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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 • Jul 18 '26
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/Gnignogni95 • 18h ago
News a whopping 40-minutes Spotlight, is it our time for real?
r/AceAttorney • u/Pure_Attention_2009 • 11h ago
Apollo Justice Trilogy Apollo Justice Forehead Notepad
My sister gave me some Apollo notepad one of her old artist friend made and i thought it was worth sharing they are so good!!!! (The artist is now an attorney lol very old stuff)
r/AceAttorney • u/ARHR006 • 12h ago
[Custom] We will get AA7, I just know it
We will def get AA7 in the next Nintendo direct. I know we will. I hope we will, no I know we will. Ace attorney 7 is real. The game is real. The lawyers are real. We won’t end up like the Half life fandom right? We will get AA7 right? It must be real.
r/AceAttorney • u/Nitro_Indigo • 14h ago
Discussion Who do you think is the least-cared-about Ace Attorney character? Spoiler
As in, they're nobody's favourite, but nobody's least favourite either.
My vote goes to Misty Fey. I hardly ever see fanart of her, most discussion of her is about how her actions in Bridge to the Turnabout don't make sense (but not as much as Godot's), and the only fanfics I can think of where she has any characterisation are ones where she's Miles Edgeworth's mother.
r/AceAttorney • u/GoatsandDucksGalore • 10h ago
Full Main Series Favorite very minor character
Since there was a discussion on least-cared-about characters in Ace Attorney, what are some characters noone really cares for / don't have a major role but you kind of like?
For me it's the pawnshop guy Pop Windibank from Great Ace Attorney. Idk, he left an impression with using his gun not to actually protect his stuff like a reasonable person but instead threating to off himself. I also liked how Iris reacted to his death, making him less of a generic victim and more like a person other characters interact with on a regular basis. It made me think of other scenarios and shenanigans going on in that pawnshop.
r/AceAttorney • u/tmp-rewritten • 14h ago
Tier/Poll Just finished Spirit of Justice yesterday so here's a character and case tier list plus how I would rank the games from most to least favourite. Spoiler
galleryI started playing this series at the start of January and it has easily become my favourite video game series of all time. I love (almost) everything about this series. The story, the music and especially the characters.
That being said, I'm gonna be taking a break from this series before I get to TGAA for multiple reasons. (Mostly college related stuff.)
Hopefully my opinions don't start a war or something but who knows.
(I spoilered it since I'm pretty sure there might be one or two spoilers in the character tier list. Even if there isn't, I'd just like to be extra careful since I'm a nice guy.)
r/AceAttorney • u/JC-DisregardMe • 22h ago
Announcement COMMUNITY VOTE for r/AceAttorney - Should the "low-effort content" rule (the one for shitposts/memes and the like) be changed?
Sorry for the slight delay in this vote being set up, anybody especially concerned with this conversation, but here it is.
There have been some recent conversations on this sub regarding the now decade-old rule put in place to majorly limit shitposting and/or to redirect it to /r/AceAttorneyCirclejerk (and later /r/AceAttorneyMemes) instead.
In the time since that rule was originally instated by what's basically a previous generation of this sub's mods, we've had a vote on whether the rule should continue to stand, and now seems like a perfectly reasonable time for another one.
The Strawpoll below will be active for a little over two days from now, and it's very simple - should the rule stand as-is, or should there be a change to it?
Avoids any vote-splitting across people who want something to change but might not necessarily immediately agree on what kind of change that should be. I anticipate that some people will dislike the idea of this poll being active for only two days or so, but the fact is that with this sub's level of activity day-to-day, almost nobody at all is still going to be casting any votes at all more than two full days ahead of now.
Please note that, if the "change" option wins this vote, it still remains to be seen exactly how we figure out what seems to be the ideal change for the rule, but whatever we decide on will be directly based on recent and ongoing community feedback.
r/AceAttorney • u/DigBeak • 7h ago
Chronicles DGS1-5, can someone explain the ending Spoiler
Just finished the first game of Chronicles, think I’m missing something fundamental about the actual night of the crime. This was also a couple days ago lol, maybe I misread or misremembered something
How did the victim end up in the locked store room if he was shot outside? And what was Gina doing in all of this, how did she get the gun and did she just pass out? Ashley said he shot and scrammed. Did the victim just run back into the room and Gina locked it?
r/AceAttorney • u/Sweet_Mongoose1542 • 15h ago
Full Series (mainline and spinoffs) A ranking of every character I've met so far!
r/AceAttorney • u/Due_Possibility6392 • 10h ago
Tier/Poll My Ace Attorney Characters Tier List
Games included: AA1-6, AAI1&2, and PLvPW
Now, time to explain the tiers:
Goated: The absolute best the series has to offer in terms of characters. They're loveable, have amazing character moments, and have amazing arcs.
Amazing: These characters either have a lot of moments to shine throughout their games, or are just all around goofy to the point where you can't help but love them.
Admirable: They don't have much to offer, but what they offer is pretty great and worth remembering.
Good, but forgettable: They're good in terms of what they offer, but don't have any noteworthy traits or moments worth remembering.
Lackluster: They're not the most loveable, but certainly aren't hateable. They're more like an acquired taste.
Awful: Annoying, hateable characters, but not completely irredeemable.
Dogshit: The bottom of the barrel, downright horrendous characters.
r/AceAttorney • u/teamcrazymatt • 12h ago
Contest The 28th r/AceAttorney Case Maker Contest
It's another start of the fall quarter, and as we all know, August blazes bring September cases in a new Case Maker Contest!
Your task is to write up an Ace Attorney case where a noun I supply below is an important part of the case. After the deadline passes (see below), submissions will no longer be taken and the community will vote for submissions in a Google Form.
Prizes are as follows:
**1st Place: buy you a pizza** *($15)*
**2nd Place: buy you a burger** *($10)*
**3rd Place: buy you a coffee** *($5)*
**In the comments, I will make a post that will give a template of what your submission should look like.** If possible, please fill in all the sections in the template, including N/A if needed. **Feel free to reply to that comment in regards to questions or general discussion. The rest of the thread is for submissions only.**
Regarding the description area, feel free to be descriptive as possible! If you fear the post is too long, you may post the description over several comments or through another source such as Google Docs. There is no word limit, so please do not worry about such.
And remember, **don’t hold back your creativity!** Your case can be a standard AA case, it can be a reminiscence case, or an Investigations-style case! (Given the new release, I'd encourage trying an Investigations-style case, though obviously this isn't a requirement.)
However, there are some limitations. First, **dark topics are allowed**, but discuss them with me beforehand. That goes for abuse, gore... basically, anything that might require a content warning besides your standard Ace Attorney crime. **Do not be dark just for the sake of being dark or edgy** -- if you are going to include such a topic, have a reason for including it. **If you do include such a topic, please include a content warning at the start of your case.**
Also, **joke posts are allowed, but only ones that are well-thought out, clever, and/or high-quality.** Anything like “ThE PHoEnIX wiRIGHT TUnraBOOT: sOMEONE DIED aND phEENIX HAd TO dFEENdED THem!!!1!" is not allowed.
Lastly, **use of generative AI is prohibited.** Any case that uses any form of generative AI will be disqualified.
If you're concerned about crossing one of these lines, message me and I'll work with you to make sure your case abides by the guidelines. Other than those limitations; don’t hold your creativity back!
The noun for this contest is: **Plunge**
The deadline for this contest is **Monday, October 5** at **11:59 PM EDT.** This gives entrants five weeks to plan and write their cases.
Good luck, everyone!
r/AceAttorney • u/12jimmy9712 • 1d ago
PL vs. PW TIL there exists an unreleased version of Professor Layton vs. PW: AA where Shu Takumi voiced Phoenix Wright from start to finish.
- At a talk show event held after the game's release, Takumi revealed that, since Professor Layton was voiced by Yo Oizumi, a famous Japanese actor, he also hired professional film actor Hiroki Narimiya to voice Phoenix Wright, who also portrayed Phoenix in the live-action film.
- This was despite Phoenix already having an established voice actor, Takayuki Kondo.
- Takumi was worried that casting a brand-new voice actor would alienate his old fanbase, so he planned to create a "Classic Mode" that would allow players to switch between Narimiya's voice and his own.
- His voice recordings were completed, but the Classic Mode was ultimately scrapped, leaving his version of Phoenix unreleased.
- Only about a hundred fans who attended the event or purchased the music CD containing the unreleased recordings have ever heard this version.
r/AceAttorney • u/victoriamikoto231 • 21h ago
OC Fanart Blue Screens Inc. Athena Cykes WIP

Wonder if i should make her lil companion have a special expression or just a different color, also thought of making Athena seem a bit more somber or brainwashed, but i think this expression looks good. (Also BS Inc is not really evil like Shadaloo or something.)
Regardless, this should be done soon.
Also made the visor on model, unlike the maya and CIrno pics this time.
r/AceAttorney • u/Beneficial-Handle707 • 23h ago
Phoenix Wright Trilogy Godot Spittakes
I'm playing trials and tribulations for the first time and... has no one ever questioned why Godot pauses, takes a sip, just to do a spit take
r/AceAttorney • u/Fun_Company7792 • 7h ago
Question/Tips Does anyone have the Herlock Sholmes code for Objection.lol?
r/AceAttorney • u/Beginning_Designer75 • 1d ago
Discussion Nahyuta makes me mad Spoiler
I've been a huge fan of the series for years and am just now getting round to finishing the main series. SOJ is the only main-line game I knew nothing about going into it, so colour me surprised to learn how annoying Nahyuta is as a prosecutor.
Don't get me wrong he's a cool character with a cool design, but coming off the back of Duel Destinies with Blackquill, I find Nahyuta sorely lacking as a person. To me, beyond his backstory (which i won't spoil), he has nothing going for him.
All previous main game prosecutors had something that made them interesting before their backstories were revealed and developed at the end - Edgeworth and Phoenix have history, Franziska and Godot both hated Phoenix for some unknown reason, Klavier is just Klavi and Blackquill is arguably the most interesting being a prisoner. Nahyuta however has nothing beyond his spirituality, which outside of Khura'in isn't doing him any favours.
Also, I'm getting sick of him just saying "hmmm yeah but it still COULD be the defendant" as a rebuttal. I know the Judge is as spineless as he's always been, but we haven't had a prosecutor so focused on winning since the OG trilogy, especially when he just tells us to shut up and move in with an unskippable butterfly animation.
I need to know if other people feel the same way about him. It makes me sad that I don't like the final main game prosecutor, but he just gets on my nerves it should've been Blackquill 😭.
r/AceAttorney • u/HyenaGreat226 • 1d ago
Full Main Series De que irá Ace attorney 7 ?
Por ahí se rumorea que Ace attorney 7 se anunciara en el próximo Nintendo direct, tal vez simplemente se están burlando de los fans (yo🫤) y nos den falsas esperanzas. Pero si de verdad piensan en anunciar AA7, vamos a seguir donde lo dejamos, Han pasado 10 años desde el lanzamiento del último juego nuevo de la línea principal, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice, publicado en septiembre de 2016, que es la que va a seguir, otro protagonista?, un nuevo incidente?, otro antagonista principal? , otra mecánica contra los testigos? que hay de Athena aún no ha tenido un juego completo enfocado totalmente en su desarrollo más que en superar sus traumas y ayudar Blackquill, algo así como hicieron con Edgeworth en Su segunda entrega Ace attorney investigations 2 Prosecutor's Gambit, donde Edgeworth tiene su desarrollo y descubre verdadero camino como fiscal , o algo así podría esperar, dual destinies no fue el mejor juego que digamos, ustedes que opinan?
r/AceAttorney • u/ImASlimeBlock • 1d ago
Apollo Justice Trilogy Junipollo case idea, thoughts? Spoiler
galleryI really ship these two and I’ve had this idea for a while so I wanted to know what people thought of it.
r/AceAttorney • u/VampLover420 • 1d ago
Full Series (mainline and spinoffs) Ranking Ace Attorney culprits by how smart their plan was is up for adoption!
Hello guys! I have been doing this thread series for a while now, but I am sorry to say that there is some personal stuff that is stopping me from continuing.
If anyone wants to, they can feel free to continue the series in my absence.
My apologies
r/AceAttorney • u/theshadowhunterz • 1d ago
News Capcom's official English GK2 script, playable on the DS
Seen this asked a few times lately so figured I'd just post it.
Capcom localised Gyakuten Kenji 2 for the Investigations Collection in 2024 but never did the DS version. This drops that official script into the DS game, on top of the AAI2 Final v2 fan patch.
https://www.romhacking.net/translations/7706/
You need AAI2 Final v2 first, since it patches their ROM and not a clean Japanese one. Their font, voices, menus and graphics are all still doing the work here and none of it renders without them, so play their translation first if you haven't: https://www.romhacking.net/translations/2260/
About 96.5% of the script ends up as Capcom's wording, and all the character names, including the nameplates and evidence cards, which are images so they get redrawn when you build it.
Fair warning though, it's a test build and I'm not being modest. Roughly 41,700 message boxes in the game, maybe 5,100 have ever been run, mostly by a script that can only press A and tap. Nobody's finished an episode or even solved a rebuttal yet, since that needs a real person presenting evidence. Every bug so far came from someone just playing it.
Your save can't get hurt, text is read-only, so worst case you replay a chapter.
The other 3.5% is fan-translated on purpose, mostly the touch and L button tutorials Capcom's version never had.
Booted fine off a DSPico flashcart on my 3DS, but that's as far as hardware testing has got.
If it stops on you, music going and nothing responding, just say which episode and chapter. That's a complete report, no GitHub account needed: https://github.com/Akoi89/prosecutors-path/issues/1
Mods, happy to adjust or pull this if it doesn't fit.
r/AceAttorney • u/peachlover3000 • 2d ago
Question/Tips Guys does anyone have the "is edge worth a bottom video?
I'M new to the fandom,I found this on Pinterest today and I found out the video got deleted 😭 if anyone has it I'd love to watch it 🥺
If someone watched it and remembers please tell me about it's content 😭😭
