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#34.Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS, 2005)



I had never played anything resembling a visual novel game prior to Phoenix Wright, but I was convinced they would not be my thing. Well, B8 went nutso over this game. I didn't jump on immediately, but for weeks and months I kept hearing the praises. The case solving and evidence gathering looked like enough diversion on top of the story to convince me to finally give this a shot. And uh, the fact that the game is here should tell you how that went.

All of the original trilogy is great, but this first game is my favorite. I'm sure some of it is because of how fresh it all hit and the nostalgia is going to last more. But also, there are so many great moments in this game. From late in 1-3 through the end of 1-4 was just a mad rush of excitement the entire way. Every new thing that happened in that stretch was amazing or wild or hilarious. 1-4 is also my favorite case in the series, and by a large amount. One specific witness examination in that case is just a perfect piece of video gaming. PW:AA of course has so many fantastic characters. I think this game had the strongest prosecution of any in the trilogy. So many of the side characters here are even very memorable, enough that many become recurring characters. And why does the bellboy look so much like Alec Baldwin?

I only ended up playing the original trilogy of Ace Attorney, never moved on to the Apollo Justice or Investigations. I did open up to more story-driven games and visual novels after this though, and am pretty thankful for that! As evidenced by 999 and Va-11 Hall-A being on my list earlier, when the story and characters and writing are good enough, I can really have a good time.

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