The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve is the eleventh installment of the Ace Attorney series of text adventure video games. New gameplay mechanics introduced to the series include Dance of Deduction, in which…

3 August 2017 ESRB T

What The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve is

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MT Framework. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the late 19th century during Japan's Meiji Period and Britain's Victorian era, the game tells the story of an ancestor of Phoenix Wright, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, who works to sleuth out the truth in witnesses’ testimonies and clear his clients’ names in court alongside a cast of characters - including local ace detective Herlock Sholmes.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy, drama and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ace Attorney series

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve is the 35th of 49 entries we hold in the Ace Attorney series. It arrived a year after Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice: Special Episode - Turnabout Time Traveler. The next entry was Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken 1&2 - Best Price! in 2017.

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What it launched against

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve launched on 3 August 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Sonic Mania. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve — frequently asked questions

When did The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve come out?

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve was released on 3 August 2017 for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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