Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2398 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2006-03-31
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Subtitled in: English

Manufacturer's Description
Phoenix Wright, a rookie defence lawyer with the wildest cross-examination skills in town. Take on five intriguing cases to reveal dramatic, stunning, and even comical court proceedings. Use both the dual screen and touch screens to investigate crime scenes, question witnesses and present shocking evidence.

In all five cases, players defend clients accused of murder. Courtroom scenes carom at a tennis-match pace as magna-style action slashes back and forth, the prosecution and the witness on the stand. After the prosecutor concludes the interrogation, they'll cross-examine, picking apart the testimonial sentence by sentence, demanding further explanations and slapping down evidence to reveal contradictions.

Although the scenes can be intense, they're never entirely serious. The writing is very clever, which is key for such a talky game. Histrionic mangastyle touches like sweat drops the size of bowling balls and bug-eyed double-takes underscore the tomfoolery.

Customer Reviews

No Objections Here!
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. On the face of things, the game might not sound that interesting. I mean, how can you spin out a game about lawyers into an intriguing, engrossing and utterly addictive adventure with a truly lovable and mildly parodic cast, and storylines that will easily get you shouting "Objection!" along with our hero?
Well, Capcom have done it. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is, without a doubt, in my opinion the best adventure game ever released. Forget your Discworlds and your Zorks (LOL), Phoenix is here to stay. Let's examine the things that make Phoenix so amazing:

-The graphics. Although perhaps not 3D and as beautiful as some of the titles available for everyone's favourite dual-screen (yeah, the Tiger one), the graphics are crisp, colourful and get the point across just fine. Besides, the graphics for the fifth case on this game-created exclusively for DS, as opposed to the other four, which are GBA ports-contain 3D parts which easily rival most of the handheld's games. The court is colourful, the characters have an array of amusing poses depending on their current situation in the witness stand, and the locations you visit really make you feel as if you're there with Phoenix, examining the crime scene (which lawyers technically aren't supposed to do, but who's complaining?)

-The music. Phoenix Wright has some of the most amazing music I've heard from any game. While the synths used to create it might not be among the most advanced or cutting-edge, the music is atmospheric and definitely helps to enhance the atmosphere that the game gives when a tense situation arises in court. From happy ditties to tense pulsing electronics to humour-riddled theme tunes, Phoenix's music is going to make your blood run again.

-The stories. I know I've touched upon this, but ye Gods the stories in this game and its intricately woven sequel are incredible. Very few games come along where one can actually profess to care about the fates of the various characters involved, but you genuinely, honestly wish to know what's going to happen to Phoenix and his clients, not to mention his assistant Maya, his rival Miles Edgeworth and various other mainstays of the series. The stories in this game are stupidly complex, massively involving and, above all, completely ridiculous in many ways, which is what makes them so gleefully fun to play. If you believed it could happen, it wouldn't be a great videogame. With tales of murder, backstabbing, kidnapping and talking parrots on the witness stand, the tales of Phoenix's trade will astound, amaze and delight.

Generally, I really can't recommend Phoenix enough to everyone. If you haven't already inducted yourself into the utter, sheer amazement of Phoenix's world, then do so now. It may not have guns and ammo and life bars, but if that's all you need from your games, then you really, really need to re-examine how you play, because you are missing out on so, so, SO much.

TipTop.
Wow, When I first purchased this I was really excpecting this to be a great game, and I had been feeding on the hype created from many friends who had this game. The game has a great storyline and you feel as if you were Phoenix Wright, the only drawback is that is very linear and at times feel you are force-fed things but in general terms this is not the case, there are lots of things to do from visting witnesses to searching crime-scenes to the court meeting istself where using you evidence pick apart the witnesses testimony. Great fun and a great buy.

A game as good as a book
The idea is simple; you investigate crime scenes, interrogate people and gather evidence. Then you take it all to court and defend a client by using all this evidence.
It sounds simple and it is, but this game is superbly written, funny, has brilliant characters and most importantly, plots so good they could have published them as short stories and they would have made great reads.

There is a lot of reading, but it's always witty and interesting, with no waffle, so it doesn't ever feel like a waste of time. I'm glad this has sold so well, and I hope that they make a ton more games like this, because this is enjoyable in a really involving way.