El Profesor Layton Vs Phoenix Wright
Shanae Maerz
This sudden rush of interest in these two series may have been because of the upcoming release of Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney at the time. Many people want to experience Professor Layton and Ace Attorney before playing the crossover. Somewhere in the middle of typing answers, I realized I should write a guide to answer all of these questions about the order in which to play the Professor Layton and Ace Attorney games.
Now, with The Great Ace Attorney and Ace Attorney Investigations 2 available in the west at last and Professor Layton receiving a new entry for the first time in years, newcomers looking for the order to play Ace Attorney and Professor Layton are more common than ever.
With the closure of the 3DS eShop, Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies, and Spirit of Justice are no longer available on 3DS. Apollo Justice received a physical DS release as well as mobile ports, while Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice also have mobile ports.
The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Justice for All, and Trials & Tribulations) has been released digitally for the Nintendo 3DS (no longer available), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, iOS, and Android. Imported physical copies can also be played in English. This is the best place to start the series.
Capcom finally released the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. This collection contains Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies, and Spirit of Justice.
After years of Ace Attorney Investigations only having mobile ports in addition to the original DS release, and Ace Attorney Investigations 2 only being available in Japan (I spent a decade asking for AAI2 in English), the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection has finally been announced, which includes an official Ace Attorney Investigations 2 localization.
Dai Gyakuten Saiban and its sequel were finally localized in a collection called The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles for the Switch, PS4, and PC! A physical Switch copy is also available. As with the others, imports of the physical PS4 copy will include English as well.
Not really. Its position in the timeline is vague. Most fans place it after Trials and Tribulations in the Ace Attorney timeline, and between Diabolical Box and Unwound Future in the Professor Layton timeline, but since that puts it simultaneously in the year 2019 and in the steampunk-esque vague 1960s (no one knows when Professor Layton is actually set), does it even matter?
Trust me, the Professor Layton series is something you should play. I have seen some original copies of the ds games in stores like Cex for as cheap as 5. Personally I would say that plot-wise the third game (The Lost/Unwound Future) is the best. You might be surprised at how good the older games are in comparison to the 3ds games.
I thought the ending created more plot holes than it filled (I went through some of them in my fifth point here: -lessons-phoenix-wright-professor-layton-ending.html) and I found it hard to suspend my disbelief even as a Professor Layton fan.
I guess this was also the problem for translation nuances. For example, the Storyteller saids that his disease was FOUND as incurable, so in a way it should make sense, instead in English he saids it IS a incurable disease. I think the others also the same (not really sure about the plot holes, I should research it in Japanese)
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