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An unofficial subreddit for Ace Attorney, a murder mystery-solving visual novel/adventure game series from Capcom.

An unofficial subreddit for Ace Attorney, a murder mystery-solving visual novel/adventure game series from Capcom.

Recent releases include Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, a remastered pair of spinoff games taking place after the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, a remastered collection containing mainline games 4 through 6!

Rule #1: Low-effort content

To avoid this subreddit becoming cluttered with low-effort content, please avoid the following post types:

Memes, jokes, unaltered screenshots of typos or funny/strange moments in the games/anime/manga, gimmicky crossposts from other subs, screenshots of random social media posts, comment sections, or Steam reviews, "this character looks like this other character" comparisons, real-world news vaguely similar to events in Ace Attorney games, and "hot take/unpopular opinion" threads.

Additionally, any posts containing content produced by generative AI programs such as ChatGPT, character.ai, and other similar platforms are banned.

Posts falling into the above categories will be removed at the moderators' discretion.

Rule #2: Spoilers and flairs

Information on the post flairs available on this sub can be found here.

Spoilers in posts and comments should be tagged using >! and !<, like so:

>!The "miracle" never happen.!<

Only leave spoilers unmarked in threads specifically dedicated to discussing them.

Posting major spoilers, or a spoilerific image? Don't forget to add a spoiler flair, and please avoid including direct spoilers in the titles of your posts.

Rule #3: No piracy discussion

Discussion of emulators, fanmade games, etc. is allowed, but please don't post links to pirated content or discuss how to obtain such content.

Rule #4: Posting NSFW content

When posting potentially NSFW content, be sure to mark your post with the NSFW flair. Avoid posting outright pornographic content, or any sexual or suggestive content involving underage characters.

Repeat infractions of this rule may result in a ban.

Rule #5: Posting polls

Polls are allowed, but must be made using Strawpoll, rather than Reddit's own built-in poll system. Explanation here.

Additionally, pinned at the top of this sub's front page is the regular Weekly Poll Thread, which rotates through a broad range of frequently-used poll topics. Some user-created polls may be removed for being identical to Weekly Poll topics, as a result.

Rule #6: Investigations spoilers

Because the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection remaster is the newest title released for the series, make absolutely sure to appropriately flair any posts containing spoilers for those games and indicate which games are spoiled in anything you post. Failure to follow this spoiler rule will result in a temporary ban. Repeated infractions will lead to a permanent ban.

Rule #7: Posting fanart

Fanart posts are welcome, but must either be your own work (and include a WIP draft, or any other proof of ownership like partial layers in a drawing app) or properly sourced back to the original posting/artist if not your own original work. Please flair posts of fanart that isn't your own with "Sourced fanart".

Proper sources include: DeviantArt, Newgrounds, Niconico, Pixiv, Tumblr, Twitter

Sites like Pinterest, Zerochan, or 'Booru boards tend to host a lot of reposted art, oftentimes without including proper artist credit, and therefore are not accepted sources. Reverse image search resources like Saucenao can be used to track down original postings of art, if all you can find is a repost.

NOTICE: AI image generator content is banned, and will be summarily removed.

Rule #8: Objection.lol videos

Videos made on the objection.lol site are allowed, but are to be limited to topics actually relevant to Ace Attorney. Recreations of random scenes from other media, memes, Discord arguments, and other general Internet conversations should be posted elsewhere.

Rule #9: Tier lists

Exclusively on Tuesdays (per Eastern Standard Time), tier lists for your personal rankings of characters, episodes, games, and music are allowed.

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Here's the server link!

Recommended playing order

Thanks to user /u/Gabo2oo, we have a new and revised chart to spell out the best order in which to play the games.

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/r/AceAttorney

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Would Logic work in the main series?

That's what I was asking myself, since now that the Ace Attorney Turnabout Creator will come out next Saturday (I'm saying Saturday since I'm French), I wanted to see how it would work.

Example: Rayfa, as a new (unofficial) employee of the Wright Anything Agency, has managed to get the fingerprints from Candice Arme (>!the victim from 5-1 (I think)!<) in order to check, on advice of Athena, who the bomb was built or disarmed by. By using Logic to combine the two pieces of evidence, Rayfa concludes that not only did Arme know of the bomb, but she also either built it herself or disarmed it.

Would Logic work in the main series this way?

0 Comments
2024/12/21
12:11 UTC

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The most cringe breakdown is whole AA series?

Here is mine. Jeez

25 Comments
2024/12/21
10:59 UTC

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Rank these Mind Chess opponents

8 Comments
2024/12/21
09:00 UTC

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Who else play ace attorney on ds?

I have a modded dsi whit mny ace attorney games for ds, so whitch ace attorney you are playing on The ds? I wanna know

0 Comments
2024/12/21
08:22 UTC

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Apollo Justice Trilogy Art Library and Story Mode

I just finished the Apollo Justice Trilogy, but I used Story Mode to get through some sections. Unfortunately, I had no clue that this meant I miss out on some art pieces in the Art Library.

Does anyone know anywhere online I can see these art pieces?

0 Comments
2024/12/21
08:05 UTC

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(Spoilers G2-2) More evidence for Sholmes being cleverer than he seems

Wanted to share this entirely missable interaction I just discovered in "The Memoirs of the Clouded Kokoro". So, in the opening narration, "Wilson" says something like "Sholmes had immediately solved the case as soon as he'd arrived", something like that. We assume Iris is maybe just embellishing, fair enough.

But! When we arrive at the scene of slumped-over Shamspere, Gregson arrives and isn't too happy to see us. If you try to investigate something in the scene without first talking to Gregson, he gets snippy with you for messing with his crime scene. In response, Herlock says ">!There's certainly some bad air in here, isn't there?!<" Given how the case progresses, I can't imagine this choice of words was accidental! What a fun little detail!

9 Comments
2024/12/21
07:58 UTC

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Which AA game should I play next after the original trilogy?

My question is basically title, uhhh I just finished the trilogy and I CRIED, I loved the ending but anyway! Yeah which one chronologically should I play next, or if that doesn't matter which do you recommend?

Thanks!

20 Comments
2024/12/21
07:00 UTC

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Which case had the most missed potential in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy?

Out of the 14 cases in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, which case do you think had the highest chance of being amazing but just missed the mark, creating a void for things that could have added or removed from that certain case to make it more important for the overarching plot, less time-consuming, more characters, etc.?

10 Comments
2024/12/21
06:58 UTC

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r/AceAttorney Rates That Culprit! #52 - New entries at 6:30 PM daily! (TGAA-3)

The truth is that you did not deserve to stand next to the despicable masterminds of the top, and that will never change!

Fun Fact: C-tier went 3 entire games in a row without a new culprit.

Yesterday's winner was Goldberry15 with an apt 15 upvotes! Ratings massively fluctuated, as some viewed Nikolina as a poor, tragic princess worth the utmost protection, and others saw her as an immemorable shoe-in that doesn't properly have her situation resolved. C-tier is an acceptable average for a woman who simply was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Today's candidate is Ireland's biggest philanthropist, Magnus McGilded! Notably, he was Runo's first defendant in England, and though the results were shaky, he was successfully acquitted of the murder of Mason Milverton after a lack of decisive evidence, though McGilded would soon be incinerated in a courtroom fire, courtesy of the "Reaper". In reality, Mr. Naruhodo would learn that he had been guilty the entire time, and forced Gina Lestrade to lie in court to keep him off the hook. He had also manipulated the evidence in the middle of the trial without witnesses. How did our audience feel about knowing they had unwittingly freed a criminal from justice?

15 Comments
2024/12/20
23:30 UTC

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The first ever defendant forgot to craft a clock for himself, and slept through the next round of the contest! Vote for your least favorite first case defendant to see them eliminated! 1 comment equates to 1 vote

36 Comments
2024/12/20
22:02 UTC

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Why do so many people see it as a negative that Turnabout Revolution is two cases in one?

Turnabout Revolution is a case that I love, but it definitely deserves criticism on certain aspects. However, one fairly common criticism it receives is its length, as it is the longest case in the series. I find this criticism to be pretty weak, as the case is really two cases joined together, probably because the developers didn't want to change the format of having 5 cases max per game (not counting DLC).

I find that that specific criticism only really works if the argument is that one half of the case drags the whole thing down, but that's generally not what I see. I tend to see the argument that its length is an inherent problem. But, had both cases been separated, that really would not change much, would it? The length and pacing of the game would still be the same. I don't see how this pretty minor change in format really adds much of anything.

And if we were to look at both halves individually, neither half is overly long, I don't think. The first half of the case (in Japanifornia) is comparable in length to A Turnabout Forsaken, and the second half of the case (in Khura'in) is comparable to Turnabout for the Ages.

In the context of reviewing Turnabout Revolution as a whole I don't see why its length should be considered a big problem. I personally just view it as a combination of two cases, because that's ultimately what it is, and I review it as such. It's not like say, The Adventure of the Unspeakable Story, which is basically just as long as Turnabout Revolution, but it legitimately is a single case that is THAT long. Or if you want to count the two final cases of GAA2 as one, that would be by far the longest case in the series.

So yeah, what do you guys think? Would separating both halves really make such a difference in quality on the cases or the game as whole?

38 Comments
2024/12/20
20:12 UTC

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Im playing ace attorney justice for all!

Im on part 2 of case 1 and is a Good case for me, i play on my ds and its fun!

3 Comments
2024/12/20
20:00 UTC

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Final cases contest (1 comment = 1 vote, round 2) burned to oblivion.

I-5 was burned to OBLIVION SO FAR, like wow check the scores in comments.

RULES : vote for the WORST case in the bunch, 1 COMMENT = 1 VOTE, you post a comment yourself naming the case you dislike the most, so downvoting is pointless since upvotes are not counted.

I will count the number of comments within the following 24 hours to determine the score. The case mentioned most frequently as the worst in the comments will be eliminated.

If you want to edit your vote, delete your comment and post a new one, it's more convenient for me to be notified.

  1. I-5 Turnabout Ablaze.

Results of the first cases contest : https://www.reddit.com/r/AceAttorney/s/2WfOd00wKC

Results of the second cases contest : https://www.reddit.com/r/AceAttorney/s/Sm4mgBnpd4

Results of the third cases contest : https://www.reddit.com/r/AceAttorney/s/5wf8k1Qd53

Results of the NOT final cases contest : https://www.reddit.com/r/AceAttorney/s/sn5AbGqiDi

197 Comments
2024/12/20
17:37 UTC

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Anybody know which Art Engine was used for the old, pixel-y AAI (2009) sprites?

I'm just curious

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2024/12/20
17:09 UTC

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Without knowing the context and gameplay of Ace Attorney, what is something that you originally thought, but it didn’t turned out that way? (Spoilers below.)

Afternoon to the users of r/AceAttorney.

As the title states, without knowing anything about the game, what is something that you originally thought, but it didn’t turned out that way?

I’ll start, I once thought that Ema Skye was Phoenix Wright’s daughter. Because on one of the images in the iOS version, they showed a young Ema in Wright’s office. I kept thinking to myself: “Where is that female? 🤔”

Until I started with Rise of the Ashes and realized it did not turned out that way.

Anyway, leave your thoughts and share your stories in the comments. Put spoilers below.

23 Comments
2024/12/20
16:29 UTC

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3 Things I want in Ace Attorney 7

1 No More Stupid culprits they are fine for the Investigations games because it's just the investigation phase but not the courtroom because i"m sick of arguing with the Judge and the Prosecutor

2 Bring back the jury they were implemented the best in Great Ace Attorney but they could be fixed

3 Bring back characters like Iris Fey and Lana Skye

21 Comments
2024/12/20
13:40 UTC

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What's the consensus on Rite of Turnabout? Is it another victim of Third Case Syndrome, or is it one of the exceptions?

I'm asking because I think that by this point, there's more third cases that break the rule of "third cases are always considered the weakest" than third cases that follow the rule lol. The only one I'm not sure what the consensus is on is 6-3, I've seen people say it's good and people say it's bad.

27 Comments
2024/12/20
11:35 UTC

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I just finished ace attorney prosecutor's gambit

good game but i'm a bit disappointed 'cause i expected more, though the second game is slighly better than the first. i found the finale a bit underwhelming compared to the other cases in the game (except the second one), which were pretty high stakes. (the third case is maybe my favorite) the villain is good but his testimonies were dragged out, kinda like the final boss in aai, and i was disappointed with how eustace's arc was handled, like it was forgotten. the case is still good, but i'm a bit torn.

still, the plot twist was really cool, and it was worth avoiding this sub or other places to not get spoiled.

6 Comments
2024/12/20
10:56 UTC

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Tell me, why I'm not surprised

15 Comments
2024/12/20
10:00 UTC

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Locked on AA2 third case.

I'm soft locked on Justice for All's Big Top Turnabout. I decided to play the emulator version instead of the remastered because I wanted the original experience, I went through the first game and the first two cases of this game without any trouble, but at the investigation of the 3rd case, i simply cannot move on. At first I thought I still needed some proof since that's normally what's wrong when you can't progress in an investigation, so I searched for a walkthrough. I had already done everything that the walkthrough said so I thought maybe the order was wrong, so I went back to the start of the case and did everything again and nothing. The walkthrough said that after speaking to Gumshoe at the plaza, I should go to the entrance and there would be a guy named Ben there, but that guy simply isn't there, and I need to trigger his apparition to be able to unlock the rest of the investigation. Anyone else have had this problem and if yes, please let me know of any way to solve this, thanks!

2 Comments
2024/12/20
05:14 UTC

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Why do they even add this in TGAA-4??

When I was playing through the game in Clouded Kokoro, I got to the point that they said the defendant passed through the location of the crime and Ryunosuke has the opportunity to raise an objection and thought "Well he has no reason to go the long way around so I'll leave it". The result that occur is that I got a penalty and the objection is useless. Why would they do this when both options are the same but the bottom one makes more sense???

22 Comments
2024/12/20
05:05 UTC

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New rookie on the block (by @datcravat)

7 Comments
2024/12/20
02:13 UTC

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Updated thoughts on Turnabout Reclaimed characters after just finishing it

As I expected, this case is still a passion-fueled and engaging adventure from start to finish. I don't have a lot to say regarding the structure, since it's just as deep and compelling as it was on first playthrough. I'll mainly cover my updated opinions on the characters, since those are my favorite parts to discuss.

Sasha Buckler

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Yep, nothing changed. I loved her from the start and I still do now. She's pretty, she's energetic, and she's just awesome to watch. Not only is she clearly passionate about performing, it ties well into her conflicts with not being allowed in the show due to her heart problems. Plus, the animations with her floaties popping and her blowing them again were adorable. Btw, this is the second time we've had a defendant with a heart problem. Weird that they did that twice.

Orla Shipley

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Orla's as cute as ever. I figured her testimony wouldn't be funny the second time around, but seeing Blackquill lose his shit over the entire ordeal was still comedy gold. It was also just fun to see her antics with Sasha, Pearl, and Athena. I love me a good AA pet animal.

Norma DePlume

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It's kinda surprising how DePlume manages to not be annoying. You do get the sense that she's self-entitled and looks down on others, but it quickly falls apart when you press her in court and she has a wardrobe malfunction. It's admirable that she realized where she went wrong, such as when she learned that the Orca didn't kill Azura Summers, and used her influence as an author for good, in situations such as convincing the legal system that the TORPEDO shouldn't be banned. Solid overall.

Marlon Rimes

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Undoubtedly one of the most tragic culprits even now. I previously regaled him as top tier, but I have to admit the transformation made me stop taking him seriously until his breakdown. Unlike, say, Professor Memes, I think it subtracted from him instead of adding, since he's not a mastermind who planned the entire ordeal. This is still just a blemish, though. Marlon's still a very compelling and poor man who didn't deserve to lose his girl. I still felt happy that he returned to the aquarium as Redstache, and I'm betting he used his buff alter ego to play the role. Also, no testimony will top The Dissin' of Phoenix Wright.

Herman Crab

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Bein' honest, I never really got the hype around this guy. He's a good red herring for sure, and he does have a few funny moments, but he still feels too defined by his role and actions rather than his personality. A lot of the setup in the second investigation was a false lead to him as a suspect, but because it didn't pan out, he didn't have much beyond being in close ties with Jack Shipley and sharing his views, which isn't substantial enough. He's still good, but he's easily my least favorite character in the case. Also, I feel like the red herring bit just kinda deflated silently. It's pretty much just "Oh, so it wasn't you." and then you instantly move on. Perhaps that's just from having already played this case, though.

Overall, this is still the best side-story case ever written. I'm glad they bridged the gap and gave Phoenix a case in the courtroom before the two-part finale, and this was absolutely worth it.

3 Comments
2024/12/20
01:25 UTC

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