While I was happy to find a US version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (aka Phoenix Wright 3), I was worried that the game would suffer from the same workaday translation that made Phoenix Wright 2 a bit of a chore to play. Fortunately, the translation on this final installment of the Phoenix Wright trilogy is absolutely top-notch. I forget just how many times I laughed out loud at some of the comments made throughout the game (which range from pop-culture references to breath-taking innuendo).
It's not strange to mention translation above all other elements of Trials and Tribulations, since the whole game is simply about reading. You read witness statements, location descriptions, testimonies, profiles, case files and throwaway banter. Oh my. This means that if you're stupid enough to expect something other than point-and-click observation and concentration puzzles (and a ton of reading in between), you will be inevitably disappointed. If you want a DS game that you can enjoy like a good book then you're in a for a treat.
Not to say the graphics are bad, though. The artwork is expressive, fun, and well-animated to boot. Talking of boots...
This isn't so much a mini-review as a recommendation. If you're new to the Phoenix Wright games, for the love of all that's good, please leave this game alone until you've played the first two (though I started by criticising the second game's translation, it's still a good game that improves towards the end). This is the final part of a trilogy, and therefore comes with a multitude of returning characters, backstories and in-jokes galore. Phoenix Wright fans can expect more of the same, but with a level of polish that the series has always deserved.
The new chapter in the Ace Attorney series, Apollo Justice, won't be released in the UK until later this year, so I may actually get some updates done...
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