Gyakuten Kenji 2

Unreleased

Gyakuten Kenji 2 (逆転検事 2 Gyakuten Kenji 2, lit. Turnabout Prosecutor 2) is the sequel to Gyakuten Kenji and the sixth game in the Ace Attorney series of text adventure video games. Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, detective Dick Gumshoe and self-proclaimed "Great Thief" Kay Faraday reprise their roles as main characters in the game. The game was announced on the September 2010 issue of Famitsu, with a scan of the announcement page revealed on the internet on September 7, 2010. Motohide Eshiro, Takeshi Yamazaki, Minae Matsukawa and Noriyuki Iwadare also reprise their roles as producer, director, art director and soundtrack composer, respectively.

Pre-announcement
After the release of Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, an interview with its producer Motohide Eshiro revealed that he had contacted core series producer Minae Matsukawa offering his services in developing a new Ace Attorney game, in response to the positive fan reaction to Ace Attorney Investigations. Development started on September 2009.

Post-announcement
Gyakuten Kenji 2 was revealed in the September 2010 issue of Famitsu, showing Miles Edgeworth, Dick Gumshoe and Kay Faraday along with some gameplay pictures and a new gameplay feature with a chess-based theme. Shelly de Killer and a new character with thick red hair and beard were also seen. The article also stated that the game would focus more on Edgeworth himself than on other characters and past events, revealing a more "human", conflicted side that has never been seen before.

At Tokyo Game Show 2010, three new characters were officially revealed and named. The character from the Famitsu article was revealed to be Outeikun, the president of Zheng Fa, and Hakari Mikagami and Mikiko Hayami were revealed as well. Additionally, the TGS trailer of the game was revealed, featuring returning gameplay elements like Logic and Little Thief as well as the new gameplay feature, "Logic Chess".

Gameplay
In addition to the features seen in the previous game, Gyakuten Kenji 2 features a new gameplay element with a chess-based motif. Similarly to the magatama feature in Phoenix Wright's games, this "Logic Chess" feature is used to pry secret information from various people.

Episodes
The leading case takes place at Gourd Lake and is meant to feel very large and important, like a final case. Shelly de Killer returns as a suspect.

Major characters

 * Miles Edgeworth (protagonist, prosecutor)
 * Kay Faraday (self-proclaimed Great Thief Yatagarasu)
 * Dick Gumshoe (detective)
 * 水鏡 秤 Hakari Mikagami (rival, judge)

Returning characters

 * Shelly de Killer

New characters

 * 王帝君 Outeikun (president of Zheng Fa)
 * 速水ミキコ Mikiko Hayami (reporter)

Timeline
In the TGS trailer, Kay Faraday tells Miles Edgeworth that it's been a "long time" since they last met.