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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Japanese title
逆転裁判４ (Gyakuten Saiban 4)
Genre
Adventure
Developer
Capcom
Release
Nintendo DS
- April 12, 2007 (Japan)
- February 19, 2008 (North America)
- May 9, 2008 (Europe)
- May 22, 2008 (Australia)
iOS
Reading: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
- December 1, 2016 (Worldwide)
Android
- December 6, 2016 (Worldwide)
Nintendo 3DS
- November 21, 2017 (North America)
- November 22, 2017 (Japan)
- November 23, 2017 (Europe)
- November 24, 2017 (Australia)
Number of players
1
Media
64 MB + 32KB EEPROM
Rating
- CERO: A
- ESRB: T
- ACB: PG
- PEGI: 12+ (NDS/3DS) / 3+ (Android)
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney ( 逆転裁判 4, Gyakuten Saiban 4 ; lit. “ Turnabout Trial 4 “ ) is the fourth game in the Ace Attorney series. It represents respective firsts for the series, being the first to be released on the Nintendo DS other than the ports of the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. It is besides the first wax Ace Attorney game for which Kazuya Nuri contributed original artwork assets, having previously done so for the bonus sequence Rise from the Ashes of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. additionally, the game is a easy boot for the series, featuring a new supporter named Apollo Justice. Because subsequently games in the main series reinstate Phoenix Wright as the main supporter and reintroduce some of the characters from the master trilogy, this is the only game in the chief series not to have Miles Edgeworth or anyone from the Fey kin mentioned by name, adenine well as the only game in the main series not to have “ Phoenix Wright ” in the English title. In December 2016, it was ported to iOS and Android smartphone platforms as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney HD with update character graphics in a alike manner to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD. The game was besides released for Nintendo 3DS during November 2017, where it was single to the Nintendo eShop outside of Japan. This version featured update graphics ( including stereoscopic 3D compatibility ) and sound in a exchangeable manner to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy .
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney is set seven years after the events of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations. It stars a new supporter, Apollo Justice, an approaching cub lawyer working for Kristoph Gavin at Gavin Law Offices. After a series of events, he comes to work for a cryptically disbarred Phoenix Wright ( now a gambler and piano player ) and his magician daughter Trucy. He besides meets Klavier Gavin, an easygoing rock star topology who moonlights as a prosecutor who acts as Justice ‘s chief rival. Over the course of the game, Justice and Trucy ( who inserts herself as Apollo ‘s “ adjunct “ ) investigate and solve crimes in an feat to achieve a “ not Guilty ” verdict for their clients in court .
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main characters
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney features the lowest number of returning characters in the Ace Attorney serial to date, with alone seven characters from previous games making a reappearance .
Turnabout Trump
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- Apollo Justice (debut)
- Kristoph Gavin (debut)
- Phoenix Wright
- Trucy Wright (debut)
- The judge
- Winston Payne
- Shadi Smith (debut)
- Olga Orly (debut)
Turnabout Corner
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Turnabout Serenade
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Turnabout Succession
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Gameplay
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney retains the standard investigation and court trial gameplay from the master trilogy, with the addition of several new 3D elements and forensic science investigations. Each case introduces a fresh gameplay mechanic for the player to use, including making shoe prints and finding fingerprints in sequence 2, using a strait mixer in episode 3, and using an roentgenogram machine in episode 4. The game besides allows all evidence to be viewed in 3D, a sport carried over from Rise from the Ashes, which was besides made with the Nintendo DS in mind. A more subtle similarity between Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney and Rise from the Ashes is that there are no episode choice images to be unlock after each episode ‘s completion on the original Nintendo DS exhaust, though subsequent releases have them. This is the merely game in which this is the case, though fellow DS titles Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and Gyakuten Kenji 2 are quite minimalist in their episode choice images, each depicting a major character on a generic background .
Like Phoenix Wright and his magatama, Apollo Justice has his own ability to use during cross-examinations. When a witness is tense or diffident, Justice can perceive it through the use of his bracelet. Because of the bracelet ‘s particular fabric, it tightens around his wrist, allowing him to accurately sense a witness ‘s anxious habits. During certain crisscross examinations, the watchband picture on the top of the bottom sieve will slowly spin to indicate that the actor must use it, and the player must choose the correct statement to focus on by pressing the bracelet push button ( emulating Justice touching his watchband to focus ). When Justice focuses on a witness, he is able to watch a affirmation in slow-motion and inspect the witness in a zoomed in state. When the actor finds the witness ‘s habit, pressing the Perceive clitoris will cause Justice to yell “ Gotcha ! “, a newfangled voice bubble exclusive to Justice. Afterwards, Justice must present attest to discern the mean of the habit, and why the witness may be nervous about it. subsequent games involving Justice would limit his bracelet use to investigations and some special circumstances in trials. The Nintendo 3DS translation has the option to play both the English and japanese versions of the game, a well as an extra write button on the 3DS touch shield. Unlike the original adaptation, which could not save while on the title poster for a Testimony/Cross-Examination, the save function can now be used at any prison term except while breaking Psyche-Locks or while in the Jurist ‘s Chambers at the end of the game. The 3DS version besides added the choice to disable fast-forwarding on dialogue that the actor has not yet read, which was previously used in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice, though the release for this option is removed upon the completion of Turnabout Succession .
demonstration
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A show of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney was briefly available to download from the Wii on to the Nintendo DS, or playable through an embedded Flash interpretation on the Ace Attorney web site. The demonstration covers a inadequate section of Turnabout Trump, specifically Phoenix Wright ‘s cross-examination segment. When the player progresses beyond the content in the show ( after the player first successfully presents evidence ), Apollo Justice strains his vocal cords from yelling and loses his voice. After this distributor point the show ends with Justice being assured that it was only a mock trial, and the player being told to buy the full moon bet on to solve the mystery. arsenic well as that, a slightly different translation of this demonstration was besides available for download from a DS booth. This show features slightly different versions of “ Apollo Justice – A New chapter of Trials ! “ and “ The Truth Revealed 2007 “ .
Demo video
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Development
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originally, Shu Takumi, the godhead of Ace Attorney, felt the series should not continue after Trials and Tribulations, stating that he felt Phoenix Wright ‘s narrative was complete. When it was decided that Ace Attorney 4 would go ahead, Takumi made the decision that the game should feature a new protagonist [ 1 ]. however, Takumi was told to include Phoenix Wright by Capcom executives [ 2 ], ampere well as to implement Japan ‘s newfangled lay judge organization. [ 3 ]
While deciding on the new supporter for the series, one of Shu Takumi ‘s beginning suggestions was to have the pronounce become the main protagonist due to his popularity. however, this concept was discarded for person more youthful. [ 4 ] This blueprint went through multiple iterations, drawn by artist Kazuya Nuri. Some of the early concepts include a big scratch on the supporter ‘s brow, and a courtly suit – which went through versatile unlike color concepts, such as k and black. The planners unanimously voted for crimson as the final design. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] While designing the character of Apollo Justice, Takumi found trouble in creating a hale newfangled protagonist, stating that “ the most natural parts of me had already all been used up by the Phoenix Wright character. So I tried to take everything about Phoenix and turned them inverted. With this great reversal, I came up with Apollo : a character who is aggressive, passionate, and youthful. ” This like rationale was used for designing Trucy Wright, who was designed as the “ reverse ” of Maya Fey. [ 7 ] An early on character concept for Trucy Wright was a “ ninja-girl-in-training ”. While the developers thought it had “ affect ”, it was rejected promptly – which Mitsuru Endo attributed to his harsh string of the concept. [ 8 ]
early on in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney’s development, a concept named “ The 3D Witnesses Project ” was proposed to move the series away from its 2D roots. however, because of “ assorted reasons ”, the team decided to move forth with an develop version of Ace Attorney ‘s 2D presentation. [ 8 ] however, 3D elements were placid included in the bet on, through “ The 3D Crime Scene Project ”, an idea that Mitsuru Endō had wanted to implement into a game for ten years before the exploitation of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. [ 9 ] Some early concepts the planners of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorne yttrium had considered before deciding on the bracelet automobile mechanic used in the final game included showing the trajectory of bullets in 3D, reconstructing a suspect ‘s face, or seeing the monetary value of testimony and evidence. Another early concept for the game included showing the Perceive automobile mechanic in full color, before it was changed to be merely black and blank. [ 10 ] While working on the soundtrack for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, composer Toshihiko Horiyama had struggled with writing the sung “ Guilty Love “, the root of Klavier Gavin. initially, he had written a catchy J-pop manner tune, but was cursorily rejected by Shu Takumi. After the song was rejected, Horiyama had a foreign dream in which, while waiting for a bus topology, a woman who was “ precisely [ his ] type ” arrived. The two sat down on a bus together, which soon arrived at a tonkatsu restaurant. While the two were eating, the charwoman asked about Horiyama ‘s struggles with Gavin ‘s theme. After he had said yes, a waiter brought a calculator and a music program for the charwoman to begin writing the song for Horiyama. She finished writing the piece, which was now a hard rock song, and left to go back to her husband. Horiyama woke up, and began writing “ Guilty Love ”, trying to remember the song the woman had presented to him. After showing it to Shu Takumi, who accepted it, Takumi gave the birdcall its official name a few days late. [ 11 ] There was a collaboration with the japanese Ministry of Justice for promoting the game, and there was a presentation of the game at the ministry ‘s head function due to the inclusion body of the lie judge arrangement. [ 7 ]
reception
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After release in Japan, Gyakuten Saiban 4 has been highly praised, with Famitsu giving it a 9/9/9/9 score ( 36/40 ), and selling approximately 250,000 copies during the first retail workweek, according to Media-Create. Six weeks after its release, Capcom announced that they had shipped 500,000 copies, accounting for 25 % of the serial ‘ two million units worldwide .
staff
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- Director:
- Mitsuru Endo
- Planning:
- Takeshi Yamazaki (山崎 剛 Yamazaki Takeshi)
- Keisuke Yamakawa
- Music:
- Toshihiko Horiyama (堀山 俊彦 Horiyama Toshihiko)
- Hideki Okugawa
- Producer:
- Minae Matsukawa (松川 美苗 Matsukawa Minae)
- Executive Producer:
- Keiji Inafune
- Original Creator/Series Director:
- Shu Takumi (巧 舟 Takumi Shuu)
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logo
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japanese logo
english and international logo
Promotional artwork
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Key ocular for the game .
The frame of Apollo Justice bet on .
Apollo, Trucy, and Klavier Gavin ( Nintendo Dream )
Klavier and Trucy ( Odoroki Gyakuten )
Apollo, Trucy, Ema, and Klavier in the bamboozle ( Odoroki Gyakuten )
Apollo, Trucy, Ema, and Phoenix having a party ( Odoroki Gyakuten )
Apollo being knocked over by Trucy ( Odoroki Gyakuten )
Klavier stealing Ema ‘s snackoo ‘s. ( B ‘s Log )
Apollo practicing his Chords of Steel. ( B ‘s Log )
Box art
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Gyakuten Saiban 4 ( DS )
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney ( DS )
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney ( DS ) – european version
Gyakuten Saiban 4 ( 3DS )
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney ( 3DS )
Videos
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Read more: Ace Attorney
