PROFESSOR LAYTON VS. PHOENIX WRIGHT ACE ATTORNEY (NINTENDO 3DS)

Level 5 and Capcom are joining forces by combining their two independent franchises in a new game. Capcom's top defense attorney, Phoenix Wright, with his assistant, Maya, as well as the Level 5 duo for puzzle-solving skills , Professor Layton with his assistant, Luke Triton. Professor Layton receives a mysterious visit that leads him on a wild witch and magic hunt...something neither Layton nor Luke believes in. At the same time, Phoenix Wright arrives with his assistant, Maya Fey, at an airfield in London on a Case. While the English courtroom has slight differences in how Phoenix defends its clients, it still succeeds just as masterfully. Phoenix and Layton, independently, find themselves reading pages from a book called Historia Labyrinthia where they appear to be the characters. Plus, they find themselves magically transported to the world depicted in the book.

Being a crossover of the Ace Attorney and Professor Layton franchises, the gameplay contains everything from both worlds, but with some unique gameplay tweaks. Ultimately, it's about exploration, puzzle solving, and defending a client in a courtroom. In the Professor Layton series, Luke and Layton are always together and comment on everything and solve puzzles together. This time there are four protagonists, and throughout the story the player will have different groups of characters while exploring, and even while solving puzzles. While exploring areas and traversing a map, the player can click on various objects (often feedback will be given in turn by each character in the current group), talk to the character, come across puzzles (some required, but most optional) and collect hidden coins. While coins were always used to unlock clues to solve puzzles in the past, here they can also be used to unlock clues during trials, often providing an indicator on the witness's testimony where Phoenix needs items , and if there is an item that needs to be presented, half of the bad items will be deselected to help select the correct clue.