Hold It! An Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Free Demo Is Now Available

Funny enough saw this immediately after finishing chapter 2 of the Emio demo. Probably check this out, I've played the first game before but no harm in getting an early start.

Still getting my way through the Apollo trilogy. Just about to wrap up the second game today and then onto the DLC case before Emio drops.

The Switch is really firing on all cylinders for visual novel/adventure games this past year or so!

Love the new updated graphical style on these two games. Feels closer to the update given to Apollo Justice rather than the hit or miss one given to the original trilogy.

Downloading immediately, have it preordered and I'm ready for it.

Gonna hold out on this demo as well. I still gotta finish that bonus DLC case of Spirit of Justice.

Yeah, imma get this demo and MAYBE this game day 1.

I decided to skip out on Apollo Justice Trilogy and decided to watch a let’s play on YouTube about that mainly because tbh, the games didn’t seem as interesting as the Phoenix Wright Trilogy.

And since this has Miles Edgeworth as the main character, I gotta play it.

And yeah, more games need demos at least.

Downloaded. I don't think I've ever gotten a chance to try an Act Attorney game before.

I'm digging this trend of demos essentially being the first couple hours of a game that transfer over to the final version.

Does this demo also have that level from the demo you could download onto your DS from the Nintendo channel on the wii? Because I remember always failing miserably at finding whatever the heck I was supposed to find. 😅

I’ve got maybe 7 Ace Attorney games to get through before this one. 😅

Played thru classic trilogy, Great Ace Attorney duel collection, and “Apollo Justice” trilogy (inaccurate name since he was the main focus of one game, but whatever) so ready to play thru this duel collection now.

Hopefully this means a new game is coming because it is still weird there hasn’t been a new game this entire Switch gen. At least Emio might scratch that itch.

@WoomyNNYes I was about to post the same thing. I’ve always been curious, but too cautious to buy. I look forward to checking this out.

@FatWormBlowsASparky @Tyranexx - Just a reminder, these games were released and are set before the Apollo games (well, technically the first apollo game was released first, but that’s it) so if you want, you can leave those games till after these ones (in fact, if you’re going through the series chronologically I’d recommend doing so, especially since these two games draw a fair bit from the first trilogy).
@MatthewTaranto - Agree with you on that; we’re essentially being allowed to start the game a week or two before it comes out, which is great both for those who eagerly anticipating it, and, because it’s free, for new players as well.
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Tried (and finished) the first game part of the demo: So far I’m loving the new visuals and (I’m assuming) new animations for the investigation sections; they do a lot to improve the presentation of those sections, to the point where I feel you could almost stick with them alone for conversations (at least for the investigation phases).
Speaking of, playing through this game’s investigation section had me wondering why the later main games (even the other spin-offs) didn’t adopt this approach going forward? It feels like a legitimate step up from the point and click approach they used up to (and after) this point and yet it never crossed over beyond these two games; makes me curious as to why that was (unless it was to save on time/money).

@FullMetalWesker I finished the first game part of the demo and I enjoyed the new stuff in it since this is my first time playing Investigations.

That being said, I noticed some translation issues in there which I found odd and noticeable. Unless these were intentional. Did you notice any too?

Because in the first game part of the demo, Edgeworth in some dialogue said “behoove”. Is that an actual word or is it a translation error.

@anoyonmus

be·hoove
[behoove]
verb
formal
(it behooves someone to do something)
it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on

@Radbot42 I see. Very formal usage but expected of Edgeworth.

Wonderful. Part 2 demo it is then.