This is one of those games that mercilessly sucks the NDS battery dry – it's so surprisingly compelling that, even at 3.oo a.m., you still don't wanna stop. Featuring various interesting characters – funny, not too serious, and flamboyant – "PW:AA" is a crime drama visual novel (series) that is unrivaled. Granted, there aren't many other "lawyer games" in existance … but, err … that's how innovative it is!

The gameplay, apart from being dialog-heavy, is divided into a point-&-click investigation and a courtroom interrogation where you search for the witnesses' & suspects' contradictions. The character sprites & animations are the driving force of the graphics and as such, they don't disappoint. The backgrounds however are a bit too simplistic for my taste, but not enough to lessen the overall experience. The music succeeds in making mere conversations thrilling (!), but "dying" can become tedious due to sparse checkpoints and no way to skip text you've read already.