Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 [Justice for All]

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 [Justice for All] (Nintendo DS)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The second installment to the Ace Attorney games continues game play as Phoenix Wright, defense attorney. From the start of the game, it sounds like Phoenix is having some doubts about continuing as a lawyer. This isn't as surprising if you are playing the games in order. The last trial was a brutal one that nearly tore Phoenix and many of his friends working in law apart. Not sure this set of trials can be considered much better with Maya taking a pretty big hit. We do get to meet Pearly this time around as well as another von Karma. The shaking screen still is unsettling for me, but so far as not been enough to make me stop playing indefinitely.

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (2016)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It's amusing how like the game this series is. The art is obviously smoother and you get more character interactions and motions. However, the flashing "objection" and "hold it" messages in kanji are the same, as are the stripes crossing the screen when the lawyers go head to head. What isn't often shown in the game, but is made abundantly clear in the anime, is the force of which these motions hit their opponents. You literally see light shows and winds blowing people around. All in all, it's entertaining. The cases themselves so far appear to follow the game pretty closely. We'll have to see if this continues to be true the longer that the series goes on (though it's not like there isn't a lot of pre-existing material with the number of games already out on the market).

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo DS)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The story is interesting as you play young attorney Phoenix Wright through various cases and inquiries. It's challenging to figure out where to go, who to talk to and what order things go to make it click. The downside is that any time something highly emotional and/or loud happens in the game, the image on the screen shakes. It might not be a big deal to other people, but it tends to set off my vertigo and/or make it worse for me. An annoyance whenever I want to play it.