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soulgrindr: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
The original GBA game was released in 2001, with the Japanese and English DS ports in 2005. The game's story introduces Phoenix Wright, Mia and Maya Fey, and Miles Edgeworth, along with other minor characters that reappear in later games. The original GBA game contained four cases; a special fifth case named "Rise from the Ashes" was made for the DS version that utilized additional investigation techniques that relied on the features of the DS, such as the microphone and touchscreen.
The second game was released on the GBA in Japan in 2002, and on the DS in 2006 and 2007. The game contains four cases, in both the Advance and DS versions, and takes place about a year after the events of the first game.
The third game was released on the GBA in Japan in 2004, with Japanese and English DS ports following in 2007.
The fourth game was released in Japan in April 2007 and in North America on February 19, 2008. It is the first installment to be developed specifically for the Nintendo DS. The title was localized in America and other territories as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

You forget to mention that the first two are now available on WiiWare.
Gyakuten Saiban 5 has been announced since 2007, hurryUPplx :P
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Chihaya: These games are so overrated. They have their moments, but for the most part they've so cheesy, and most of the humor and character development are just annoying anime slapstick crap made for 12 year-olds. Plus your former boss who constantly takes possession of the body of your female friends and takes their shapes is practically disturbing.
A lot of adventure PC games like Tex Murphy simply own these games in every way, from writing, to character development, to gameplay, investigations, and basically everything.
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TheCheese33: I don't know about that. There's some serious charm in Phoenix Wright, mostly stemming from how batshit insane it is. Here's a dude with a cyborg mask on like he's Data, and he'll drink coffee and throw that shit at you if you piss him off. Or better yet, here's this prosecutor with a fucking WHIP, and she'll use it liberally on you. Deep down, you know this would never fly in any sane court, but you're enjoying the way this comically-skewed court operates.

A thousand times yes. The reason I can enjoy this alongside PC point-and-click adventures is precisely because of the delicious anime absurdity. Yeah, the comparatively restrained mysteries of the Gabriel Knights and the quick wit of the Monkey Islands are great, but the goofiness of busty spirit possession, parrot interrogation, alluring yet terrifying severe German whip-wielding prosecutors, etc., combined with your typical yet surprisingly well set up shonen-manga-against-impossible-odds-FUCK-YEAH-BURNING-SPIRIT, puts Phoenix Wright on their level, I'd say.
Post edited February 23, 2010 by PaakType