Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

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Description

Phoenix Wright returns in the third game in the Ace Attorney series. However, Phoenix is not the only lawyer that you'll be guiding, as you dig through the evidence to find the truth to free your clients. Players will tackle five new cases as they encounter familiar faces and new ones in their search for justice.

Trials and Tribulations is a courtroom adventure game. Players encounter two different types of phases as they play through the game — one takes place in the courtroom, where players directly interrogate subjects and try to disprove their lies with the evidence they have; the other takes place on the field, where Phoenix talks to people and examines locations to search for clues that may help his client's case.

As in Justice For All, players will have to sometimes break open people's "Psyche Locks", which cover a person when they have something that they really don't want to reveal to Phoenix. Depending on the importance of the secret, more locks will cover the person, and can only be unlocked by presenting the correct evidence. And as in the previous DS versions of the game, players can use the stylus to select menus and evidence, as well as use the microphone to shout out "OBJECTION!" and "HOLD IT!" when they want to present evidence.

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Alternate Titles

• "逆転裁判 3" -- Japanese spelling
• "Gyakuten Saiban 3" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Ace Attorney / Gyakuten Saiban series
• Japanese Nintendo DS games with full English support
• Theme: Law practice

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Critic Reviews

RPGFan	Nintendo DS	Nov 01, 2007	86 out of 100	86
FOK!games	Nintendo DS	Oct 23, 2008	84 out of 100	84
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Nintendo DS	Nov 12, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Thunderbolt Games	Nintendo DS	Sep 16, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Gamekult	Game Boy Advance	Feb 04, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Factornews	Nintendo DS	Jan 02, 2009	8 out of 10	80
Gamekult	Nintendo DS	Oct 09, 2008	7 out of 10	70
GamersHell.com	Nintendo DS	Jan 03, 2008	7 out of 10	70
IGN UK	Wii	May 13, 2010	6 out of 10	60
GamePro (US)	Wii	May 18, 2010		60

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Trivia

European release

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations' European release was delayed due to the PEGI 12+ not being confirmed. It wasn't released in Europe until October 3, 2008 instead of March 21, 2008.

It's worth noting that Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, the fourth game in the series, was therefore released before this one.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2007 – #5 Nintendo DS Game of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Gyakuten Saiban 3 (Official game website (in Japanese))
• Wikipedia: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (Article in the open encyclopedia)