The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

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8.5/10 (382 ratings)

Release Date

27th Jul 2021

No. of Players

1 (Single Player)

Genre

Adventure

Publisher

Capcom

Developer

Capcom

Content Rating

PEGI/12

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Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.

Set in late 19th century Japan and London, each title features five murder-mystery episodes filled with all the drama, laughs, twists and “turnabouts” you’ve come to expect from the legally labyrinthine legacy of Ace Attorney. Join Ryunosuke Naruhodo, ancestor of series mainstay Phoenix Wright, as he attempts to uncover the secrets behind an international criminal conspiracy and solve a hauntingly baffling cold case, while tackling a series of tricky trials along the way. Dozens of hours of attorney action awaits you!

In the course of each case, you’ll speak to witnesses, examine evidence and clues, and attempt to deduce the dastardly intent behind the crime before proceeding to the courtroom. In court, you will hear testimony, cross-examine witnesses, and present evidence. And of course, it wouldn’t be an Ace Attorney game if you couldn’t shout “OBJECTION!” when you know you’ve got the facts and evidence needed to contradict the prosecution’s claims and prove your client’s innocence.

The game includes a convenient assistance feature in case you hit a dead end in your investigation, so even if this is your first Ace Attorney game, you can get into your amateur sleuthing adventures with ease! Will you be able to crack these clever cases? The game is afoot!

Mon 26th Jul 2021

Nintendo Life said:

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is two brilliant games for the price of one, and it not only gives us more of what we love, but gives us something that is visually, narratively, and historically deeper than ever before. There's a bit of a learning curve that you'll have to get on top of to meet the game where it's at, but honestly, we couldn't have asked for a better version of the game we've been wanting for years.

9/10

Sun 19th Jan 2025

THOMASNATOR said:

Ace Attorney takes the kid gloves off. The result is insanely compelling; but I'm still stuck on the Dual Destinies Special Episode at the time of writing and haven't yet picked up Investigations, so I can't comment on whether it's the best spin off. It's a damn good fighter though. Capcom waited till the 3DS to put 3D character models into Ace Attorney, in the pursuit of preserving character expressiveness, and the efforts are rewarded more here than in the prior releases of Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice. The world of Ace Attorney takes a deep dive into Victorian Britain, and so do the costumes, the environments and the compositions. I'm listening right now to 'The Old Bailey ~ Closing Argument', and it's full of violins, harpsichords and castanets, knocking on the door of the Sherlock TV show.
Great Ace Attorney's cast of lovable yet terminally flawed characters will keep you coming right back till the end, by which point you'll be sad it's over.

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