When Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was coming to the west for the first time, Capcom apparently considered it as a “throwaway game”. Capcom apparently didn’t have much faith that the game would sell outside of Japan. In fact, Anderson said the publisher limited how many units it produced for the first run. Speaking with Time Extension, Anderson said:“I had done work for Bowne Global years earlier… At the time, I remember Phoenix Wright being described to me as kind of a throwaway game for Capcom because they were pretty sure it was not going to do well. We saw a variety of games with Phoenix Wright, but there have been other entries in the franchise focusing on other characters like Miles Edgeworth and Ryunosuke Naruhodo.