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Tuesday7th Feb 2023
Watch Zion And Kate Talk About Ace Attorney For An Hour
Hold it!
It's Kate's last day at Nintendo Life, and that means being terribly self-indulgent. And what's more self-indulgent than talking about the Ace Attorney games for an hour? From the beloved Ace Attorney trilogy to the underrated eShop exclusives of Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice — and even including the niche crossover event that was
Thursday5th May 2022
News Ace Attorney's 20th Anniversary Concert Takes Place Later This Week
Here's the full tracklist
As you might recall, the Ace Attorney series is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. Yep, it's been a whole 20 years since the series originally made its Japanese debut on the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It's still going strong 20 years later, and to pay respect to the series, a special 20th anniversary orchestral...
Friday15th Apr 2022
News The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Has Sold Over 500,000 Copies Worldwide
"Thank you to all of our passionate fans"
Capcom has announced The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has now surpassed 500,000 sales worldwide. This two-in-one package was originally released in July 2021 and contains The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and the sequel The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve. If you've not played this release yet, be sure to...
Thursday3rd Mar 2022
News A Concert Will Be In Session For Ace Attorney's 20th Anniversary
All rise in 7th May!
Hold it! How is Ace Attorney already 20 already? While the series debuted in Japan on the GBA in 2001, the West had to wait until the DS ports to play these magnificent games. Many were concerned the series was done and dusted, just kept alive by various re-releases, but with last years' The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, these...
Thursday10th Feb 2022
News Sleep In Edgeworth's Office To Celebrate Ace Attorney's 20th Anniversary
No, he won't be there
Luxury Japanese capsule hotel, Anshin Oyado Nagoya Sakae, has just announced a collaboration with Capcom to bring two Ace Attorney-themed rooms to its customers, in celebration of the series' 20th anniversary. There are two rooms available: The Ace Attorney room On one side, Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth's office, complete...
Wednesday22nd Dec 2021
News Capcom Shares Special Ace Attorney Artwork To Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary
The gang's all here
Capcom's Ace Attorney series turns 20 this year, and the company has released a special piece of artwork to celebrate that fact. The art showcases characters from the entire series – including The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which takes place many years before the famous exploits of Pheonix Wright – and i
Thursday9th Dec 2021
Random Ace Attorney Says OBJECTION! To Drugs In Japanese Anti-Marijuana Campaign
Hold it, but don't pass it
6,000 posters and 4,000 leaflets featuring the characters from The Great Ace Attorney have been printed in Japan in an attempt to combat "cannabis abuse", Capcom announced today. The partnership between Capcom and the government has been going on since 2009, and has been aimed towards "crime prevention enlightenment" as...
Tuesday30th Nov 2021
News Phoenix Wright And Miles Edgeworth Nendoroids Are Now Available To Pre-Order
Hold it! (and treasure it)
[Update: Tue 30th Nov, 2021 15:30 GMT] Phoenix and Miles are now available for pre-order, with delivery scheduled for October 2022! Get a look at these tiny boys: [Original: Mon 5th Jul, 2021 19:30 BST] It only took twenty years, but finally, Phoenix Wright (ace attorney) is getting his own Nendoroid figure...
Tuesday12th Oct 2021
News Capcom Launches Ace Attorney 20th Anniversary Website
Initiatives and more planned
As you might have already seen, today marks 20 years of Capcom's Ace Attorney series. It all began when the first Phoenix Wright title was released on the Game Boy Advance in Japan on 12th October 2001. And although we didn't get to experience the series here in the west until 2005, we've been huge fans of the...
Monday11th Oct 2021
Poll What's The Best Ace Attorney Game?
You be the judge
20 years ago, on 12th October 2001, the very first Ace Attorney game was released on Game Boy Advance. Although we wouldn't get the game in English until 2005 — when it was re-released on the DS — the Ace Attorney series has long been beloved by people all over the world. A large part of that is due to the loveable protagonist...
Friday30th Jul 2021
News Capcom Wants To Know If You Would Buy More Great Ace Attorney Games
Fill out a survey and get a free wallpaper
This week marks the release of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms - we're big fans of the game by the way. As part of this release, Capcom has opened a survey that's available until 30th September, allowing fans to share their thoughts about this game and...
Thursday29th Jul 2021
Nintendo Download 29th July (Europe)
NEO: The World Ends with You! SAMURAI WARRIORS 5! The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop - New...
Tuesday27th Jul 2021
News Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection Combines Great And Trilogy Releases In One
If you want to go all in
Today sees the launch of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which combines the previously Japan-only The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve into one lovely remastered collection. We liked it very much in our review. If you're planning to grab it on Switch but also fancy going all-
Monday26th Jul 2021
News The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Is Already The Fifth Best Switch Game Of 2021
The jury's in
You might not really believe in the power of Metacritic — a review aggregation site — to represent the opinions of many, but for those of you who love the Ace Attorney series and want to see it succeed, this will be good news nonetheless. Here's the current top five Switch games on Metacritic for 2021, based on their average...
Thursday22nd Jul 2021
Nintendo Download 22nd July (North America)
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles! NEO: TWEWY! Last Stop!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Pokémon UNITE...
Tuesday20th Jul 2021
News Capcom Just Uploaded A Bunch Of Spoileriffic Case Teasers For The Great Ace Attorney
It was [SPOILER] in the [SPOILER] with the [SPOILER]!
Look away now if you want to play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles without knowing any of the plot details, because this news train is going all the way to Spoiler Town. Just a week ahead of the double-feature game's launch in the West with a whole new localisation and a ton of special extras,...
Thursday1st Jul 2021
News Localisation Head Janet Hsu Talks MORE About The Translation Of The Great Ace Attorney
異議あり!
Yessss. YESSSS. Give us more localisation articles, precious. We loves them, precious. Especially when they come from Janet Hsu, the localisation director at Capcom who's worked on the series since the beginning, crafting incredible puns and making sure that jokes still land in their new tongue. In her latest blog, this time for...
Wednesday30th Jun 2021
Hands On It's Time To Judge The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Law blimey
It's been six years since the release of The Great Ace Attorney — known as Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken in Japan — and in that time, although a fan translation was made, the game was never released in the West. Many people speculated as to the reason: it's hard to localise, it relies on the player having basic...
Monday28th Jun 2021
News New Great Ace Attorney Story Trailer Is Nearly Six Minutes Of Spoilery Goodness
Ye Olde Objectionne!
It's going to be a while before we can tell you our thoughts on The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which comes out after a six-year wait on the 27th of July. But, thanks to this six-minute gameplay trailer, we can say that we're incredibly excited to meet Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Phoenix Wright's nervous ancestor, who objects to...
Tuesday15th Jun 2021
News Capcom Shows Off New Features In The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
"Minor spoilers may be included"
One of the highlights at Capcom's E3 2021 Showcase this year was an extended look at The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. In case you missed it, it's arriving this July on the Nintendo Switch and marks the first time the two games have ever been released in the west. All up, there'll be ten new cases and eight mini...
Wednesday9th Jun 2021
It's... complicated
Localising Ace Attorney is a monumental task that often goes completely unrecognised, but hopefully, people playing the new, freshly-translated version of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles — a two-part prequel from 2015 that's due to release worldwide on the 27th July — will be able to appreciate just how much work went into...
Tuesday8th Jun 2021
News Capcom's E3 Showcase To Feature Monster Hunter, Ace Attorney And More
Show time revealed!
Capcom has shared more details on its upcoming showcase for E3 2021, giving us a start time for the event and info on which games will be making an appearance. The show will be kicking off on 14th June at 2:30pm Pacific / 5:30pm Eastern / 10:30pm BST / 11:30pm CEST – the day after Square Enix's show, and the day before...
Wednesday19th May 2021
News Ace Attorney's Dramatic Cross-Examination Eyes Are Coming Back
*glares in lawyer*
Did you notice that Ace Attorney Trilogy remake didn't have the anime lawyer eyes right before the cross-examination stage of the court cases? You know the ones we mean, right? Hold on, we'll show you. Is this... flirting??? Yeah, Capcom removed those from the HD remake, and though many of us probably didn't notice, others did...
Thursday22nd Apr 2021
News The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Will Use An English-Style Court System
I say, Objection, good sir! I haven't finished my tea yet
The upcoming Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which will unite the first and second games in the "Great Ace Attorney" line, are set in Ye Olde Englandtown. And you know what that means: charmingly wonky takes on what England is actually like, including lots of top hats, buses, and genius...
Wednesday21st Apr 2021
Random Did You Catch The Easter Eggs In The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Trailer?
Always look on the Wright side of life
The setting for the Great Ace Attorney games is 1900s England, at the turn of the 20th century, and although the Sherlock Holmes influences are clear in "Herlock Sholmes", your main helper character in the game, it turns out that the Britishy references go even deeper. In the official localisation — which...
News The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Brings Long-Awaited Games To Switch This July
Featuring everyone's favourite, Herlock Sholmes
[Update 21/4/21, 13:20 ADT: Looks like the physical release is not download code only - the code is probably for the bonus content, and the game will be on a cartridge.] It's appropriate that the abbreviation for the long-running Ace Attorney series is "AA", because that's roughly what we're all...
