History VisualNovel / ApolloJusticeAceAttorney

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Being the first entry in what many dub the "Apollo Justice" trilogy, this game does a number of things differently compared to its followups:

** The shouts of returning lawyers from previous games (ie Phoenix Wright and Winston Payne) are re-used. The later games would have these shouts re-recorded with newer voice actors.

* ArtEvolution: With the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS's improved graphics hardware and larger cartridge side compared to the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, the quality of the in-game graphics and animation improves noticeably, and also makes it possible to include full-motion video sequences.

* AnAesop: The law is built to serve the people, not the other way around.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Done in Case 4 where [[spoiler:you end up playing as Phoenix in his last trial. After that you play as a juror playing out Phoenix's seven year investigation through the MASON system, later revealed to be Lamiroir aka Thalassa Gramarye]].
* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the end, Apollo continues his career at the Wright Anything Agency. Phoenix starts considering retaking the bar exam due to his [[AllAccordingToPlan mission complete as intended]] and lousy piano playing, and [[spoiler:Vera Misham closes off the evidence forgery business to pursue a legitimate art career and to willingly go outside for references.]]
-->'''Apollo:''' ...And that's pretty much the end of my story. For now, anyway. I've still got a long way to go. And this power of mine... well, it needs some work. But... there's hope now. We'd lost it, but somehow, we found it again. That's why people are smiling again... Hope. Yeah, I think I'll keep at this lawyer thing for a while. Oops, training time. Gotta go. Chords of Steel... here comes Justice!
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: When Perceiving Lamioir in Case 3, her tell is [[spoiler:swallowing when she says a trigger phrase]], but due to how minor this looks, an alternate, more-obvious tell for this is [[spoiler:her lips moving less and slower]], which when identified, acts as if you picked the main one, but can still be a bit hard to notice since [[spoiler:tells usually omit the mouth due to it obviously moving during testimonies]].

The fourth game of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series (Japanese title ''逆転裁判 4'', ''Gyakuten Saiban 4''; lit. "Turnabout Trial 4") and the first installment made specifically for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

* FirstInstallmentWins: A {{Meta}} example. [[spoiler:During the flashback to [[NostalgiaLevel Phoenix's last trial]], all the music that plays (barring the themes of new characters like Klavier and the Gramaryes) is from the first game, rather than the chronologically more appropriate third game. [[DownplayedTrope On the flipside, however]], Phoenix's subsequent investigation of the forgery features the magatama, a mechanic that had been introduced in the second game]].

* FirstInstallmentWins: A meta example. [[spoiler:During the flashback to [[NostalgiaLevel Phoenix's last trial]], all the music that plays (barring the themes of new characters like Klavier and the Gramaryes) is from the first game, rather than the chronologically more appropriate third game. [[DownplayedTrope On the flipside, however]], Phoenix's subsequent investigation of the forgery features the magatama, a mechanic that had been introduced in the second game]].

** Apollo's perception ability is regularly used in court, to catch the subconscious habits of witnesses when they don't tell the whole truth when simple contradictions can't be found in their testimonies via evidence. While Klavier is fine with letting Apollo use these keen powers of observation in the courtroom, later prosecutors would consider this a form of cheating and break Apollo's focus whenever he tried this in the courtroom, leaving most instances of perception to be done during the investigation phase, except for the final instance in each game, in which case the stakes are so high that the prosecution permits its use during a cross-examination. Even so, the player would need to find the exact statement of the witness' testimony to target Apollo's perception in this game, compared to later games in which said crucial statement of the testimony is selected automatically.

* BiggerIsBetter: {{Averted|Trope}} in the first case as a plot point. [[spoiler:It is believed that Phoenix's motive for murder was due to being defeated. The poker chip amounts on the table led the prosecution to believe that the large grey chips on the victim's side were worth 1,000 points compared to the small red ones which they though were worth 100 points. Apollo does some math and realizes that the point total on the table would've been 10,600 instead of the default 7,000, meaning that the red ones that Phoenix had a majority of were worth 1,000.]]

* BiggerIsBetter: {{Averted|Trope}} in the first casee as a plot point. [[spoiler:It is believed that Phoenix's motive for murder was due to being defeated. The poker chip amounts on the table led the prosecution to believe that the large grey chips on the victim's side were worth 1,000 points compared to the small red ones which they though were worth 100 points. Apollo does some math and realizes that the point total on the table would've been 10,600 instead of the default 7,000, meaning that the red ones that Phoenix had a majority of were worth 1,000.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:A bold new hero has claimed the defense's bench!]]

* TimeyWimeyBall: The last investigation of the game has you [[spoiler: moving between various moments in past and present as Phoenix, occasionally using the evidence from the "future" to crack the Psyche-Locks of witnesses in the past.]] {{Justified}}, as Phoenix tells the Jurists that it's an approximation of the events set in a VisualNovel form for them to study.

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An UpdatedRerelease with higher-resolution artwork, in much the same style as that of the trilogy package of the prior three games, was announced for [=iOS=] and Android in October 2016, and released the following December. A UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port, featuring similar enhancements, was released in November 2017. An additional version of these enhanced ports is set to be included alongside HD versions of ''Dual Destinies'' and its sequel, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' sometime in early 2024 for multiple systems.[[note]]UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC[[/note]]

** Many witnesses have certain tics that Apollo catches on and allows them to point out inconsistencies in their testimony. However, as they are subconscious tics, some characters continue making use of said tics even after pointed out.

-->'''Phoenix:''' Yes, it's a locket. A locket with a photo inside. A photo... '''of my daughter'''.

-->'''Phoenix:''' [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin.]] You were the fourth person that night.

-->'''Klavier:''' Ah hah! I have it! I thought those letters "[[spoiler:IPXX]]" looked familiar. [[spoiler:This is an ''Interpol'' ID number.]]

--> '''Lamiroir:''' It was him. I am sure of it.

-->'''Brushel''': "Thalassa [[spoiler:Has Another Child Besides Trucy]]", end quote.

** This would be the final entry in which the first case of the game has the prosecution led by Winston Payne. ''Dual Destinies'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' would have their tutorial cases spearheaded by Winston's more obnoxious brother, Gaspen Pane.

* PreRenderedGraphics: The first game in the series to have fully animated cutscenes, due to not being ported from the Game Boy Advance and working off of the UsefulNotes/{{NintendoDS}}' specs. There are also some moments and recreations of the crime scenes that are pre-rendered in 3-D as well.

* PreRenderedGraphics: The first game in the series to have fully animated cutscenes, due to not being ported from the Game Boy Advance. Also, there's an extended regular sprite, fully animated, of Klavier playing the air guitar for [[RuleOfCool no logical reason]], along with a cutscene that is in 3D.

* SpoilerOpening: the Opening to the final case, Turnabout Succession shows that [[spoiler: Vera collapses at some point in the trial and that Kristoph Gavin is likely the Culprit.]]

--> '''Apollo:''' (And with a whirl of his cloak and a wink of his eye... he turned and walked through the door... Normally.)

** Apollo pursues the truth in his first case and gets [[spoiler:his boss Kristoph]] found guilty of murder. [[spoiler:Without a boss, he's out of a job.]]

** Trucy, for Maya (and Ema from the first game), filling the role of the {{Sidekick}}, the GenkiGirl, and TheDitz, while also inheriting Maya's tendency to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Comically Miss the Point]]

-->'''Phoenix:''' So, you're..
-->'''Apollo:''' (nervously) Fine! I-I'm fine!
-->'''Phoenix:''' Ah...Mr. Fine, is it?

* FullMotionVideo: The first game in the series to have FMV cutscenes, due to not being ported from the Game Boy Advance. Also, there's an extended regular sprite, fully animated, of Klavier playing the air guitar for [[RuleOfCool no logical reason]].

* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse, {{Exploited|Trope}} and {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Case 3 has an unusual circumstance where several events during the day of the concert seems to coincide with the lyrics of Lamioir and Klavier's new song "The Guitar's Serenade". According to the lyrics, Klavier's guitar set on fire during the concert's second set and Apollo and Ema report hearing gunshots and finding the dying victim during the third set. This keeps burning a hole in the defense's case. [[spoiler:Eventually Apollo realises something and points out to the court how ''stupid and impractical'' accurately orchestrating a murder to song lyrics would be since the killer created the "follow the lyrics" theory by carrying the victim's body onto the stage's moving platform along with a guitar and the unconscious Machi Tobaye like the final lyrics without anyone noticing and without any benefit if that was the case. Instead, the victim was shot ''before'' Klavier's guitar set on fire during the second set in order to create his own alibi for the third set when the victim was supposedly shot and to lead the court on a wild goose chase.]]

An UpdatedRerelease with higher-resolution artwork, in much the same style as that of the trilogy package of the prior three games, was announced for [=iOS=] and Android in October 2016, and released the following December. A UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port, featuring similar enhancements, was released in November 2017. An additional version of these enhanced ports is set to be included alongside HD versions of ''Dual Destinies'' and its sequel, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' sometime in early 2024.

An UpdatedRerelease with higher-resolution artwork, in much the same style as that of the trilogy package of the prior three games, was announced for [=iOS=] and Android in October 2016, and released the following December. A UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port, featuring similar enhancements, was released in November 2017.

[[caption-width-right:300:A bold New hero has claimed the defense's bench!"]]