Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

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All Missable Achievements
By dozidoe
A spoiler free guide on how to get all of the optional achievements for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
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Opening Statement
This guide will solely focus on the achievements that you can miss. Most are obvious from their descriptions, whilst others require further explanation which I will list when necessary.

I strongly suggest you frequently make back-up saves whilst playing in case you accidentally progress too far, pal.
The Eternal Debate

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Ace Attorney
Ladders Vs. Step-Ladders Get every ladder vs. step-ladder conversation in PW: AA Trilogy. (Spans the entire trilogy)
Ep. 3 - Studio One
Ep. 5 - Underground Parking Lot

Please Turn In Your Badge Answer "Mia Fey" when asked who the defendant is. (PW: AA, Ep. 1)

Secret Weapons Three Borrow all of Gumshoe's secret weapons. (PW: AA, Ep. 4)
Note: You don't have to use all three, just swap with Gumshoe and this will pop. If you do want to see each scene though, save the metal detector for last since it progresses the story.

Lunchbox Specialist Check out every lunchbox Angel Starr has to offer. (PW: AA, Ep. 5)
Day 1 - Investigation

I've only listed missable lunchboxes, the rest are acquired from natural progression.

Lunchland's Pickle Supreme
  • Before heading to the police department, present your attorney's badge to Angel.

Day 2 - Trial Former

I strongly suggest making a back-up save before Angel's testimony just to be safe.

First Love lunchbox
  • When asked "Objection!" or "No problem!" choose "No Problem!" first.
P'tooey on rice
  • When faced with three options, choose "What she saw". This is incorrect and you will be penalised.
Orange-peel lunchbox
  • Answer "The order of events" which is also incorrect, netting you a second penalty.

Day 3 - Investigation

You should receive this achievement after talking to Angel Starr in the underground parking lot.
Justice For All
Ladders Vs. Step-Ladders Get every ladder vs. step-ladder conversation in PW: AA Trilogy. (Spans the entire trilogy)
Ep. 3 - Big Top

Mind Your Own Business, Pal! Press Gumshoe about "they were even talking about marriage." (JFA, Ep. 1)

Um, Lotta Hair, Was It? Reply with "Lotta Hair" when talking to Lotta. (JFA, Ep. 2)

Naruhodo A. Wrighto Present Max's profile to Maya. (JFA, Ep. 3)
Only available during Part 1: Investigation. You can find Maya at the Wright & Co. Law Offices.

Judge Wackner Press Oldbag's claim that "it was the Nickel Samurai that I saw!" (JFA, Ep. 4)

Justice Ill Served Get the bad ending in PW: AA - Justice For All. (JFA, Ep. 4)
During Part 4-2: Trial make sure to SAVE when the Judge says 'Let's not waste any more time.'
The correct things to present are Shelly de Killer's profile and the Video Tape. Present anything other than these two things and you will get the bad ending.
Trials & Tribulations
Ladders Vs. Step-Ladders Get every ladder vs. step-ladder conversation in PW: AA Trilogy. (Spans the entire trilogy)
Ep. 2 - Basement Warehouse
Ep. 5 - Courtyard during Part 3-2: Investigation, examine the stepladder with the metal detector

Beware, Your Honor! Press Dahlia's claim that "Feenie pushed him twice." (T&T, Ep. 1)

Smells Like Oldbag Examine everything with even a whiff of Oldbag on it. (T&T, Ep. 2)
DeMasque's Hideout
  • Examine the object that looks like a fishbowl on the left of the room.
    Note: Although this is available in Part 1, you can still examine it in Part 3 if you forgot.
Security Room
  • During Part 3: Investigation, examine the white list and both workstations and you should unlock this achievement.

Violetta's Home-Made Donuts Get a donut offered to Phoenix by Viola. (T&T, Ep. 3)
When breaking Viola's Psyche-Locks, answer the first question incorrectly and she'll offer you a donut.

Jean's Foreign Language Course Learn all of Armstrong's fancy foreign words. (T&T, Ep. 3)
Part 1: Investigation

This achievement is very easy to miss. I strongly suggest you create different saves when I tell you to just in case.

  • SAVE before breaking Armstrong's Psyche-Locks.
  • Ask about Maggey's Motive again when it's locked.
  • Present all of your evidence and profiles.
  • Present your magatama and make sure to answer incorrectly on every choice.

Part 3: Investigation
  • SAVE when encountering Armstrong in the Kitchen.
  • Make sure to present everything again since he becomes unavailable the further you progress.

Part 4-1: Trial
  • SAVE at the start of Armstrong's testimony
  • Press every single statement and voilà! The achievement should pop when you have to present the Small Bottle.

I Hate Childhood Friends As Edgeworth, hear all of his and Larry's childhood tales. (T&T, Ep. 5)
During Part 1-2: Investigation present the Attorney's Badge to Larry.
Examine the flags at Heavenly Hall and the achievement should pop.
Closing Arguement
Congratulations on completing the Ace Attorney trilogy! I sincerely hope you enjoyed it.

If you crave more bluffing and shoving your badge in everyone's face, I highly encourage you to play or watch the various sequels and spin-offs. My personal favourite is Ace Attorney Investigations 2. Tragically, it never got an official overseas release but it does have an excellent fan translation.

If there's anything that seems wrong or isn't detailed enough please let me know and I will fix it accordingly.

Thank you for reading!

#teamstepladder

37 Comments
Romaki 6 Aug @ 8:48am 
I can confirm you get the Lunchbox achievement after you found Edgeworth's letter of resignation, not the first time you talk to her on Day 3. Just make sure to do both wrong answers on the same save file, don't save and reload to avoid damage. Other than that press all her statements too.
Kurak 7 Jul @ 1:20am 
I can second @Mandoop. I followed the guide *and* his advice, and managed to unlock Lunchbox Specialist.
Mandoop 8 Mar @ 2:39am 
There is a missable lunchbox that needs to be added to the list - it's the peppered fish guts which I missed following this guide.

I can confirm that you get it from Witness Testimony - Decisive Evidence - Cross-Examination and you need to press all statements here if you'd like to add it to the guide.
Vd65_63RUS 29 Feb @ 8:21am 
I have to say futher elaboration on jean armstrong's achievement could be useful. Specifically, when you say "press on every statement" I'd say smth like "press him on every statement in his every testimonies"
Hitchhiker's Ghost 1 Feb @ 6:55am 
Lunchbox Specialist popped for me during the trial on a second playthrough, so you shouldn't have to do them all in one run.
Louisia 28 Jan @ 9:08am 
Struggling with Jean Armstrong's achievement for long. This guide really helps!
Chromeo 4 Jan @ 8:21am 
Lunchbox achievement didn't work for me, and I made sure to get both the ones that were in the same dialog. What a waste of time.
maijatime 24 Dec, 2023 @ 3:40pm 
Was worried about the lunchbox achievement since some people were struggling with it, but it worked just fine for me. TY for the guide :) I have the series on the original DS and prefer the sprites sooo much more than the HD remaster but I want the achievements lol
maximilian 14 Dec, 2023 @ 3:26am 
The achievement for learning all of armstrong's fancy foreign words popped slightly later than when the guide says for me - it was just after I presented Jean's Loan Contract
doubleo_maestro 1 Oct, 2023 @ 8:11am 
@Anon You sure about that? I missed that achievement first time, and later went back and got the one lunchbox I had't got and the achievement instantly popped.