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When did the first Ace Attorney game come out?

Aug 11, 2021 · The Great Ace Attorney series was established in 2015 in Japan on the 3DS with The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures. It still includes the same types of mechanics, but it introduces a completely new character and time period: Ryunosuke Naruhodo, the ancestor of Phoenix Wright.

Who is the director of Ace Attorney?

Feb 27, 2020 · With the Ace Attorney series nearing its 20th anniversary, it seems fitting to look back on the series so far. Each of its 11 games has tried something new, always experimenting and testing the best ways to tell a court-based visual novel.. RELATED: Murder By Numbers Is A Little Phoenix Wright, A Little Picross, And A Lot of '90s Fashion The intensity of the courtroom, …

How did Ace Attorney become so popular?

Mar 12, 2022 · Capcom's Ace Attorney is one of the most popular visual novels on the market and the most well-known video game depicting real-life courtroom proceedings. Since the release of Phoenix Wright: Ace ...

How many units has the Ace Attorney series sold?

Feb 08, 2022 · 9. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth. As the title suggests, investigation-type gameplay was first introduced in Ace Attorney Investigations ...

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When did the first Ace Attorney come out?

October 12, 2001Ace AttorneyPublisher(s)CapcomCreator(s)Shu TakumiPlatform(s)Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Windows Wii iOS Android Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox OneFirst releasePhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney October 12, 20014 more rows

Who does Phoenix Wright marry?

Maya FeyFirst gamePhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001)Created byShu TakumiDesigned byTatsurō IwamotoPortrayed byMirei Kiritani (film) Reno Nakamura (stage plays)9 more rows

Will there be a 7th Ace Attorney?

According to that same leaked roadmap, Ace Attorney 7 was planned to launch in Q3 2021. However, that same document also lists Great Ace Attorney for a Q1 2021 launch and that's now being released on July 27, 2021.Feb 14, 2022

What is Phoenix Wright's Japanese name?

Ryūichi NaruhodōPhoenix "Nick" Wright, known as Ryūichi Naruhodō (Japanese: 成歩堂 龍一, Hepburn: Naruhodō Ryūichi) in the original Japanese language versions, is a fictional defense attorney in Capcom's Ace Attorney video game series.

How old was Mia Fey?

Mia FeyJapanese nameAyasato ChihiroAgePW:AA: 27 (deceased) PW:T&T: 24 in flashback caseOccupationDefense AttorneyFamilyMother: Misty Fey Sister: Maya Fey Aunt: Morgan Fey Cousin: Iris Cousin: Dahlia Hawthorne Cousin: Pearl Fey Boyfriend: Diego Armando (Godot)1 more row•Jul 25, 2020

Does Phoenix Wright love Iris?

After eight months, Iris had really fallen in love with Wright and developed a strong loyalty to him; she could not deprive him of the necklace he loved.Feb 10, 2019

How many cases does ace attorney have?

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a visual novel adventure game where the player takes the role of Phoenix Wright, a rookie defense attorney, and attempts to defend their clients in five cases.

What is the Order of the Phoenix Wright games?

The Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Timeline: All Games in Chronological OrderThe Great Ace Attorney: Adventures.The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve.Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.Phoenix Wright: Justice for All.Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations.Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.More items...•Sep 7, 2021

How many Ace Attorney games are on the switch?

Get ready to yell "Objection!" across 5 individual games in the courtrooms of the past and present in "The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles" and the 2019 release "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy".Jul 27, 2021

Why is Phoenix Wright a hobo?

Presumably because of Capcom wanting him to be included in the game with the new protagonist, Phoenix Wright was made into a passive and unmotivated individual, becoming known as "hobo Phoenix" by the fans.Apr 4, 2012

Is Phoenix Wright in Smash?

Phoenix Wright is a starter playable character in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch. He is the main protagonist of the Ace Attorney series, and was announced when the Ace Attorney Trilogy for the Nintendo Switch was revealed.

Why did Phoenix forged evidence?

[4-4 cont] (#s "So he forged the evidence 1. to give Kristoph a taste of his own medicine, and 2. to introduce Apollo to the reality of the courts and the ugly truths that he's working to change. He needs to shatter Apollo's rose-tinted glasses in order to get him to join his fight, essentially.Dec 13, 2016

Overview

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…

Games

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…

Common elements

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…

Development

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…

Localization

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…

Reception

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…

Related media and other appearances

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…

Legacy

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 …

Overview

Ace Attorney, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igiari! (Japanese: 逆転裁判 ~その「真実」、異議あり!~, lit. "Turnabout Trial: I Object to That 'Truth'!"), is an anime series produced by A-1 Pictures, based on Capcom's video game series of the same name. It is directed by Ayumu Watanabe and written by Atsuhiro Tomioka, with Ace Attorney creator Shu Tak…

Premise

Based on the first three video games in the series, Ace Attorney takes place in an alternate world where the court system has been changed to the point where trials held in first instance and courts must reach a verdict within three days. Phoenix Wright is a rookie defense lawyer who works under his mentor, Mia Fey. When Mia is murdered, Phoenix befriends her younger sister Maya, a spirit medium-in-training who can channel the spirits of the dead. Joined by Maya, Pho…

Production and release

Ace Attorney's anime adaptation was first announced during a presentation at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show. Production of the series was handled by A-1 Pictures, who had previously produced the animated cutscenes in the sixth main Ace Attorney game, Spirit of Justice, and was directed by Ayumu Watanabe with series composition by Atsuhiro Tomioka and character design by Keiko Ōta and Koji Watanabe. The first season adapts the first two video games in the franchise, Phoe…

Reception

Jacob Chapman of Anime News Networksaid that popular reception was "subdued at best and outraged at worst, in ways usually reserved for radically altered adaptations". Chapman was critical of the animation quality, calling it "constantly off-model and slideshow-minimal but still watchable at least", whilst being more receptive to the adaptation's faithful recreation of the game's events and removal of "extraneous gags and details". He added that while the adaptatio…

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Ace Attorney (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia