Product Description

• Play from the first person perspective through five intriguing new cases. Play as two lawyers - relive Mia`s rookie days from the past and Phoenix`s current cases in the present.
• Colorful cast of characters: Phoenix Wright - the game`s main character who is an accomplished defense lawyer with a keen sense for discerning fact from fiction. Maya Fey - a bright young girl; Mia Fey - an ace attorney.
• Two distinct gameplay segments: Investigation phase - survey crime scenes, interview witnesses and gather evidence. Court phase - present findings from the investigation to support your case, listen to testimonies and examine witnesses.
• Psyche-Lock system: Break down tough witnesses with a series of correct questions or catch them on inconsistencies.
• Microphone can be used to yell Objection! and Hold it! as you cross examine witnesses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #802 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2008-10-03
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: .55 pounds

Features

• Play from the first person perspective through five intriguing new cases. Play as two lawyers - relive Mia's rookie days from the past and Phoenix's current cases in the present.
• Colorful cast of characters: Phoenix Wright - the game's main character who is an accomplished defense lawyer with a keen sense for discerning fact from fiction. Maya Fey - a bright young girl; Mia Fey - an ace attorney.
• Two distinct gameplay segments: Investigation phase - survey crime scenes, interview witnesses and gather evidence. Court phase - present findings from the investigation to support your case, listen to testimonies and examine witnesses.
• Psyche-Lock system: Break down tough witnesses with a series of correct questions or catch them on inconsistencies.
• Microphone can be used to yell "Objection!" and "Hold it!" as you cross examine witnesses.

Customer Reviews

Finally arrived in the UK!
Much much much better than Justice For All in my opinion. It has all the great features as with the two previous games, and the new cases are as gripping as ever. You get to play as Mia Fey as well, which ties into the whole game and answers many questions to events in the past games that have always held an air of curiousity around them. Again, like Justice For All, previous characters make an appearance in the game for a nice feeling of nostalgia towards the last games. Nice little reference to the film 'The Ghost in the Shell' too which makes for a neat touch for anime fans like myself. Very funny image of Phoenix getting coffee thrown in his face by Godot, priceless! There is one fantastic dramatic addition to this game that is my favourite bit, i'd love to tell you but i must not, i won't ruin it for you! It is so awesome though! A surprise around every corner in this game.

I bought a Japanese release of the game quite a while ago because of the ridiculous censors getting their knickers in a twist over a suicide scene in Trials and Tribulations. It is rumoured that this is why it hasn't been released here for ages. Said suicide scene is very mild, and more upsetting than horrific because you feel so much sympathy for the character. It is an important part of the plot, and don't worry, it is not in any way violent or graphic. In fact i didn't realise that that was the suicide scene the censors were so upset about, it wasn't until the end of the game that i reflected upon it and the reaction i had was: "Was that it? Is that what the censors are so worried about?! What pansies!"

From the big hype over the scene, i was expecting it to be really horrible, but it barely phased me when i saw it, except for the strong emotional pathos i had for the poor character. So yeah, don't worry about the suicide scene, it is really really minor, and i think the censors were ignorant idiots for refusing to release the game because of it. Especially as Apollo Justice has been released here before this game, which irritatingly disrupts the continuity of the series. Essentially, Apollo Justice is the fourth game, whereas Trials and Tribulations is the third - wrong order of release - all because of some needless panic over one scene in the game! I start to wonder whether they even saw it...

Definitely get this last Phoenix Wright game if you have the others and are a fan of the game. If you've never played any of them and are looking at this now, get the first two games first and then get this one. The trilogy makes up one big fascinating story and it is very rewarding to unravel all the mysteries surrounding the cases, and all the characters in general. Also a good idea to play this before you move on to Apollo Justice. An amazing and cherished experience - next to The Legend of Zelda series, and the Resident Evil series, i'd say this is one of the best series of games i have ever had the privilege of playing.

Oh God finally!
Like pretty much every other fan of the series around here, I gave up on waiting and imported a copy right about the time they decided to release GS4 before GS3. I honestly didn't think we'd ever see it on British shelves, so I'm really happy about this.

This, while probably the best game of the series in my opinion, is going to make very little sense to you if you've never played any of the games before this, so it'd probably be beneficial to you to get the others. I mean, there isn't anything in the gameplay that requires an intimate knowledge of things you don't see in T&T, but as has been said before, you'll be missing out on some awesome character development. And I think you won't really feel the impact of some things unless you've been following along through the whole Ace Attorney series.

Amazon tells me this should be between 75 and 300 words, which won't be happening if I'm allowed to ramble on, so I'll just say that both the music and the side characters are as great as ever. I find quite a lot of replay value in running into certain characters and just letting their themes play on and on. But maybe you normal people won't feel the same way. Whatever. Just be happy this damn game's finally out!

Series High Point
The first Phoenix Wright was a pleasant surprise, a bizarre, over the top and humourous combination of courtroom drama and classic murder mystery in manga/anime style. Given its originality, it was always going to be difficult to top, seemingly proved by the disappointing sequel (Justice For All).

However, Trials and Tribulations is a brilliant return to form for the series, answering nearly every criticism that I had of the second game. The cases shake things up a little instead of relying on some of the same old situations and the over-reliance on returning characters is jettisoned, reinjecting some of the whodunnit mystery. The Mask de Masque case was particularly enjoyable, as was the thread flowing through the various cases.

However, the downside is that the gameplay doesn't move on a great deal. There aren't any new features and the puzzles still amount to clicking on everything during the investigation phase and then presenting the correct piece of evidence at the right time, although the logic of presenting evidence here is mostly stronger than the previous two games. However, the game is really all about the reading, the humour, the characters and the mystery. Trials and Tribulations is tightly plotted, contains some of the series' most memorable characters and is a hoot, packing a huge amount of entertainment into one DS cartridge.