Ace Attorney Discussion Thread

[LlamaHombre]

Just found this and I thought sharing it might be nice

Apparently a movie was made in the structure of the first Phoenix Wright title. Naturally it's in all Japanese, but the interpretations of the gameplay are rather humorous and the characters are as wacky as ever. It's not 100% accurate to the games, but it's good enough to the point where that doesn't matter.

Warning: Contains major spoilers for the original four chapters of the first game. If you haven't played it, please save yourself and don't open the spoiler.

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It's rather long so I recommend devoting a timeslot to it or something but it's still rather good. Make sure sure you have captions on, though.

[Tengu]

I saw that movie a few months ago, it was honestly one of the best live-action video game movies I've ever seen.

[Tengu]

Sorry for the bump but I feel a very strong need to share this:

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[Tengu]

ANOTHER BUMP.

I cannot begin to explain how amazing this looks. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright is CONFIRMED for a US release.

[Ceridran]

ANOTHER BUMP.

I cannot begin to explain how amazing this looks. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright is CONFIRMED for a US release.

Phoenix Wright is CONFIRMED for a US release.

CONFIRMED

I pinched myself, too.

[ZeStopper]

I feel like I should get that, but should I play some early Ace Attorney first?

[Ceridran]

Dual Destinies is out on the eShop. How has nobody mentioned this yet?

I don't think the physical copies are out yet, if we're getting those at all.

[LlamaHombre]

We're not getting physical copies since we're not japanese.

Anyways, playing through AA5 at the moment. On Case 2, it's pretty good so far. Couple of things that bug me but I'll just hope they're not prominent.

EDIT: Case 3 now. I'm seriously not sure if it's continuing my fears or not.

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The first two cases had intros showing who the killer was without going into too much further detail, like the first two cases of the first game. In this case, there's three people standing over the body. I don't know.

[Rui]

So i beat the new game  (MAJOR ace attorney 5 spoilers dont click if you havent finished case 5)

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gooooodnesss graciooouusssss i was NOT expecting that at all in the final case. there better be more DLC trials coming soon i really hope so. i looved the 3D animations it was so smooth and it portrayed each character's personalities so well!! my personal favorite was case 3 because of the friendship trio stuff going on that i totally related too. ;u;

however, either ive gotten smarter or the game felt way easier than previous games...... plus it was kinda obvious who the killer was in each case except for case 5 because oooopooohh boy that was quite the dozzy.

I'M STILL NOT OVER THAT FULBRIGHT WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME WHAT THE HELL

[LlamaHombre]

Game ruining spoilers for AA5

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I agree with you in terms of difficulty. It wasn't very hard at all, but I definitely appreciated not being force-fed the solutions like with much of Apollo Justice.

Case 5 was great as usual, with one of the best breakdowns in the series. The idea behind the Phantom only worked as well as it did because they made Fulbright such a strong character. As I was progressing, I only came to truly believe Wright's theory when Fulbright's eyes changed expression after the lighter-gun fingerprint reveal.

If you can't tell, I adore the way Blackquill was played throughout the game. Besides just having a strong personality on his own, his relation and dedication to Athena and Aura really just built him up for me.

Supposedly Case 6 is in the works? There's been a few English screenshots, and they unlock a costume for Phoenix after its completion.

Speaking of costumes, I got the free bundle ASAP and immediately switched Phoenix's look back to his old one. It just felt so much better beating down testimonies with the signature suit. Maybe that's just me though. All in all, easily one of the best in the series. Probably not as good as Trials and Tribulations, but it's at least on par with the first game.

[Rui]

Game ruining spoilers for AA5

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I agree with you in terms of difficulty. It wasn't very hard at all, but I definitely appreciated not being force-fed the solutions like with much of Apollo Justice.

Case 5 was great as usual, with one of the best breakdowns in the series. The idea behind the Phantom only worked as well as it did because they made Fulbright such a strong character. As I was progressing, I only came to truly believe Wright's theory when Fulbright's eyes changed expression after the lighter-gun fingerprint reveal.

If you can't tell, I adore the way Blackquill was played throughout the game. Besides just having a strong personality on his own, his relation and dedication to Athena and Aura really just built him up for me.

Supposedly Case 6 is in the works? There's been a few English screenshots, and they unlock a costume for Phoenix after its completion.

Speaking of costumes, I got the free bundle ASAP and immediately switched Phoenix's look back to his old one. It just felt so much better beating down testimonies with the signature suit. Maybe that's just me though. All in all, easily one of the best in the series. Probably not as good as Trials and Tribulations, but it's at least on par with the first game.

spoooileeers

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yeeep! there's a case 6 being worked on, i just hope it does grt released and that we have more dlc trials in the future.

also, yeah i figured the game was a tad easy, i remember spending hours during testimonies in the first Ace Attorney.

yeah Simon's character is really fantastic ;w; I love how he was presented as this cold-esque person but was shown to eventually open up a little and is shown to be actually very caring for those around him such as Athena and Aura. Though, I really do hope they eventually reveal who the Phantom is, it's made me super curious ever since.......

i think Phoenix's new outfit looks super cool
but i agree the old suit makes it feel more phoenixy :^), i don't really like athena or apollo's dlc outfits though, Athena's outfit doesn't really feel..... like athena and apollo's casual clothes dont look so great

[Kage]

The DLC episode, Turnabout Reclaimed, has been released for AA5. Has anyone got to try it out yet?

[LlamaHombre]

I haven't gotten to yet, I'm missing about $4.

Looks neat though. Seems like Blackquill's the prosecutor based on the trailer they posted.

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And I mean I'm glad to get more Blackquill ever but there's two other prosecutors coded into the game. Klavier in particular could have used a little more showtime, I feel.

[Kage]

I've only played a little bit of this case, but it looks pretty interesting already.

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Yeah, Klavier kind of just showed up as a cameo rather than as a prosecutor for a case. At least we got to have Edgeworth as a prosecutor in this game for a little bit. I also find it a little weird  Fulbright is the detective in this case considering if you played this whole game through first before trying this dlc. I was kind of hoping for at least Ema or Gumshoe to make a cameo appearance instead. Oh well, at least Pearl returned.

EDIT - November 24, 2013: I finally completed this case. I gotta say the climax of the court had a pretty interesting twist this time around. There is also an award for completing this dlc case too referencing something from T&T. I also instantly recognized a phrase from T&T that Phoenix Wright referenced in this case.

[Rui]

Buuuump.




the tweet itself

EDIT: Protag revealed!!! Name of game is Dai Gyakuten Saiban (Big Turnabout Trial)

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His name is Naruhodou Ryuunosuke and apparently he's an ancestor of Phoenix Wright, supposedly??? He looks major awesome. People are speculating if Ami Fey will appear O:

Full post about the new game.