Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Japanese title

Game Boy Advance :

逆転裁判 (Gyakuten Saiban)

Nintendo DS:

逆転裁判蘇る逆転 (Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten)

Genre

Adventure

Developer

Capcom

Release

Game Boy Advance

October 12, 2001 (Japan)

Nintendo DS

Reading: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

September 15, 2005 (Japan)
October 11, 2005 (North America)
March 31, 2006 (Europe)
March 8, 2009 (Australia)

Microsoft Windows

December 23, 2005 (Japan)

Nexon Mobile

2007: “Episodes 1-4”
October 29, 2008: “Episode 5” (South Korea)

WiiWare

December 15, 2009: Episodes 1-4
March 16, 2010: Episode 5 (Japan)
January 11, 2010: Episodes 1-4
May 24, 2010: Episode 5 (North America)
January 15, 2010: Episodes 1-4
May 28, 2010: Episode 5 (Europe)

iOS

December 21, 2009 (Japan)
May 24, 2010 (North America & Europe)

Android

February 7, 2012 (Japan)

Nintendo 3DS

April 17, 2014 (Japan)
December 9, 2014 (North America)
December 11, 2014 (Europe)

Wii U (Virtual Console)

November 4, 2015 (Japan)

Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Steam
Xbox One

February 21, 2019 (Japan)
April 9, 2019 (North America & Europe)

Number of players

Media

64 MB + 64KB EEPROM

Rating

CERO: B
ESRB: T
ACB: PG
PEGI: 7+
iOS: 12+
ClassInd: 14

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ( 逆転裁判蘇る逆転 Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten, literature. Turnabout Trial: Revived Turnabout ) is the first plot in the Ace Attorney serial. It was in the first place released in Japan on Oct. 12, 2001 as a Game Boy Advance game under the diagnose Gyakuten Saiban ( 逆転裁判, light. Turnabout Trial ). The original version of the plot is split up into four episodes that follow the first four cases of cub refutation lawyer Phoenix Wright .

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The Nintendo DS remake, Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten was released in Japan on September 15th, 2005 with an extra case. This remake was besides localized, translated, and released internationally as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. This version uses the microphone and the touch screen of the DS as alternatives to the button-based control methods from the original GBA game. For example, the actor can select options by touching them like buttons, and the musician can press witnesses or present tell by holding Y and shouting “ expostulation ! “, “ Hold it ! “ or “ Take that ! “ into the microphone. The japanese versions have double lyric options in japanese and english, and the european adaptation has translations for multiple european languages. The bet on was brought to the Nintendo Wii as a downloadable title via WiiWare ; its physique based upon the 2006 european DS free of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. It was released in Japan on December 15, 2009, and in the US on January 11, 2010, consisting of the first four cases with Rise from the Ashes was released individually on March 16, 2010 in Japan, and on May 24, 2010 in the US. The releases cost 900 and 300 Nintendo Points respectively ; for the US release, these costs were changed to 1000 and 100 Nintendo Points respectively.

The game has besides been ported to the io and was released on May 24, 2010 in the App Store with all cases that were included in the DS edition. The game had a revamped control organization, but was otherwise a straight port. The game is besides featured as partially of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy for the Nintendo 3DS, which includes the game along with the two early original trilogy titles. Following Tokyo Game Show 2018, a port of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy was announced for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Steam, and Xbox One .

Episodes

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chief characters

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Phoenix Wright is a rookie defense attorney who is the main character and playable protagonist of the game.
Maya Fey is Wright’s second client and Mia’s younger sister. After the events of Turnabout Sisters she becomes his defense aide. She is a spirit medium-in-training who is able to channel Mia after her death in Turnabout Sisters.
Miles Edgeworth is the main antagonist for most of the game. He prosecutes against Wright in Turnabout Sisters, Turnabout Samurai and Rise from the Ashes. He is also Wright’s client in Turnabout Goodbyes.
Mia Fey is Wright’s mentor and acts as his defense counsel during The First Turnabout. Despite being murdered in Turnabout Sisters, she continues to help Wright out of tight spots via the channeling abilities of her younger sister Maya.
Dick Gumshoe is the bumbling detective in charge of the latter four episodes.
Larry Butz is a childhood friend of Wright and his first client.
Winston Payne is the prosecutor in The First Turnabout.
The nameless judge presides over all of Wright’s trials in the game.
Manfred von Karma is the prosecutor and antagonist in Turnabout Goodbyes.
Ema Skye is Wright’s defense aide in Rise from the Ashes. She aspires to be a forensic investigator someday and loves forensic investigation. She introduces and explains the final case’s DS-exclusive investigative techniques.

Characters by episode

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The First Turnabout

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Larry Butz (debut)
Mia Fey (debut)
The judge (debut)
Winston Payne (debut)
Phoenix Wright (debut)
Frank Sahwit (debut): a newspaper salesman and key witness
Cindy Stone (exclusive): Butz’s ex-girlfriend and the victim of murder

Turnabout Sisters

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Mia Fey
The judge
Phoenix Wright
Bellboy (debut): a member of staff at the Gatewater Hotel
Miles Edgeworth (debut)
Maya Fey (debut)
Marvin Grossberg (debut): a veteran defense attorney who was Mia’s mentor
Dick Gumshoe (debut)
April May (exclusive): a flirtatious young woman
Redd White (exclusive): head of information gathering conglomerate Bluecorp
Misty Fey (allusions): Maya and Mia’s long missing mother

Turnabout Samurai

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Turnabout Goodbyes

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Larry Butz
Maya Fey
Mia Fey
The judge
Miles Edgeworth
Marvin Grossberg
Dick Gumshoe
Phoenix Wright
Lotta Hart (debut): a fiery young woman looking for the lake monster “Gourdy”
Manfred von Karma (debut)
Robert Hammond (exclusive): the victim who was the defense attorney for the DL-6 Incident
Polly (debut): a pet parrot belonging to Yanni Yogi
Yanni Yogi (exclusive): the suspect in the DL-6 Incident
Misty Fey (allusions)
Gregory Edgeworth (allusions): father to Miles Edgeworth, veteran defense attorney, and the victim in the DL-6 Incident

Rise from the Ashes

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Credits

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Gyakuten Saiban 1

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Concept-Script-Direction:
- Shu Takumi (巧舟 Takumi Shuu)

Graphics:
- Kumiko Suekane (末包久美子 Suekane Kumiko)
- Tatsuro Iwamoto (岩元辰郎 Iwamoto Tatsurou)

Main Programming:
- Noriyuki Ootani (大谷規之 Ootani Noriyuki)

Programming:
- Masayoshi Endou (遠藤正勝 Endou Masayoshi)

Music:
- Masakazu Sugimori (杉森雅和 Sugimori Masakazu)

Sound Effects:
- Atsushi Mori (森敦史 Mori Atsushi)

Publicity:
- Hiroshi Nakatani (中谷洋 Nakatani Hiroshi)
- Ayumi Terada (寺田歩未 Terada Ayumi)

Manual:
- Yumiko Uchida (内田裕見子 Uchida Yumiko)

Producer:
- Atsushi Inaba (稲葉敦志 Inaba Atsushi)

Executive Supervisor:
- Shinji Mikami (三上真司 Mikami Shinji)