History Visualnovel / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies

''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies'' (''Gyakuten Saiban 5'' in Japan, lit. "Turnabout Trial 5") is the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS installment of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series of {{Visual Novel}}s from Creator/{{Capcom}}. The game was released in Japan on July 24th, 2013, and was followed by releases in North America and Europe on October 24, 2013. An [=iOS=] version of the game was released in Japan on August 7, 2014, and in North America and Europe on August 14, 2014. An Android version came out on May 24, 2017. An HD version of the game is included alongside similarly-[[UpdatedRerelease updated versions]] of ''Apollo Justice'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'', released on January 25, 2024 for multiple systems.[[note]]UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC[[/note]]

* SeriesContinuityError: The explanation for the UR-1 incident being what added together with Phoenix's disbarment to destroy public trust in the courts flat out contradicts previous games. Supposedly, the outrageous thing about the incident was that [[spoiler:a prosecutor was found guilty of murder]], despite the fact that four previous games had already [[spoiler:had prosecutors being exposed as killers]]. Furthermore, the last example, which happened in ''VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2'', took place mere weeks before Phoenix was framed for forgery, rather than the one year gap with UR-1, and involved [[spoiler:the chairman of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee, who was ''also'' exposed for conducting an evidence black market]], thus making for a more logical candidate for destroying trust in the system.

* ShowDontTell: The so-called "Dark Age of the Law", for being mentioned all the time, really is not shown all that well. Sure, we get to learn that there's some obvious corruption going on in a prominent lawyer academy, but that aside, the shenanigans involving forged evidence, deception, corruption and wrong judgments have all been shown in previous games, arguably even moreso than in this one, since only two pieces of genuinely, intentionally forged evidence are shown in this game, making one wonder how the current times are worse than the past. Furthermore, it's mentioned that public trust in the court system is at an all time low, but this is never really shown either, with both witnesses and the gallery behaving pretty much the same as in any other game. The closest we get to seeing this distrust is when [[spoiler:the gallery in the finale calls the Mood Matrix a sham]], which comes out of nowhere as well since it never came up in any other case in the game.

* ShowDontTell: The so-called "Dark Age of the Law", for being mentioned all the time, really is not shown all that well. Sure, we get to learn that there's some obvious corruption going on in a prominent lawyer academy, but that aside, the shenanigans involving forged evidence, deception, corruption and wrong judgments have all been shown in previous games, arguably even moreso than in this one, since only two pieces of genuinely, intentionally forged evidence are shown in this game, making one wonder how the current times are worse than the past.

''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies'' (''Gyakuten Saiban 5'' in Japan, lit. "Turnabout Trial 5") is the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS installment of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series of {{Visual Novel}}s from Creator/{{Capcom}}. The game was released in Japan on July 24th, 2013, and was followed by releases in North America and Europe on October 24, 2013. An [=iOS=] version of the game was released in Japan on August 7, 2014, and in North America and Europe on August 14, 2014. An Android version came out on May 24, 2017. An HD version of the game is set to be included alongside similarly-[[UpdatedRerelease updated versions]] of ''Apollo Justice'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' on January 2024 for multiple systems.[[note]]UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC[[/note]]

* MakeTheDogTestify: The defendant in the [[http://www.siliconera.com/2013/07/24/ace-attorney-dual-destinies-dlc-chapter-takes-place-after-apollo-justice/ the first DLC]] is an orca. [[spoiler:And of course, we'll be cross-examining said orca (albeit through a television on the witness stand).]]

* OnlyALighter: Inverted. In the final stages of the game, a lighter has to be examined to prove that it is actually a gun.

** After finishing the game, replaying the first case and reading the quote about how bombs erase and destroy "without discretion", and pinning the crime on "that little girl", you realize [[spoiler:it wasn't Tonate taking about framing Woods, it was the phantom talking about framing Athena]]. This becomes especially clear once you remember that in the finale, [[spoiler: Tonate clarifies that while he killed Arme and made it look like she died in the explosion, [[NotMeThisTime he didn't activate the bomb]], and was taking his job completely seriously when warning the court]].

** As expected. Even though the first case is a bombing of a courtroom, [[spoiler:a woman named Candice Arme is found dead in the aftermath. The bombing wasn't what killed her, though; her body was moved to make it look like she died there.]]
** This is actually done as a reveal twist in the full game. In the demo, the only crime on trial was the actual bombing, and the incident report outright stated that no one died. [[spoiler:Then in the actual game, almost everything is different, including the fact that Candice Arme's murder is also on trial.]]
** Averted, however, in [[spoiler:the DLC case, in which all the deaths are purely accidental]].

* RewatchBonus: After it's revealed that [[spoiler:Apollo's bandaged eye wasn't an injury sustained from the bomb blast, check Juniper's Mood Matrix again in Case 1. The visualization generated for Apollo trying to protect her from the falling rubble specifically hides the side of his head with the bandage, making it look as if both of his eyes were fine before and during the trial.]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Notably, the DLC case ends ''just'' before the new aquarium show is about to start. There's no cinematic for it or even dialogue. The ending cinematic to "''Turnabout Academy''" has this to a lesser extent, as it shows the start of the rescheduled concert, but ends before Juniper starts to sing.

* TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler:Apollo's leave of absence, which is mentioned at the end of the first case, and revisited at the halfway point of the fourth case]].

* AIIsACrapshoot:
** Discussed humorously in Case 4, where Wright expresses some worry about a robot uprising and Aura's tampering with Clonco causes him to express such things. [[spoiler:Then in Case 5, a HostageSituation occurs from what seems like a robot uprising, but Wright figures out it is really Aura behind the scheme. Aura herself points out later on that the notion her robots are acting hostile without command from a central source is silly.]]
** The fact that the "Ponco and Clonco Series Robots" have some large flaws in their A.I. is used as a case point in the final trial. [[spoiler:The real killer in the UR-1 Incident used a mask to cover his face, and wore the victim's jacket. If someone's key facial features are covered up, then the robots rely on the ID tags on staff member jackets to ID who they're talking to. Because the victim was already dead, Ponco's heartbeat detection system also only showed that there were two people in the room.]]

* AccidentNotMurder: [[spoiler:Phoenix wins the final case in Turnabout Reclaimed by showing that the death is one of these.]]

''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies'' (''Gyakuten Saiban 5'' in Japan, lit. "Turnabout Trial 5") is the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS installment of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series of {{Visual Novel}}s from Creator/{{Capcom}}. The game was released in Japan on July 24th, 2013, and was followed by releases in North America and Europe on October 24, 2013. An [=iOS=] version of the game was released in Japan on August 7, 2014, and in North America and Europe on August 14, 2014. An Android version came out on May 24, 2017. An HD version of the game is set to be included alongside similarly-[[UpdatedRerelease updated versions]] of ''Apollo Justice'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' on January 2024 for multiple systems.[[note]]UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC[[/note]]

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''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies'' (''Gyakuten Saiban 5'' in Japan, lit. "Turnabout Trial 5") is the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS installment of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series of {{Visual Novel}}s from Creator/{{Capcom}}. The game was released in Japan on July 24th, 2013, and was followed by releases in North America and Europe on October 24, 2013. An [=iOS=] version of the game was released in Japan on August 7, 2014, and in North America and Europe on August 14, 2014. An Android version came out on May 24, 2017. An HD version of the game is set to be included alongside similarly-[[UpdatedRerelease updated versions]] of ''Apollo Justice'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' 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]]

** This game shakes up the gameplay flow format over the previous installments for the first and fourth cases. The first case manages to go to a second trial day (no previous first case has any more than the single trial day that makes up the entirety of the case) and the fourth case opens with a trial (all cases after the first start with an investigation segment). It helps that [[spoiler:these two cases are extremely intertwined with each other]].

** This game shakes up the format flow over the previous installments for the first and fourth cases. The first case manages to go to a second trial day (no previous first case has any more than the single trial day that makes up the entirety of the case) and the fourth case opens with a trial (all cases after the first start with an investigation segment). It helps that [[spoiler:these two cases are extremely intertwined with each other]].

* BreakingOldTrends: Up until ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', trials were always scheduled at 10:00 AM on the dot.[[note]]The second trial of "Turnabout Serenade" actually starts at 10:30, but that's because it was delayed at the last minute for plot reasons.[[/note]] Not so in this game. Case 3 does adhere to the old standard in this regard, but the rest of the trials start at 9:46, 9:50, 9:30, 9:55, 10:15, and even 3 PM.

* InnocentInnuendo: It's even acknowledged in-game. In Case 3, during the final part [[spoiler:when Athena [[ItMakesSenseInContext dresses up as a statue]]]] she asks Apollo the following pearl.