r/AceAttorney • u/Fun-Necessary9709 • 9h ago
r/AceAttorney • u/JC-DisregardMe • Sep 06 '24
Announcement Welcome to r/AceAttorney - a PSA, FAQ, and General Resource for Newcomers and Anyone Starting the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Hi to everybody just visiting this subreddit for the first time, or anyone who's already been here a time but might want to check in on the latest!
First off, here is the link to our standard FAQ. Several new questions-and-answers have been added to this latest edition, and the ones specific to the new remastered Ace Attorney Investigations Collection are also in the body of this post, so for anyone newly arriving to check out those games, review those new questions. If you have any questions that aren't covered here or in the linked FAQ, ask them in the comments for the FAQ thread!
Second thing, here's an updated guide I've made to explain which platforms all the current AA games available can be played on.
Third, we have our Recommended Playing Order chart, to give you a rundown on where to start and when to play particular games.
Fourth, an expansive guide by community member /u/XephyXeph to outline all of the various Ace Attorney media currently out there, from the games to the huge array of supplementary media from manga to pachinko machines.
Fifth, a bit of community news on some updates to the AA subreddit for early September, 2024.
And now, some common questions people may have relating to the remastered Ace Attorney Investigations Collection:
I keep seeing people talk about Investigations 2 but use a bunch of names for characters and episodes that are different from what's in the game. Why is that?
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 originally came out on the DS in 2011, but was exclusively released in Japan, making it the first AA game ever to not get an English localization. It never did get any English release until 2024, when it was part of the Investigations Collection remaster.
Because of this, in the years immediately following AAI2's original Japan-only release, a group of fans worked together to make a fan translation romhack for the game, allowing it to be played in English. To match with the official localizations the games normally get, that fan team also came up with their own English names for all the newly-introduced AAI2 characters.
There was about a decade left between when the first public beta builds of the fan translation appeared online and when Capcom finally produced and released an official English localization for AAI2, so a lot of the more hardcore corners of the fandom that had actually gone through the effort of playing the unofficial translation got very used to the fan-made names for the AAI2 characters. But naturally, when Capcom finally made an official localization, the AA localization team put together an entirely separate set of localized names for the characters, putting the fandom in the position of needing to get used to those official names as "replacements" for the fan names they're used to. Unfortunately, not everybody is quite ready to do that.
Can I play the Investigations Collection as my first AA game?
Like was talked about at the start of the FAQ, it's generally not recommended to start with any game besides the Phoenix Wright Trilogy, if you've never played AA before. The Investigations games especially carry over a lot of characters and their associated development from the Trilogy.
That'll cover it for now. If anyone has any other suggestions for questions to be included in this guide, feel free to pop over to the main FAQ thread and ask in the comments there. One more time - welcome to our Ace Attorney community! I hope you have a great time.
r/AceAttorney • u/teamcrazymatt • 3d ago
Contest 27th Case Maker Contest: Results
Ten days of voting, two votes cast, and the results are:
- In second place, winning $10, is A Turnabout on Vacation by /u/Cornmeal777!
- And in first place, taking both votes and winning $15, is The Leaky Turnabout by /u/brobnik322!
Congrats to both winners and thanks again to everyone who wrote and read. See you next quarter!
r/AceAttorney • u/GendoFM • 7h ago
Merchandise Found at a Half Price Books
I knew there was a manga, but is it that rare to warrant these prices and kept behind glass? Looks like they are/were well maintained. Would you buy it as is?
r/AceAttorney • u/Zealousideal_Honey80 • 11h ago
Investigations Duology About to finish AA: Investigations 1, and...ugh... Spoiler
galleryI've reached the funny tree man segment. I know what is gonna happen. I know I am gonna be stuck for like 3 hours with him and I hate it. I hate his stupid nose, I hate his stupid beard, I hate his stupid grin that is aimed directly at the player, I hate the fact the finale will be nothing but "find contradiction in his Bible-length testimony, be told to bugger off, extraterritorial rights, someone stops him" at least five times, I hate the fact this already long case is gonna drag on and on and on, I just hate him.
Are there any insults in Allebahst, Babahl, or Cohldopia language I can use? Because not gonna lie, I need to widen my vocabulary for totally unrelated reasons.
r/AceAttorney • u/DanWontShutUp • 9h ago
OC Fanart Kazuma Asogi fanart (spoilers for dgs) Spoiler
galleryAnd Mael Stronghart of course :))
r/AceAttorney • u/12jimmy9712 • 20h ago
Phoenix Wright Trilogy TIL Godot was originally going to be named "Aiga Hoshīdake" ("All he needs is love.") in Japanese. This name was later given to Luke Atmey instead.
r/AceAttorney • u/Little-Miss-Random • 5h ago
OC Fanart Mini Phoenix
This is quite litterally my first serious drawing, please don't point out the flaws I'm sure are there just yet. I know nothing about art beyond nonsensical doodles.
r/AceAttorney • u/RossyAmane • 9h ago
Discussion I created a sort.io for all the Ace attorney cases
This is the link!
Once you finished your ranking you are free to share it here in the comments!
r/AceAttorney • u/Acat66 • 37m ago
OC Fanart Phoenix Wright Art
Based upon/traced the famous painting "The Freedom of Speech"
r/AceAttorney • u/20thcenturyknave • 1d ago
Phoenix Wright Trilogy Case 2 done!
sorry for any spelling errors!
r/AceAttorney • u/Born_Bite_7687 • 4h ago
Phoenix Wright Trilogy Has anyone played the mobile version of original trilogy?
I played on PC and want to buy it on my iPad so I can replay it on my trip, but I don’t want to spend 20 non-refundable dollars if it’s buggy. Is it functional?
r/AceAttorney • u/Xay1494 • 20h ago
Apollo Justice Trilogy Azura Summers Obituary
r/AceAttorney • u/Alpha-Nightmare-4637 • 16h ago
Fanfiction Phoenix Adopted Trucy Early
Im trying to find a fic series that was on ao3 where it starts at the very beginning of the series but Phoenix adopted Trucy just before. I also recall him adopting Apollo some time later, something going on at Themis between Klavier and Kristoph, and one fic where the entirety of the prosecutions office desperately did not want to take on this universe's version of turnabout trump so it fell to Nahyuta to do it. It was definitely Narumitsu and Klapollo as well. Any help in finding it would be great because i am losing my mind
r/AceAttorney • u/EmaGamer08 • 13h ago
Discussion Wasted potential
Yesterday I was thinking about how rushed AJ was. It's no secret, but I feel like the devs wanted to throw in Phoenix again as quickly as they could. As a result, the whole 'Kristoph being the big bad' plot isn't nearly as investing as it could be, as we know little to nothing about the guy. we don't know his relationship with apollo, other cases he's dealt with, how he became this legendary attorney. (I'm pretty sure he wasn't by cheating, despite many fan games in which he's involved depicting him as a chronic forger, whereas I believe he only forged in the gramarie case, as it was make or break.). Imo there should've been a prequel to AJAA, and it should've been about apollo's first trials with kristoph as a constant assistant and mentor. This way the start to AJAA would have much more shock value. Someone should do a fangame, but since turnabout trump is Apollo's first trial, it could be about Kristoph as the main lead, with apollo as co-defence. If done well it would really make AJAA better as well, kind of like The Clone Wars made the Prequels look better after they were released.
r/AceAttorney • u/Desperate-Shine4889 • 3h ago
Question/Tips Game crushes in Turnabout corner.
When I get to Ema's footprint analysis tutorial the game just closes. And this crush keeps happening in the same place.
Did someone else have this issue? I would be grateful if someone could tell me how to fix this.
( I am a PC player)
r/AceAttorney • u/Far-Pollution8389 • 9h ago
Question/Tips Unpacker ace attorney
What app can I use to unzip a Apollo justice:ace attorney trilogy's gamedata? I'd like to get to the dialogue and sprite files.
r/AceAttorney • u/No_Rain_1339 • 1d ago
Apollo Justice Trilogy Forbes’ 40 under 40 lists the most successful people under the age of 40 including returning defense attorney Phoenix Wright!
Wright addresses the allegations against him 7 years ago, and also talks about his old colleague Chief Prosecutor Edgeworth.
and what it means to be a Defense Attorney.
I promise it doesn’t read “from rumored crooked to attorney” just don’t read it that way !!
r/AceAttorney • u/NewbornMiracle-3218 • 1d ago
Full Series (mainline and spinoffs) So...how well would this work out? Spoiler
How long do you think it'd take for them to kill each fighting for control over the case?
r/AceAttorney • u/Goldberry15 • 19h ago
Tier/Poll My family has finished AA1. Here are the characters and cases ranked:
r/AceAttorney • u/zinksushi • 1d ago
OC Fanart This is literally his song... (Phoenix Wright animation meme)
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r/AceAttorney • u/Ok-Concern2677 • 1d ago
OC Fanart Turnabout Beginnings in a nutshell Spoiler
Art by my friend Saya - you can support him here: https://www.patreon.com/Milkdaddee?utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan
r/AceAttorney • u/tamabukura • 1d ago
Image People who are attracted by Mia's charm
I think the Fanbook editors were also attracted to her
r/AceAttorney • u/EndlessNocturnal • 1d ago
Discussion Just want to give a shoutout to the Ace Attorney localization team
Most of you probably remember a certain topic popping up last week complaining about the localization and how the games are supposed to "take place" in Japan and it doesn't make sense that the location can change to the US. But honestly in the early 2000s, Janet Hsu and the others managed to make changing the main location and character ethnicities actually work. Also the fact that despite Japanese culture being more acceptable in the mid 2010s in the west, Capcom decided to double down and keep these changes when they didn't have to. So shoutout to Janet Hsu and the others on the Ace Attorney localization for making Japanifornia a thing. Plus i thought it was cool other translations changed the locations to fit the language as well like the French version taking place in France.
Plus when they really want to stick to the original setting, the team could make it work as well as proven with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.