"Spirit of Justice" was produced by Motohide Eshiro. It was directed by Takeshi Yamazaki and Takuro Fuse. Yamazaki was in charge of the game's story. Fuse was in charge of how the game looked and how players would play the game. Most of the game's music was made by Noriyuki Iwadare. Some of the other music was made by Toshihiko Horiyama and Masami Onodera. Horiyama had also made the music for "". Capcom first began talking about it in December 2013. This was when they were thinking about ideas for the new game. The game was announced in Japan and North America in September 2015. When Capcom announced the game, it was almost 30% finished. Most of the development was finished in the end of 2015. The people making the game were already working on adding the last things in the game.