequences, in which players must cross-examine witnesses and present evidence against contradictory statements.
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The last new entry in the series was The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, which was localized for the first time outside of Japan as part of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Despite this, Capcom has kept the series afloat through re-releases such as the aforementioned Great Ace Attorney collection and 2019's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.
The concert that has been announced, a show dedicated to celebrating the series' 20-year history, will take place on May 7th, 2022 at the Bankamura
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