The first three games in the comic legal procedural GBA series Ace Attorney will arrive on Wii next year as downloadable WiiWare titles, developer Capcom announced today.

Motion controls will ratchet the courtroom tension up a notch, presenting evidence with a wave of the Wiimote and accusatory wiggling to press witness withholding information.

First out is Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Episode 1 through 4) in January, followed by Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All in March then Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations in May--costing 1000 Wii Points ($10) apiece. The fifth episode of Ace Attorney added in the DS re-release will also arrive in May, for 100 Wii Points ($1).

Capcom reports that the judicial series has sold over 3.7 million units worldwide. The latest entry Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth is slated to hit Nintendo DS on February 16, 2010, placing players in the prosecution's Oxfords for the first time.

Capcom's Phoenix Wright is back for a third round of lawyering on Nintendo DS, and Carlos Bergfeld took a hands-on session with the game to deliver his early verdict on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations.

I played a good portion of the game's first episode, Turnabout Memories, which enlists players as a young Mia Fey, Phoenix Wright's mentor from the other titles. In a stunning portrayal of turnaboutery, it appears the young Wright has committed murder over a squabble involving his girlfriend's ex. Despite being one of the most text-heavy series on any console, Trials and Tribulations flaunts its writers' finesse by maintaining fervent interest throughout the court proceedings.