Phoenix Wright Justice for All has a lot more of the same courtroom drama, but isn't quite as good as the first one.
User Rating: 8.6 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All DS
The game begins with Phoenix taking a short nap before his case in which he is defending a young woman from the local precinct who was accused of murdering her boyfriend from the same police department. He is woken up by a bad dream and the ring of his cellphone, but soon after an unknown assailant knocks him out using a nearby fire extinguisher. When Phoenix wakes for the second time it is just about time to head in to the courtroom. But there is a serious problem, he can't remember who he is, let alone how to be a lawyer. Luckily inside the courtroom he gets help from some people and ends up winning the case, but not before he gains most or all of his memory back. This primary case serves as the tutorial stage. The gameplay is essentially the same as it was in the first installment but with some changes. For starters, you will be followed by Maya Fey, your partner from the previous game and often by Pearl Fey, Maya's younger but much more skilled spirit medium of a cousin. Both of the Fey's channel their older cibling's spirit when Phoenix needs her help the most. She goes by the name of Mia Fey and was Phoenix's old mentor. There are also two new gameplay mechanics, one being a completely new one. First new mechanic is the fact that you now can and must occasionally present the profiles of characters involved in the case. This doesn't actually make thins too much more complicated because most of the time the game will hint whether you have to present a profile or just a regular piece of evidence. The second and totally new gameplay mechanic include something called Psyche-Locks which appear when you ask someone about a question they have absolutely no intent on answering honestly. A varying number of locks and chains appear infront of the person depending on how much they really want their secret kept. To break these locks, you simply show then Maya's Magatama which is obtained about halfway through the second case. Then you must present the correct piece of evidence based on what the character says, this can sometimes be challenging as it is possible to present the wrong piece of evidence enough times to fail, so be sure to have all the evidence necessary. Graphically, the game is pretty much identical to its predecessor, with the same colourful anime style. There isn't really a whole lot of actual animation in the game, but that probably is best for the games style of making you imagine exactly what is going on rather than animating it out in full. The characters are all well-designed and some (more from the first game) will stick in your memory for a while after. Both games sound great and again are fairly identical in terms of this aspect. However, this time around there does seem to be more sound effects during the court cases and a few more tunes that the last one had. There is lttile replay value with this game and you probably wont want to play through it again but it is a long game so that will more than make up for it.
Overall Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All is an excellent game, with a fantastic storyline and very unique gameplay. This game and the first game should be in any DS owner's collection. 
