Capcom has been really good to Ace Attorney fans over the years, delivering multiple collections - including games that have never been released in the West before — to console owners. And during today's Nintendo Direct, the Ace Attorney developer revealed it's bringing the final missing piece to the rest of the world.
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is coming to Switch on 6th September 2024 and bundles together two DS adventures starring prosecutor and fan favourite character Miles Edgeworth. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth made it to the West back in 2010, but the sequel — Ace Attorney Investigations 2 — never left Japan. At least, until now, and with a new title — Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit.

In contrast to the main Ace Attorney games, the Investigations series plays more like a traditional point-and-click adventure title. As Miles, you'll been moving around the screen and investigating objects and talking to people to solve cases. Both games take place between Trials and Tribulations and Apollo Justice.
This collection comes with new HD visuals (and the ability to swap between the old and new art style), multiple language options, brand new character models, a gallery, and a sound test. And it looks superb, just like the recent Apollo Justice trilogy that came out earlier this year.
Are you an Ace Attorney fan? Will you be taking up the case when Investigations launches this September? Let us know in the comments.
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I have the entire series via DS and 3DS but this is so gonna be day one. All of the games with TV support? Here’s my money capcom.
HA HA. The leak was right.
Well, hopefully it’s reasonable priced and I’ll get it.
Now essentially every game is in the West now.
Still need to beat the first trilogy...
Still need to beat the first trilogy... 😅
I've already played both games but it's still very exciting to see Investigations 2 finally get an official English release. It's an incredible game that all fans of the series deserve the opportunity to experience. Hopefully now that all these ports are out of the way though we can finally get an Ace Attorney 7 next, it's been quite the wait.
I AM GOING F***ING FERAL RIGHT NOW

Anyone else remember that one wii channel that let you watch videos like nintendo week that also lets you download demos for ds games that also had the first investigators game demo. And did anyone else find that demo impossible or am I just stupid?
A Gentleman would helpfully note that it ALMOST completes the series...
When I tell you I screamed.
All the Ace Attorneys are now on a single console. We finally won!
Love to see the two Investigations on Switch and the second one finally outside of Japan, will eventually get this for sure!
I'm still finishing replaying the second trilogy, but I'll get this one for sure. I started Investigations a long time ago but never finished and I've never tried Investigations 2. The wait was worth it.
YES….FINALLY!!! Investigation 2 is finally out of Japan.
@Jireland92
The professor Layton crossover: Am I a joke to you?
I just realized.
2 Ace Attorney collections in one year. DAMN.
After this, maybe it is FINALLY time for a new game
@Pak-Man Yes, would absolutely love to see the Layton vs. Ace Attorney crossover coming to Switch and/or its successor and now that Level-5 is back also outside of Japan it at least has a chance to happen!
Wait, wasn't it said to be in September??
Great timing. AAI2 was on my shopping list for my trip to Japan next week. I can cross that one out.
This is so exciting!! Now I just need to finish the 4-6 trilogy before September and I'll be ready...
Would've rather saved it for the next gap between series releases but I'm down, glad they're not taking too long to do it.
Hope the fanbase has fun having to learn new names for everyone. Makes me glad I never got around to playing AAI2 myself.
@anoyonmus yes
@SillyG I have essentially beaten the first game by now.
Rise of the Ashes (the one with Lana Skye) is a bonus technically. So the game is essentially after the Edgeworth trial.
Eustace Winner is going to give me an aneurysm laughing
@MirrorFate2 wait what?
Wait
THE NEW ZELDA GAME IS COMING AROUND THAT TIME.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I WANT BOTH.
I’ll get the Links Awakening remake tho to begin with.
Again, this article's title needs to be fixed.
At this rate the Layton crossover game is gonna be ported before a new AA game drops.
Does that mean everything Ace attorney (minus Phoenix vs Layton) is now on Switch?
@nintendolife
Fix the article title. The game is coming out on September, not November
@Henmii YUP!!!!
This was an incredible surprise in an already fantastic Direct! It's great to have all of the Ace Attorney series in one place!
I legit never thought Ace Attorney Investigations 2 would ever localised, this is amazing.
“THIS WILL BE THE FINAL TESTIMONY!!!”
5 hours pass…
@kitestar
EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS
I'm still replaying the FIRST trilogy, I seriously need to get a move on!
YES!!!! GK2 is coming overseas!!!
It's great to see this! I also like how they include orchestral renditions to listen to.
@anoyonmus Appreciate it - too many Novembers and Septembers! All fixed.
The greatest announcement for me. Edgeworth is forever in my heart the king of VNs, and one of the greatest heroes in gaming. It’s gonna be cathartic hearing his voice one more time!
@anoyonmus,
That's great to hear!
My dreams have came true.
@Broosh actually, yesterday it was leaked and rumored to appear.
And with that, Switch is THE Ace Attorney machine now.
Investigations 2 is the creme de la creme even by the series standards, easily on par with T&T, DD and SoJ. Getting it finally localized (not that the translation patch didn't do a stellar job) and bundled with the previous game is nothing short of amazing news.
Hope it’s using the fan translation to be honest, it’s such a good script and their work made the series accessible for an awful lot of fans.
@Pak-Man I see what you did there!
@nessisonett Nope, already confirmed to be a new localization.
@anoyonmus All Ace Attorney fans are rejoicing today!! Aaaah
I enjoyed Ace Attorney Investigations 1 on the DS.
The HD artwork looks good!
The HD editions of Ace Attorney 1, 2 and 3 did not look right..
It was the only reason I never upgraded from my DS editions.
@anoyonmus
Update: it’s 40 dollars.
Not bad I guess.
@Chichichurri
YASSSSSS.
Oh and I finally essentially beat the first Ace Attorney game via the trilogy on Switch. Rise of the Ashes (Lana Skye case) is a bonus one essentially. The game is over after Edgeworth trial
He'll always be Raymond Shields to me...
Also.
You can switch from HD to pixel art and vice versa?
CAPCOM, WHY DIDN’T YOU DO THIS WITH THE PHOENIX WRIGHT TRILOGY 😭😭😭😭😭😭????
I've played through all of these games, (bar PW:AA which I'd already beaten years ago), on the Switch and then played Mile Edgeworth Investigations on the DS as I wanted to play more. I'm glad that Investigations 2 is finally being localised, I can now completely catch up!
No objections from me.
Also it’s nice that Edgeworth has his own chess move.
Prosecutor’s Gambit should be an actual chess thing in real life.
@anoyonmus I stray away from leaks when at all possible. It allows me to be excited during presentations like this! 😁
I figured this pair would eventually show up on Switch! Sooner than I thought too. I just wrapped up the OG trilogy about a month ago. Is it important to play these before Apollo Justice Trilogy? I haven't bought that collection yet.
Now we just need Layton vs. Wright, but I'm less confident about that one considering most development was handled by Level-5. The physical 3DS release was rare even close to when it released due to a short print run. The prices are insane now. Digital is obviously out with the eShop closure.
@Tyranexx no I don’t think so. This series is all about Edgeworth.
@anoyonmus I see. I don't know how well AAI ties into the main series, so I wanna avoid unknown references in later releases. Thanks!
YYYEEEEEEAAAAAH Nintendo must actually be reading my wishlist at this point
Edgey-poo!!!!! my beloved!
AAI2 is the only game in the series I haven’t played, so this is my golden opportunity! I’m so excited! In fact, I shouted a more profane variant of, “Oh, SHOOT!!”’ when this reveal came up on the Direct.
Physical only on Switch
This is a day one buy, last of the non Layton games I've yet to play.
So happy!!!!!
...this is just gonna fuel my Edgeworth crush isn't it 😅 but in all seriousness I was not expecting this. Ace Attorney fans have it made this year!
@MirrorFate2 That’s a shame, would have been nice for the localisers to get a cut.
At long last, Ace Attorney Investigations 2, in my grasp. Now I just need to play this and the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and I'll be all caught up on the series.
@Chichichurri @Ryu_Niiyama also you all forgot one thing.
MORE GUMSHOE!!!!!
I’ll 100% be getting this. I’ve played the fan translation but I’m so excited to finally play the game officially in English! The fan translation had good character names but I’m quite fond of Eddie Fender, Eustace Winner and Verity Gavèlle, myself. Maybe we’ll actually see some of these characters in AA7? It can’t be too far off…
@anoyonmus theyre running out of games to rerelease
Maybe it's because they were the last I played but the Edgeworth games are a lot better than Apollo Justice/DD/SoJ!
Can't believe they finally considered using the original sprites, though the character portraits on DS were basically just downscaled art and don't really have the same appeal as the ones from the og trilogy. Everything else is pretty much your typical 16-bit graphics which is great.
It's also cool to see the English title and puns for AAI2, farewell Justine Courtney!
@epicgamner There is that professor layton crossover.
But I feel like we will get a new game one day.
@Pak-Man what are we missing then? Six games, TGAA, investigations....what haven't I played yet?! 😱😄🤎
Oooohhh the Layton crossover! Ehh..we can do without that one, it belongs in the Layton compilation i'm willing into existence! 😄
@AlienX I haven't spotted them yet. But Debeste and Justine Court were really, really good! 😂🤎
Hell. Yes. I actually saw the first Investigations game in CEX the other week for like 70-something quid, kudos to Capcom for making this series available for modern consoles for a reasonable price.
@epicgamner We're done really. I wouldn't really count the Layton crossover because that's not purely an AA game.
Not saying it's bad but it's kind of it's own thing rather than part of the series.
So with this every proper AA game is now on the switch and in English as well.
That being said there is a decent chance of them making a new AA game at this point. It would be odd to invest this much in porting every single game to modern hardware and just drop the series right there.
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