A must buy for any DS owner who loves a good puzzle/adventure/mystery game.
There are two main parts of the gameplay. The first part it the invstigation part, where you wil interview witnesses and look for evidence to help you in the upcoming trial.
But the real meat of this game are the trial parts. Here, it's a fast paced battle of the wits between you and the persecuting attourney. Here, you listen to witness's testimonies, look for the inaccuracies in them, and use your evidence to prove your client's innocence.
The game is overall enjoyable, although short with only five missions, and four of them are from older Phoenix Wright games in Japan known as Gayakuten Saiban. Also, the game lacks replay value as once you've solved a case, there' s little challenge afterwards. Still, while you're playing it for the first time, it's sure to entertain you.
The graphical quality is usually pretty detailed and charming. The expressions of many of the characters from Phoenix sweating with anxiety to some creepy guy who throws his toupee at you out of pure anger.
The music in this game fits well, though it's nothing spectacular. There's no voice acting other than the words, "Objection!", "Hold it!", and "Take that!", but they all still sound good and fit in well nonetheless. The music overall also has a nice tune to it from the quick paced theme of the testimony analysis to the slow and solemn tune of the Police Station.
Overall, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney, is a great game that while, has a few kinks and lacks replay value, is still another great and quirky game on the Nintendo DS that any owner of the handheld should buy.