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Capcom will continue to produceAce Attorneycontent, the company assured fans as the series nears its 24th anniversary. The last mainlineAce Attorneygame,Spirit of Justice, was released in 2016, but a spin-off and several collections have also come out since then.
Widely regarded as one ofCapcom’s most influential franchises,Gyakuten Saiban, known in most parts of the world asAce Attorney, is a series of visual novel adventure games. The IP has branched out to other forms of media aside from video games over the years, having delved into comic books, stage productions, and a live-action movie. Capcom now says that it plans to do even more with theAce Attorneyfranchise in the future.
Talking to Japanesemedia outlet and polling website Netlab, Capcom’s Kenichi Hashimoto flat out declared that the company would not stop producingAce Attorneycontent. Hashimoto, who produced thewell-receivedApollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogythat launched in January, made similar remarks in a past interview. Capcom specifically wants to develop theGyakuten Kenji, orAce Attorney Investigationsspin-off, in various ways, including through the lens of mixed media, Hashimoto told Netlab. He also said that the company wantsAce Attorneyto reach its 25th and 30th anniversaries. The franchise’s titular debut title initially released on the Game Boy Advance on June 07, 2025.
Capcom’s Future Plans for the Ace Attorney Franchise
Hashimoto was unable to disclose any details regardingAce Attorney’s developments, but he promised that Capcom would make an announcement about them in the future. His latest interview was published before the series' latest release,Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, came out on September 6. This compilation contains the two entries inAce Attorney Investigations,Miles Edgeworthand its sequel,Prosecutor’s Gambit. The latter is considered by some to be among thebest games in the entireAce Attorneyfranchise.
TheAce Attorneyseries has shipped around 12 million copies worldwide, Capcom revealed in June.Resident Evil, with its 160 million cumulative sales, was the company’s top-performing property, followed byMonster Hunter, which managed to ship 103 million units. Capcom is set to release thenextMonster Huntergameon June 14, 2025.
A seventh mainline entry in theAce Attorneyfranchise has yet to be officially announced, but many fans are convinced that this will come out in the future. While the world waits for that, people may want to try out other games that have you play as a lawyer, such as 2023’sTyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane.
