100%PC

PWAA: 10.1hrs (17.2 hrs w/ Ep. 5)

70%PC

Phoenix x Edgeworth :3

85%PlayStation 4

8.5/10 - 🟢

90%PC

Overall the stories were great, compelling, and somewhat challenging. Characters were engaging and fun to interact with. The only complaints I had was that sometimes, the game wanted you to link certain evidence to precise lines of text, even when you could get that contradiction in other logical means. Also sometimes I wish the characters would ease up on their quicks, like Franziska with her whip. But I digress, it was a good experience overall.

90%Nintendo 3DS

A Saga of Legal Satire

Story
All the MCs of AA1 are immediately lovable. Phoenix himself has a great sarcasm to him, never feeling like just a mere player self-insert. Even the antagonists Gumshoe and Edgeworth are lovable, despite opposing Phoenix most of the game. I can see their reasoning despite knowing my clients to be innocent. For a VN hybrid originally released in 2001, this game contains many amazing plot twists that still hold up to this day. The characters' relationships and chemistry are great too. Phoenix’s and Edgeworth’s entwined backstories and deep emotional connection going beyond mere friendship were enough to make me shed a tear or two.
Unfortunately, I have mixed feelings about JFA's story. While 3 of 4 cases were great, “Turnabout Big Top” felt too silly to me. And I dislike Franziska. In theory, the concept of von Karma’s genius daughter coming to the "US" to avenge her father’s downfall made me want to like her. But instead she came off as annoying and far less interesting than Edgeworth was in AA1. At least she becomes tolerable in TT.
Luckily, TT's overarching story is far more compelling than JFA's. I was invested in every character this time. Godot is a far more interesting and likable prosecutor to me than Franziska. I don’t get why some fans hate him so much; to me he was on par with Edgeworth. Also, Dahlia Hawthorne was a villain that I loved to hate, albeit differently than I hated Manfred von Karma in AA1. Plus, I personally loved that TT has a more interconnected plot structure. All the cases are top-notch, but the final case is arguably one of the best cases of the entire trilogy, wrapping everything up nicely.

Gameplay
For the entire trilogy, the main gameplay element of presenting evidence that contradicts a witness’ testimony is an absolutely genius way to engage players' minds. True, some solutions to the puzzles were subjective and/or ambiguous, but I only really found this to be a problem in JFA and some of TT, but not in AA1. Ultimately, I found the difficulty level of these games mostly satisfactory, despite AA1 being relatively easy compared to the sequels.

Immersion
The DS release's remastered graphics include carefully rendered BG art and beautifully animated pixel sprites that helped immerse me into Phoenix’s world. The BGs for investigation phases made it easy when something should be noted as evidence in the Court Record. Although the character sprites are limited in frames/movement, the art for them is impressively both exaggerated and subtle in expression, switching between the two with ease. Compare Mr. Sahwit's courtroom temper tantrum to Edgeworth's soft eyebrow raise when troubled.
The OST for AA1 absolutely rocks. It really hypes up the player for the themes of truth and justice in the story. In fact, I find AA1 to have the best soundtrack of the whole trilogy. The music is alright in JFA, but a far cry from the genius AA1 OST. While TT's music doesn’t surpass AA1’s musical resonance, after a few listens, that OST grew on me as well.
Throughout the trilogy, the SFX, although limited, are cleverly used to describe a range of sounds needed for the plot. For example, in AA1, the sound of the Judge’s gavel pounding is later brilliantly repurposed as a "pop" noise for a sleepy character's saliva bubble, rudely awakening him from his nap.

Verdict
Don't expect a realistic legal drama going into this. Instead, enjoy the cartoony legal satire in this fun, mostly lighthearted romp about one man's quest for justice and truth despite the odds. Trust me, you'll enjoy it more that way.

8.75/10

90%Nintendo Switch

Best game EVERRRRRRRRR. Use the soundtrack to study and you'll get straight As.

90%Nintendo Switch

I liked it. Some cases were better than others. My favourites were Rise of the Ashes, The Stolen Turnabout, Turnabout Goodbyes, Reunion, and Turnabout and Bridge to the Turnabout.

100%Xbox One

OBJECTION!

80%PlayStation 4

I'm not too fond of Visual Novels. However, as a Visual Novel + Detective story, this one is probably the best or at least among the best. The amount of time needed to complete the game is beyond my limit.

80%Mobile

Fun concept, exciting back-and-forth trial gameplay.

Quality of cases are inconsistent, with both great and mediocre chapters.

3rd game is significantly better than the first 2.

80%Nintendo Switch

Pros:
+ Iconic characters
+ Very interesting mysteries to solve, even has some creepy moments
+ blue badger.

Cons:
- Game play and navigation is old. Sometimes the logical steps you have to make to prove your point makes no sense and I'd even have to google it. Having to click through the screen 200 times to get to where you want is annoying.

80%PC

Long time fan of AA, this is like my 3rd or something time playing the first 3 games, but it's my first time playing them with high-res visuals. They look fantastic, I really enjoyed replaying them. My only wish is that I could forget them so I could play them truly fresh.

95%Nintendo Switch

I love these games so much. The HD version on Switch truly is the way to go: updated sprites + portability = the best way to experience these cases. The only thing I'm really missing is a text log!!!

This playthrough, I played the games in reverse order. Why? Because at first, I just wanted to see Dahlia Hawthorne, then I wanted to see Matt Engarde, and then finally I decided to just complete the trilogy while I was at it. 🤷‍♀️ It took me about a year, because I only played in short bursts.

The Apollo Trilogy recently came out so I'm very excited to play that next (possibly also in reverse order cause why not)!

90%PC

Novela visual por excelencia historia divertidas, personajes carismáticos, mécanicas simples pero bien ejecutadas

100%PC

本作以剧情为主，唯一的游戏性体现在推理，因此游戏性不足，与其说是游戏不如说是互动视觉小说。
普通的日系日常画风，人物动作与表情比较夸张，游戏背景虽然发生在严肃的法庭上，但是自始至终贯穿着无厘头的搞笑元素。作为重制版除了进行画质上的高清化外没有任何改变。
毋庸置疑的ADV神作，深深影响了许多后续ADV游戏的作者，我作为首先看过动画改编的人玩到最后一章时还是非常感动。
虽然游戏性不足，但是作为ADV类型而言这绝对是一款不得不玩的神作，如果你看重剧情喜爱推理，那一定要试试逆转裁判三部曲。

90%PC

Game - state of missions steam clock (start -> end): review
* PW AC - the first 4 cases: 12.3h (23/08/11->23/08/30): a solid 9/10, worth playing to discover the VN style. Really loved the global case spanning the other ones.
PW AC - last case introduced by DS port: 23.4h (23/09/12): 5/10 at best, too much useless gimmicks during investigations and the story was relying too much on mcguffin + too long for a single case
* PW AC: JFA - 43.1h (23/10/25->23/11/12): 8.5/10. 1st case was not the best idea (amnesia for tutorial, such a cheap trick)). 2nd case was good. 3rd case was good too. 4th case was very interesting, but shows its limit gameplay wise on the 2nd day (very weird to have to keep the trial going on and it also shows in the writing and twists... But it was interesting to see the vision of what is a lawyer and leave the final morale in the player's hand, open for interpretation).
* PW AC: TaT - 69.3h (23/12/26-24/01/29): 9.5/10. Wow, what a masterpiece. Excellent writing with a lot of interlinked things (both as a standalone episode, but also elevates the legacy of the 2 previous games while enriching the story and building on what was previously laid out without making the story a mess by being really coherent. My only regret is that I can not recommend this episode as standalone because of this specific strength that makes it so great.).

80%Nintendo 3DS

I played through the entire trilogy, it's a pretty fun visual novel game, and the characters are very memorable. My only complaint is that the gameplay can be boring, and if you present the wrong evidence you are sent back thirty minutes or so, making you have to constantly save before a hard part. I also thought much of the murder cases were way too repetitive and similar to the others. Still worth playing and the finale cases in each respective game were by far the best part; being both intense and heart wrenching.

100%Nintendo Switch

awesome awesome

95%Nintendo 3DS

Gameplay has some issues, visuals are nothing special, but the story and music are top-notch. Bridge to the Turnabout is my favorite video game story of all time.

80%PC

A really solid remastered game trilogy with the enjoyment to back up the nostalgia. Through gaining knowledge and solving puzzles you can solve cases, which are really fun yet puzzling to solve sometimes. Whilst the overarching story isn't that strong, the gameplay is enough to keep me playing

95%PC

Ace Attorney Trials & Tribulations: afer having completed the trilogy, I felt completely amazed by how specially well done this last game was, and it's a lot to say, since the other 2 games of the trilogy are REALLY well done. Trials & Tribulations has its own "beginning" and "ending", starting lots of years earlier in the setting of the game. The story is just astonishing, and so are the characters, as always. Last case is such a masterpiece, I can't simply express it with words.
94%

85%PC

There's no visual novels that are as fun as this one!

95%Nintendo 3DS

Ace Attorney, is truly something wonderful. Even if you suck at the game (like me) the writing is still so goofy and creative it makes reading fun. Text appears on timing as if it were spoken, creative characters, plot threads, plot twists, everyone comes back at some point its hard to remember everything but makes you feel so smart when you do. If you do or don't like visual novels, you still will enjoy this goofy story that also properly takes itself seriously when it needs to. Although I often mashed through dialogue if the character spoke too slowly, when I watched it was done so well along with the accompanying animations. If you want a game series just to play on the side, this is a great trilogy! Sets out what it wanted to achieve, to near perfection. My only complaints are the lack of a hint button and that often you present the right evidence but on a statement adjacent to the "correct" statement, when technically both would work, or someone asks a question where you need evidence relating to their appearance, but in reality just present their profile. Still would highly recommend though!

80%PC

Long series of games. It's really good, sometimes quite challenging, but it's fun.

100%PC

Top tier game

90%PC

An absolutely incredible visual novel trilogy with reflection elements thrown into the mix. Didn't make a name for itself for no reason; the writing is very fun and the characters are great to spend time with. A cult classic!

90%PC

what a staple in the categorie, and it deserve it

80%PC

Really sweet story, great characters, lovely music.
Some of the solutions are a bit off, though, and the games were very long.

90%Nintendo Switch

Still playing because not completed yet, with 15 hours in and at chapter 3 of the first game in this collection. Until now a fun and over the top graphic novel that involves a lot of shouting 'objection!' during the trials. First you need to find clues and witnesses to go to the second part that is the trial itself. I find it the perfect combination. Will definitely complete it in my own phase.

90%Nintendo 3DS

Amazing trilogy. The DS/3DS version are the best version to play since it integrates well with the dual screen hardware and some of other functionalities of the device.

100%Nintendo 3DS

One of the best trilogy of games. Funny, creative, enjoyable

80%PC

ゲームの性質上、シリーズ続けては飽きとの戦いでもあったが、面白かった。
ゲーム単体としては1が一番好き。
全体を通してプレイした場合は、さすが完結編だけあって3が断トツ。
懐かしい面々が大集合な上に伏線がどんどん回収されていく感が良かった。

55%Nintendo 3DS

Fun and challenging but tedious at times.

90%PC

I used to play this game in middle school, and shit I'm a law student now

70%PlayStation 4

Game 1: 19 hrs 11 mins -- a 7
Game 2: 17 hrs 33 mins -- strong ending makes it an 8
Game 3: 18 hrs 16 mins -- a 7

100%PC

SS tier

85%Emulated

Gud

75%Nintendo Switch

https://youtu.be/0BhSfACn0kU

80%Nintendo Switch

Pretty good trilogy, JFA def the weakest out of the three tho

100%PC

One of my favorite games <3

100%PC

Great replay of the Trilogy

80%PC

Fun, challenging, entertaining. Liked the gameplay and the story, and characters were quite likable too.

90%PC

A whodunnit murder mystery mascerading as a legal drama. Phoenix Wright is a memorable, light-hearted series that keeps players invested by stringing together the cases with an interesting overarching narrative

90%PC

Good trilogy, just play it since I won't spoil anything really fun game with a lot of charm!

100%Nintendo Switch

and i'll play it 343545 more times

90%Nintendo Switch

Phoenix Wright - 9/10
Justice for All - 9/10
Trials & Tribulations - 9/10

80%PlayStation 4

Great collection of a great trilogy of games. If you're interested, check out the individual games themselves - there are some minor differences, but the trilogy as a whole is impressively consistent in its quality.

As for this HD collection, nothing to complain about - it's smooth and attractive and has some fun little trophies, to boot. Hope to see more from Capcom in the future.

80%PlayStation 4

Some serious flaws in logic in some cases, but still fun overall.