Darlings, Capcom just served us the ultimate monkey’s paw: a shiny new Ace Attorney announcement that’s really just Dual Destinies in VR drag for 2027 on Meta Quest headsets and those fancy new VR Glasses. Instead of the long-awaited Ace Attorney 7 that fans have been begging for since Spirit of Justice in 2016, we’re getting hand-tracked OBJECTION! shouts and first-person courtroom prowls in a game that already had three prior versions including last year’s Apollo Justice Trilogy compilation.

Amata Games is handling the licensed remake under Capcom’s blessing, rebuilding the 2013 3DS title with immersive 3D crime scene exploration, voice-activated catchphrases, and gesture-based evidence presentation—while keeping the core story of Phoenix, Apollo, and Athena battling the “Dark Age of the Law.” It’s the fourth outing for Dual Destinies, timed suspiciously close to the series’ 25th anniversary on October 12, and Kotaku’s headline nails the vibe: why this instead of a proper sequel? The Ace Attorney Trilogy already sold over five million copies, proving the audience is hungry, yet here we are shouting into headsets instead of getting fresh cases.

Community reactions on X and beyond range from “hilarious and upsetting” blue-balling to resigned shrugs about another remake cycle, with some noting Dual Destinies now holds the record for most versions of any entry. Capcom keeps the franchise alive through re-releases and experiments while the wait for new narrative fire stretches on, but hey—at least you can physically point at liars in 3D space without a law degree. The series thrives on twists, and this one’s a doozy.