Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All
Video Game • 2002
ReportThis video game contains 37 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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OofItGabs
A mother manipulates her 8-year-old daughter and tries to get her niece falsely accused of murder.
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CreatrixTiara
The backstory of the final case involves the suicide of someone trapped in an abusive relationship. It's not exactly clear whether the abuse was physical but it was definitely emotional at least.
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silleyguy
One could interpret the prosecutor’s actions as lashing out against others due to the way her father treats her.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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CreatrixTiara
It's not super obvious, but the final case's backstory deals with the emotional abuse suffered by a victim of the main culprit who took her life as a result.
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Weatherfish
It's subtle, and much of it doesn't come into play until the next game, but in case 2 a young child is manipulated by her mother who displays narcissistic traits.
Also, in a credits scene, Franziska alludes to the way her father placed significant pressure on her to succeed, and it can be inferred from what we know about her father already that he was abusive to her.
Also, in a credits scene, Franziska alludes to the way her father placed significant pressure on her to succeed, and it can be inferred from what we know about her father already that he was abusive to her.
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Addiction
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Animal
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Anonymous
There's a dead lion in the backstory of the third case.
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Are animals abused?
113 supporters
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Weatherfish
There is an entire case about a circus that includes circus animals that are used in performances. We do not see any animals directly being mistreated, but a character talks about a lion that was euthanized as punishment for unintentionally harming a human.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Stressedtoimpress
A lion is mentioned having been shot in the past
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Does a cat die?
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RowanOakley
Do lions count? Otherwise, no, no cats are harmed; the only other cat that shows up is a pampered kitten.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is there pedophilia?
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OofItGabs
Case 3 has pedophilia running rampant. Multiple grown men try to date a 16-year-old girl and claim to be in love with her, which leads them to fight over her. One of these men is your defendant.
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RowanOakley
No, but several adult men express romantic interest in a teenage girl; they're all in their twenties or older, and she is sixteen. The issues with this are never addressed and the adult men are treated sympathetically. Also, another character, a man posing as a doctor, is heavily implied to behave inappropriately with his patients and staff; this is played for laughs.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Bagadew
One of the victims was stabbed however.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Weatherfish
In the first case, the culprit's breakdown animation involves them strangling themselves with a scarf and apparently passing out.
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Is someone choked?
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OofItGabs
The culprit of the first case chokes himself with his scarf until he passes out.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
In the backstory of the second case, two people were in a car accident that resulted in one dead and the other severely burned and needing facial reconstruction surgery.
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Does a head get squashed?
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starboymomota
The victim of the third case is struck by a blunt object, although nothing particularly graphic is shown about their death.
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Is there a hanging?
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CreatrixTiara
In the backstory of the final case, someone takes their life by hanging. This is shown semi graphically.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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OofItGabs
A character in the final case hangs herself and dies, but it is off screen.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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OofItGabs
Maya goes unconscious and is hidden in a basket as an attempt to frame her for murder in case 2.
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Is someone tortured?
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Weatherfish
A character is held captive without any food for two days. They are not treated violently.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Anonymous
The victim in the tutorial case died by being pushed off a bridge.
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Is someone stabbed?
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OofItGabs
The victim of the final case is stabbed
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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OofItGabs
Sort of. Regina Berry’s age is completely disregarded as three grown men are attracted to her.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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OofItGabs
It’s a murder mystery series
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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CreatrixTiara
A kidnapping is at the heart of the final case
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Does a parent die?
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Bagadew
One of the murder victims was a parent, and it is strongly implied that a characters father has died since the events in the first game.
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Does a family member die?
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OofItGabs
A parent dies in case 3, and it is strongly implied a major character’s father died in prison.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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CreatrixTiara
This is a common thing in-game, mainly via the main support character, known as spirit channelling. The second case focuses on a channelling/possession going wrong, though the reality doesn't actually involve any possession.
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Are there ghosts?
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CreatrixTiara
Spirit channelling, which involves a dead spirit embodying a medium and speaking through them, is a big part of the series (mainly via the main support character Maya). One of the cases involves a spirit channelling supposedly going terribly wrong, but otherwise it's presented non-threateningly.
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Are there clowns?
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HunterHikari
In the third case there is a clown character, seeing as it takes places in a circus.
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Gross
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Weatherfish
A police detective is a major ally. Also, the victim of case 1 was targeted for being a police officer, and your defendant is also formerly with the police department.
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Is there incarceration?
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OofItGabs
In Ace Attorney there’s frequent talk of incarceration, and all your defendants spend time in the detention center.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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OofItGabs
The sacred urn of the Fey Clan is smashed to pieces by Pearl.
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Weatherfish
It's brought up as evidence that a character was hospitalized in the past for a suicide attempt, but it's not shown.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Weatherfish
It's not "almost the entirety" of one case as suggested by a previous comment, but a lot of the investigation for case 2 happens in the hospital, and case 4 has a few hospital scenes as well when a major character is hospitalized.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Heroic_Deeds
Would like to add that the character mentioned in the other comment (spoiler: Edgeworth) does not show symptoms of his PTSD during this game since he is only shown in the last case which does not involve any of his known triggers. However, some fans take the viewpoint that a comment this character makes during the first trial day of the last case was partially due to the subject matter of the case (suicide), considering that this character has previously left a ‘suicide note’ - he states it to have been ‘bad wording’, but this character has been known to pretend he is fine when he isn’t.
Another character (the main character) has flashbacks to a previous case in the first game, which heavily involved the previously mentioned character.
Spoilers in TL;DR
Tl;dr - No shown flashbacks/ panic attacks due to Edgeworth’s PTSD, the main character has a flashback to a previous case but is never stated to have other symptoms of PTSD.
Another character (the main character) has flashbacks to a previous case in the first game, which heavily involved the previously mentioned character.
Spoilers in TL;DR
Tl;dr - No shown flashbacks/ panic attacks due to Edgeworth’s PTSD, the main character has a flashback to a previous case but is never stated to have other symptoms of PTSD.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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OofItGabs
It’s strongly implied that Adrian Andrews has a mental illness. She was suicidal and attempted to take her own life.
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Anonymous
The culprit in the "Farewell, My Turnabout" case has a sprite animation ripping their own face with their hands out of desperation/helplessness after being cornered in court. The is also implied self harm with one of the witnesses of the same case.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Weatherfish
No, but a mentally ill person is shown committing non-violent crimes.
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OofItGabs
It’s mentioned Adrian Andrews attempted suicide in the past, but it’s not shown.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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OofItGabs
Characters have over-the-top breakdowns at the witness stand when their crimes are exposed.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Weatherfish
A witness in case 4 was hospitalized for a suicide attempt, and when they are on the witness stand the prosecutor threatens to reveal this secret and says that he wouldn't care if she goes through with it.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Spinel
Several characters are shown to have breakdowns on the witness stand.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Dracos002
Yes and no. In the second case, Maya describes being stuck in a small, dark space - later found out to be a storage chest - but it's brief and not actually shown on-screen.
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Anonymous
Part of a flashback. Suicide by hanging is depicted graphically as the body was discovered to illustrate the narrative.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Weatherfish
The screen occasionally shakes slightly to emphasize points in the dialogue (such as shouting) but this effect can be turned off in some versions.
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Is there screaming?
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OofItGabs
It’s not audible, but characters are visually shown screaming.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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OofItGabs
Nothing stronger than “damn”.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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CreatrixTiara
Flashes of white light are often used for dramatic effect and/or to indicate photography, which can cause issues for strobe sensitive people.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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OofItGabs
A culprit puts a bear statue with a hidden camera in someone’s room.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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oumasorbit
someone’s already commented that a witness is misgendered bc she has a gender neutral name, but i wanted to add that she’s cis as far as canon goes!
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Anonymous
There are no textually queer characters, but there is a heavily teased m/m pairing in the series, one of whom is presumed dead by suicide for much of the game. However, it's revealed at the end of the third case that he's alive, and he returns for the last case.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
27 supporters
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Weatherfish
There is a character in a wheelchair but no one is ableist towards him.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
24 supporters
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OofItGabs
Three adult men are attracted to Regina Berry, who is a minor. She never ends up in a relationship with any of them, but the game glosses over how gross this is.
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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RowanOakley
As is standard for this series, there are lots of sexual jokes, but no sex or sexual situations on screen.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
26 supporters
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OofItGabs
When Mia Fey’s spirit possesses another spirit medium’s body, there is a running gag where her breasts are visibly too large for the kimono. This is especially gross when it happens in Pearl’s body.
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Is there BDSM?
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silleyguy
I mean, the prosecutor whips people, but it’s not meant to be kinky as far as I know.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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MisterBeret
There is an optional sad ending to the final case, after which you simply return to the title screen and can reload from the last save. The true ending is not sad.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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CreatrixTiara
One of the cases starts with a fatal car crash. The true nature of that crash is examined at the climax of that case.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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nh17
No, but a character's voice cuts out as he gets in a car accident and it's shocking
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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MisterBeret
You frequently see images of the victims of each case, but the details are never very graphic.
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Is there gun violence?
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Spinel
Prosecutor Franziska von Karma is shot in the final case. However, it is not fatal.
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