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The Ace Attorney franchise is based around the adventure video games published by Capcom. In said games, the player takes on the role of an attorney who must uncover the truth behind crimes using evidence, cross-examination, and investigation. The series has also spawned film, musical, anime, and manga adaptations, as well as crossovers with other franchises.
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Ace Attorney is a franchise centered around a series of visual novel / adventure hybrid video games developed and published by Capcom. It began as a trilogy of comedic legal thrillers known as Gyakuten Saiban (逆転裁判, lit. "Turnabout Trial") created by Shu Takumi and released for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld in Japan between 2001 and 2004. The trilogy was later ported to the Nintendo DS between 2005 and 2007 and released internationally. These games follow the exploits of a passionate rookie defense attorney named Phoenix Wright (Ryūichi Naruhodō in Japan) who fights for his clients in a courtroom setting loosely resembling that of the Japanese legal system, using investigative skills, cross-examinations and evidence. Subsequent games have branched off and altered the formula of the original trilogy, as well as starring different protagonists. Among these, two detective games collectively known as Ace Attorney Investigations (逆転検事 Gyakuten Kenji, lit. "Turnabout Prosecutor") place the player in the role of Phoenix Wright's rival, a genius prosecutor named Miles Edgeworth, as he investigates crime scenes using evidence collection, logic and arguments. Also in progress is a series taking place in Meiji-era Japan and Victorian London, called Dai Gyakuten Saiban (大逆転裁判, lit. "Great Turnabout Trial"), starring Ryūnosuke Naruhodō and a version of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. As well, the original trilogy has been ported to Microsoft Windows, WiiWare, iOS and the Nintendo 3DS, and the original Gyakuten Saiban formula has continued with Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes as new recruits seven years after Phoenix Wright's original adventures.more
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In the Ace Attorney series, a penalty is generally used to punish incorrect deductions. Depending on the game, this can be represented in the form of damage inflicted on a "health" meter — called the Confidence Gauge or the Truth Gauge depending on context — or losing one of five Confidence Icons. Depleting the gauge or running out of Icons is the usual way in which the player can lose and suffer further consequences depending on the context. In some instances, instant Game Overs and bad endings can be triggered independently of this penal system.more
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With the announcement of "Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Kakugo", do you think "Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken" will ever receive a western localization?
Of course I am! You're the only one who can do it, Phoenix! I heard you once questioned an animal during a trial, and that got your client off the hook!
October 6, 2018 - The second season of the Ace Attorney anime debuts on-air and on Crunchyroll, starting with an adaptation of The Lost Turnabout.
September 22, 2018 - At the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, Capcom announced Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in early 2019. Source: Gematsu
July 6, 2018 - At the 2018 Anime Expo, it is announced that the second season of the Ace Attorney anime is set to premiere on October 6, 2018. Source: Anime News Network
...that Ace Attorney is Nintendo's 9th best-selling franchise of all time?
...that Shu Takumi wanted to make games that were easy enough for his non-gamer mother to pick up and play?
...that Maya Fey was always going to be Phoenix Wright’s partner in crime, but she was originally supposed to be a lawyer-in-training who was preparing to take the bar exam?
...that Detective Dick Gumshoe was supposed to be a big fan of horse racing?
...that Shu Takumi wanted Apollo Justice to wear green instead of red, but was overruled by the rest of the team?
...that Godot's Japanese voice actor Hideki Kamiya originally wanted to have the character shout "Objection, baby!" but, because the in-game speech bubble graphic just says "Objection!", the development team were unable to do so?
