Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - GR Review

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Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - GR Review

Added: 25.08.2014 14:00 | 2 views | 0 comments

Now with twice the finger-pointing!

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney may seem like wild, out-of-the-box horseplay, but Capcom is a publisher known for crossover hybrids with other properties like . Not only is it encouraging to find a developer that's so willing to collaborate with others, but it's a calculated, concerted marketing effort to reach gaming audiences of different brands. While Capcom and Level-5 don't have prior experience combining two puzzle-based franchises together, and the entire concept seems downright ridiculous on paper, the blend is surprisingly cohesive and agreeably straddles the line between logic-intensive riddles and comic relief.

For all intents and purposes, Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright stumble into a friendly, symbiotic relationship that belies the "vs." in the game title. Maybe this particular word choice is meant to reference Capcom's past crossover titles or maybe they figure that "versus" gets gaming nerds all riled up. But apart from a specific instance near the endgame, Hershel and Nick along with their sidekicks Luke and Maya become fast friends, combining their puzzle-solving prowess to clear the name of Espella Cantabella, a teenage girl who looks as innocent as Red Riding Hood but has been accused of being a witch. Both dynamic duos, mysteriously misplaced from the real world and plopped into the fantastical city named Labyrinthia with knights, parades, and inquisitors, must gather evidence and disentangle several magical murders to free Espella from being burned alive in the guilty-before-proven-innocent witch trials.