Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Tantei Jinguuji Saburou's (Detective Saburo Jinguji) debut on the Famicom Disk System, WorkJam plans to bring the adventure game series to the DS. Despite appearing on a multitude of consoles ranging from mobile phones to the PS2, the chain-smoking sleuth's bebop-jazz-filled murder mysteries haven't yet been localized for the US audience.Given the success of Phoenix Wright and Hotel Dusk in the states, both of them also being adventure titles, perhaps we'll finally see an English translation for this one? Come on Atlus, we can cross Touch Detective 2 off the possible-projects list and bring this gumshoe game over instead, right?
Players investigate their cases through menu-based interrogations and actions, piecing together clues found at crime scenes while taking Saburo through Shinjuku's tough streets. Bring your magnifying glass and deerstalker hat past the post break for screenshots of the stylish DS title and a gameplay trailer from the series' GBA release, Detective Saburo Jinguji: The Woman With the White Shadow.
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5-17-2007 @ 6:38PM
OhJustSomeRandomGuy said...
This could be cool, but I didn't really like Hotel Dusk. If it's anything like that, I'll be passing on this game, even if it does manage to come to the US.
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5-17-2007 @ 7:56PM
Snail said...
No, the Jinguji series is way more hardcore than Hotel Dusk, more of a straight "detective on a murder case" type. It will be awesome if this one gets an English version.
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5-18-2007 @ 12:11AM
ramuji said...
Hold truth!
I'll keep my eye out for this one. Looks like it could be fun.
One of the action options is "Smoke tobacco". I wonder if we can give Saburo lung cancer?
And ... where's the love for Touch Detective???
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