The Countdown to Apollo Justice Begins

An Ace Attorney fansite by the name of Court Records is starting on a fun little exercise known as the “Countdown to Apollo Justice.”  For those of you that don’t know, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney is the fourth game in the Ace Attorney series (known as Gyakuten Saiban or “Comeback Court” in Japan) developed by Capcom, and comes seven years after the events of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations.  The game was released under the name Gyakuten Saiban 4 in Japan last April and is currently scheduled for a US release on February 19th, 2008.

The countdown “celebration” sort of goes like this: For around three weeks before Apollo Justice’s current release date, those willing to participate will play through all three games, case by case, and if they wish reflect on each case they can do so via blog, on the Court Records forums, etc… The whole goal is to complete a case a day, or two days for the longer case, and end it on the eve of Apollo Justice’s release date in the US.

Here’s a snip from Court Records regarding the event:

Seeing as how we still have all this time until we get our hands on Apollo Justice, why not have an epic countdown to celebrate its release?
Join in on a case by case playthrough of Ace Attorney 1-3 – one case a day (two for the longer ones)! Blog your thoughts while playing, write about the case or PW/AJ in general, or just join in the gaming fun sans the reflections. If we gather a list of people who will be blogging, then everyone can read each others’ thoughts and be ultra pumped for the fourth game.
The start date is Saturday, February 2nd.
Timeline
Feb 2: 1-1
Feb 3: 1-2
Feb 4: 1-3
Feb 5: 1-4
Feb 6: 1-5 PART 1
Feb 7: 1-5 PART 2
Feb 8: 2-1
Feb 9: 2-2
Feb 10: 2-3
Feb 11: 2-4 PART 1
Feb 12: 2-4 PART 2
Feb 13: 3-1
Feb 14: 3-2
Feb 15: 3-3
Feb 16: 3-4
Feb 17: 3-5 PART 1
Feb 18: 3-5 PART 2

-SilverWind (of Court Records)

My timeline will be a bit different due to time constraints on current days; I will most likely be starting this a bit earlier, either on the 31st or on February 1st, and play through as much of the game as time allows.  (I do have a life and other games to play, too.)  In the hopefully unlikely case that the game gets delayed, I will adjust to it to complete it on the night before the new release date.

To finish it all off, once I get my hands on the game (which should happen 1-2 days after its release, as I do have it preordered) I will most likely go over my thoughts about the first case of that game as well.

Until then, there won’t be much activity on this blog until I start with the first case.

~ by Moofey on January 26, 2008.