Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Join forces with expert investigator Professor Layton and ace attorney Phoenix Wright in this unbelievable crossover adventure! Find out what new twists they bring to the courtroom as they solve puzzles and…
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 29 November 2012 on Nintendo 3DS.
What Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2012. It was published by LEVEL-5. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a visual novel adventure puzzle video game for the Nintendo 3DS, and was developed by both Capcom and Level-5, the latter publishing it in Japan while Nintendo published it worldwide. The game is a crossover between two game series from both developers, combining the puzzle and exploration elements of Level-5's Professor Layton series, and the general trial mechanics of Capcom's Ace Attorney adventure series, the latter enhanced by the addition of a few new elements, including multiple witnesses, a concept continued with into the prequel series The Great Ace Attorney. Shu Takumi, the series director for the Ace Attorney series, assisted…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Professor Layton series
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is the seventh of 12 entries we hold in the Professor Layton series. It arrived a year after Professor Layton Royale. The next entry was Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy in 2013. Its critic score of 82 is almost exactly the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Professor Layton and the Unwound Future at 93.
How it was received
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney launched on 29 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Game Dev Tycoon. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Game Dev Tycoon.
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