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FranchiseAce AttorneySeriesAce Attorney

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies

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First release
Jul 25, 2013
Publisher
Capcom
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Simulator, Puzzle, Visual Novel · Drama, Action
Platforms
Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS

Dual Destinies continues the style of gameplay from previous installments, in which the player must utilize evidence and find contradictions in witness statements to prove their client innocent. Like previous installments, gameplay is split up between Investigations, in which players find evidence and question witnesses, and Trials, where they must use the evidence to expose contradictions. The game now features full 3D graphics and character models, allowing more dynamic camera angles during gameplay, such as quickly panning around the courtroom in the moments before a dramatic reveal. The 3D camera also allows investigation sequences to take place in 3D spaces, permitting greater investigative depth, such as being able to rotate around a room to look for clues.

Also known as Ace Attorney 5, Gyakuten Saiban 5, Turnabout Trial 5

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Storyline
Dual Destinies takes place roughly a year after the events of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. The legal system has entered a dark era, filled with false charges and fabricated evidence. The Wright Anything Agency, run by Phoenix Wright, who retakes the bar exam to once again become a defense attorney following the previous game, takes on a newly christened lawyer named Athena Cykes, who specialises in analytical psychology, joining his other young attorney, Apollo Justice. Working together, Apollo and Athena tackle the case of a murdered alderman, facing up against Simon Blackquill, a fierce prosecutor who is ordered to stand in court despite currently serving a murder sentence (in the game's second case). Afterwards, Athena defends her childhood friend, Juniper Woods, after she is charged with the murder of her teacher at a law school, receiving help from prosecutor Klavier Gavin (third case).Read more

Dual Destinies takes place roughly a year after the events of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. The legal system has entered a dark era, filled with false charges and fabricated evidence. The Wright Anything Agency, run by Phoenix Wright, who retakes the bar exam to once again become a defense attorney following the previous game, takes on a newly christened lawyer named Athena Cykes, who specialises in analytical psychology, joining his other young attorney, Apollo Justice. Working together, Apollo and Athena tackle the case of a murdered alderman, facing up against Simon Blackquill, a fierce prosecutor who is ordered to stand in court despite currently serving a murder sentence (in the game's second case). Afterwards, Athena defends her childhood friend, Juniper Woods, after she is charged with the murder of her teacher at a law school, receiving help from prosecutor Klavier Gavin (third case).

Release dates
Nintendo 3DS
Jul 25, 2013
iOS
Aug 14, 2013
iOS
Oct 23, 2013
All 7 release dates
Nintendo 3DS
Oct 24, 2013
iOS
Aug 07, 2014
iOS
Aug 13, 2014
Android
May 23, 2017
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Where to buy
Keywords
detective, murder, 2.5d, crime, digital distribution
… All 18, single-player only, polygonal 3d, touch controls, nintendo network, pax prime 2013, political thriller, law, interactive environments, ambient music, innocent people die, tokyo game show 2012, framing, forensics

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Critic Score
80
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  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 21 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 21 Oct 2026