Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Also known as: Gyakuten Saiban 5 (JP) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released internationally: October 24, 2013 Released in JP: July 25, 2013 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

To do: Regional differences and some more unused graphics. Unused animation

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies is a continuation of the Phoenix Wright series of visual novel games, now in three dimensions.

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Development Leftovers

memory.ini

In the root of the game is a file called memory.ini. It contains build data from the game. The contents of memory.ini can be found here.

Unused Text

In the gmd file evidence_caption_eng found in romfs/archive/msg_cmn_eng.arc there is some text that seems to be unused. They are some of the last entries in the file and are prefixed with item0.

This is definitely Mr. Wright's
Attorney's Badge. But what was it
doing behind the open hallway
door?

The phone that delivered
Mr. Wright's final message
to me.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Graphics

A placeholder icon for Apollo Justice, with "temporary" stamped on the top-left corner. In the final game, the jacket he's wearing is dark blue with a white collar.

A large render of a Nintendo 3DS console. There's a bit of transparency on the 3D slider.

An image of the Forbidden Chamber, with two outlines overlaid. The blue outline roughly fits 1024×724px, and the orange outline roughly fits 825×500px.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Hidden Graphics

Part of the texture used for Phoenix's in-court "document holding" pose is hidden due to the camera angle.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

Fulbright's Badge

Japan	North America

Bobby Fulbright's badge was changed for the game's localization. This change accidentally lead to his wrists becoming miscolored. This was fixed in the mobile port.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Quiz DLC

A three part quiz DLC was not localized for regions outside of Japan. This is because the quizzes require an in-depth knowledge of Japanese culture. There are various UI graphics leftover from the quiz DLC in the North American release. The Nostalgic Sweater costume reward for completing the quiz DLC was given as a reward for completing the extra case DLC instead.

Music Difference

In the Japanese version of The Monstrous Turnabout, when the Mood Matrix overloads for the first time when using it on Jinxie Tenma, the normal Mood Matrix theme plays. In the English version, it is changed to the theme that plays every other time the Mood Matrix overloads.

(Source: Ace Attorney Wiki)

Aristotle Means's Spear Error

To do: Get comparison screenshots of this.

In the Japanese version, Aristotle Means does not have his globe "spear" when he is first met before the mock trial in case 3; however, he does have it in the English localization. This creates a plot hole when it is revealed that the spear played a role in the murder and that he should not have had it at that point. The iOS and Android releases corrected this error.