Next Ace Attorney to be developed by Level 5 and Shu Takumi

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News of the century:

Originally Posted by Court Records

That's right, folks. I did say "Takumi" and "new Gyakuten game" in the same sentence.

Some days ago, it was announced that Level-5, studio responsible for the Professor Layton, Dark Cloud and White Knight Chronicles series (and Dragon Quest VIII and IX), was collaborating with Capcom on a mystery project. Now, because of the ambiguity of the announcement, it went almost unnoticed. But not anymore.

Jiro Ishii, Level-5 staffer and creator of "428", the Japan-exclusive Wii visual novel (which, BTW, got a 40/40 score from Famitsu), is pretty active on Twitter. So much, that he was recently Tweet-chatting with Jin Fujisawa, director of Dragon Quest IX, and suddenly, one of Mr. Ishii's tweets contained the following statement:

And if you read "Gyakuten" and "Takumi-san", you're obviously reading about Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney series.

What does this mean for us, exactly? Well, one thing's for sure: Mr. Takumi is working on a new game with the word "Gyakuten" on its title. Of which we'll probably hear more soon.

People, feel free to hype the fuck up. And speculate, of course.

If it's gonna be 3DS... and by Level 5... and it incorporates the investigation elements from the Edgeworth games...