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I wish someone would retranslate the games so they're actually accurate.

OBJECTION!!
... I actually have a couple of AA hypnopics sketched out. I love the series <3

My favorite game series of all time.

They need to translate Ace Attorney Investigations 2 and the newest one! Love the games so much really.

IIRC, the Japanese DS versions of 1-3, at least, had high-accuracy translations.

From what I recall, the director actually does not like those, though, because the vastest majority of puns - which are the heart of the game's humor in Japan, too - simply don't translate. The Japanifornia vibe developed as a result of trying to capture the game's tone tightly, and then just kind of... Continued to be consistent with himself, because by that point it was funnier that way.

This is also why the fan-translation of Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is filled with original puns - the goal was to make an accurate sequel to Ace Attorney Investigations 1, not a translation of Gyakuten Kenji 2.



AAI2, sadly, we're gonna be stuck with the fan translation unless/until Capcom does a remake; the cost of cartridges to get a moderate-print game going for the original DS just isn't profitable enough to work out, thus why the newer releases have been Digital Only.

On the bright side, Ace Attorney 6 has been confirmed coming to the US (though, yeah, digital-only). The other in-progress one (which takes place in Meiji-era Japan / Victorian England) is confirmed to be a long-shot, though, for a few different reasons. It's likely it will get a fan translation soon enough.

Phoenix Wright vs. Professor Layton may actually be my favorite entry in the series... But it's also the one with the most obvious squandered potential, given that one of the ad points was "this time, even the puzzles have contradictions!" - which happens once (and not in a particularly interesting way at that).

Hmm... Well, then I'm gonna have to play that fan translation at some point. I need my dose of Edgeworth.

Digital only is fine by me, I downloaded Dual Destinies day 1 because I love these games so darn much. Despite the fact that they SHOULD have no real replay value, I often run through them a few more times.

Is it sad that I cried in Phoenix Wright vs. Professor Layton when something happened that was very obviously a fake? I mean I knew the whole Maya thing couldn't have actually happened, but just the way Phoenix reacted really hit me, add some of the music they played and the sad remix of her theme got me hard.

But yeah, there was a lot of wasted potential. I liked the story and the characters a lot, but the opportunity to have Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright really put their skills together didn't happen as much as it should've.

Is the VS Layton actually any good? I didn't play it because I don't like Professor Layton and the whole thing looked like a poor excuse for a spinoff, but the Witch theme reminds me of "Umineko no Naku koro ni", which I love.

the best description i heard is that its a good starting point for playing one or both of the series

also im making remixes of ace attorney songs that i ripped from the games themselves

I'll probs start there, unless there's a bunch of Pheonix fan-service. I like being in on jokes.

it also has in universe canon hypno ;)

does anyone want the remixes ive made?

Man, I love that series. It makes me feel so smart.

we can all agree on one thing. matt engarde is a sneaky motherfucker that everyone hates and loves at the same time

Ace Attorney huh, used to play that as a kid on my old DS all the time, loved that series.