
Īt some points, the player can use Athena's "mood matrix" mechanic to detect conflicting emotions in witnesses' voices during their testimonies, such as sudden happiness in the middle of fear. If the player presents incorrect evidence, the judge's confidence in the player will be lowered if the judge's confidence in the player is depleted, the game ends. If the player spots a lie or a contradiction in the testimony, they can present evidence to demonstrate the contradiction. They can move backwards and forwards through statements in the testimony, and can choose to press the witness for more information on a particular statement sometimes, the witness will revise their testimony based on this. ĭuring trials, the player cross-examines witnesses. The player can also sometimes use Phoenix's "psyche-lock" mechanic to see locks on the hearts of witnesses who are hiding something. At some points, the player can use Apollo's "perceive" mechanic to watch for visual cues in a witness as they are talking, such as a twitching eye, that indicate that they are lying. During investigations, the player goes to the crime scene, where they have access to a menu with four options: examine, which brings up a cursor used to search for evidence and clues talk, which lets the player interview a witness at the current location, choosing from a number of a topics to discuss present, which lets the player show the witness evidence and move, which brings up a list of locations the player can choose to go to.

The gameplay is split into two types of sections: investigations and trials. The player aims to solve multiple cases and get their clients declared not guilty, which is how the game's episodes are cleared. See also: Gameplay in the Ace Attorney seriesĭual Destinies is a visual novel adventure game in which the player takes the roles of three defense attorneys: Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, and Athena Cykes. The game achieved the estimated sales, which were high compared to how the franchise had performed in the past. The game was generally well received by critics, who praised the audio, visuals and character art, but criticized the game for sometimes not accepting logically valid input during trials.

The game's localization was directed by Janet Hsu, and was incorporated into the overall development, allowing the localization team a larger degree of insight into the developers' intentions.

As it was the first Ace Attorney game on the Nintendo 3DS, the developers made use of 3D graphics they focused on preserving the look of the earlier Ace Attorney games' 2D art, and wanted to ensure that the graphics looked better than those in the simultaneously developed Professor Layton vs.
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Due to the game being made a long time after Apollo Justice, the developers wanted it to make a big impact, and came up with the idea of the player working to revive the trial system. The development team included the producer Motohide Eshiro, the directors Takeshi Yamazaki and Yasuhiro Seto, and the composer Noriyuki Iwadare. The player can use some character-specific gameplay mechanics: Phoenix can see "psyche-locks" over witnesses who are hiding something Apollo can spot visual cues in witnesses that indicate lying and Athena can detect conflicting emotions in witnesses' voices. The gameplay is split into investigation sections, where the player searches for evidence and talks to witnesses, and trials, where they search for inconsistencies between witness testimonies and the evidence. The player takes the roles of three defense attorneys Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes, who defend their clients in multiple cases and try to restore confidence in the courts. The game is set around a year after the previous game, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, in a time where the court system has entered a dark era of false charges and fabricated evidence, caused in part by the event that led to Phoenix being unjustly disbarred.
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It is the fifth main entry in the Ace Attorney series, and was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013, with iOS and Android versions following in 20. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is a visual novel adventure video game developed and published by Capcom.
