Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, known in Japan as , is a
visual novel adventure video game developed by
Capcom. It was originally released for the
Game Boy Advance in 2001 in Japan, and has since been ported to multiple platforms. The
Nintendo DS version, titled
Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten in Japan, was released in 2005 in Japan and North America, and in 2006 in Europe, and includes an English language option. The game is the first entry in the
Ace Attorney series, and has received several sequels and spin-offs.