Gyakuten Saiban

ReleasedOct 12, 2001

Wii U
Game Boy Advance

About

Gyakuten Saiban is an adventure game where the player takes on the role of Ryuuichi Naruhodou, a rookie lawyer fresh out of law school. The game features four cases where the player must help Ryuuichi, as the defense attorney, clear the name of falsely accused defendants and prove the guilt of the real culprit. During the trials, the player must carefully listen to the witnesses' testimonies. He can then analyze the testimony, sentence by sentence, and "press" the witness for more information, or present to the court a piece of evidence that proves the witness's claim to be false. Before and in between the trials, the player usually needs to take part in an adventure game-styled section where they conduct an investigation, travelling between various locations, interrogating people and searching rooms in hopes of finding evidence or learning some clues for the upcoming court session.

Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4
Publisher: Capcom
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Themes: Drama, Mystery
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 13 h rushed · 20 h completionist
IGDB rating: 85 / 100 (6 ratings)
Also known as: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Turnabout Trial