Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is a visual novel adventure game for the Nintendo 3DS. Continuing the series' tradition, players gather evidence and identify contradictions to defend clients in court. The game features split gameplay between Investigation and Trial phases, enhanced by full 3D graphics, enabling dynamic camera angles and immersive exploration of environments for clue discovery.
Dual Destinies continues the style of gameplay from previous installments, in which the player must utilize evidence and find contradictions in witness statements to prove their client innocent. Like previous installments, gameplay is split up between Investigations, in which players find evidence and question witnesses, and Trials, where they must use the evidence to expose contradictions. The game now features full 3D graphics and character models, allowing more dynamic camera angles during gameplay, such as quickly panning around the courtroom in the moments before a dramatic reveal. The 3D camera also allows investigation sequences to take place in 3D spaces, permitting greater investigative depth, such as being able to rotate around a room to look for clues.