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JWeinCom on 31 August 2016
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Mar1217 said:
NateH said:

This.

I like Ace Attorney, but let's be real, it's not that big in the West.  Ace Investigations II never got an official English-language release, while Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice are digital download only outside Japan.  If I recall correctly, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations wasn't going to be released in North America at first because of the previous two title's poor sales, and there was some fan translation thing in progress that was abandoned after Trials and Tribulations was finally confirmed to be coming Westward.

The 3DS' Christmas 2016 lineup in the U.S. is pretty thin outside the big dog of Pokémon.

And despite being niche, I think you're wrong since we're talking about games that don't need to present themselves ( they still have big fanbase ) since I could qualify them of being top notch easily. We're talking about one of the best JRPG series of all time and the most succesful visual novel series on handheld too. 

These aditions are what's making this line-up a strong one for some people and it's definitely enough to justify it being a decent to good line-up for the upcoming season.

That's funny. I heard they had to reprint the trilogy games multiple times cause the demand was stronger than expected + north america had stronger physical sells than Japan.

I really can't think of any way that three "major" releases over the next four months can be considered strong.  Even decent is a huge stretch.  And neither of those two games have big fanbases.  They have dedicated fanbases, but that's not the same thing.

The key to having a strong lineup is diversity.  If you're not into RPGs, then there isn't really a lot to look forward to.  No matter how good a game is, there's going to be quite a lot of people who just aren't into it.  When you have 10 decent-great releases, then no matter who you are, you'll probably find something.  When there's only 3, if you're not into one or two of them, then you've got little to look forward to.