Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney - any%, US Route

Timing starts on pressing OK at name input screen.
Cutscenes can be skipped by pressing start, then confirming skip when prompted
Timing ends at the fade out of the dialogue box “the last witch trial has drawn to a close.”
Some text in the run cannot be fast mashed thru.
Movement requires two taps on desired movement location (unlike MM and AL, which only need one)
Answer NO when prompted to save

It is advised to practice puzzles before a full run, as they are more complex in terms of input that most other Layton games. Puzzles can be practiced from Puzzle Index in a previous save file.

How To Read

Investigation sections

Move: Use movement menu (styled as 3D Layton games).
Chat: Mash A/R and touch screen to get past.
Cutscene: Skip unless stated otherwise.
Puzzle: Follow specific solution, stated after puzzle number. Puzzles may include notes for further clarification.

Trial Sections

Present X, Y: Present evidence X at statement Y.
Present X: Present evidence X (auto prompted menu)
Grimoire X, Y: Present spell X of Grimoire at statement Y
Grimoire X Present spell X of Grimoire (auto prompted menu)
Press X: Press statement X.
Press New: Press newly added statement.
Press ALL: Press all statements in testimony.
Question X: Question witness X at current statement
Ignore X: DO NOT Question witness even if they get a prompt to do so

Trial Controls

D-Pad: move thru statements/options in questions/menus
R: Present menu
R (on Present Menu): Switch to Evidence/Profiles
X (on Present Menu): Present Evidence
L: Press Statement

Prologue: On a Dark and Stormy Night

Cutscene
Chat
Cutscene

Examine bookshelf

Puzzle 01

Talk to Espella
Chat
Cutscene
Chat
Cutscene
Chat

Talk to Chelmey

Move down
Examine car

Puzzle 03

Note: this puzzle can be solved using the D-Pad

x3
x2

x5
x2

x2
x5

Zoom in on statue
Chat

Move up
Chat

Move right
Chat

Enter Tunnel (Movement menu)
Chat
Zoom in on symbol on wall

Puzzle 04

Notes:

This puzzle can be solved using the D-Pad, and it is recommended to do so
Move hand to position with D-Pad, and grab/release pieces with A
Pieces will automatically drop to the first valid position they can be at, so follow instructions precisely and don’t release pieces unless stated otherwise
Movement instructions are given in amounts of tiles

Reverse L piece (middle left):
1 , 4
S Piece (bottom right):
4 , 4
1x1 piece (middle):
2 , 5
2x2 square (top right):
4 , 1
T piece (top right):
3 , 6
L piece (bottom left):
1 , release
Z piece (top left):
5
L piece:
2 , 5

Chat
Cutscene
Chat
Examine Espella’s leg (bottom of screen)

Puzzle 05: Click B

Note: Answer button must be clicked twice

Chat
Cutscene
Chat
Cutscene

Save Prompt
Cutscene

Prologue: English Turnabout

Chat
Cutscene
Chat

Answer Espella (Middle)
Answer Theft and Assault (Bottom)

Answer No need (bottom)

Cross Examination: Patrolling on the Night of the Crime

Press 1 (“That night”)
Present Crime Scene Photo, 5 (“Within seconds”)

Cross Examination: What I Sat at the Crime Scene

Present Medical Report, 4 (“That girl”)

Answer Plead not guilty (Top)
Answer Continue Trial (Top)

Save Prompt

Cross Examination: When I found the Girl

Present Fingerprint Photo, 4 (“She’s short”)
Answer Position of fingerprints (Middle)
Answer Prove there’s a contradiction (Top)
Present Medical Report

Answer Tried to defend herself (Bottom)
Answer It’s impossible (Bottom)
Present Torch

Cross Examination: About PC Badger

Present Torn Tag, 1 (“I wrestled this toy”)

Answer The toy was swapped (Middle)
Answer It’s impossible (Bottom)
Answer Request search (bottom)
Present Newspaper

Not Guilty!

Chat
Cutscene

Save Prompt

Chapter 1: Mysterious Labyrinthia

Chat
Talk to hooded passenger
Talk to wagon driver
Cutscene

Chat
Talk to Knights

Puzzle 06

Note: instructions show how to swap images at every slot. Slots are numbered, images are not.

1 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7
8 -> 3 -> 2

Chat
Talk to Cecil & Petal

Puzzle 07

Yellow
Red
Yellow
Red
Blue
Red

Move up
Talk to Bardly

Puzzle 08

10 > 6 > 5 > 2 > 4
3 >7 > 8 > 11 > 9

Move left
Talk to Knights

Puzzle 10: Answer B

Move right (twice)
Talk to Petter

Puzzle 09

Note: Solution may be input in any desired order

Move north
Chat
Cutscene
Chat

Move to East Av. (down, right, up, right)
Enter Bakery
Talk to Maya

Puzzle 13

Talk to Espella
Notes:

Complete dialogue to Espella in any desired order, as long as you unlock all dialogue options.

Move out and north
Move north to Archives
Enter Archives
Chat
Talk to Ridelle

Puzzle 16

Notes:

This puzzle can solved using the D-Pad

x3

x2
x2

x2

Puzzle 17

x3

x2

Move up
Examine book

Zoom in on emblem

Puzzle 19

Enter cellar
Talk to Ridelle
Cutscene

Move to E. Shopping Area
Talk to Petter
Enter bakery
Chat

Save Prompt

Cutscene

Chapter 2: The Fire Witch

Trial

Chat
Cutscene

Chat
Cutscene
Chat

Cross Examination: What we Saw Tonight

Press 1 (“The delicious scent”)
Present Lantern, 4 (“There was not a trace”)

Chat
Answer Point out contradiction (top)
Examine Espella’s right hand

Cross Examination: About the Talea Magica

Present Lantern, 4 ("The witch was holding")

Cross Examination: About the Talea Magica (cont.)

Press 3 (“The milk bucket is lighter”)
Present Bucket of Milk, 5 (“The girl was not holding”)

Cross Examination: About the Sequence of events

Press 1 (“Of course!”)
Skip to end
Press 1 (“Of course!”)
Question 2

Chat
Save Prompt

Cross Examination: The Mystery of the Witch’s Sceptre

Present Bucket of Milk, 5 (“That’s easy”)
Press NEW ("That witch was there holdin’ ")
Question 1

Answer One of them is the witch (bottom)
Examine between Espella and rogues
Grimoire 2 (Dimere)

Cross Examination: What We Saw and What We Didn’t See

Press 5 (“As I said…”)
Question 3
Answer Question further (Top)
Press NEW
Answer Contrains a clear contradiction (Bottom)
Testimony 2
Present Area Map
Grimoire Dimere

Answer To cover up her crime (bottom)
Present Glasses
Answer she couldn’t fint her glasses (Middle)
Present Bucket of Milk

Cutscene
Chat

Save Prompt

Chapter 3: The Great Witch

Chat

Move left
Talk to Darklaw

Move to E. Shopping Area
Enter Bakery

Move to W. Shopping Area
Talk to Price

Puzzle 26

Mice numbered from left to right, 1 to 8:
Left: 1, 3, 5, 6
Right: 2, 4, 7, 8

Move south
Talk to Bardly

Puzzle 27

Move south
Talk to Knights

Puzzle 28

Notes: Start the line from the S mark.

Move to plaza (up, west, left)
Talk to Darklaw

Go to bakery

Move right (twice)

Move right
Talk to Espella

Move right
Talk to Knights

Puzzle 32

Move right
Talk to Cutter

Puzzle 33

Move right
Examine door

Puzzle 36

Buttons numbered from top to bottom, 1 to 5:
5, 2, 2, 3

Cutscene
Chat

Talk to Espella
Cutscene

Move left
Talk to Barnham

Leave court
Move to Plaza (right x2, right x3)

Move left
Talk to Jean

Talk to Jean
Cutscene

Chat

Move up
Examine left border of painting
Examine white stain on floor
Talk to Jean

Examine goat statue
Examine well
Examine desk
Cutscene
Chat
Cutscene

Save Prompt

Chapter 4: The Golden Court

Trial

Cross Examination: What We Witnessed

Press 2 (“Mayhap something…”)
Question Luke
Answer Ask Espella to speak out (Top)
Present Floor Plan, 4 (“The Professor must…”)

Cross Examination: A Shadow at the Crime Scene

Press 2 (“Same place, same magic trick…”)
Press NEW (“That hat maker was pointing…”)
Question Luke
Question Emeer

Answer Where was it lying? (Bottom)
Answer Actually, there is a problem (bottom)
Magnify Talea Magica

Cross Examination: The Golden Statue and the Spectre

Press 3 (“Bewitched by love…”)
Ignore Emeer
Question Luke
Answer Let’s hear Cracker’s testimony! (top)
Answer Cross-examine Cracker (top)

Grimoire Goldor, 5 (“Godoor!”)
Answer Naturally, I have proof (Top)
Present Behind the Painting
Answer Something else (Bottom)
Present Talea Magica
Magnify Purple Gem

Present Jean Greyerl

Save Prompt

Answer in Greyerl’s possession (Bottom)
Magnify Greyerl’s collar
Answer Ask about another case (Bottom)

Cross Examination: The Night of the Crime

Press 3 (“A neighbor had come…”)
Present Talea Magica, NEW (“It dawned on me”)
Present Crime Scene Sketches

Cross Examination: After Discovering the Body

Press 3 (“Whaddid I do then…”)
Question Greyerl
Present Blank Letter, NEW (“Sir Belduke said…”)

Cross Examination: Sir Belduke’s Letter

Press 3 ("I left his study")
Question Greyerl
Press NEW (“Miss Mailer left…”)
Question Emeer
Present Tomato Juice Bottle, 5 (“Then that guy went…”)

Cross Examination: The Alchemist and His Butler

Press 2 (“That’s why I could never…”)
Answer Suggest another motive (Middle)
Present Blank Letter

Press NEW (“I had no reason…”)
Ignore Mailer
Answer there’s a contradiction (Bottom)
Answer I can’t present evidence (Bottom)
Present Testimony 3

Answer Investigate contradictions (Bottom)
Present Crime Scene Sketches
Answer Emeer (Bottom)
Magnify Bottle
Answer Himself (Middle)
Present Blank Letter

Cutscene

Save Prompt

Chapter 5: A Taste of Despair

Chat

Move down
Move down
Enter Tavern
Talk to Rouge

Move up

Talk to Rouge

Puzzle 42

Move up
Chat

Move down
Move left
Talk to Mary
Talk to Knightle
Cutscene

Talk to Mary
Examine bell under wheel
Cutscene

Move right
Enter Tavern
Talk to Rouge

Move to Courtroom Entrance

Puzzle 48

Chat

Move up
Examine lever

Puzzle 49

Puzzle 50

Cutscene

Puzzle 51

Notes:

Move characters with D-Pad
Switch control between characters with the A button

Switch to Layton

x2
x2

Switch to Maya

x4
x2
x5

Switch to Layton

(auto switch to Maya)

Move left
Chat

Move up right
Talk to both Shades

Move left
Talk to Shade

Puzzle 53

Notes:

Move with the D-Pad. Hold the button to move long distances.
Press A to hammer and knock a nearby log
A red shadow will indicate in which direction the knocked log will fall off.
Practice the puzzle before runs!

Move left
Enter Mansion
Talk to both Shades stirring pots (top section of screen)
Talk to new Shade (bottom middle)

Puzzle 54

Cups numbered from left to right, 1 to 4:
1 > 3
2 > 4
4 > 1
3 > 4
3 > 2
2 > 1

Talk to Shades (middle)

Move up
Talk to Shade

Puzzle 55

B > E
D > C > A

Examine throne
Examine stain on back wall

Save Prompt

Chapter 6: Secrets of the Underground Ruins

Cutscene

Examine background door

Move right
Chat

Talk to Shade

Enter Mansion
Move up
Move up
Chat
Examine background door

Puzzle 57

Try Inserting key
Rotate key 180°
Try inserting key
Try inserting key head
HOLD IT!
Click C, OBJECTION!

Examine stone with symbols (left)
Examine river

Puzzle 59

Notes:

Boxes can be stacked in any order, regardless of size

Puzzle 60

Buttons numbered from left to right, 1 to 5:
Slide 2 up
Slide 3 down
Slide 4 up
Slide 5 down

Puzzle 61

Tiles numbered from left to right, from 1 to 4
Place tile 1 in left hole
Rotate tile 4 a quarter turn counter-clockwise
Place tile 4 right
Press Check

Examine Altar

Cutscene
Chat
Save Prompt

Chapter 7: The Story’s End

Cutscene
Talk to Cecil & Petal
Talk to Tuggit
Cutscene
Chat

Move up
Examine floor plan on the floor (middle right)
Examine robe
Examine shiny pendant
Examine panel on left column

Save Prompt

Move to the right
Chat

Examine tower

Puzzle 63

Save Prompt

Chapter 8: The Final Witch Trial

Trial

Chat
Cutscene

Cross Examination: About the Incident

Press 1 (“I finally realized”)
Present Vigilantes’ Report, 2 (“Once evening fell…”)
Press 3 (“I waited for my father’s…”)
Press 4 (“I… I don’t know why…”)
Press 1 (“I finally realized”)
Question Eve (“Yes… I’d always had a feeling…”) (Note: there’s no cue for this question)
Present Footprints Sketch, NEW (“My cat”)

Cross Examination: Guarding the Bell Tower

Press 9 (“Ah didne rin awa’ …”)
Question 1
Question 5
Press 4 (“But then. suddenly…”)
Press 7 (“Rain is so loathsome”)
Present Footprints Sketch, NEW (“When I saw those muddy…”)
Answer Both are correct (Bottom)
Present Flour Covered Robe

Cross Examination: The Time of the Crime

Present Bell Tower Plan, 7 (“We captured the girl…”)
Magnify Belfry (Bell, all the way to the top, scroll up)
Press 8 (“There was no other witch”)
Question 10 (“And we heard no incantations…”)
Present Contraption, NEW (“I recall”)
Present Pendant

Puzzle 64

Note:

Puzzle automatically stops after solution, without correct prompt.

Rotate top left gear a quater turn clockwise
Rotate bottom right gear a quarter turn clockwise

Chat
Answer Raise an objection (Bottom)
Answer in Espella’s person (Bottom)
Magnify Espella’s bracelet

Puzzle 64

Rotate top left gear a quater turn clockwise
Rotate middle right gear a quater turn counter-clockwise
Rotate middle gear a quarter turn clockwise

Chat

Save Prompt

Layton

Examine lift

Puzzle 65

Puzzle 66

Puzzle 67

Cutscene

Examine building on the left

Move up
Zoom in on curtain
Examine door

Move up the stairs
Examine pictures in wall
Examine piano

Puzzle 68

1 > 2
2 > 4
2 > 5
2 > 7

Cutscene

Puzzle 69

Notes:

Failing this puzzle first try randomizes the answer for next attempt.

Cutscene

Save Prompt

Chapter 9: The Last Inquisition

Trial

Cross Examination: My Role and Identity

Press 4 (“I… was only there to…”)
Press 3 (“As it rained…”)
Answer Press Further (top)
Present Flour Covered Robe, NEW (“I was wearing the robe…”)

Cross Examination: What Happened on the Top Floor

Present Pendant, 3 (“As I struggled…”)
Present Pendant, 2 (“They attacked me from behind…”)
Grimoire Fainfol, NEW (“I heard the incantation…”)
Answer Something other than magic (Middle)
Present Darklaw
Answer Darklaw herself (Middle)
Magnify Darklaw’s neck

Cutscene

Save Prompt

Cross Examination: What Happened Tonight

Press 3 (“I had my own reasons”)
Question Kira
Answer There’s something odd (bottom)
Present Invisible Robe, 4 (“I climbed the stairs”)
Press 2 (“As I passed by the bell tower”)
Answer There’s something very wrong (Bottom)
Present Footprints Sketch, NEW (“There was no heel”)
Present Footprints Sketch

Cross Examination: Shades

Press ALL
Press NEW (“There is… but one true purpose”)
Answer I’m prepared, Your Honour! (Top)
Grimoire ANY SPELL
Present Testimony 2
Present Storyteller
Answer She tried to betray the Storyteller (Middle)

Save Prompt

Epilogue: The First Story

Cross Examination: The Truth about Labyrinthia

Press ALL
Present Espella

Cross Examination: The Legendary Fire

Press 4 (“An enormous fire dragon appeared …”)
Question Storyteller
Press 3 (“The Great Witch Bezella …”)
Question Storyteller
Answer I have evidence (Top)
Present Fire Dragon Sketch
Answer It’s the town itself (Bottom)
Scroll left twice
Examine bottom rail

Present Picture of Two Girls
Present Darklaw
Present Pendant
Present Bell of Ruin

Save Prompt

Chat
Present First Story
Present Suicide Note
Cutscene

Cross Examination: The Truth about the Legendary Fire

Press 5 (“All strenght abandoned us…”)
Question Storyteller
Press 4 (“I was shaking her until …”)
Question Espella
Present Top Floor Device
Present Darklaw

Cutscene
Unskippable Cutscene
Unskippable Cutscene

Puzzle 70

Notes:

Characters are matched from top to bottom, left to right

Cutscene

Not Guilty!

Chat
Time ends on "The Last Witch Trial was drawn to a close"

Credits

Images used in this guide by Professor Layton Walkthroughs
Ace Attorney Speedrunning guide notation by indykenobi, adapted for PLvsAA by ikuyo
Original PLvsAA route by Kurayami
Proofreading by Layton Speedruns Community
Route and guide by ikuyo and tutelarfiber7