《寒蝉鸣泣之时 鬼隐篇》是07th Expansion制作的《寒蝉鸣泣之时》同人系列游戏的第一作。 昭和58年，前原圭一随父母从东京搬迁到人口只有2000人的雏见泽村。 一日，和圭一同校的龙宫礼奈带他前往村外一处堆积废弃物（礼奈称之为‘宝山’）的场所。在礼奈寻宝的时候，圭一遇到了来自东京的摄影师富竹次郎。富竹口中所提到的杀人事件引起了圭一注意。圭一后来了解到这个垃圾场曾经是水坝的修建场所。 第二天，圭一和礼奈回到垃圾场。为把被压在废弃物下的肯德君娃娃取出，礼奈返回自己的住所拿工具。礼奈离开后，圭一发现现场遗留的报刊杂志报导了5年前的杀人分尸事件，而且它和过去的水坝工程有关…… 圭一平静的生活终于在一年一度的绵流祭当天被打破…… 圭一在某天被大石警官找到车上说出了富竹以及鹰野遇害的事情（富竹的死法非常奇怪，是自己抓破喉咙而死的），而被礼奈给看到，圭一不想要伙伴们牵连进去，所以说出“这是和大家没关系的事”。 “你说谎！！” 礼奈如此大喊，使得圭一心生恐惧，同时，在他眼中礼奈的行动愈来愈不对劲，直到某天，礼奈与魅音来到圭一的家里玩，而在圭一的房间，礼奈突然抓住圭一的双手，魅音则手上拿着针筒，准备注射不明药剂……

The game takes place in an urban city set in 2016 and later; for the Japanese versions, this city is somewhere in Japan, while the English localization places the games in Los Angeles, California. The fictional future justice system is such that when a person is accused of a crime, they are immediately given a bench trial presided by a judge, a prosecuting attorney from the state, and a defense attorney that must completely prove the accused innocent of the crime. Trials last 3 days at most, due to the large number of cases that the courts must deal with; if the accused cannot be found innocent after this time, their case is consigned to a higher court. The majority of the work during a trial is on the shoulders of the defense attorney who must cross-examine the witnesses brought forth by the prosecution to find contradictions in testimony to clear their client. The playable character is Phoenix Wright. He is a rookie lawyer fresh out of law school in the first game, taking a position at Fey & Co. Law Offices run by Mia Fey, a defense attorney that helped to acquit Wright of murder several years prior to the events of the first game. When Mia is murdered, Wright takes over the offices with the assistance of Maya Fey, Mia's younger sister, and renames the office "Wright & Co. Law Offices". The Fey family have the ability to channel spirits, which sometimes allows Maya to channel Mia's spirit for Wright to help in court. Wright develops a rivalry with prosecuting attorney Miles Edgeworth as they oppose each other in court... [Edited from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Attorney#Setting]Wikipedia[/url]]