The Great Ace Attorney 2 – Resolve

The Great Ace Attorney 2 – Resolve also known as Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2 – Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Kakugo in Japan is an Adventure game developed and published by Capcom for the  Nintendo 3DS. It was released exclusively in Japan on August 03, 2017. It is the tenth installment of the Ace Attorney series and the sequel to The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures.

Four months after the events of Adventures, Susato Mikotoba returns to Japan only to find her best friend accused of murdering Jezaille Brett, the murderer of John Wilson. Aided by her father Yujin, Susato disguises herself as the male cousin of her friend Ryunosuke Naruhodo and proves her friend’s innocence by outing the real murderer, journalist Raiten Menimemo. After the trial, she finds out that her father did not have a deathly illness and that her return home was due to a case she and Ryunosuke handled in England six months ago.

While proving Soseki Natsume innocent of the poisoning of a failed actor, the pair discovered a jewelled dog collar in Natsume’s apartment, stained in dried blood, but were forced by detective Herlock Sholmes to hand it over to the police, advising them and his assistant Iris Wilson to not disclose any details of their discovery. The game focuses on the signature courtroom style of gameplay used in the Ace Attorney series, including the fully 3D environments and character models that became a part of the franchise since Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies.

Like its predecessor, most of the game’s episodes are divided between two phases: investigation, in which players explore areas to gather evidence and testimonies; and courtroom battles, in which players must use evidence to find contradictions in witness testimonies to find the truth behind a case. In the latter phase, the player will sometimes have to cross-examine multiple witnesses at the same time, potentially gleaning new information by addressing one witness when they react to another’s statement.