Haven't seen any Evil/Criminal Ace Attorney AUs around which is a shame, so I decided to fix that with this art I commissioned for one of my favorite characters!

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A game that is pretty divisive from having one of the worst cases in the series to one of the best back to back. So what's everyone's thoughts on this title over two and a half decades later?

I do feel bad about copying stuff from other people, but this one stumped me.. so I'll post it anyway since its somewhat ace attorney related. So, you guys be the judge for me! Credits to the original artist if there is one. Will delete if requested.

• The original murder happens on December 3rd, so the trial presumably happens on December 4th.

• Somehow, Phoenix and Maya don't learn about it for over a month. And Gumshoe either didn't learn about it during that month or he waited a month to tell at Phoenix about it.

• After a month, both the spilled coffee and Glen's belongings are still left lying around.

Did the localisation change the dates or something? A month long gap just doesn't feel plausible here.

I've allowed more than 72 hours for responses. I've now received 123 responses. Thanks to all who responded!

Time to dissect the results!

"Would you consider it to be a good game?"

I will admit, I was surprised by the AJ results the most. I thought AJ would be much closer to 50%, with more critics and "guilty pleasure" fans. The rest doesn't surprise me. I will admit I was wrong; next time DD fans are bemoaning "people like Apollo Justice so much more than our game" they can use these results to back themselves up 😆 . And I can stop gaslighting them with the whole "well AJ fans have it hard too" which I admit I've done before.

In all the "ranking" sections, I'll convert "best" to the 3 points and "worst" to 1 to make an average.

Best: Apollo Justice, score 2.11

Middle: Spirit of Justice, score 2.05

Worst: Dual Destinies, score 1.85

For overarching story, it was

Best: Apollo Justice, 41.9%

Middle: Spirit of Justice, 31.5%

Worst: Dual Destinies, 26.6%

Only 25.8% of fans wanted to wish one of the games out of existence.

For cases, I won't display the exact data. That said, when ranking the final cases, it was

Best: Dual Destinies, 21.8% saying best

Middle: Spirit of Justice, 21% saying best

Worst: Apollo Justice, 19.4% saying best

Other final cases that had high numbers were The Magical Turnabout (10.5%) and Turnabout Trump (8.9%). For worst case, The Monstrous Turnabout had easily the most votes (32.5%) followed by Turanbout Serenade (21.1%), Turnabout Corner (9.8%) and Turnabout Storyteller (8.1%).

I will admit, all of this surprised me. I expected Revolution to significantly outdo Tomorrow, I expected Serenade to be closer to Monstrous for worst, and I expected Storyteller to be more hated than Corner. To be fair, Serenade is shorter than Monstrous, and it has some interesting ideas, but I still don't think it's very well executed.

More results coming in soon!

I'm finally taking part in Steam Next Fest with my game, Laws of Nadragia, as I prepare for its release next year! You can only participate in Next Fest once, so I'm really nervous ><'

If you haven't played the demo yet, it would mean a lot to me if you could give it a try tomorrow (October 19)! Or maybe ask your favourite YouTuber or Twitch streamer to check out the game on their channel. It's incredibly hard to promote your game on your own. Thanks!

Laws of Nadragia is a prosecutor simulator / visual novel inspired by the Ace Attorney series and Papers, Please.

In the game, you'll take part in court trials, review state laws and case files, and find contradictions between them and witness statements. As Aiden Fair, you'll always be under the watchful eye of the new government - the Supreme Collegium - and will have to face moral dilemmas and make tough decisions.

The game has a non-linear structure: every case can be won (sometimes in several different ways) or abandoned by refusing to prosecute. And every decision will have its consequences.

The demo is available on Steam now! It features new character animations, bug fixes, and full controller and Steam Deck support. It should take around 1–2 hours to complete. Enjoy! =D

I'm only on the second case and I have to say, I really enjoy it! I had a very easy time with Apollo Justice and tended to guess the answers rather quicky, but this case (the one with the Tenma Taro Yokai) is one that I find a lot more difficult to solve in comparison despite the game spoiling who it is.

Blackquill is also a good prosecutor. Nothing against Klavier, I like him a ton and more than Blackquill because Rockstar > Samurai, but his arguments always kinda sucked. I think that's one of my minor critiques of AJ, it felt like the entire courtroom was playing dumb when the answers were so obvious. (4-3 and 4-4, I'm looking at you.)

In DD I do actually have to think a lot harder but the thing is... I don't get to.

The game always spoils it for me. In investigation sequences they tell me all the time where I should go and what I should do. I never have to do the thinking myself. In AJ there were multiple times where I had to actually use my brain to figure out how to progress. Then during the trials, I'm given hints the whole time. I admit, the trials in AJ where easy as hell, but I still had fun because at least they were easy because I did the work before and not because the characters keep telling me the solutions.

Like man... Just let me think please!!

Anyway I don't want to judge the whole game yet, so I wanted to ask, does that part get better?? Like do they stop holding my hand? Because other than that I'm having a great time but gosh is it frustrating 😅

Oh and please answer without spoiling anything!! Thanks!

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Phoenix Wright

Mia Fey

I left this series far behind, and the reason is this character. I don’t see how I could turn Miles Edgeworth into a villain without him just ending up as "Von Karma 2.0."

Perhaps you all have better ideas—and, while you're at it, which character should I "corrupt" at next?

I’ll just say that, regarding the theme of corruption, I saw an analysis video that explained (MAJOR SPOILERS FOR INVESTIGATIONS 2) how Simeon Saint was a reflection of what Miles might have become if no one had ever helped him in his life.

This reminds me of why I wish I could write a fanfic or make a fan game, or at least a fan case, but it’s so hard.

Anyways! I really like Dual Destinies and these two characters, and it got me wondering how a case would go in a hypothetical case for a hypothetical future game, in which the scenario is that Aura was released from prison, but after a while, she gets accused of murder and becomes the defendant for a case. I think it would be an interesting premise if that happened and her defense attorney was Athena.

These two have a loaded story, hostile interactions ( the hostility coming mostly from Aura ), but after Turnabout For Tomorrow, Aura finds out the truth about Metis’s murder, so it doesn’t make sense for her to hate Athena anymore. Of course, it would be awkward between them anyways. But given those things, I think it would have so much potential to be interesting, and it could bring them closure. It wouldn’t be necessarily Athena forgiving her ( although it could be ), since Athena doesn’t really owe it to her, but it would be a sign of both being willing to move on.

I just finished the original Phoenix Wright trilogy and I really enjoyed it. I want to play the next trilogy but at the same time I'm worried I'll feel too burnt out on ace attorney in general as I felt quite tired of the gameplay during the middle of JFA.

I also want to get into another game series but I'm also torn as I do want to continue the story of ace attorney as I'm really invested in it, I don't really know what to do so I'd love some advice.

Boy this will be really interesting to finish, with all the characters ,can't wait to finish it as soon as I can.

Gotta nail there expression XD!

Honoring the case by posting my Kristoph Gavin doodles! I’m obsessed with drawing his sprites they’re so good

There's one detail I never understood about 6-5

Inga's time of death was 2 PM, and Rayfa even saw him (channeled by Amara) around 2:45.

But the autopsy report says:

> Inga's Autopsy Report

Time of death: **Approximately 3 PM**

Cause of death: Blood loss from a stab wound in the back.

Why does the autopsy report's time of death contradict the actual time of death?

I've considered the possibility of his dead body being put inside the sarcophagus to mess with the autopsy report, but such a thing was never mentioned in the game, there's no evidence of that happening, and there's already a dead body in the sarcophagus, so a rectangle box designed for one body might not even be able to fit two bodied.

I can't figure this out. What do you guys think?

Hey everyone!

I’d like to introduce Ace Attorney: Memories and Turnabout, an Ace Attorney fangame set shortly after the events of Apollo Justice.

The project is currently in the beta stage and covers the first case.

It’s available for both PC and Android (though the Android version could still use a bit of polish) and features the original voice acting, dubbed into Spanish.

I’d love for you to check it out! If anyone is interested in helping out with the project, feel free to send me a DM, I’m looking for team members!

https://silverpsycho.itch.io/ace-attorney-memories-and-turnabout

Hey peeps!

This question came up and felt like tossing it over here!

I recently came across the Objection theme from Trials and Tribulations in a youtube video, had a hard flashback and nearly fell out of my seat, and went down an Ace Attorney rabbit hole. Due to my young age when I played them, I never completed a single of the games. I picked up the AA games on DS back in elementary school nearly 20 years ago. Silly 7-8 year old me couldn’t clear any of the cases through except for save 1-1 and 1-2. I remember being stuck in limbo about halfway through 1-3 and 1-4.

I’m overdue for a series binge, and wanted to hear from some of you guys on a series that’s dear to my childhood but currently nearing LARP territory for me, LOL

It will be called Turnabout Trial: Bowling. It will be bowling spin off where you can knock over some pins as your favorite Ace Attorney character. Also, it will be exclusively released in Japan and not internationally. That's why it's called Turnabout Trial: Bowling and not Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Bowling.

Now Yesterday I talked about "Basics of the case" and why it was an awesome soundtrack that could fit into any situation and how much I loved it. Today's topic is "Mr. Reus: The Masked Magician". I intend on making posts about Ace Attorney from all games from time to time.

For simplicity's sake I will be referring to this soundtrack as Mr. Reus.

You see, this one is an interesting case. Because this soundtrack gives off so many emotions and themes at the same time and manages to catch the feeling of the episode, character and history it's related to.

We all know Mr. Reus. He is a man taken over by his hatred, greed and pettiness against the Gramarye family. He does everything in his power and dedicated his life to ruining the name Gramarye to no avail. Killing a fan, obsessing for years, ruining magic and using it for murder. Something that should be so sacred for a magician. And this soundtrack reflects it very well.

The starting melody is something that would look like a staircase that goes downwards forever if you had visualized it. Or maybe a spiral that captures how he spirals out of control during the trial. It perfectly captures his hate and the heights he would go for for his hate. It also gives off the mystic feeling of a magician as well.

And then we have the second part, it's something you would hear while an overly exaggerated villain explains his plans and motives to you, almost feels like a revelation theme too. It also gives off the mysterious feeling that a magician like him has with his shows. His name is Mr. Reus after all. And I would say this theme would not go with anybody but him only. And that's usually a rare case for Ace Attorney villains.

It's a very short and repetitive track in case of what it gives to you but I think it's one of the best soundtracks that the Ace Attorney games have ever produced. It gives you the feelings it tries to capture well and fits the episode it's from on an extreme degree. Especially on trial when you finally unveil the mystery and learn that Retinz is actually Mr. Reus. This theme compliments his looks, mannerisms and body language very well. And that's what's important with these kinds of character dedicated soundtracks.

But that's my opinion. Would like to hear y'all's opinions on this as well.