Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (逆転検事1&2 御剣セレクション; lit. "Turnabout Prosecutor 1＆2: Mitsurugi Selection") is a duology collection of Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit, announced June 18th, 2024 for the Nintendo Switch, Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, and published by Capcom. It and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy were produced by Shunsuke Nishida in an effort to bring every game in the Ace Attorney canon to modern systems as quickly as possible, as well to fulfill a desire by him to make 2024 the year of "Edgeworth Fes".[1] With the inclusion of Prosecutor's Gambit in this compilation, its release also marks the point at which every game in the Ace Attorney series was released outside of Japan.
The main director and game planner was Satoru Sakai, who grew up on the Game Boy Advance and had gotten hooked on the early Ace Attorney games.[1] Janet Hsu returned as localization director, using their deep knowledge of the series accumulated over nearly 20 years to help maintain continuity with other games in the series, particularly with the many callbacks and references contained in Prosecutor's Gambit.[2] Hiromichi Iwasaki was the art director and was in charge of the games' transition to high-definition resolutions. One major change was that the zoomed-out map sprites exclusive to these two games have been redrawn from scratch courtesy of an art team led by Tatsuro Iwamoto, one of the main character designers of both games.[3] However, the games allow the ability to switch between the original sprites and the redrawn ones from the options in the main title screen.
On August 23rd, 2024, a Demo of the Collection was released, containing the first halves of the games' respective first cases, Turnabout Visitor and Turnabout Trigger. Unlike the previous demo versions, however, the cases have not been altered from the originals in any way. This demo also has the functionality to save, allowing players to import their progress in the demo into the full product, which was released globally on September 6th, 2024.
Setting[]
The events of the Ace Attorney Investigations games take place in the two-month period between the ending of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and the earliest trial of the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Phoenix Wright's old friend and rival, Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, becomes embroiled in a series of murder cases that are seemingly disconnected from one another, but in reality hide a deeper truth behind them. Assisted by the ever-loyal Detective Dick Gumshoe and the "Great Thief" Kay Faraday, it is up to Edgeworth to find the culprit by using his own brand of deductive reasoning to piece together the mystery, before arguing his stance against those who doubt him.
While there are some shared plot threads, unlike other collections there is very little cast overlap between the two Ace Attorney Investigations games outside of the three aforementioned main characters. Furthermore, while a few of the most prominent characters in Miles Edgeworth do reappear in Prosecutor's Gambit, their roles are greatly diminished in comparison.
Gameplay[]
Like The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy before it, Ace Attorney Investigations Collection features dialogue backlog and chapter selection, which were not present in the Nintendo DS or Android releases of the games, as well as a gallery for the artwork and music, with both soundtracks being officially translated for the first time. A word bubble appears when near an examinable object or a character who can be talked to, with a checkmark appearing in its corner when all current relevant information has been perused, another feature not present in the other releases. Autoplay Mode and Story Mode are also included, but if they are initiated during an investigation segment, the game will restart from the beginning of the segment. Director Satoru Sakai has explained that trying to implement pathfinding for these modes proved too difficult for the time and resource constraints that they were given.[1]
The saving system first introduced in the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and improved by Chronicles is yet again carried over, with Miles Edgeworth save files being colored red, while Prosecutor's Gambit save files are colored orange. Like Chronicles and Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the title screen background changes depending on the last save. However, this idea is taken further by using a variety of images including both background maps and cutscene illustrations, with special effects added. For example, the courtroom background pans and eventually there is a sunlight effect. Another new track based on both games' Pursuit themes is used for the title screen, titled "Prelude to Pursuit - Search for the Truth".[1]
Gallery[]
The Gallery is accessible from the main title screen, with its design based on the Gyakuten Kenji Orchestra Mini Album.[1] Each time a new episode is completed for the first time, more content is unlocked.
- The Photo Album section contains all key pieces of artwork for each case (such as cutscene stills and black-and-white flashback/event reconstructions).
- The Character Compendium section allows the viewing of animations of every character in the game.
- The Accolades section is an achievement list like the two previous collections.
- The Documentation section archives various pieces of development and promotional artwork.
- The Music Collection section contains three sub-sections for the music of Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit, and Orchestral arrangements of some of the tracks, both in their original form as well the new "Arranged" version exclusive to the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection. Through an option in the corresponding menu, these arranged tracks can also be heard while playing the game, or the original can instead be heard if one so chooses. Five of these new musical arrangements are DLC originally released as pre-order bonuses: specifically the tracks "Confrontation - Allegro 2011", "Confrontation - Presto 2011", "Miles Edgeworth - Objection! 2011", "Pursuit - Uncover the Truth", and "Pursuit - Uncover the Truth (No Intro)". The Music Collection also offers quick ways to switch between adjacent tracks, as well as three play options: loop the same track indefinitely, loop the entire OST of the sub-section chosen, or randomly shuffle between said tracks. While in the Accolades, Photo Album, Character Compendium, or Documentation section, the Music Collection section can be quick-selected with a button in order to change the background music playing while perusing the Gallery's content.
Development[]
| We also figured that this would be a lot of people's first time experiencing them too, so this is what the producer tasked me with: "This may be a port, but I don't want it to just be a carbon copy of the original games. I want it to be something that looks and feels like a modern game. I want to do something about the things that cause players stress so that they can play it with minimal frustration through to the end." |
Development of the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection began in 2022, after wrapping up the development of the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Three months of development time were dedicated to conducting tests to determine the best way to convert the original graphics to modern resolutions, as well as redraw certain graphics to fill out the screen with additional details.[4] These modern resolutions required the small map sprites to be larger than would have even fit in the Nintendo DS screen. While many different options were explored to try to expedite the work, including various filters and 3D models, ultimately it was decided that the only realistic and stylistically fitting option was to redraw and reanimate the sprites from scratch, using a pseudo-chibi proportion of 5.5 heads. Iwamoto focused on the main characters while other staff handled the rest. These new sprites, free from the limitations of the original hardware, could be drawn closer to their correct relative heights. A lighting effect was also added to help the sprites blend in better with the background.[3]
The redesigned UI elements were inspired by the Art Deco art style.[3] The graphical panels, originally rendered as separate graphical assets, were converted to text rendered over shared blank panel graphics. This made it much easier to implement and edit text in multiple languages and animate the panels. The increased resolution also meant that objects implied to contain text that was originally too small to read had to explicitly show text that fit with the dialogue triggered by examining them.[5]
Localization[]
The localization of Prosecutor's Gambit was conducted in partnership with Shloc.[6] Hsu stated that the main challenge of localizing Prosecutor's Gambit was in trying to replicate the feel of the localizations of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, which had been done between 2005 and 2009. They also highlighted the complexity of the mysteries, with one episode requiring the use of event timelines to keep track of the many moving parts and bits of foreshadowing. The team did not play the unofficial translation released in 2014, and did not want to be influenced by it; it was easier for them to start from scratch due to various internal processes.[4] While the increase in horizontal space allowed the fitting of longer lines of dialogue than would have been previously possible, an effort was made to maintain consistency with the original Miles Edgeworth script in this regard,[5] with said script only receiving the most essential changes for the most part (the main exception being "iFly Airlines", which was changed to GoYou Airlines).[4]
Accolades[]
All accolades awarded in the gallery.
Like the other compilations that preceded it, the Ace Attorney Investigation Collection contains multiple achievements for players to earn as they play the games, called Accolades in the corresponding in-game list; they are marked with a King of Prosecutors Trophy icon. Here is a list of all the Accolades the player can get:
- Miles Edgeworth: Ace Investigator: For being awarded all other accolades.
- Turnabout Visitor: For completing Episode 1 of AAI: ME from without using Story Mode.
- Turnabout Airlines: For completing Episode 2 of AAI: ME from without using Story Mode.
- The Kidnapped Turnabout: For completing Episode 3 of AAI: ME from without using Story Mode.
- Turnabout Reminiscence: For completing Episode 4 of AAI: ME from without using Story Mode.
- Turnabout Ablaze: For completing Episode 5 of AAI: ME from without using Story Mode.
- Turnabout Trigger: For completing Episode 1 of AAI2: PG from without using Story Mode.
- The Captive Turnabout: For completing Episode 2 of AAI2: PG from without using Story Mode.
- Turnabout Legacy: For completing Episode 3 of AAI2: PG from without using Story Mode.
- A Turnabout Forsaken: For completing Episode 4 of AAI2: PG from without using Story Mode.
- Turnabout for the Ages: For completing Episode 5 of AAI2: PG from without using Story Mode.
- A Well-Worn Organizer: For unlocking everything in the Gallery.
- Doing Things My Way: For successfully making a connection during Logic without using Story Mode.
- Objection!: For successfully presenting the correct evidence during a Rebuttal without using Story Mode.
- Checkmate: For successfully checkmating an opponent in Mind Chess without using Story Mode.
- Everything Old Is New: For playing the game with HD chibi characters.
- Wright Over Here!: For going to see a familiar face in the distance from the bridge in front of the Main Gate, just after finding Lance Amano in AAI: ME, Episode 3.
- Wright Over There!: For examining the side gate twice to see a familiar face in AAI2: PG, Episode 5.
- Ladders and Step-Ladders: For looking into the true nature of ladders and stepladders.
- Friendship... or Pity?: For listening to Gumshoe talk in the hallway about where he thinks "Jim" came from in AAI: ME, Episode 1.
- A Prosecutor's True Passions: For examining Edgeworth's seat while investigating with Gumshoe in AAI: ME, Episode 2.
- The Blue Badger's Daddy: For having met the creator of the Blue Badger in front of the Gatewater Land Main Gate in AAI: ME, Episode 3.
- Promises 6 and 7...?: For presenting Kay's Promise Notebook to her in AAI: ME, Episode 4.
- Behind Each Bench: For examining all three benches - the prosecution's, the defense's, and the judge's - in AAI: ME, Episode 4.
- Lang Zi Says!: For examining both the sword and the shield on the Primidux Statue with Agent Lang in AAI: ME, Episode 5.
- Fond Memories, Detective: For examining the signpost on the left hand side of the Spectator area in AAI2: PG, Episode 1.
- A Winner's Education: For pressing every single one of Eustace's Statements and forcing him to correct them all in AAI2: PG, Episode 2.
- Like Father, Like Son: For examining the teapot as both Miles and Gregory in AAI2: PG, Episode 3.
- Glasses Battle: For listening to Ema Skye talk in the Storeroom about how her studies abroad are going in AAI2: PG, Episode 4.
- How Could You, Sir!?: For saying the worst thing possible to Eustace during his Mind Chess match in AAI2: PG, Episode 5.
Character Compendium[]
One of the animations for Miles Edgeworth in the Character Compendium section.
The Character Compendium section catalogs the sprites of all characters met during the completed episode, alongside their name (and age when available). Most of the sprite animations are present, including ones that are obscured in the main games, but others, such as Miles Edgeworth sliding down a pole in The Kidnapped Turnabout, had to be excluded.[1]
- The Investigation sub-section offers the sprites seen on the map, with the ability to switch between both artstyles.
- The Confrontation sub-section archives the sprites seen during major dialogues, with the major characters even being able to play their voiced lines when they have them.
| Character | Age | Number of Investigation Animations |
Number of Confrontation Animations |
Voiced Lines | Unlocked after completing: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Edgeworth | 26 | 64 | 15 | "Objection!" "Take that!" "Hold it!" "Eureka!" |
Turnabout Ablaze |
| Dick Gumshoe | 32 | 35 | 10 | - | |
| Franziska von Karma | 19 | 20 | 10 | "Objection!" | |
| Kay Faraday | 17 | 35 | 12 | - | |
| Shi-Long Lang | 27 | 20 | 10 | "Not so fast!" | |
| Shih-na | ?? | 12 | 10 | - | |
| Jacques Portsman | 29 | 24 | 13 | "Objection!" | Turnabout Visitor |
| Buddy Faith | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Maggey Byrde | 23 | 21 | 6 | - | |
| Officer | - | 20 | - | - | |
| Forensics | - | 17 | - | - | |
| Rhoda Teneiro | 24 | 22 | 11 | - | Turnabout Airlines |
| Cammy Meele | 24 | 14 | 15 | - | |
| Zinc Lablanc II | 62 | 16 | 11 | - | |
| Akbey Hicks | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Captain | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Mike Meekins (Blue Badger) | 24 | 4 | 8 | - | The Kidnapped Turnabout |
| Wendy Oldbag (Pink Badger) | ?? | 3 | 7 | - | |
| Ema Skye | 18 | 6 | 7 | - | |
| Ernest Amano | 51 | 5 | 5 | - | |
| Lauren Paups | 19 | 5 | 5 | - | |
| Lance Amano | 21 | 5 | 11 | - | |
| Man in Black | - | 13 | - | - | |
| Detective | - | 12 | - | - | |
| Manfred von Karma | 60 | 14 | 4 | - | Turnabout Reminiscence |
| Miles Edgeworth (7 Years Ago) | 20 | 36 | 9 | "Objection!" "Take that!" "Hold it!" "Eureka!" | |
| Franziska von Karma (7 Years Ago) | 13 | 20 | 9 | "Objection!" | |
| Dick Gumshoe (7 Years Ago) | 26 | 32 | 10 | - | |
| Kay Faraday (7 Years Ago) | 10 | 5 | 5 | - | |
| Tyrell Badd | 53 | 18 | 8 | - | |
| Calisto Yew | 22 | 13 | 9 | "Objection!" | |
| Judge | ?? | 12 | 6 | - | |
| Shi-Long Lang (7 Years Ago) | 20 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bailiff | - | 19 | - | - | |
| Colias Palaeno | 37 | 5 | 5 | - | Turnabout Ablaze |
| Manny Coachen | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Quercus Alba | 72 | 5 | 4 | - | |
| Steel Samurai | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Larry Butz (Steel Samurai) | 25 | 6 | 10 | - | |
| Pink Princess | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Wendy Oldbag (Pink Princess) | ?? | 3 | 10 | - | |
| Quercus Alba (True Self) | 72 | 3 | 8 | "Objection!" | |
| Reporter | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Cameraman | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Mask☆DeMasque II | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Embassy Staff | - | 12 | - | - | |
| Embassy Guard | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Missile | - | 11 | - | - |
| Character | Age | Number of Investigation Animations |
Number of Confrontation Animations |
Voiced Lines | Unlocked after completing: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Edgeworth | 26 | 48 | 13 | "Objection!" "Take that!" "Hold it!" "Eureka!" |
Turnabout for the Ages |
| Dick Gumshoe | 32 | 38 | 8 | - | |
| Kay Faraday | 17 | 46 | 12 | - | |
| Verity Gavèlle | 26 | 16 | 16 | "Overruled!" | |
| Eustace Winner | 17 | 15 | 12 | "Objection!" | |
| Eddie Fender | 36 | 30 | 11 | "Objection!" | |
| Gregory Edgeworth | 34 | 37 | 13 | "Objection!" "Take that!" "Hold it!" "Eureka!" |
Turnabout Legacy |
| Shi-Long Lang | 27 | 27 | 16 | "Not so fast!" | Turnabout for the Ages |
| Franziska von Karma | 19 | 23 | 12 | "Objection!" | A Turnabout Forsaken |
| Di-Jun Wang | 58 | 9 | 15 | - | Turnabout Trigger |
| Bronco Knight | 24 | 12 | 14 | "Objection!" | |
| Tabby Lloyd | 20 | 11 | 10 | - | |
| Shelly de Killer | ?? | 5 | 6 | - | |
| Winston Payne | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Bodyguard | - | 10 | - | - | |
| Officer | - | 20 | - | - | |
| Forensics | - | 23 | - | - | |
| Bodhidharma Kanis | ?? | 2 | 11 | - | The Captive Turnabout |
| Helmut | - | 7 | 1 | - | |
| Simeon Saint | 24 | 6 | 10 | - | |
| Rocco Carcerato | 31 | 11 | 20 | - | |
| Fifi Laguarde | 37 | 7 | 12 | - | |
| Frank Sahwit | 47 | 7 | 5 | - | |
| Regina Berry | 17 | 9 | 5 | - | |
| Missile | - | 10 | - | - | |
| Teddy | - | 14 | - | - | |
| Regent | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Cat | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Rabbit | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Pony | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Mini Pig | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Monkey | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Guard | - | 22 | - | - | |
| Prisoner | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Eddie Fender (18 Years Ago) | 18 | 22 | 9 | - | Turnabout Legacy |
| Tyrell Badd (18 Years Ago) | 42 | 30 | 7 | - | |
| Manfred von Karma | 49 | 11 | 6 | "Objection!" | |
| Samson Tangaroa | 57 | 3 | 6 | - | |
| Samson Tangaroa (18 Years Ago) | 39 | 5 | 8 | - | |
| Judy Bound | 34 | 12 | 13 | - | |
| Judy Bound (18 Years Ago) | 16 | 12 | 7 | - | |
| Delicia Scone | ?? | 13 | 6 | - | |
| Carmelo Gusto | 54 | 4 | 13 | - | |
| Carmelo Gusto (18 Years Ago) | 36 | 6 | 6 | - | |
| Laurice Deauxnim | 26 | 12 | 7 | - | |
| Ron & Desirée DeLite | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Amnesiac Kay | - | 13 | 8 | - | A Turnabout Forsaken |
| Excelsius Winner | 68 | 6 | 11 | "Objection!" | |
| Hilda Hertz & Florence Niedler | 60, 22 | 4 | 11 | - | |
| Florence Niedler | 22 | 4 | 2 | - | |
| Hilda Hertz | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ema Skye | 18 | 29 | 8 | - | |
| Man in Black | - | 10 | - | - | Turnabout for the Ages |
| Lotta Hart | 25 | 8 | 8 | - | |
| Penny Nichols | 20 | 8 | 3 | - | |
| Will Powers | 25 | 5 | 5 | - | |
| Shaun Fenn | 13 | 9 | 7 | - | |
| Simeon Saint (True Self) | 24 | 6 | 11 | "Objection!" |
Gallery[]
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Character artwork[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Satoru Sakai (2024-09-20). "Director's Testimony – Behind the Scenes –". Ace Attorney Blog. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ↑ Hayes Madsen (2024-08-01). "Puns and Legal Prodigies - Capcom Devs On Finally Bringing the Long Lost Ace Attorney Game West". Inverse. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hiromichi Iwasaki (2024-09-13). "The Truth Behind Graphics Production". Ace Attorney Blog. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kate Gray (2024-08-09). "Hands On: 'Ace Attorney Investigations Collection' Devs Discuss California Rolls, Chibi Sprites & Puns". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Janet Hsu (2024-09-06). "Localization and Technology, Or: How Over a Decade of Progress Affects Your Localization". Ace Attorney Blog. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ↑ ACE ATTORNEY INVESTIGATIONS™ COLLECTION. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
External links[]
- Official site (Japanese)
- Official site (English, U.S.)
- Official site (English, Asia)
- Official site (English, U.K.)
Trailers[]
- Reveal Trailer (Japanese)
- Reveal Trailer (English)
- Pre-order Bonus Medley
- Allies & Adversaries Trailer
- Launch Trailer
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Presents Shorts