A similar version for the North American and European markets was released on February 1, 2012. A Japanese version for Apple's iOS platform has been released as an episodic title on December 16, 2010. The North American release was Januand the European release was January 14, 2011. It was released in Japan on Jfor the Nintendo DS. According to Takumi, the name was chosen because the Japanese word 'toriko' meaning 'to possess' sounds strikingly similar to the English word 'trick'.Īs of late 2009, the game was said to be more than fifty percent complete.

The original concept had the main character as a spy and was called Ghost Spy, but overtime, the spy idea was out of the picture and the name was changed to Ghost Trick. The goal for its creator, Shu Takumi, was to create a completely new mystery game that was different from the Ace Attorney series. The concept for Ghost Trick was created back in 2004 when the development for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations, the third game in the Ace Attorney series, was finished.

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