6. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
Dual Destinies brought Ace Attorney out of the world of 2D sprites and into the world of 3D character models, also putting Phoenix Wright himself back in the courtroom. It also introduced a brand new character for the Wright Anything Agency, the rookie lawyer Athena Cykes, who also brings a brand new gameplay element. Athena uses her computer, nicknamed Widget, to run a program called the Mood Matrix. This allows her to analyze the emotions of a witness during their testimony and find when there’s a strange emotion that contradicts what they’re saying.
Like previous games, Dual Destinies uses the five case structure while telling a larger story overall story. There’s a common complaint about the game being too easy, however, and it is true that much of the difficulty of past games is gone, with players not incurring any kind of penalties for wrong guesses. Dual Destinies helped restart the Ace Attorney series, however, introducing new allies for Phoenix, new prosecutors, and setting the foundation for Spirit of Justice.
