Ace Attorney

[Maelstrom]

That last case is what made the game worth playing.

[blueflower999]

That last case is what made the game worth playing.

Eh, don't sell Justice For All too short. It's probably the weakest in the original trilogy, and I agree that the finale was probably the best part about it, but it's still a great game and had a lot of other good attributes including:

• Pretty good music, especially court themes that don't really sound much like any other songs in the series
• Great character design
• A case that further details the Fey family and ends up connecting well with the plot of Trials and Tribulations
• A rather humorous, if a bit brief and silly, opening case
• Franziska
• The whole premise of the 3rd case is pretty cool, even if you didn't like it you have to admit that what it tried to be was pretty unique

[SlowPokemon]

Justice For All has a lot of merits imo. For me, it ties with Apollo Justice as the weakest main series entry, but the last case is also like my favorite episode of the whole franchise (or one of them at least) and it's also got a lot of charm and humor. Case in point (no pun intended): no such thing as a bad Ace Attorney game.

[Maelstrom]

I kind of feel the same way about AJ, but I felt that, at most times, the high points outweighed the low. There were some just plain bizarre twists that didn't sit right with me, and the third case was a little off, but, otherwise, it was pretty good.
JfA, however, was a bit of a mess, imo. The first case was slightly amusing, but otherwise a pain. The whole bananas thing made no sense.
I can't really explain why, but I hated the second case. Yes, it may have given Mya some backstory, but it's bad enough to be one of my least favorite cases in the entire series.
The third case started well, but ended badly.
And finally, the fourth case made the entire game worth playing.
It's about tied with Investigations 1 for the worst in the franchise for me.

[blueflower999]

it may have given Mya some backstory

Is Mya like some weird fusion of the two sisters

[Maelstrom]

Of course. What else?

[SlowPokemon]

Thought Mael and Blue and the others might find this interesting, though I'm sure most of you already know all this, if not have a copy of this exact list xD. I put together the complete chronology of the Ace Attorney series with a list of dates because I was bored at work, just in case anyone wants to use it for something? This is excluding the recent Dai Gyakuten Saiban, which of course takes place at least 100 years before any of this.

list

1. "The Inherited Turnabout" - Gregory (December 24-25, 2000)
2. The DL-6 Incident (December 28, 2001)
3. "Turnabout Reminiscence" (September 10, 2012)
4. "Turnabout Beginnings" (February 16, 2013)
5. "Turnabout Memories" (April 11, 2014)
6. "The First Turnabout" (August 3, 2016)
7. "Turnabout Sisters" (September 5-9, 2016)
8. "Turnabout Samurai" (October 16-20, 2016)
9. "Turnabout Goodbyes" (December 25-28, 2016)
10. "Rise from the Ashes" (February 22-25, 2017)
11. "Reunion, and Turnabout" (June 16 & 19-22, 2017)
12. "The Lost Turnabout" (September 8, 2017)
13. "Turnabout Big Top" (December 26 & 28-30, 2017)
14. "Farewell, My Turnabout" (March 20-23, 2018)
15. "The Stolen Turnabout" (October 11-13, 2018)
16. "Recipe for Turnabout" - original incident (December 3-4, 2018)
17. "Recipe for Turnabout" - appeal (January 6-8, 2019)
18. "Bridge to the Turnabout" (February 7-10, 2019)
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (sometime in the range of February 11, 2019-April 18, 2019)
19. "Turnabout Airlines" (March 12, 2019)
20. "The Kidnapped Turnabout" (March 13, 2019)
21. "Turnabout Visitor" (March 14, 2019)
22. "Turnabout Ablaze" (March 14-15, 2019)
23. "Turnabout Target" (March 25, 2019)
24. "The Imprisoned Turnabout" (March 27-29, 2019)
25. "The Inherited Turnabout" - Miles (April 2, 2019)
26. "The Forgotten Turnabout" (April 5-6, 2019)
27. "The Grand Turnabout" (April 6, 2019)
28. "Turnabout Succession" - Phoenix (April 19, 2019)
29. "Turnabout Trump" (April 20, 2026)
30. "Turnabout Corner" (June 15-17, 2026)
31. "Turnabout Serenade" (July 7-10, 2026)
32. "Turnabout Succession" - Apollo (October 7-9, 2026)
33. "The Monstrous Turnabout" (April 17-19, 2027)
34. "Turnabout Reclaimed" (July 20-22, 2027)
35. "Turnabout Academy" (October 24-26, 2027)
36. "The Cosmic Turnabout" - Apollo (December 16, 2027)
37. "Turnabout Countdown" (December 17-18, 2027)
38. "The Cosmic Turnabout" - Phoenix (December 19-20, 2027)
39. "Turnabout for Tomorrow" (December 20, 2027)

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[Maelstrom]

Nice.
Wouldn't it be awesone if The Great Ace Attorney was released on the date 1-1 takes place on?

[SlowPokemon]

Game Informer ranks the top ten Ace Attorney witnesses. Watch out--spoilers for the first four games throughout.

My thoughts:

Spoiler

It's kind of bullshit that they completely left out the second and fifth games. Like, De Killer's appearance in "Farewell, My Turnabout" didn't make the cut, but Victor Kudo did? I understand Tigre's inclusion after reading the description--that was an interesting cross-examination for many reasons. But really, De Killer and Oldbag should have made the cut in my opinion. Otherwise it's a pretty decent list.

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[Maelstrom]

De Killer really should have made it on the list.
Imo, neither Kudo nor Redd White should have made it onto the list

[fank009]

Spoiler

Im suprised no daliha hawthorne
Larry... I wouldn't put on the list.
No Frank Sawhit? (that toupee xD)
Also speaking from case 2, there's a few others.
Edgeworth maybe too?

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[Bubbles]

A quick q for my AA enthusiasts:

I'm playing Justice for All right now and I already have Apollo justice (or whatever that ones called). Should I move straight to that one or would it be better to wait and buy Trials and Tribulations first?

[Maelstrom]

It don't matter.
I'd say play T&T first, but if you have to go out of your way to get it, play AJ first.

[SlowPokemon]

A quick q for my AA enthusiasts:

I'm playing Justice for All right now and I already have Apollo justice (or whatever that ones called). Should I move straight to that one or would it be better to wait and buy Trials and Tribulations first?

It's definitely preferable to play Trials and Tribulations since some elements of AJAA won't be as good for you. But AJAA contains no spoilers for Trials and Tribulations, either, since they're basically completely unrelated, so it's not like it would be the end of the world.

Trials and Tribulations marks the end of what's officially known as the Phoenix Wright trilogy, with everything after that kind of going in a different direction. So I recommend playing those three in order first.

[Bubbles]

Ah, ok, thanks. I'll see if my local GameStop has it *cringe*