Touch Detective leaves us a little speechless around the DS Fanboy offices. The game looks great, but there's just something about the art style that seems ... well ... sinister. Creepy, even. Sure, the game will be a blast. It's the new Phoenix Wright -- offbeat and interesting story and touchscreen-centric gameplay. But just look at the characters! We can handle the robot butler, though with that beaky nose, he resembles some sort of evil muppet refugee from the '80s. But Mackenzie, the heroine, looks perpetually terrified and it makes us wonder if she's just traumatized by the death of her father or if maybe that little phallic mushroom guy is exploiting her offscreen.
Or maybe we just have too much time on our hands. Touch Detective will be available for a little hands-on next month.
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9-18-2006 @ 6:14PM
Nmaster said...
You lie! Gamefly shows this as the real boxart!
http://www.gamefly.com.edgesuite.net/images/games/t/121170t.jpg
(Sadly, that's not a joke...See: http://tinyurl.com/fkw4w )
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9-18-2006 @ 6:19PM
p@ul said...
Hum, I don't want to be blunt, but I am not too sure if your own comment on this Blog entry is actually relevant.
I personally like the style of this game. It reminds me of SQUEE, this really crazy comic book, I love.
I'm looking forward to this game. I did not get Phoenix Wright because I thought that the graffiXXX were "so, so..."
Sorry for the previous post...
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9-18-2006 @ 8:02PM
BillBix said...
The game looks awesome, I am looking forward to the art style!
Nmaster, that made me chuckle!
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9-18-2006 @ 9:40PM
Tom B. said...
I thought the new Phoenix Wright was the new Phoenix Wright.
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9-18-2006 @ 10:39PM
jeffx said...
yo... thank god for Atlus... for real
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9-19-2006 @ 2:07AM
ramuji said...
I finished Touch Detective a couple of weeks ago, and really enjoyed it. It's quite short though, much shorter than Phoenix Wright. And pretty easy. Still, I enjoyed the artwork and humor enough to recommend it.
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9-19-2006 @ 3:32AM
BPMΩ said...
I'm rather fond of Touch Detective's rather unique art style.
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9-22-2006 @ 9:41AM
Nmaster said...
It looks like GameFly has realized their error finally (it was like that for months).
This what was previously listed for those who missed it:
http://tinyurl.com/l5scl
And p@aul, get a life dude...
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