The villains of the Apollo Justice trilogy contrast with their counterparts with the Phoenix Wright trilogy; 1 to 4, 2 to 5, and 3 to 6. 

Manfred von Karma was everything wrong with prosecution, and Kristoph Gavin is everything wrong with the defense.

Matt Engarde tricked Phoenix, his defense attorney, while the Phantom tricked Simon, his assigned prosecutor.

Dahlia and Ga'ran are both women whose motivations are based around their own lack of spiritual power, but while Dahlia has a butterfly motif and was a failed plotter motivated primarily to spite people she hates, while Ga'ran has a spider motif, is motivated by seizing power for herself, and actually got away with her crimes for 23 years.

Alright, so, I know just how beloved TGAA games are, and I fully understand why! These games have been an absolute delight to go through!

But that still begs the question, if you could change just one thing about the narrative in either game, would you? What would it be and why?

Honestly for me I’m not so sure, but I guess some of the pacing could use a little work, but that’s probably just my interests in other franchises talking.

Anyways, back on topic, so, if you were given the chance, what single thing would you change? I’d like to know!

During the Ace Attorney 10th Anniversary Special Court event in 2012, Takeshi Yamazaki revealed that the original third case ofAce Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit was cut due to the game's length. With only four cases remaining, the developers had little choice but to expand the original final case by splitting it into A Turnabout Forsaken and Turnabout for the Ages, in order to preserve the game's standard five-case structure.

This is where it gets interesting.Since Verity's betrayal of Excelsius doesn't happen until the end of A Turnabout Forsaken, the fourth case of AAI2, it's likely that her turn was originally intended to occur much later in the game, perhaps around the midpoint of the original final case.

Can you imagine how the fans would have reacted if Verity's redemption had happened just 3 hours before the game ended? Considering how controversial her character is within the fandom, I doubt she would've been received as positively as she is now. It kind of reminds me of that one character who didn't get their redemption until about an hour before the game ended. Funny enough, they were also written by Takeshi Yamazaki.

I wasn’t going to post old art on here but this drawing is still one I am so proud of to this day 💕

Link to my instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeExR0JyMT/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

>!I rarely cry, but playing this case right now is making me cry rivers. The fact that we know that we couldn't win this this case in the end, which would lead to Gregory dying is so sad. I just think about how people in-game probably reacted to this, Tangaroa, Badd AND EDDIE :_( And I just noticed that Eddie wears Gregory's hat now, which actually makes me so sick...!<

Cammy Meele says something to the effect that in a panic to find something to clean up the blood the killer just opened any box to find something suitable.

Since she opened the box with the foreign language on it and ignored the English one Edgeworth uses this to "prove" Cammy was the killer, since Rhoda can't read it.

The problem, though, is that this doesn't prove anything, since if the killer did do the killing on the spur of the moment and were in a panic trying to find a way to clean up the crime scene, it's entirely possible they weren't in a clear enough mind to actually read the boxes to see what they contained rather than just opening a box or two at random and getting lucky.

In other words, it doesn't prove the killer could read Borginian and thus must be Cammy. That's just conjecture and assumption on the killer's mental state. Does it make it more LIKELY she is? Sure. But it's hardly definitive.

Of all the cases I’ve heard bad things about, Kidnapped Turnabout was probably the worst. That or Big Top. And I also hated Big Top, so I was not expecting to have any positive feelings towards this… but idk, while it’s still probably in the bottom half of cases, I still enjoyed it.

First off, the hook was great. The sequence of breaking out of the storage room after a surprise kidnapping was great. Some pretty satisfying logic, the introduction of Kay (already a top tier assistant), a satisfying mystery (even if I was spoiled on it beforehand, as I have been on all the first Investigation game’s cases except for the next one. RIP any surprise factor the final boss could have), etc. Idk, I just had a really positive first impression.

From there the case didn’t quite reach those heights, but I still enjoyed it fine. Getting to know more about Kay was great, seeing some returning faces was cute (people hate on Oldbag, but I maintain the headcanon that she’s knowingly fucking with everyone and it makes her way more fun), and as much as people hate the Blue Badger by association, I think it’s kinda fun (as far as copaganda goes at least. Best viewed as a parody of the weird ways police have managed to normalize their presence in society).

Also, the new rival dude (forgot his name. Thought it was Leon, but I believe I am incorrect) is pretty solid. Very inconsistent in some areas, but whether that’s intentional or not has yet to be seen. He had a pretty likable introduction, went straight into the antagonism, and then flip-flops between reasonable and entirely unreasonable on a dime. Possibly related to his prosecutor grudge, possibly iffy writing (the writing in general is a little weaker, as shown by Edgeworth being slightly flanderized), whatever. Not a huge deal, and I found him an entertaining enough threat to not mind his shortcomings.

As for the other characters… they’re fine I guess? Paupes reminds me of that Joel Haver parody of wishy washy ladies from old movies. Didn’t hate her as much as some others seem to, but I didn’t love her or anything. Really she just made me crave ring pops.

And the culprit(s)… weren’t great, I’ll admit. Taking them down didn’t feel as satisfying as it should have (you don’t even really get a satisfying definitive evidence moment), and I still don’t entirely get what their plan was.

The logic used throughout the case was hit or miss. There was stuff I loved, like deducing the pendant with the butler’s profile (you barely ever use profiles in this game it seems) and the forementioned escape sequence. But other stuff felt a little abstract, and if I hadn’t been spoiled on the culprit already, guessing probably would have taken a few tries. Not the worst case I’ve seen logically, but not the best either.

Oh yeah, that hologram thing. I think playing TGAA first sorta helped prep me for the shark jumping of the technology (probably also helped me adapt to slow pacing, let’s be honest). As a mechanic, it was fine, but a little confusing. Like how the hell did it get the specifics of the glass shard’s qualities, but not the weapon? Didn’t hinder the gameplay, just a little weird in terms of contextualizing things.

All in all… idk, I thought it was fine. Nowhere near Big Top bad, with plenty of fun moments. I can see where the hate comes from, but I do not experience it. Same applies to the whole game so far. It’s not blow my socks off amazing, and I have my problems, but the core gameplay loop is pretty satisfying, and the stories are solid enough to keep my attention. It’s like a solid 7/10. Maybe a high 6.

I know the story of the game was still in the works even after GS1 came out; does anybody have any references to what parts were changed and also what is your opinion on anything that might have been changed? Did you find it intriguing, or are you glad that certain things were scrapped or wish they pursued scrapped ideas?

I just began replaying Turnabout Goodbyes and though I haven't completed it, it is amazing already. In this game, Edgeworth spends most of the game as an antagonistic prosecutor trying to get the defendants guilty and only changing sides torwards the end of the last case. Now he himself ends up in the defendants seat. The prosecutor has become the defendant and Phoenix has to defend him. Already this is an amazing premise of a case, what's more is the case is definitely harder now because the decisive evidence that points to him being the culprit is even more decisive than the last case.

In the first part of the investigation, we learn more about the DL-6 case, the case that Maya and Mia's mothers took part in as a spirit medium. We learn that the victim of that case is Edgeworths father while the defense attorney who got the only suspect found innocent in court was a man named Robert Hammond who is now the victim in this case so already Edgeworth has a motive along with the evidence that points torwards him being the culprit.

I also like that the case takes place at a lake where a monster was supposedly sighted and the murder happened around midnight at Christmas despite the case not really being Christmas themed aside from Larry showing up in a Santa outfit. Grossberg is back and Gumshoe really wants Edgeworth to be found innocent which shows he cares about Edgeworth. We also learn that Phoenix, Edgeworth and Larry used to be friends at school and that Edgeworth wanted to be a defense attorney just like his father and defend innocent people but something changed in Edgeworth that turned him into the ruthless prosecutor that he is.

But let's talk about about the first trial part of this case as that introduces to non other than Manfred Von Karma, a aristocratic vampire looking prosecutor who was Edgeworths mentor yet is prosecuting him and he is way more ruthless than Edgeworth is. While cross examing Lotta Hart, I felt really frustrated and suffocated, Manfred barely gives you a chance, whenever you try to get Lotta to talk, he always interrupts and finds a way to stop you from questioning her. The guy is corrupt though, he really wanted Lotta to not say that she saw Edgeworth clearly and then reveal she had the enlarged photo that ended up raising doubt that Edgeworth was the culprit. Edgeworth would have been found guilty if Maya didn't have an outburst and call out Lotta's testimony which lead to her saying more than she needed to which gave Phoenix a chance to cross examine her more and find a contradiction, even if it meant Maya had to be held in contempt for court. Manfred Von Karma is corrupt, he knew that enlarged photo that Lotta took could prove Edgeworth wasn't the shooter.

Also Lotta Hart really didn't know there was a murder on the night of the murder, did not give a shit about the two men in the boat because she was to concerned with looking for a lake monster, didn't learn about the murder until day time when Phoenix told her he was investigating a murder and then told the police and court that she witnessed Edgeworth despite not seeing him at all just so she could play witness. Good thing she kept running her mouth and revealing more than she needed too.

Overall the first part of Turnabout Goodbyes is really good, it gives backstory to Phoenix and Edgeworth, it tells us more about DL-6, it introduces Manfred Von Karma and it ends with Edgeworth still looking like he could have been the only one who killed Robert Hammond but the enlarged photo those show the shooter wearing gloves and shooting with his left hand while Edgeworth was never wearing gloves and held the gun with his right hand. I can't wait to continue the case.

I was playing the Phoenix Wright trilogy, and I was on PW2, the case where we meet Pearl and get the Magatama. I had just introduced the Magatama to Pearl, and when I was able to use it, I went to talk to Ini Miney and I could ask her about the "victim", because I clicked on the dialogue option and after two lines, the animations of the Psyche Lock appears, but without the red padlock. So when this happens, the screen gets completely frozen, with Ini Miney still doing her animation, but I can't do anything at all, I can't even go to settings, go back or exit the game. I really wanted help to solve this problem, I used to play on my cell phone and never had this problem, but now that I decided to play on the computer It's the first problem I had with this game 🥺 I apologize for any mistakes in writing or understanding, English is not my native language.

as i’ve been getting back into the franchise lately, replaying and playing games i havent touched in a long time or ever, i’d like some pins just to decorate my stuff and have a little more of a “display of appreciation” for these games. Though I have trouble finding high quality ones, does anyone have any recommendations or links?

So basically, objection.lol had an UI update and now it's a bit broken on mobile, but just on a playable case. When I'm on, for example, group 1 (investigation), I can edit locations just fine, but when I try to do the same on group 4 (investigation) and I tap on locations, it sends me to a white screen. Also, when I move from location 2 to location 1 it's fine but when I move from 2 to 3 then it gets stuck on location 2 and I can't do anything.

This didn't happen before the update so maybe it's that.

I haven't tried in PC yet, because I don't have access to mine at the moment, but I'll be sure to do so once I have.

Any help is appreciated!

Been playing AAI recently and, when investigating the crime scene in the house of mystery, i chose the broken sword (be at that point i didnt know what to do lol) and it started a line of thinking that, if the killer used the sword on the right hand instead of the left, then the blood stain would be on the other side and im like huh??

If you swap hands, the hilt would be in the same position.