History Trivia / TheGreatAceAttorney

* FranchiseKiller: Despite [[AcclaimedFlop strong reviews]], ''The Great Ace Attorney 2'' was the worst selling game in the series, which has caused the series to go on an indefinite hiatus, with the planned seventh mainline entry falling into DevelopmentHell. Since the game's release, the only content that has come out of the franchise has been ports of previous games (including an official localization of both of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' games), with plans for a new entry in the series being uncertain.

* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', another game in the series that features a defense attorney and his female assistant going to England and teaming up with an English gentleman and his young assistant. Naruhodo can cross examine multiple witnesses at once, just like that game. These are also the only games besides the crossover to use the "Got it!" speech bubble when pointing out a visual contradiction. Even the box art is similar. ''Resolve'' also has a Layton-esque puzzle in the final case as [[spoiler:you have to figure out what Jigoku's trunk code is, which is written on the sailor's arm upside-down]]. They're also the only games in the series to not use the word "Turnabout" in the names of cases (with the exception of ''English Turnabout'', the first case in the crossover).[[note]]In an "opposite" exception, ''Rise from the Ashes'', case 1-5 from the main series, doesn't use "Turnabout" in the English version, but does in the Japanese version, where it is named ''Turnabout Rebirth''.[[/note]]

* CreatorsFavorite: Recurring ''Ace Attorney'' artist and character designer for the duology, Kazuya Nuri, states that Rei Membami is one of his favorite characters due to the unique circumstances of her creation. She's one of the only characters created exclusively by him, as she was not part of Shu Takumi's script for ''Resolve'' and took the place of Yujin as the defendant of Case G2-1 for the sake of ChromosomeCasting. It's for this reason that Rei is an AdvertisedExtra, as Nuri likes to add her into ensemble ''Ace Attorney'' art that he creates, including the box arts for ''Resolve'' and ''Chronicles'', and the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8541.jpeg 20th anniversary art]] for the franchise.

* LateExportForYou: The initial UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and mobile ports were [[NoExportForYou never localized]]. It wasn't until 2021 that versions of the game were coming out West for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and PC.

* NoBudget: Due to the mediocre sales and divisive reception of ''Adventures'', ''Resolve'' was made with a ''brutally'' slashed budget and staff, something which is reflected in how the majority of the new characters were either designed for the first game or based on their models, the limited number of new areas, abandoning anime cutscenes in favor of in-engine ones, or [[spoiler:the Jury outright vanishing for the final two chapters, essentially abandoning a major mechanic with more than a third of the game left.]] That the game still ended up one of the most acclaimed in the franchise is a testament to their perseverance, though unfortunately the game would still end up an AcclaimedFlop.

* AcclaimedFlop: Although the first game got good reviews from the professional critic circuit, it was [[https://news.capcomusa.com/2021/07/28/the-resolve-of-a-producer/ thoroughly review bombed]] by actual players due to the accusation of the game being "incomplete", and while the 3DS version of the second game managed to WinBackTheCrowd and got as good (if not slightly better) reviews as the first game - it even won a Famitsu Excellence Award and was nominated for Famitsu's Game of the Year alongside major releases like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'', and ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' - it still ended up becoming the worst-selling ''Ace Attorney'' game since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance era due to the first game's bad reputation having preceded it, something exacerbated by gamers moving away from the [=3DS=] and towards the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Fortunately, word of mouth managed to get the first game VindicatedByHistory, and the CompilationRerelease sold better as a result.

* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', another game in the series that features a defense attorney and his female assistant going to England and teaming up with an English gentleman and his young assistant. Naruhodo can cross examine multiple witnesses at once, just like that game. These are also the only games besides the crossover to use the "Got it!" speech bubble when pointing out a visual contradiction. Even the box art is similar. ''Resolve'' also has a Layton-esque puzzle in the final case as [[spoiler:you have to figure out what Jigoku's trunk code is, which is written on the sailor's arm upside-down]]. They're also the only games in the series to not use the word "Turnabout" in the names of cases (with the exception of ''English Turnabout'', the first case in the crossover).[[note]]In an "opposite" exception, ''Rise from the Ashes'', case 1-5 from the main series doesn't use "Turnabout" in the English version, but does in the Japanese version, where it is named "Turnabout Rebirth''.[[/note]]

* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', another game in the series that features a defense attorney and his female assistant going to England and teaming up with an English gentleman and his young assistant. Naruhodo can cross examine multiple witnesses at once, just like that game. These are also the only games besides the crossover to use the "Got it!" speech bubble when pointing out a visual contradiction. Even the box art is similar. ''Resolve'' also has a Layton-esque puzzle in the final case as [[spoiler:you have to figure out what Jigoku's trunk code is, which is written on the sailor's arm upside-down.]]

* IKnewIt:
** Quite a few people called [[spoiler:Mael Stronghart]] as the BigBad of the duology.
** Many people predicted that the Masked Apprentice's identity would be [[spoiler:Asogi, revealed to be alive]].
** A couple people predicted that the culprit in case 2 of the second game would be [[spoiler:Olive Green.]]
** In terms of the localization people correctly guessed Sherlock and Iris would have their names modified.

* AcclaimedFlop: Although the first game got good reviews from the professional critic circuit, it was [[https://news.capcomusa.com/2021/07/28/the-resolve-of-a-producer/ thoroughly review bombed]] by actual players due to the accusation of the game being "incomplete", and while the 3DS version of the second game managed to WinBackTheCrowd and got as good (if not slightly better) reviews as the first game - it even won a Famitsu Excellence Award and was nominated for Famitsu's Game of the Year alongside major releases like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'', and ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' - it still ended up becoming the worst-selling ''Ace Attorney'' game since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance era due to the first game's bad reputation having preceded it. Fortunately, word of mouth managed to get the first game VindicatedByHistory, and the CompilationRerelease sold better as a result.

* AcclaimedFlop: The 3DS version of the second game managed to WinBackTheCrowd after the first game's [[https://news.capcomusa.com/2021/07/28/the-resolve-of-a-producer/ disastrous review bombing]] and got as good (if not slightly better) reviews as the first game - it even won a Famitsu Excellence Award and was nominated for Famitsu's Game of the Year alongside major releases like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'', and ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' - but ended up becoming the worst-selling ''Ace Attorney'' game since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance era due to the first game's bad reputation having preceded it. Fortunately, word of mouth managed to get the first game VindicatedByHistory, and the CompilationRerelease sold better as a result.

* AcclaimedFlop: The 3DS version of the second game managed to WinBackTheCroud after the first game's [[https://news.capcomusa.com/2021/07/28/the-resolve-of-a-producer/ disastrous review bombing]] and got as good (if not slightly better) reviews as the first game - it even won a Famitsu Excellence Award and was nominated for Famitsu's Game of the Year alongside major releases like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'', and ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' - but ended up becoming the worst-selling ''Ace Attorney'' game since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance era due to the first game's bad reputation having preceded it. Fortunately, word of mouth managed to get the first game VindicatedByHistory, and the CompilationRerelease sold better as a result.

* AcclaimedFlop: The 3DS versions of the games suffered from this:
** The first game was well-reviewed but sold less than half as many copies as ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''.
** The second game got as good (if not slightly better) reviews as the first game - it even won a Famitsu Excellence Award and was nominated for Famitsu's Game of the Year alongside major releases like ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'', and ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' - but ended up becoming the worst-selling ''Ace Attorney'' game since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance era, likely due to it being released when gamers were starting to transition away from the [=3DS=] to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch (''Investigations 2'' having previously struggled for much the same reason, due to being launched in the dying days of the original DS).

*** Ironically, that concept is actually OlderThanTheyThink because [[spoiler [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Phoenix Wright gave co-consul advice to our leading defense attorney despite the former being a defendant at one point (the 3rd time to be exact)]]]].

*** Ironically, that concept is actually OlderThanTheyThink because [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Phoenix Wright gave co-consul advice to our leading defense attorney despite the former being a defendant at one point (the 3rd time to be exact)]].