A high-quality collection that should satisfy series fans.
The Ace Attorney games provide some of the most captivating storytelling in gaming.
And what tweaks and additions can returning players expect?
During gameplay, again we see the same cropping of the background scene to accommodate 16:9 displays.
The characters and backgrounds are drawn at 1080p and scaled using a nearest-neighbour technique to a 4K output.
This helps to keep the image sharp, at the cost of some visible pixelation.
The UI is rendered at 4K though, thankfully.
Apollo Justice featured 3D object manipulation, and that’s been replicated here as well.
Gone is the dial-based stylus-centric interface, with analogue stick controls instead.
The 3D elements do render at 4K here as well.
Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies was released in 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS.
Gameplay presents some curious differences.
However, in the courtroom segments with foreground elements, the character framing is the same as before.
The changes and overall presentation here are pretty similar to what we saw in Dual Destinies.
For example, background artwork is tweaked with higher-resolution 2D elements outdoors.
We also see revised assets in places elsewhere, such as higher-res calligraphy in some background shots.
So that’s the PS5 accounted for, but what about the other platforms?
At resolutions this high though, I’m not sure the art holds up that well.
That brings us neatly to the Nintendo Switch.
These aren’t exactly the most demanding titles, but it’s good to see Switch parity here.
When thereiscontinuous camera movement or background animation, the games present a stable 30fps update, generally speaking.
The anime-style cutscenes do exhibit a lot of uneven movement, however.
In general though, performance is about where it should be.
Overall, this new release offers pretty effective remasters of these titles.
The artwork mostly looks presentable, even if clearly not designed for the scrutiny of high-resolution rendering.
On Switch, touch controls are supported in portable mode, although there’s no touch-specific interface.
Ultimately, I think this is the best Ace Attorney remaster to date.
This collection basically arrives without caveats, and the games are presented very effectively.
The characters and new mechanics are top-notch, and the last two entries have excellent production values.
But until then, this is a high-quality collection that should satisfy series fans.
