Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (逆転裁判123成歩堂セレクション, Gyakuten Saiban 123: Naruhodō Serekushon; lit. "Turnabout Trial 123: Naruhodō Selection") is a updated game compilation of the first three games in the Ace Attorney series: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations. Initially released on the Nintendo 3DS, it is a graphical upgrade to the Nintendo DS and WiiWare versions of the trilogy of titles, much like the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD compilation for mobile devices. The compilation also makes slight adjustments to localized scripts, including typo fixes. A new drama CD was bundled with limited edition versions of the Japanese versions of the game.[1]
Five years after its original release, another version, again brandishing HD graphics, was released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, and three years after that, it was also released on mobile devices.
Setting[]
- See also: Ace Attorney#Setting and Gyakuten Saiban#Plot
Rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright investigates murder cases in order to discover the real culprits and prove the innocence of his clients. Aided by his assistant Maya Fey, a spirit medium in training, and the bumbling police detective Dick Gumshoe, Wright also has to deal with the insidious courtroom tactics of various veteran prosecutors, including his old acquaintance Miles Edgeworth, in a journey that will lead him to become a legendary defense lawyer.
The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is the core story from which the other titles of the series branch off; the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is set in the two months immediately after its ending, while the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy is a sequel story that transpire after seven years from its events. Meanwhile, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is set over a century before the Phoenix Wright Trilogy, and sees an ancestor of Wright going through a similar journey of his own.
Versions[]
Nintendo 3DS version[]
The game was revealed on January 23, 2014, and released on April 17 of the same year in Japan. The game was later announced for a Western release in the winter period as part of Capcom's reveals for E3 2014, and, like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, was only available via digital distribution on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. In all regions, the game featured the option to switch from Japanese to English.
Home console and PC versions[]
The game compilation was later released with redone HD graphics and interface for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam in 2019. While this was not the first time an Ace Attorney game had been officially released on a system that wasn't from Nintendo, this was the first time it had been released on a non-Nintendo home console system, as well as the first time a non-Japanese version has been released on PC. This release later added localizations in French, German, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, making it the first time since the Nintendo DS releases that these games are made available in other languages besides English and Japanese.
The success of this version of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy paved the way for the other games of the series, including titles that had never before been localized, to be also re-released on multiple platforms as part of a series of compilations in the following years.
Versions for iOS and Android[]
In March 2022, Capcom announced that it would be removing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD from app stores and replacing it with the updated version of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy released in 2019. Four months later, it released internationally for iOS and Android on June 10, 2022.
Gameplay[]
The 2019 version of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy has completely reworked the previously touchscreen and microphone exclusive features of the original Nintendo DS releases in order to make them suitable for systems lacking them, while still allowing touchscreen support for platforms such as the Nintendo Switch. It also allows a fairly long list of multiple save slots shared among all three games, compared to being limited to 1-3 in previous releases. Furthermore, each title's save files are differentiated from the others by their own distinctive colors, with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney save files being blue, Justice for All save files being burgundy, and Trials and Tribulations being orange. However, compared to the compilations that would follow, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is remarkably bare-bones, lacking in various extra quality-of-life features that have been in the series since Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, such as a backlog system, and post-Game Over options.
Achievements[]
In the home console and Steam releases, there are multiple achievements available to get, many of which are carried over from the Trilogy HD release, with the exception of the Nintendo Switch release, which lacks an online achievement system.
- The First Turnabout : Clear Episode 1 of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
- Turnabout Sisters : Clear Episode 2 of PW: AA.
- Turnabout Samurai : Clear Episode 3 of PW: AA.
- Turnabout Goodbyes : Clear Episode 4 of PW: AA.
- Rise from the Ashes : Clear Episode 5 of PW: AA.
- The Lost Turnabout : Clear Episode 1 of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All.
- Reunion, and Turnabout : Clear Episode 2 of PW: AA - JFA.
- Turnabout Big Top : Clear Episode 3 of PW: AA - JFA.
- Farewell, My Turnabout : Clear Episode 4 of PW: AA - JFA.
- Turnabout Memories : Clear Episode 1 of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.
- The Stolen Turnabout : Clear Episode 2 of PW: AA - T&T.
- Recipe for Turnabout : Clear Episode 3 of PW: AA - T&T.
- Turnabout Beginnings : Clear Episode 4 of PW: AA - T&T.
- Bridge to the Turnabout : Clear Episode 5 of PW: AA - T&T.
- First Steps : Start playing the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.
- Please Turn In Your Badge : Answer "Mia Fey" when asked who the defendant is. (PW: AA, Episode 1)
- Secret Weapons Three : Borrow all of Gumshoe's secret weapons. (PW: AA, Episode 4)
- Lunchbox Specialist : Check out every lunchbox Angel Starr has to offer. (PW: AA, Episode 5)
- Mind Your Own Business, Pal! : Press Gumshoe about "they were even talking about marriage." (JFA, Episode 1)
- Um, Lotta Hair, Was It? : Reply with "Lotta Hair" when talking to Lotta. (JFA, Episode 2)
- Naruhodo A. Wrighto : Present Max's profile to Maya. (JFA, Episode 3)
- Judge Wackner : Press Oldbag's claim that "it was the Nickel Samurai that I saw!" (JFA, Episode 4)
- Justice Ill Served : Get the bad ending in PW: AA - Justice For All. (JFA, Episode 4)
- Beware, Your Honor! : Press Dahlia's claim that "Feenie pushed him twice." (T&T, Episode 1)
- Smells Like Oldbag : Examine everything with even a whiff of Oldbag on it. (T&T, Episode 2)
- Jean's Foreign Language Course : Learn all of Armstrong's fancy foreign words. (T&T, Episode 3)
- Violetta's Home-Made Donuts : Get a donut offered to Phoenix by Viola. (T&T, Episode 3)
- I Hate Childhood Friends : As Edgeworth, hear all of his and Larry's childhood tales. (T&T, Episode 5)
- Ladders Vs. Step-Ladders : Get every ladder vs. step-ladder conversation in PW: AA Trilogy.
- A Lawyer Only Cries Once It's All Over : Clear all of PW: AA Trilogy.
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Reception[]
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 80/100 on PC,[2] PS4[3] and Xbox One,[4] 81/100 on Nintendo Switch[5] and 3DS.[6]
References[]
- ↑ [1] Capcom. Retrieved on 2014-04-05.
- ↑ Metascore for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on PC Metacritic, Retrieved March 27, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on PS4 Metacritic, Retrieved March 27, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on Xbox One Metacritic, Retrieved March 27, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on Nintendo Switch Metacritic, Retrieved March 27, 2020
- ↑ Metascore for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy on 3DS Metacritic, Retrieved March 27, 2020