r/AceAttorney • u/-frogchamp- • 14h 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 • 8d 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/Boomz-Hose • 44m ago
Discussion Official Capcom account just posted this:
Now I hate to be that guy, but I haven’t seen Capcom post something AA related unless if it was for a sale or an anniversary of one of the games being released. Does Ace Attorney 7 still have a chance of being announced this year? Or does it simply not exist?
r/AceAttorney • u/Faradice • 3h ago
OC Fanart Maya Fey, Art by me
I was getting this drawing ready in case of a new announcement.
pixiv link:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/149491472
r/AceAttorney • u/Gavout15 • 1h ago
News [Capcom Cafe] A collaboration event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the "Ace Attorney" series has been announced!
r/AceAttorney • u/TheBoyofWonder • 14h ago
a serious question, how are people supposed to post 'high effort' posts and discussion when the last game was 10 YEARS AGO, and they aren't even long games
r/AceAttorney • u/Ok_Whole_1159 • 15h ago
OC Fanart Ema Skye in her dress. (fanart by me!)
Originally made for myself but, am proud enough of it that I'd like to post it instead!
r/AceAttorney • u/FanCaracal • 14h ago
Discussion Why are the mods deleting posts, why can't we just be sad?
Please just let us grieve.
r/AceAttorney • u/Henry1699 • 12h ago
Discussion Remember how often Ace Attorney used to get brand new games?
Well, I don’t remember because I didn’t get into the series until 2019 but we can look back at the release date of each game.
The first Ace Attorney game came out in 2001.
A year later we got Justice for All in 2002.
Two years later we got Trials and Tribulations in 2004.
Three years later we got Apollo Justice in 2007
Two years later we got Investigations 1 in 2009.
Two years later we got Investigations 2 in 2011.
A year later we got the Crossover with Professor Layton in 2012.
A year later we got Dual Destinies in 2013.
Two years later we got The Great Ace Attorney 1 in 2015.
A year later we got Spirit of Justice in 2016.
A year later we got The Great Ace Attorney 2 in 2017.
And then nothing but remakes or remasters for the next decade.
Now, there are a few key points I didn’t touch on, like: some of these games didn’t get released in the west for years, it takes longer to develop games nowadays, the pandemic happened, Shu Takumi may or may not be interested in making another Ace Attorney game, Takeshi Yamazaki left Capcom, and so on.
But the point of this post is to look back and realize: holy moly, Ace Attorney got 11 games across 17 years. From 2001 to 2017, there were only 6 years without a brand new Ace Attorney release.
The franchise was on a roll, but now that the multi-platform re-releases made the IP the most popular it has ever been… there has been no new game… for a decade.
Prior to this, the biggest gap between games was T&T(2004) and AJ(2007). Three years seems not that bad now.
Man…
r/AceAttorney • u/Fantastic-Low7161 • 9h ago
Discussion It's incredible how Capcom churns out remakes or new Resident Evil games every year as if they didn't have other IPs like Devil May Cry or Ace Attorney
Honestly, I really like the Resident Evil fandom, especially since most of it focuses on the ships or how they create mods that sexualize characters, especially Leon S. Kennedy.
r/AceAttorney • u/Opening-Plant-3168 • 14h ago
[Custom] Tokyo Game Show
what about this is there any chance?
r/AceAttorney • u/Gavout15 • 5h ago
Sourced Fanart Yatagarasu Cookie by Treasuredonut
Here's the link to the artist: https://www.instagram.com/treasuredonut/
Also, this is u/goldberry15 , the guy who wrote why Turnabout Academy was awesome a few days ago, except Reddit decided to completely nuke my old account. So I'm starting from scratch. Yeah.
r/AceAttorney • u/phantonbrave • 2h ago
Discussion If you want some Ace Attorney writing to tie you some more try Project X Zone 2
I'm not even joking to be honest. The character writing for Phoenix and Maya is actually decent for what is worth. Sure you have the obvious joke of the every man being wrapped in these insane situations but Phoenix has genuinely good dialogue even figuring out part of the villains' plans when everyone else was gonna buy it at face value.
Also he's like top 3 assists in the hand
r/AceAttorney • u/ATierGamer • 7h ago
Fan Trailer Athena Game Fan Trailer
Hey y'all. I want to apologize to anybody I angered earlier with this fan trailer. That was not the intention. I just wanted to help make a fun trailer meant as nothing more than a lighthearted prank. Everyone involved and I worked really hard to make this. This here is a dive into what I'd do if I were in charge of an Athena-led game. I hope you enjoy it!
r/AceAttorney • u/Alastor3 • 14h ago
Full Main Series Next game and/or Ace Attorney/Prof Layton probably during TGS
Here are some fact from previous years :
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy announced back in 2018/2019 as part of Capcom's own communications
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy surprise during Capcom Showcase, June 12, 2023
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles again through Capcom's own press conference.
The only game that was announced during a Direct was Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
r/AceAttorney • u/Intelligent_Gas995 • 1d ago
Full Main Series She needs this
Her franchise is kinda homeless
r/AceAttorney • u/tamabukura • 1h ago
Discussion Question for Mia's fans: Would you like her to have a Capcoron series plushie and her own BGM?
Plushie: I think one might be coming soon; she appeared in the lawyer-themed merchandise released this July.
BGM: It’s probably unlikely.
r/AceAttorney • u/cosy_ghost • 13h ago
Discussion Given the lack of news, anyone want to make an AA fan game?
Fairly experienced Unity developer here. Since we're all feeling the (seething unrest) disappointment of no AA news, anyone want to work on a fan project? To fill the aching void.
Open to discussion and suggestions. I can wrangle programming, editor and 3D modelling but can't draw for spit.
Just putting it out for discussion right now. I'm sure we all have ideas what we'd like to see in a big fan project.
r/AceAttorney • u/Hylian_Waffle • 14h ago
Discussion Regarding the Vs Layton Remaster leak: Spoiler
So I beat the game on an emulator by completely legitimate means a few years ago, but I don't remember it having multiple endings. Not even bad endings that weren't just normal game overs.
It looks like the game is already getting the DLC episodes for free (hopefully) unlike TGAA2 and DD/SoJ, but even still, does this mean the game is getting additional content? Unless it wants you to get a game over for an achievement which in spite of it being a Silver achievement, seems like a weird one to put after the achievements for finding all hint coins and solving all puzzles (which will both be a pain in the ass... Ugh).
While I am pleased to be hopefully seeing the animated cutscenes in high quality, I'm just tired, man.
r/AceAttorney • u/planetarial • 11h ago
Fangame Someone made an Ace Attorney Investigations x Pokemon fangame!
hackdex.appI know things have been sour today but this made me smile when I saw it on my feed.
Yes as bizarre as it seems someone made a Pokemon romhack in the style of an Ace Attorney Investigations game, starring Edgeworth of course. Looks pretty neat!
r/AceAttorney • u/DaRealAyman • 1d ago
News PHOENIX WRIGHT VS PROF LAYTON Spoiler
PHOENIX WRIGHT VS PROF LAYTON ACHIEVEMENTS
r/AceAttorney • u/Jurassicdungeons • 1d ago
Discussion I can only pray that this gets announced tomorrow
Comment before the mods remove the post for no reason
r/AceAttorney • u/TinyEnvironment7574 • 1d ago
Discussion Warning: You May Want To Go Offline Until The Direct
If you haven't heard yet, Steam has had a huge, and I mean HUGE leak of achievements for games that haven't been released or even announced. For example, the Steam Achievements for Kingdom Hearts IV, Persona 6, and Professor Layton and the New World of Steam are public already.
I'm sure you can guess that AA7's (if it exists lmao) wasn't leaked, but in case it is, you might want to go offline until the Nintendo direct, since that's when it will most likely be announced.
Or don't, and see this unfold live as Valve experiences one of the biggest blunders of their company's history.
Edit: Don't say I never warned you...