Ace Attorney The Real History Behind Herlock Sholmes

Ace Attorney: The Real History Behind Herlock Sholmes

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The Great Ace Attorney’s Herlock Sholmes is much more than just a strange name, as there’s actually quite a bit of history behind Capcom’s choice.

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Ace Attorney The Real History Behind Herlock Sholmes

After over five years of waiting, The Great Ace Attorney games are finally making their way west in a double-pack. The two titles are a bit different from the rest of the Ace Attorney series, transporting players to the Meiji Period of Japan, right near the end of the 19th century.

The Great Ace Attorney follows Phoenix Wright’s ancestor, Ryūnosuke Naruhodō, who just so happens to also be a defense attorney. There’s still all the wacky humor and courtroom antics the Ace Attorney series is known for, but the change in setting makes The Great Ace Attorney feel like an entirely different experience.

A cast of colorful characters will help Ryunosuke along the way, but none are more interesting than Ace Attorney’s Herlock Sholmes – yes, that’s what he’s actually named. Fans might think that Herlock is just a fun way for Capcom to get around the iconic character Sherlock Holmes, but the truth actually runs far deeper, and all the way back to the start of the 20th century.

Herlock Sholmes & the Curious Case of Copyright Avoidance

Arsene Lupin is a gentleman thief character created by French Novelist Maurice Leblanc in 1905, who would go on to inspire entertainment for decades, like the anime series Lupin III. Around that same time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes had risen to prominence as one of the most popular literary characters of all time. Because of the similarities between the two characters, Leblanc wanted to introduce Sherlock Holmes into the story of Arsene Lupin, and have the two face off in a battle of wits. This happened in 1906 with a short story called “Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late.”

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, however, didn’t approve of how Leblanc portrayed the famous detective, and after legal objections were raised Leblanc was forced to change the name; thus the story Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes was born. Interestingly, Holmes and Lupin would actually properly face off decades later in the 2008 video game Sherlock Holmes versus Arsene Lupin developed by Frogwares, who would later go on to develop the Lovecraftian horror game The Sinking City.

Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s death in 1930, most of Sherlock Holme’s stories are now in the public domain, but a handful remains under copyright. Recent years have also shown that Doyle’s estate can be a bit gung-ho about bringing lawsuits over depictions of Sherlock Holmes. Netflix had to settle a lawsuit for its depiction of the character in Enola Holmes, and it all basically boils down to depicting a warmer, more human version of the detective. The estate still owns the rights to the last ten Sherlock Holmes stories, which did indeed introduce a much more compassionate version of the character.

With that in mind, an Ace Attorney version of Sherlock Holmes is obviously going to be a bit off-the-wall and goofy, which could easily bring Capcom under fire, and that’s especially apparent based on the official description of the character: “This energetic detective is one of the best in his field, if not a bit, shall we say, over-eager to deduce the true nature of crime scenes and evidence placed before him. His eye for detail can’t be ignored despite his outlandish personality, but it’ll be up to you (and Ryunosuke) to make sense of his wild deductions. Not to be outdone, however, child prodigy and young author Iris Wilson is always willing to lend her expertise to any scenario.” It’s a better idea for Capcom to go the age-old route of copyright avoidance, and bring Herlock Sholmes back into the limelight.

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