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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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Blast from the Past!

The turnabout ancestor and legendary detective return!

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Two Lands, Two Courts!

Phoenix Wright takes his turnabouts abroad, while Apollo Justice holds down the fort!

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The Anime

The anime returns for a second season, with a tale full of trials and tribulations!

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Cast

Meet the colorful characters that make up the world of Ace Attorney!

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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth	Gyakuten Kenji 2	Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney	Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken	Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Kakugo

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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

The Sacred Urn is the most precious treasure of Kurain Village. The people of the Fey clan believe that it contains the soul of Ami Fey, founder of the Fey clan and the inventor of the Kurain Channeling Technique, and that their spiritual powers will last as long as her soul remains inside. However, the urn has been broken at least three times, and it was evidence in two cases that Phoenix Wright took on. It is usually kept in the Winding Way at Fey Manor.more

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Miles Edgeworth

All you have to do is tell us only what you saw. Otherwise the mean lady might yell at you again.

Mia Fey

(Who is he talking about!?)

— Turnabout Beginnings

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Can I quote you on that?

Judge

Yes, well, I have a question of my own actually. That bullet that the mysterious figure shot... what did it hit, exactly?

Yuri Cosmos

............It hit me.

Judge

S-So does that mean you're a-a-a-a gh-ghost?!

Simon Blackquill

I was wondering when you would realize it, Your Baldness. Director Cosmos is an authentic, bona fide ghost. He can even pass through walls.

Judge

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek! <hides behind his bench>

Athena Cykes

Prosecutor Blackquill! Shame on you for teasing the nice old gentleman!

Simon Blackquill

...Hmph. Your Baldness, it was all in jest. Please show yourself again.

Judge

<comes back out> A-are you sure...?

— The Cosmic Turnabout

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April 9, 2019 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is now available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PCs via Steam worldwide.
February 21, 2019 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is now available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in Japan.
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
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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
April 24, 2018 - Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Kakugo is now available on iOS and Android in Japan. Source: Japanese iTunes Store and Japanese Google Play Store
March 15, 2018 - A second season of the Ace Attorney anime, based on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, has been revealed. Source: Anime News Network
December 21, 2017 - Gyakuten Kenji 2 is now available on iOS and Android in Japan. Source: Japanese iTunes Store and Japanese Google Play Store

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...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 Larry Butz is left-handed?
...that the judge's real name is never revealed, even when Phoenix Wright receives his business card?
...that Jake Marshall is meant to be a parallel of Godot in the “Skye/Fey sisters” analogy?
...that the opening cutscene of The Lost Turnabout was supposed to have a demon instead of the judge?
...that Pearl Fey was originally going to be around the same age as Maya Fey and would’ve been a one-shot, snooty rival character?
...that Turnabout Big Top was originally supposed to appear as the fourth episode in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All, but was cut down due to lack of space on the Game Boy Advance cartridge that the game was originally released on?
...that Wendy Oldbag was supposed to appear as part of the plot in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, but (aside from a brief cameo during the credits) was cut due to memory issues?
...that Bikini was made short to save on memory?
...that Godot was originally going to drink bourbon whiskey and smoke to match his “hard-boiled” image?
...that initial name ideas for Diego Armando included Joseph Cuppa, Xavier Barstucks, and William Havamug?
...that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations were originally released as Game Boy Advance games in Japan?
...that Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino has stated that Professor Hershel Layton was partly based on Phoenix Wright?
...that Shu Takumi worked on Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 before creating the Ace Attorney series?
...that the name of Matt Engarde's pet cat Shoe is a reference to series creator Shu Takumi?
...that PlatinumGames founders Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya, and Shinji Mikami have all worked on the Ace Attorney series?
...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?