Phoenix Wright is the first game in the ‘Ace Attorney’ series for Nintendo DS. You play as a rookie defence lawyer who quickly becomes wound up into a series of extraordinary and abnormal courtroom ‘battles’.

The genre of this game is a ‘interactive novel’ so if you’re the kind of person whose not into reading or expecting a lot of action, perhaps this game may not be for you. One of the most entertaining features of this game is that it requires you to think to a high level.

The game contains four episodes and one bonus episode, with two different aspects: The investigation and the court case.

When investigating the crime, you move about to different areas related to the crime gathering clues and talking to witnesses.

Then when the trial begins, the witness begins a testimony which you then must cross examine the witness trying to punch through their cold hearted lies that can often turn the case right around to a whole new level and therefore weakening the prosecutor (opposing sides) argument.

If you successfully weaken the prosecutor’s argument then you have won the case, that’s all there is to it, simple! (Or is it? ha ha!) Graphics – wise the animations are based on the Japanese art “Anime” with simple, cute animations. People who may have watched Anime TV shows may appreciate the original animations more so, such as: “Extreme close up of the lawyer’s eyes.” and “Overly exaggerated pounding of the courtroom tables”.

Capcom the creators of the game have made the storyline for each episode entertaining and funny. And game wise what isn’t fun about screaming: “OBECTION” and “HOLD IT” down a DS microphone sounding like a fruit loop.

Gradually the game tends to get harder as you progress and I often had to go online to find out what I needed to do next, this lead to spoiling the games storyline for me.

Like I said before the “Interactive Novel” may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re looking for a game with a lot less action and more thinking then this game is defiantly for you.

I give “Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney” 4/5 stars.