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Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Platform	Nintendo DS
Japanese name	Gyakuten Kenji
Release dates (DS)	JPN 28th May 2009 US 16th Feb 2010 EU 19th Feb 2010
Age Ratings	CERO: B ESRB: T PEGI: 12+

Release Information

Gyakuten Kenji, literally meaning Turnabout Prosecutor, is a planned spin-off game which will feature Miles Edgeworth as the main character, alongside Dick Gumshoe. After a short period of speculation over a trademark filed by Capcom, it was finally revealed the English localisation of the name was indeed Ace Attorney Investigations. Prior to this, some fans had referred to the game as Miles Edgeworth: Perfect Prosecutor.

Characters appearing alongside Edgeworth and Gumshoe are Franziska von Karma and new characters; Makoto Yuki, a prosecutor, Kay Faraday, a "thief" and later revealed was an investigator, Rou Shiryuu and his assistant, Shiina.

In Japan, as well as the standard edition, is a limited edition set. This includes, along with the game of course, a mini-album, a pamphlet for the Spring orchestra event, some artwork cards, a card case and a DVD of trailers.

Also, to celebrate the release of the game in Japan, a special "Premium Edition" bundle of the game and a white Nintendo DSi console is going to be released featuring a logo of the blue badger on it.

There is also going to be a Gyakuten Kenji manga serialisation, due to start on 13th April 2009.

Differences to previous games

The game itself will differ slightly in gameplay to the previous incarnations in the series. The Investigation phases still exist, but will be presented in a 3rd person view, and Edgeworth can consult his current partner on his findings. As there will be, or so it seems, no court phases, there is instead Confrontation phases which act in a similar way to the court phases in the previous games. New modes shown so far is a Logic Mode where Edgeworth must piece together all the clues and information gathered to get an idea of the crime. As well as this, there is also a crime re-enactment phase, but not much of the workings of this has been revealed yet.

Story

The game contains 5 cases, please note that these are the Japanese translations.

Cases

Turnabout Visitor

Edgeworth is called back from his trip overseas to find that Buddy Faith, a detective, has been found murdered in his office. This case introduces Makoto Yuki.

Turnabout Airline

As the name would suggest, this case starts aboard an airplane where Edgeworth discovers a body and in doing so finds himself accused of being the murderer.

Music

Associated soundtracks:

• Gyakuten Kenji Orchestra & Video Album
• Gyakuten Kenji Original Sound Track

Box Scans

Japanese DS Scans