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Capcom’sAce Attorney franchiseis a beloved mainstay of gaming culture.
Desk slamming, paper tapping, and finger pointing ensue.
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Let’s break down the entire Ace Attorney canon.
This article will be getting into somemajor spoilers for every game in the Ace Attorney franchise.
We’re just being honest about that; no need to break our Psyche Locks!
We’ve therefore updated our article to be about the ENTIRE Ace Attorney timeline, as the title implies!
The Great Ace Attorney Era
What Is The Great Ace Attorney?
This is where the duology of prequel titles, The Great Ace Attorney, takes place.
What Happens In The Great Ace Attorney Adventures?
The first game of the two is ‘Adventures.’
Phoenix’s long-suspected dual ancestry is at last confirmed as you playhis distant ancestor, Ryonosuke Naruhodo.
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What Happens In London?
London society is none too kind to a couple of fresh-faced Japanese folk wandering around.
Still, they’re taken under the wing of bumbling detective Herlock Sholmes and his protege Iris Wilson.
Meanwhile, the Wilsons are stand-ins for the Watson family.
What Happens In The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve?
Things pick up back in London.
What Becomes Of Mael Stronghart?
Edgeworth’s reputation precedes him, but it’s soon desecrated by Phoenix’s sheer bluffing ability.
How Does The First Game End?
Scars are healed, hugs are shared, and credits are rolled.
A jam that goes all the way to the top:police chief Damon Gant was the true mastermind.
Ema would become a fan-favorite recurring face in the series.
What Happens In Justice For All?
Sadly, the joviality doesn’t last.
Once Maya’s absolved, it’s business as usual.
Most of Justice For All’s runtime is spent on disconnected cases of varying quality.
Moe the clown’s laugh will haunt your every dream.
What Happens In Farewell, My Turnabout?
It’s an engrossing dilemma: save Maya or ensure a guilty man pays the price?
What Happens In Trials And Tribulations?
By now, Phoenix reckons he’s got his job down pat.
However, his confidence is shaken whena demon from his past returns in the form of Dahlia Hawthorne.
This outwardly charming girl is hiding a sordid heart.
How Does The Original Trilogy Wrap Up?
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Things then get extremely complicated, extremely quickly.
For good, this time.
Edgeworth’s Investigations
What Happens In Ace Attorney Investigations 1?
At last, director Shu Takumi relented, andEdgey-poo received a duology of his own on the DS.
These Investigations titles shift the action from the courtroom andinto a more third-person style.
They were far from the focus; but here, you canfreely maneuver Edgeworth around crime sceneshowever you kindly.
In a series of two halves, where do Miles' adventures slot in?
Meele is jailed, but the ring’s influence remains strong.
Over the next couple of days, Edgeworthtackles a variety of cases.
One Jacques Portsman,a corrupt prosecutor who…alsohas ties to the smuggling ring.
You may be noticing a pattern.
There, a complex web of crime unfolds, including the death of Manny Coachen, a secretary.
What Happens In Ace Attorney Investigations 2?
This one was Japan-only until the 2024 collection, andis subtitled ‘Prosecutor’s Gambit.’
Though Wang survives,his head bodyguard,Bastian Rook,kicks the proverbial bucket.
Saint is cleared, but Edgeworth is warned against interfering any further.
What Was The IS-7 Incident?
Things escalate further whenKay is found injured, having apparently tumbled off a 50-storey building and survived, somehow.
Evidently, theres something else afoot.
How Does Investigations 2 Wrap Up?
The game’s final case,Turnabout for the Ages, is phenomenal.
It casually reveals thatPresident Wang had actually been dead for 12 years, and abody doublehad taken his place.
In essence,literally everything weve been dealing with up to this point is retroactively connected.
Meanwhile,Simeon Saintis (gasp!)
revealed to beGustos long-lost son, who had orchestrated events to expose the corrupt conspirators.
Its a shocking reveal, and one that very few players see coming.
An odd technicality relating tohis circus balloonis what does simple Simeon in on the stand.
This occurs shortly after Trials and Tribulations.
Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t Zak’s first choice.
Hence, Zak opted for Phoenix, which sealed Wright’s fate.
How Does Phoenix Get Disbarred?
Specifically, it’s a diary page that appears to vindicate Zak entirely.
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Klavier corners Phoenix and demands that the page be analyzed.
When it’s confirmed to be fake, all hell breaks loose.
Trucy Wright rolls off the tongue better, anyway.
What Happens In Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney?
It’s now seven years later.
How Is Kristoph Defeated?
There’s nothing he can do.
Incidentally, during the course of the game,Phoenix discovers that Trucy and Apollo are related.
Thalassa’s memories are reignited upon seeing Apollo and Trucy working together.
Phoenixopts not to tell them about their history for the time being.
What Happens In Dual Destinies?
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A series of violent bombings are carried out on courtrooms across the country.
It’s’the dark age of the law.'
How Is The Phantom Exposed?
What Happens In Spirit Of Justice?
Phoenix is overjoyed to be reunited with Maya.
Her husband Inga administers laws and signs execution warrants with an iron fist.
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It’s on Phoenix’s shoulders, then, to try and restore some order to this fractured system.
How Does The Apollo Justice Trilogy Wrap Up?
In essence, Apollo gained two more siblings he never knew about.
And Apollo has the proof.
He opens the Founder’s Orb, which contains a statue of the Holy Mother, founder of Khura’in.
Where Does The Ace Attorney Franchise Leave Off?
“Don’t you think it’s about time we told them the truth?
After all, they’ve both grown into fine young people now.”
“Yes, you’re right.
Perhaps it’s time they knew…”
These Ace Attorney characters have the most development throughout the series.
