History VisualNovel / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll

* PyrrhicVictory: The NonStandardGameOver is this for both Phoenix and the client. [[spoiler:The very guilty Matt Engarde escapes conviction for the murder of Juan Corrida, but the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity pristine public image]] he'd fought so hard to protect is left in tatters. The court uncovers his role in [[DrivenToSuicide driving Celeste Inpax to suicide]], which was the exact thing he'd had Juan silenced to keep from getting out. Meanwhile, Phoenix won the case and got Maya freed, but at the cost of knowing he sent an innocent women to jail in his client's place, causing him to resign as a lawyer and never seeing Maya again.]]

* NobleDemon: Shelly de Killer. He always kills without harming anyone else, is very patient with his client's demands, but values trust above all else. He [[spoiler:will only turn on his client if the client attempts to betray him.]]

* InconsistentSpelling: In case 1, [[spoiler:this is one of the big mistakes Richard Wellington makes when framing Maggey with her boyfriend's murder: he makes it seem like he wrote "Maggie" on the dirt before he died]].

* IronicEcho: Fransizka promising to end Phoenix's perfect record at their first meeting.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In case 1, [[spoiler:this is one of the big mistakes Richard Wellington makes when framing Maggey with her boyfriend's murder: he makes it seem like he wrote "Maggie" on the dirt before he died]].

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The game features a new element known as Psyche-Locks. Thanks to a special magic item known as a Magatama, Phoenix is able to tell when people are trying to deceive or otherwise hide important information from him during investigations outside of the courtroom. The player is able to break the metaphorical "locks" that visualize these secrets that the characters hide, with this involving the presentation of evidence in a manner not dissimilar to the normal courtroom gameplay. The game also replaces the five-strike system for a virtual health bar where the amount of health lost varies based on the seriousness of the error the player makes ([[TooDumbToLive accuse the Judge of hiding the murder weapon, and you'll]] [[TooDumbToLive ''really'']] [[TooDumbToLive be feeling it]]). Plus, the player can present profiles in addition to evidence.

The game features a new element known as Psyche-Locks. Thanks to a special magic item known as a Magatama, Phoenix is able to tell when people are trying to deceive or otherwise hide important information from him during investigations outside of the courtroom. The player is able to break the metaphorical "locks" that visualize these secrets that the characters hide, with this involving the presentation of evidence in a manner not dissimilar to the normal courtroom gameplay. The game also replaces the five-strike system for a virtual health bar where the amount of health lost varies based on the seriousness of the error the player makes (accuse the Judge of hiding the murder weapon, and you'll ''really'' be feeling it). Plus, the player can present profiles in addition to evidence.

''Justice For All'' was adapted into the second half of ''Anime/AceAttorney'''s first season in 2016.

** In a non-villainous example, Pearl teaches Phoenix how to use the Magatama to tell when people are lying. No points for guessing the first person he uses it on.

* WhamLine: In Case 2-2, Phoenix figures out a massive secret and asks an ArmorPiercingQuestion:

** Evidence wise, the autopsy reports for Dr. Grey and Russell Berry, the Gatewater Hotel map, [[spoiler:the gun Shelley used to shoot Franziska, and the Gatewater uniform button]] are all useless.

** Out of the final three pieces of evidence, [[spoiler:the gun Shelley used to shoot Franziska and the Gatewater uniform button don't amount to anything in catching Matt Engarde.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: In the NonstandardGameOver of the final case, [[spoiler:the very guilty Matt Engarde escapes conviction for the murder of Juan Corrida, but the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity pristine public image]] he'd fought so hard to protect is left in tatters. The court uncovers his role in [[DrivenToSuicide driving Celeste Inpax to suicide]], which was the exact thing he'd had Juan silenced to keep from getting out.]]

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The English translation of this game was riddled with typos, such as "surly" for "surely" and "alter" for "altar." It also included the infamous, [[MemeticMutation memetic]] bad ending line "The miracle never happen". The iOS port is even worse, at one point calling a piece of evidence a "Hotel Guidernap."

** A character detail in the Japanese version of Case 3 is Max [[OohMeAccentsSlipping occasionally reverts to his natural hick dialect in moments of stress and other strong emotions]], giving him the impression of someone who struggles to keep up his act when under pressure. This is all but gone from the ENG, where Max's accent effectively vanishes after the scene in which it's established, with him speaking basically the same at all times. This especially sticks out in the game translating his use of his natural "kimi" as "porcupine head" when talking to Phoenix; the former is perfectly normal as a pronoun to use for someone, the latter makes him look like an easily irraitable {{Jerkass}} to his own lawyer.

* PainfulPersona: It has a darker example with the ArcVillain of its final case, who ''hates'' the "sheep's clothing" part of their BitchInSheepsClothing act and genuinely revels in their true, [[TheSociopath sociopathic nature]] when they don't have to hide.

''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All'', is the second entry in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' visual novel series. It was first released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in 2002 and rereleased for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2006.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the aftermath of 2-1, Maggey details some examples of how bad her luck has been during her life, including: getting food poisoning from almost every kind of food, being subjected to almost every kind of natural disaster -- and never, ever having won a game of tic-tac-toe.