 The player takes the roles of the defense attorneys Phoenix Wright , Mia Fey , Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes , and investigates cases and defends their clients in court ; they find the truth by cross @-@ examining witnesses and finding inconsistencies between the testimonies and the evidence they have collected . The cases all last a maximum of three days , with the judge determining the outcome based on evidence presented by the defense attorney and the prosecutor . In the spin @-@ off series Ace Attorney Investigations , the player takes the role of prosecutor Miles Edgeworth , and in the spin @-@ off Dai Gyakuten Saiban , they play as Phoenix 's ancestor Ryūnosuke Naruhodō . 
 The player <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>takes</mark></a> the roles of the defense attorneys Phoenix Wright , Mia Fey , Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes , and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>investigates</mark></a> cases and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>defends</mark></a> their clients in court ; they find the truth by cross @-@ examining witnesses and finding inconsistencies between the testimonies and the evidence they <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> collected . The cases all last a maximum of three days , with the judge determining the outcome based on evidence presented by the defense attorney and the prosecutor . In the spin @-@ off series Ace Attorney Investigations , the player <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>takes</mark></a> the role of prosecutor Miles Edgeworth , and in the spin @-@ off Dai Gyakuten Saiban , they play as Phoenix <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>ancestor Ryūnosuke Naruhodō . 
The player take the roles of da defense attorneys Phoenix Wright , Mia Fey , Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes , and investigate cases and defend their clients in court ; they find the truth by cross @-@ examining witnesses and finding inconsistencies between the testimonies and the evidence they done collected . The cases all last a maximum of three dayz , w/ the judge determining the outcome based on evidence presented by tdadefense attorney and the prosecutor . In the spin @-@ off series Ace Attorney Investigations , thdalayer take the role of prosecutor Miles Edgeworth , and in the spin @-@ offf Dai Gyakuten Saiban , they play as Phoenix  ancestor Ryūnosuke Naruhodō .