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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Released	Game Boy Advance ^JP January 23, 2004 PC Windows ^JP March 31, 2006 Nintendo DS ^JP August 23, 2007^[1] ^NA October 23, 2007^[2] ^EU 2008^[3]
Genre	Adventure game, visual novel
Mode(s)	Single player
Ratings	CERO rating: Ages 12 and up (B) ESRB rating: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance PC Windows Nintendo DS
Media	Nintendo DS Card

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations, released in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban 3 (逆転裁判3, Gyakuten Saiban 3^? lit. "Turnabout Trial 3") is an adventure/visual novel game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo DS video game console. It is the third game in the Gyakuten Saiban series (also known as the Ace Attorney/Phoenix Wright series), and precedes Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney for the Nintendo DS. The original version was released on the Game Boy Advance in Japan. In the weeks leading up to the announcement, Capcom had launched an official contest to convince “Capcom to bring Ace Attorney 3 to America”. On the day the final winner of the contest was to be revealed, Capcom lifted the embargo on their upcoming titles revealed at their "Capcom's Gamers Day" event, which included Trials and Tribulations. On April 13, 2007, Capcom officially announced the United States release of Trials and Tribulations in September 2007^[4]. The U.S. release was later pushed back to October 23.^[5] A DS edition of Gyakuten Saiban 3 was released in Japan on August 23, 2007, approximately two months before the English version's release; as with the previous Japanese DS releases, the game features both Japanese and English text.^[6] It has been reported on Capcom's official message board that the Japanese release's English Translation has many typos. However, a Community Specialist with Capcom stated that "...you will be quite pleased with the localization effort for the US version, versus the version you imported".^[7] This game is the last of the series featuring Phoenix Wright as the main character, and through its course, gives more details on the past of important characters such as Mia Fey and Phoenix himself, while tying up the loose ends on the storyline set up in the previous games.

1 Gameplay
2 Characters
- 2.1 Returning characters
- 2.2 New characters
3 Story
4 Music
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links

Gameplay

See also: Gameplay in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

The gameplay in Trials and Tribulations remains the same as both previous titles, including the use of Psyche-Locks introduced in Justice for All. A minor change is that the player will take on the role of Mia Fey and even Edgeworth instead of Phoenix Wright for certain cases within the game, but this does not alter the game mechanics. The game does not use any of the additional investigation techniques that exploit features of the Nintendo DS as introduced in the first Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney game's fifth case (created specifically for the DS port).

Characters

Returning characters

Phoenix Wright / Ryuichi Naruhodo (成歩堂龍一 Naruhodō Ryūichi) - The main character of the series is Phoenix Wright, now a well-seasoned defense attorney. He continues his quest to protect those who have no else to turn to. Firmly believing in his client's innocence, Phoenix uses his investigative skills and his persuasive and often bluff-ridden speech to prove the innocence of his clients.
Mia Fey / Chihiro Ayasato (綾里千尋 Ayasato Chihiro) - Phoenix's mentor, a talented defense attorney in her own right. While she passed away in the first game, her spirit lingers, and she is often channeled so she can continue to provide Phoenix with advice. Additionally, Mia is a playable character for the first time, as the game examines cases that took place in the past.
Maya Fey / Mayoi Ayasato (綾里真宵 Ayasato Mayoi) - A spirit medium in training, Maya Fey is Phoenix's friend and assistant. With a perky attitude, an inquisitive nature, and an insatiable appetite for burgers, Maya is always by Phoenix's side to help him in his trials.
Miles Edgeworth / Reiji Mitsurugi (御剣怜侍 Mitsurugi Reiji) - A ruthless and talented prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth was once friends with Phoenix in their childhood days until a tragedy drove them apart. Phoenix made it his goal as an attorney to confront Edgeworth and find why he always strived to find defendants guilty. Following their confrontations in previous games, Edgeworth continues his role as Phoenix's rival and friend. Also, he is a playable character for the first time.
Dick Gumshoe / Keisuke Itonokogiri (糸鋸圭介 Itonokogiri Keisuke) - A scruffy detective who always seems to be at the scene of the crime. Gumshoe is dedicated to his job and always well-meaning, even if he does butt heads with Phoenix at times.
Larry Butz / Masashi Yahari (矢張政志 Yahari Masashi) - One of Phoenix's old childhood friends, who always seems to be getting in trouble. Known for having many jobs and many girlfriends, Larry always seems to be up to some new kind of scheme.
Winston Payne / Takefumi Auchi (亜内武文 Auchi Takefumi) - Veteran prosecutor Winston Payne makes an appearance during a flashback, in his heyday as the "Rookie Killer". He also makes small appearances in other cases.
The Judge - Saibanchō (裁判長 presiding judge) - A good-natured and kind old man, but often seems to be easily swayed by the opinions of others. The Judge continues to preside over the cases, trying to make sure they run smoothly, which almost never happens.
Marvin Grossberg / Soranosuke Hoshikage (星影宇宙ノ介 Hoshikage Soranosuke) - A plump and stuffy attorney, Marvin Grossberg does not make an appearance in the "current" time, but is featured in a flashback serving his role as Mia Fey's mentor, standing at her side and providing support.
Maggey Byrde / Mako Suzuki (須々木マコ Suzuki Mako) - A terminally unlucky young lady, yet always quite cheerful. Maggey first met Phoenix when she was working as a police officer. There are unverified rumors that Gumshoe has a crush on her.
Franziska von Karma / Mei Karuma (狩魔冥 Karuma Mei) - The prodigy daughter of feared prosecutor Manfred von Karma, Franziska is a whip-wielding prosecutor who was featured prominently in the second game. She returns, seemingly still seeking the revenge she wanted to claim, or might there be a different reason?
Pearl Fey / Harumi Ayasato (綾里春美 Ayasato Harumi) - A very young but highly talented spirit medium, Pearl is Maya's cousin. Despite her talents, she knows very little outside her home in Kurain Village, and as such is quite naive. She is however, surprisingly bright for her age. She also thinks that Phoenix is in love with Maya!
Adrian Andrews / Kirio Kamiya (華宮霧緒 Kamiya Kirio) - A strong-willed young woman who once had a deep-seated psychological problem. Thanks to the efforts of Phoenix and Edgeworth, she was able to come to terms with herself.
Morgan Fey / Kimiko Ayasato (綾里キミ子 Ayasato Kimiko) - Mother to Pearl Fey, and aunt to Maya Fey, Morgan Fey was a witness in the second game. She is currently serving a prison sentence for being the accessory to a murder. Although she never appears directly in the game, she is referred to often in Bridge to the Turnabout, the fifth and final case.

New characters

Godot - The mysterious new prosecutor. Nothing is known about his true identity or his past except he has a deep hatred towards Phoenix Wright and purposely calls him "Trite". He's a sharp dresser, has spiky silver hair, and a metallic red-lined visor over his eyes. His most identifying trait is his love of coffee and is known to drink up to 17 cups of coffee per trial.
The Judge's Brother - The brother of the judge that has ruled over most cases in the series. Appears in case 4, and briefly in case 2 and case 5. He seems to share his brother's innocence and naïveté. This judge is very Canadian, and is the subject of many Canadian in-jokes. He has a blond beard and is not as bald as his brother.
Diego Armando / Soryu Kaminogi - A defense attorney working under Marvin Grossberg. Aided Mia Fey during her first case and later became her lover. Loves coffee. Lies in coma for five years after being poisoned by Dahlia Hawthorne.
Dahlia Hawthorne / Chinami Miyanagi - Daughter of a famous jeweler, and Phoenix's girlfriend during his college days. Plays an important role in case 1, 4 and 5. Executed after being found guilty due to the efforts of Mia Fey in case 1.

Story

The story of Trials and Tribulations does not follow a strict chronological order; the first case precedes the first Ace Attorney game, and the 4th case precedes the first. The chronological order is 4, 1, 2, 3, 5.

Turnabout Memories

Minor Characters:

Doug Swallow / Kikuzou Nonda - Victim of Case 1. Was Dahlia's boyfriend until he realized there was something devious about her...

Taking place 5 years before the current events in the game (roughly three years before Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney), the player takes on the role of Mia Fey in her second case as defense attorney in court, assisted by Marvin Grossberg, against the "Rookie Killer" Winston Payne. She must defend a younger Phoenix Wright, who is still a university student studying arts and accused of electrocuting pharmacy student Doug Swallow after they were witnessed to have a heated discussion where Swallow spoke ill of Dahlia Hawthorne, whom Wright was dating. It turns out that the case is tied to Mia's first defense case about eight months prior, one that she could not win, through the presence of Hawthorne. Hawthorne, then, had used Swallow to obtain a rare poison, and employing a locket with a small bottle, used it to poison an attorney during questioning. Knowing that she would be accused if she were caught with the locket, she feigned romantic attachment to Wright, who happened to be in the court building at the same time, and presented him with the locket as a gift of their love. Since then, she had to keep up her romantic act towards Wright, trying someway to get the locket back lest it come back to identify her in the poisoning. In the present, realizing that Wright had a cold, she again stole some poison from the pharmacy lab, and put it in Wright's cold medicine, hoping to murder him to get the locket back. However, when Wright accidentally pushed Swallow down, dislodging a power cable, Hawthorne saw her chance to murder Swallow, pin it on Wright and get rid of the poisoned cold medicine. Fey sees through her lies and Wright is found not guilty. Wright is awed by Fey's job, though he has a looming hunch that the Dahlia he saw in court was a 'fake'. He then states that he dedicates himself to become a lawyer.

The Stolen Turnabout

Minor Characters:

Ron DeLite / Amasugi Yuusaku - Defendant of case 2. A former security guard who happens to be such a big fan of Mask☆DeMasque to the point of believing to be himself.
Luke Atmey / Aiga Hoshiidake - Famous detective who's made it his life's work to track down Mask☆DeMasque. Also a bombastic egotist with a superiority complex. Often exclaims, "Zvarri!". In Japanese, it's "Suvari!"
Mask☆DeMasque / Kamen☆Masuku - A famous Phantom Thief and Detective Atmey's arch rival.
Desiree DeLite / Amasugi Mareka - Loves motorcycles, and is married to Ron Delite.
Kane Bullard / Kurobee Busujima - Victim of this case. CEO of KB Security and a shrewd business man who keeps careful tabs.

The Sacred Urn of Kurain Village is stolen from a display by the famous criminal Mask☆DeMasque. Ron DeLite turns himself in claiming to be Mask☆DeMasque though his wife Desiree believes him to be simply too much fascinated by the criminal. Wright, however, suspects "Ace Detective" Luke Atmey is the guilty party, who stated he had been following Mask☆DeMasque through his crimes and was the only person guarding the urn that night. Phoenix is able to clear Ron DeLite and prove that Atmey was Mask☆DeMasque who stole the urn. The case seems to be over when news of a murder of the CEO of the KB Security company, Kane Bullard, is revealed, with DeLite's alibi in the robbery placing him at the scene of the murder. Wright discovers that DeLite was a former employee of the company, fired for selling secrets, and without telling his wife, actually created the Mask☆DeMasque persona and began robberies as a way to earn money for them. Wright further discovers that Atmey learned of DeLite's alter-ego, and began to blackmail DeLite, giving him plans for various robberies and taking the loot from them. Even further, Bullard, in tracking the Mask☆DeMasque robberies, discovered that Atmey was blackmailing DeLite, and began to blackmail Atmey. Atmey used the pretense of protecting the urn as a stage to kill Bullard and frame DeLite for the murder, and faked the urn's robbery so that he would be convicted of theft, avoiding the double jeopardy of being accused for murder as well. Wright is able to prevent Atmey from succeeding, successfully convicting him of murder, and ends up getting DeLite cleared of all charges, including his past robberies as Mask☆DeMasque by using the same double jeopardy rule.

Recipe for Turnabout

Minor Characters:

Furio "The Tiger" Tigre / Toranosuke "Zenitora" Shibakuzou - The short-tempered "evil counterpart" of Phoenix. Runs a loan shop named "Tender Lender"
Jean Armstrong / Kaoru Hondobou - A kleptomaniac with a criminal record, and is the owner and proprietor of the French restaurant "Tres Bien".
Victor Kudo / Shouhei Igarashi - A grouchy old man who spends his time feeding pigeons at Vitamin Square. He is a regular at the French restaurant "Tres Bien".
Viola Cadaverini / Urami Shikabane - A creepy woman who is the assistant of Tigre and his loan shop.
Glen Elg / Takao Oka - The case's victim. A computer hacker who has a heart for gambling.
Lisa Basil / Keiko Koike - Head of Blue Screens Inc.
Adam Mada - A programmer who replaces Elg.

Phoenix Wright discovers, via a newspaper article, that he apparently lost a case the previous month; however, he has no recollection of the case, and it appears that an impostor had posed as him at the trial. It turns out that the defendant is Maggey Byrde (who he had previously represented in Justice For All and is now working as a waitress at a local French restaurant, "Tres Bien") and she has been convicted of the murder of a local computer programmer, Glen Elg. Due to the incompetence of the defense attorney at the original trial, a retrial is called, and Phoenix is intent on clearing both the client's name and his own. During the course of the investigation and trial, it transpires that the victim, Glen Elg, was in debt to a local loan shark, Furio Tigre, to the tune of $100,000. Glen had intended to repay his debt by handing over to Tigre a valuable computer virus, "MC Bomber", which could have sold for several million dollars on the black market. However, during his meeting with Tigre at Tres Bien, when he had planned to hand over the disc containing the virus, he discovers that he has won $500,000 on the lottery - more than enough to repay Tigre's loan. Tigre had made the loan to Glen, who had a history of gambling problems, knowing full well that he would be highly unlikely to be capable of repaying the loan. Glen's eleventh hour lottery win threatened to ruin Tigre's true plan, which was to gain ownership of the MC Bomber virus. Tigre then intended to use the proceeds from its sale to pay off the notorious mobster, Bruto Cadaverini, whose granddaughter Viola he had injured in a road traffic accident. Bruto demanded that Furio pay the medical bills of $1,000,000. He therefore murdered Glen by spiking his coffee with potassium cyanide (Because the $500,000 lottery money was not enough). Maggey, who had seen the murder take place, fainted. Using this opportunity to pin the murder on Maggey, Tigre ordered the restaurant's owner, Jean Armstrong (who himself was also in debt to Tigre) to take Glen and Maggey into the kitchen. With the help of Viola (who was disguised as Maggey,) Tigre impersonated Glen and re-staged the entire murder scene to fool Tres Bien regular Victor Kudo into believing that Maggey committed the murder. To further guarantee the success of his plan, Tigre impersonated Phoenix (badly) and staged a pitiful defense to ensure Maggey would be convicted. During the retrial, Phoenix discovers the reasons and manner in which Tigre accomplished his plan, and successfully implicates him, clearing Maggey in the process.

Turnabout Beginnings

Minor Characters:

Terry Fawles / Michiru Onamida - The defendant. A convicted murderer and Mia's first client. He was also Dahlia's lover and tutor.
Valerie Hawthorne / Yuki Miyanagi - The victim and Dahlia's stepsister.

This case is a flashback to Mia Fey's first case as a defense attorney, with her colleague Diego Armando as co-counsel, during which she faces off against a young Miles Edgeworth. The defendant, Terry Fawles, is an escaped death row convict who stands accused of the murder of police officer Valerie Hawthorne. Terry had been in prison for the kidnap and murder five years earlier of Valerie's sister, Dahlia Hawthorne. Terry had taken Dahlia to the bridge at Eagle River, where Valerie was supposed to hand over the ransom which Terry had demanded; however, Valerie had shot Terry in the arm, and Terry had thrown Dahlia into the river beneath them. Valerie was both the person who had captured Terry, and the main witness for the prosecution at the original trial, and on his escape Terry had contacted her to arrange a meeting at Eagle River, where he had killed Dahlia. The sole witness to the recent events at Eagle River is a local student, Melissa Foster, who had been taking photographs of wild flowers in the hills nearby. During the trial, it transpires that Melissa is, in fact, Dahlia Hawthorne, who it was incorrectly assumed had died five years earlier. It becomes clear that not only was the original kidnap staged by Valerie and Dahlia, with the intention of obtaining a rough diamond worth $2 million from their father (a jeweler), but Dahlia is behind the more recent events as well. In an attempt to silence Valerie, who was about to reveal the true events of five years earlier, Dahlia first kills Valerie, then poses as her when Terry shows up to meet her and attempts to frame him for Valerie's murder. Mia is on the verge of proving Terry's innocence, and Dahlia's guilt, when Terry commits suicide on the witness stand by swallowing the contents of a small glass bottle of poison, refusing to betray his beloved Dahlia.

Bridge to the Turnabout

Iris / Ayame - The defendant. A sweet young shrine maiden of Hazakura Temple, who hides a past connection with Phoenix.
Bikini - The head of Hazakura temple and a witness to this case. She is a cheerful old woman who raised Iris since she was a child.
Elise Deauxnim / Erisu Tenryusai - The victim in this case, Elise is a famous children's book author and illustrator, who travels from place to place, looking for inspiration. She has taken Larry Butz under her wing as an apprentice. Prior to her profession as a children's author and illustrator, Elise's past is surrounded in mystery.

Phoenix, Maya and Pearl head to the Hazakura Temple, where Maya plans to undergo spiritual training, but while they are there a fellow guest, children's author Elise Deauxnim, is murdered and the prime suspect is one of the temple's nuns, Iris. During the night of the murder, a terrible thunderstorm damages the bridge between the main temple compound and the "inner temple" where Maya is training. As he tries to cross the damaged bridge, Phoenix slips and falls into the Eagle River below. Hospitalised with a severe fever, Phoenix hands his attorney's badge and Magatama over to Miles Edgeworth, who has returned to the country at Larry Butz's request and temporarily takes over the case for the defense. Not wishing for his normal role as a prosecutor to be discovered and used to undermine his case, Edgeworth arranges for Franziska Von Karma to take on the case for the prosecution, and for the usual Judge's brother to preside over the case. On his recovery, Phoenix takes up the reins again from Edgeworth, while Franziska hands over to Godot, and the Judge's brother (who has apparently contracted Phoenix's fever) is replaced once again by the Judge. During the course of the trial and investigation, it becomes apparent that the defendant, Iris, was in two places at once at the time of the apparent murder. It is discovered that she has an identical twin sister, who is none other than Dahlia Hawthorne - who has recently been executed for the murder of Doug Swallow (as seen in Case 1). Not only that, but they are the daughters of Morgan Fey, and the elder sisters of Pearl Fey. The plot thickens even further when it is revealed that the victim, Elise Deauxnim, is actually Misty Fey - the current master of the Kurain Spirit Channeling Technique and mother of Mia and Maya, who has been missing for the past 17 years. Phoenix gets to the bottom of the situation, and finds that the entire plot has been planned by Morgan Fey in an attempt to eliminate the current master and her family, and to establish her own daughter, Pearl, as the master of the Kurain technique. To this end, she instructed Pearl to summon the spirit of Dahlia, who was supposed to murder Maya and implicate Iris. However, their plan is ruined when Godot finds out about it, after taking advantage his role as a prosecutor to eavesdrop on Morgan's meeting with Pearl at the detention centre. He informs Misty and Iris of the plan, and they make their made a plan to protect Maya. Misty would channel Dahlia Hawthorne before Pearl could, and sacrifice herself so that Godot would kill Dahlia, and Iris would try to remove evidence that pointed to Maya. During the trial, Godot is revealed to be Mia's former colleague and lover, Diego Armando, who has sworn to protect Maya and to get revenge against Phoenix, who he believed allowed Mia to die. It is then revealed that during the first case in the game, Iris had also impersonated Dahlia. Dahlia ordered Iris to get back the bottle necklace, because Dahlia didn't have much freedom. Therefore, it was Iris that had been asking Phoenix for the necklace back everyday. Iris never had any intention of killing him, though, because she had grown some strong feelings towards him, which forced Dahlia to do her own dirty work in trying to poison Phoenix. Dahlia ultimately failed, and had been exposed by Mia of her plan to poison Phoenix (and frame him for killing Doug) and was given a guilty verdict, and was executed because of it.

Music

See also: Gyakuten Saiban 3 Original Soundtrack

Gyakuten Saiban 3 features music composed and arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare.

Reception

Eurogamer awarded the game an 8 out of 10.^[8] Press Start Online were also positive, awarding the game a Silver Award.^[9] The game was also rewarded an 8.25 from Game Informer issue 175. IGN awarded the game a 7.7. This is the lowest of the three Phoenix Wright games. Initial sales of the game in the United States exceeded Capcom's expectations, as total online orders through Capcom's stored was more than double their pre-sale estimations.^[10]