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Ace Attorney
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Year introduced
Genre(s)Adventure, Strategy

Ace Attorney, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban, is a series of adventure/visual novel games in which players assume the role of a defense attorney in a fictional courtroom setting, which is based on the Japanese legal system, to strive to find their clients "not guilty" using investigation, evidence, and cross-examination to prove their case. The first three games in the series, originally released only in Japan between 2001 and 2004 for the Game Boy Advance, have been ported to the Nintendo DS for worldwide release. The fourth game, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, was developed for the Nintendo DS from the ground up.

The first three games feature and are sometimes referred to by the eponymous main protagonist, Phoenix Wright. The fourth game, set seven years after the end of the third game, introduces a new protagonist, Apollo Justice, who takes over for Wright.