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22.01.2024 - 17:13 / videogameschronicle.com / Apollo Justice / Chris Scullion
It’s been nearly eight years since the last main entry in the Ace Attorney series.
2016 was the last time gaming’s most famous lawyer Phoenix Wright gelled back his hair, put on his blue suit and yelled “objection” across the courtroom.
While fans have been eagerly awaiting a new entry (and new claims from Capcom that the series “will never end” will do little to assuage their impatience), for now the publisher is ensuring players who aren’t fully up to speed with the series can catch up.
In 2019 it brought Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy to PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC. Consisting of the first three games, it offered HD remasters of the original GBA / DS games, cleaning up their artwork and sprites so they looked acceptable on TVs.
This time Capcom is back with the other three games in the main series, meaning players who’ve already enjoyed the original Phoenix Wright trilogy can now take on volumes 4-6.
Apollo Justice consists of the following three games:
The main difference here is that while Apollo Justice features similar sprite-based graphics to the first three games, the two 3DS titles introduced polygonal characters instead. This is the case here too, with the characters suitably upscaled to produce clean (if simplistic and otherwise untouched) 3D models.
Reviews of all three games are widespread online so retreading old ground in detail would only result in spoilers for newcomers and preaching to the converted for veterans. For those not in the know, however, all three games were critically acclaimed, with an average Metacritic score of 80 between them.
As with the previous Phoenix Wright Trilogy, the English localisation here is seemingly unchanged, right down to some of the more questionable lines which may not have aged so well.
Capcom explains this away with a disclaimer at the start, saying that it consciously chose to leave the games unchanged for authenticity’s sake, so when the judge tells a female witness she “would be much cuter if she dispensed with the evil mastermind schtick”, it’s worth bearing in mind his objectification was the product of dialogue written 17 years ago.
All three games remain compelling examples of the visual novel genre, and this time Capcom has added some quality of life features to keep things ticking along. You can now turn on auto-advancing text, allowing the reams of dialogue to play out without the need to continually press a button to move to the next line.
Going even further than this is the ability to make the entire game play through itself, puzzles and all, meaning if the player wants a literal visual novel that simply lets them sit the controller down and watch through the story with no interaction whatsoever, this too is an option.
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It might be a bit of a controversial take, but I’ve always preferred the Ace Attorney games with Apollo Justice over those with Phoenix Wright. That’s not to say the Phoenix Wright originals are bad, but I just found Apollo a far more relatable and likeable character. That probably says a lot about me, but it’s why I’m so happy that Capcom has finally graced us with a collection of Apollo’s various Chords of Steel workouts with the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy.
We acknowledge that not all of you will be interested in getting the Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy that Capcom has officially released today. But allow us to give you a brief glimpse into what this set of titles is like and why you should consider giving it a shot. Even if said games “aren’t your cup of tea.” First and foremost, these titles will have you playing as Apollo Justice, Athena Cykes, and Phoenix Wright as you attempt to save the world of law from corrupt forces across multiple countries. With three games to enjoy, that’s plenty of cases to dive into.
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If you don’t know, we’re just a few days away from the release of the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy remaster. This set of games brings together the fourth, fifth, and sixth mainline entries in the saga together for the first time via the RE Engine that Capcom has been using for a while. By doing this, they’re giving this trilogy an updated look and giving players who didn’t play the original titles on Nintendo DS or 3DS the chance to enjoy them. But longtime franchise fans are wondering what comes next for the franchise. If anything comes at all.
Outsiders of the Ace Attorney series might not be familiar with the name Apollo Justice, but fans know the character is a big deal. He's second only to Phoenix Wright in terms of playable appearances, and his new collection, the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, gathers all of those outings in one convenient package. While there's not much new content, quality-of-life improvements and a visual overhaul do a lot to modernize Apollo's courtroom saga, making it a worthwhile journey for fans new and old.
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