The Phoenix Wright games may not be top sellers, but since his first appearance ten years ago, the character has become one of the most recognizable characters in gaming, and has a huge cult following. The games were poorly promoted, and are nearly impossible to find, yet you won't find a gamer out there who doesn't know Phoenix and his trademark "Objection". Professor Layton, on the other hand, has sold incredibly well, despite having far fewer games released, and is one of the most successful series the DS has, period.

Given that both characters are universally loved by gamers, the idea of a character-central crossover would seem to be an obvious cash-in attempt. Especially when the styles and gameplay would mesh so well together. Capcom's not exactly been shy about porting its other crossovers, despite some of the games involved not being huge financial successes, and to not even consider this one until fans bring it to your attention and then getting surprised by the incredible demand is just foolish.


But enough about that. I'm just enjoying the pure awesomeness of that trailer. This is exactly how a crossover shoud work. The big problem with making fighting game crossovers is that fighting games have so little story and character development that the point of a crossover, watching the different characters interacting with each other, is lost. Oh, they have been getting better, but we have yet to see any crossover with this degree of character development and interaction, and I can only see this as a good thing. Hopefully, it will be brilliantly successful, and pave the way for more such games in the future.