Phoenix Wright Game Review

Title of the game: Phoenix Wright

Platform for the game:Gameboy advance ,Nintendo DS, PC(with emulator), mobile phone(latest development)

Genre: adventure, visual novel.

Developer: CAPCOM

Year released: first released in 2001

Game requirements:

Windows XP/Vista for PC

A Nintendo DS or Gameboy advance or a phone with java.

Description of the game: Phoenix wright is a visual novel adventure game in which the player gets to play as Phoenix wright, a defence attorney, to fight law cases and defend his client by finding evidence and contradictions in the witness testimony. There are some occasions in which the player gets to play as different characters. There are 4 installments of the game and 1 in development currently.

Gameplay: Gameplay for Phoenix Wright is quite simple.At the start of every chapter, there will be a short introduction and also a short ending after the case.Players have to think and pick out contradictions during cross examinations. During investigations, players have to pick out evidence or talk to other characters to gain information about the case. Players have 4 options when: Talk - talk to anyone present. Examine- examine the current area. Present- present any items to anyone present and lastly move which is to move to another location. During trial, players are given 5 lives to win the case. The player loses a life if he makes a mistake. For Nintendo DS, players get to use the mic, and the touchscreen function for things like luminol spray- a spray to allow people see blood or blood that had been wiped away and aluminium power- to detect fingerprints. Lastly its also used to rotate the evidence to have a clearer look at it.

Graphics: The graphics of Phoenix Wright is actually just drawings or 2d animations

Sound: The sound used for background music and effects were very good. The BGM suits the scene perfectly. Eg. the BGM when you win a case. The sounds effects also came out at the right time. Eg. when Phoenix Wright shouts "OBJECTION".

Conclusion: Overall I think phoenix wright is a great game with awesome storyline. However, the game is abit plain- there isn't much action in it. I hope CAPCOM will continue to produce more installments to this game.

Links: Here is the link to download the rom however this is the second version of Phoenix Wright: Justice for all.

http://www.rom-gods.net/dlall.php?id=4002

Here is the link to the walkthrough if you have problems in the game. Not done by me though.

http://faqs.ign.com/articles/734/734985p1.html

More links to Phoenix Wright related stuffs : http://www.court-records.net/