Capcom have confirmed Turnabout Prosecutor, a spin-off from the Phoenix Wright series on Nintendo DS. The lead characters will be Miles Edgeworth and Dick Gumshoe, both from the original series.
A project dubbed “New Turnabout Not Courtroom” was announced by Capcom to be revealed this month. The Ace Attorney series is known as “Turnabout Courtroom” in Japan so for a while, many people expected news of a continuing concert series. Few expected an Ace Attorney game with a viewpoint from the opposite side of the courtroom, as revealed in the most recent edition of the Japanese magazine, Famitsu.
With the title Turnabout Prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth, an iconic prosecutor from the Phoenix Wright series, becomes the main character. In the games, the prosecution and detectives work together to examine crime scenes and verify evidence. Accompanying Edgeworth will be the detective from the original series who was friendly with the defense, Dick Gumshoe.
Scans from the magazine show huge changes to the gameplay. Rather than a first person perspective and point-and-click interaction, the game shows the characters modelled from top to toe, walking around the scenes to examine evidence and inconsistencies that are present. There are new systems for search and deduction for interacting with crime scenes.
So far, there is no known release date for Turnabout Prosecutor.
