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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Next February, Japanese movie theatres are going to lawyer up when the Phoenix Wright movie puts its legal smackdown on celluloid.
Porno Graffitti is a Japanese band — a Japanese band I don’t really care for. They’re OK! Nonetheless, the group is singing the flick’s theme, dubbed “2012 Spark”.
While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.
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It must be tough for lesser-known games when the Nintendo Download contains a big-name title like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, but Chronos Twins DX, ShadowPlay and the rest of this week’s offerings put up a good fight.
Phoenix Wright finally makes it to the big screen next week, when Capcom releases a port of the DS game that started it all on Nintendo’s WiiWare.
Phoenix Wright is the most badass attorney next to Law & Order‘s Jack McCoy. He’s so awesome that he even has his own musical, where he’s portrayed by a woman in drag.
How big a following does the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series have? Large enough to spawn a 240-page art book, due out in October from UDON Entertainment.
Last month, Phoenix Wright came to life on stage in Japan courtesy of the all-female musical theatre group, Takarazuka Revue. It was bright, it was catchy, it sold like hotcakes — and it was downright uncanny.
The publisher of intense legal dramas Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law is holding a pair of contests that will test your sense of humor while potentially netting you some free goodies. “Goodies?” you respond. Yes, goodies like video games, bobble heads and all sorts of licensed, high-quality crap. The Phoenix Wright competition tests your LOLcats skills at a beginner level, while the Harvey Birdman one issues a bigger challenge, requiring a cut and paste comic strip that knocks the socks of off the Capcom crew.
Full details on each contest are at the official Capcom blog. Good luck and make with the hilarity already.
We’re In UR Contest, Judgin’ UR Entryz and “What *Really* Happened to Harvey?” Comic Contest [Capcom Unity]
While Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations may be available right now, in English no less, in Japan and already in the hands of importers, the North American release gets a special bonus. No, I’m not referring to the sweet nectar of corrected typos from the Japanese release, but the pictured plush Phoenix that Capcom is giving away to those who pre-order the Nintendo DS game. It’s perfect for squeezing, looking at, placing near you when you solve cases and general bragging rights.
Just think of the dust this thing will collect and the females it will frighten as it sits upon the shelves of those too old to own and publicly display these sorts of things. As Capcom staffers write, it will be available with pre-purchases made via Gamestop and the official Capcom online store.
New Ace Attorney Pre-Order Plush Exclusive! [Capcom Unity]
