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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Locked rooms and murder mysteries go hand in hand. But what if, as a ghost yourself, you have a unique perspective on how a death occurred? Able to time travel to four minutes before the victim copped it, the conundrums here are less about the method and more about nudging fate ever so slightly until you can change the events of one long night.

That’s the idea that spurred Ghost Trick, an (ahem) spiritual successor to the Ace Attorney series. With the AA trilogy wrapped up, Shu Takumi wanted to explore ways

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