The player takes the roles of various defense attorneys, including Phoenix Wright, his mentor Mia Fey, and his understudies Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes, who investigate cases and defend their clients in court they find the truth by cross-examining witnesses and finding inconsistencies between the testimonies and the evidence they have collected. Additionally, the series has seen adaptations in the form of a live-action film and an anime, and has been the base for manga series, drama CDs, musicals and stage plays.
With storytelling fashioned after legal dramas, the first entry in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, was released in 2001 since then, five further main series games, as well as various spin-offs, prequels and high-definition remasters for newer game consoles, have been released.
Ace Attorney is a visual novel adventure video games franchise developed by Capcom.
