"The Truth Revealed" (真実は告げる) is a name given to several musical tracks in the Ace Attorney series. Each game has its own "The Truth Revealed" theme that plays during trials and arguments, usually when the protagonist has reached a conclusion that incriminates a witness. As a result of this, it is usually one of the more dramatic pieces. The key and time signatures of …
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His full name therefore literally means "believe in one road", referring to his single-minded belief in his "the end justifies the means" philosophy. The kanji in his name could also be read as "one road, two truths". His English given name, "Aristotle", comes from the ancient Greek philosopher of the same name.
Means' design is based around ancient Greek or Roman motifs, with his skin tone and hair color intended to call to mind a stone statue from that time period. His hair and facial hair styles are stereotypical of that era as are his robes, while the "Mouth of Truth" badge on his robes is reminiscent of the masks used in the theatres of ancient Greece, albeit with measuring scales for eyes, which are traditionally used to symbolize law. This mask/statue theme is also apparent when Means drops his friendly facade, as a vein then becomes visible above his right eye that resembles a crack.
Name. His Japanese given name comes from the word " shinjiru " (信じる), which means "to believe", and his surname translates as "one road". His full name therefore literally means "believe in one road", referring to his single-minded belief in his "the end justifies the means" philosophy.
Trials are acts within episodes of the Ace Attorney games that take place in the District Court. The defense attorney participates in a criminal bench trial, representing his or her defendant against the accusations of the prosecution. The defense attorney's main method of attack is through the cross-examination of witnesses brought forth by ...
The defense attorney can present evidence from the court record to point out a contradiction in the witness's testimony, or simply to prove a point based on the statement in question. In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, profiles can also be presented. Sometimes, the player is asked to present evidence to prove a claim or answer a question.
A trial act works very similarly to a single scripted event from a location in an investigation act, except the event takes up the entire act. That is, the protagonist is forced to go from the defendant lobby to the courtroom and back. During the course of a trial, the defense attorney may be required to answer questions (sometimes internally with themselves ), present evidence to prove their claims, and cross-examine witnesses.
During the course of a trial, the defense attorney may be required to answer questions (sometimes internally with themselves ), present evidence to prove their claims, and cross-examine witnesses. The main gameplay element in a trial act is cross-examinations.
The result of pressing a statement varies greatly across cross-examinations. The attorney may, for example, be given a chance to "press harder" or to present evidence to support a claim. Pressing a statement can also force the witness to modify their testimony and/or add new evidence to the Court record.
Ace Attorney is a series of adventure video game legal dramas developed by Capcom. The first entry in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, was released in 2001; since then, five further main series games, as well as various spin-offs and high-definition remasters for newer game consoles, have been released. Additionally, the series has seen adaptations in the form of a live-acti…
The Ace Attorney series launched in Japan with the Game Boy Advance game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in 2001, and has been published in the West since the release of a Nintendo DS port in 2005. The series currently consists of six main series games and five spin-offs. Additionally, two titles that collect the first three main series games have been released: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney TrilogyHD, which was released for iOS and Android in 2012 in Japan and for iOS in 201…
The Ace Attorney games are visual novel adventure games in which the player controls defense attorneysand defends their clients in several different episodes. The gameplay is split into two types of sections: investigations and courtroom trials. During the investigations, the player searches the environments, gathering information and evidence, and talks to characters such as their client, witnesses, and the police. Once enough evidence has been collected, the game mov…
The series was created by Shu Takumi, who wrote and directed the first three games. The first game was conceived in 2000 when Takumi's boss at the time, Shinji Mikami, gave him six months to create any type of game he wanted to; Takumi had originally joined Capcom wanting to make mystery and adventure games, and felt that this was a big chance for him to make a mark as a creator…
The localization of the first game was outsourced to Bowne Global, and was handled by the writer Alexander O. Smithand the editor Steve Anderson. While the Japanese version takes place in Japan, the localized version is set in the United States: because one of the episodes involves time zones, they had to specify where the game takes place, and chose the United States without thinking a lot about it. The Japanese justice system of the original still remained intact in the loc…
The Ace Attorney series has been well received by critics, and has performed well commercially: in December 2009, it was Capcom's 9th-best-selling series of all time, and in October 2010, they called it one of their "strongest intellectual properties", with more than 3.9 million units sold worldwide. By December 2013, the series had sold over 5 million units. In the United States, the first game became surprisingly successful, forcing Capcom to prepare at least three additional r…
The Takarazuka Revue, an all-female theater troupe, has adapted the series into stage musicals: 2009's Ace Attorney: Truth Resurrected, which is based on the last episode of the first game; 2010's Ace Attorney 2: Truth Resurrected Again, whose first act is an original story, and whose second is based on the final episode of the second game; and 2013's Ace Attorney 3: Prosecutor Miles Edg…
In 2015, GamesRadar+ named the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney as the 55th-best video game of all time. In 2016, Famitsu readers voted Gyakuten Saiban as the second-most memorable Game Boy Advance title (behind only Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire) and Gyakuten Saiban 123 as the tenth-best Nintendo 3DS game. In 2017, Famitsu readers voted Gyakuten Saiban the third-best adventure gameof …