What's the worst Ace Attorney game?

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UshiromiyaEva posted...
Ah, right, forgot that for some reason that whole thing is considered 6-5 including that first chunk.
Honestly the first chunk of 6-5 itself plays a huge factor in how good 6-5 is imo. Atishon-Sarge-Datz is an insane lineup of culprit, witness, defendant. Phoenix playing the prosecutor is cool too if you can get over the circumstances making him one is a bit contrived and a retread. Apollo and Dhurke get into an active situation that has Illegal of Fate playing. Sarge's therapy session is also probably the most understandable circumstances for a therapy session in court too. Everyone played a decent role here.
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Ace Attorney 7 should bring back Lamiroir for a case while Apollo is in town visiting. We finally get the reveal that's been hinted at since AJ, Apollo takes it badly, and when Lamiroir is inevitably murdered, Apollo ends up as the prime suspect.
Call from demon - with dark power to tempt your mind, very proud of the power. Destroy the firing shot!
Just one more piece of familial trauma for Apollo

Let's have him and Trucy fall in love as well and find out they're siblings at the same time for maximum pain and awkwardness
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Apollo is long overdue to be accused of murder. I think Gumshoe is the only other person to hang around Phoenix for 3 years and never get arrested for murder (though he came close in AAI)
""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47
I think E1-4 counts for Gumshoe, regardless of how stupid it was. I'm pretty sure he did arrested and taken away at one point. They just didn't take him to jail because Edgeworth intervened.
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There's also Pearl. She's about Trucy's age so she can be accused of murder no problem
It's tempting to linger in this moment, while every possibility still exists. But unless collapsed by an observer, they will never be more than possibilities.
Apollo was accused of murdering the franchise.That counts.
while you slept, the world changed
colliding posted...
Apollo was accused of murdering the franchise.That counts.
He got away with it, too!
It's Reyn Time.
Apollo has never lost a case!
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You know what would be fun for AA7?

Have a time skip, make Athena the main prosecutor, and have Phoenix lose his badge AGAIN and revert back into a hobo.

The (AA side of the) internet will burn...
"A blank page or canvas, his favorite. So many possibilities."
- RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
I think we have very different definitions of fun.
It's Reyn Time.
The lack of information about AA7 is just making me go slightly cuckoo regarding the series' continuation...
"A blank page or canvas, his favorite. So many possibilities."
- RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
Leonhart4 posted...
Apollo has never lost a case!

He loses as a witness in 5-5 although he also wanted to lose
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Raka_Putra posted...
The lack of information about AA7 is just making me go slightly cuckoo regarding the series' continuation...
I sometimes wonder if the difficulty of knowing where to go next with the series is part of what's keeping it from continuing
My dream for AA7 that absolutely no one else wants is a game that follows the 5-3 cast as adults. So you play as Hugh O'Connor, the main prosecutor is Robin, and the judge is Juniper. Athena can either be your boss/mentor or just make a guest appearance here and there.

Realistically the easiest direction to go following AA6 is probably just a completely new cast, soft reboot situation. But I think they're scared about Ace Attorney without Phoenix Wright there in some capacity.
"You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry."
My lukewarm take is they should age Phoenix a little bit more and have him be less involved. I saw a fan art of an older Phoenix with beard and he looks good.
"A blank page or canvas, his favorite. So many possibilities."
- RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
I don't think they want to make another Ace Attorney game without Phoenix's name on it.

Plus, there's no reason to move on from Athena yet anyway. There's still plenty of story to tell with her.
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Yeah maybe she's got some secret childhood friend who died when applying to NASA.
"A blank page or canvas, his favorite. So many possibilities."
- RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
"Make AA7 without Phoenix" is the kind of thing that only hardcore fans want (some of them, at least) and would also reduce sales by like 60%. I think it would be for the best as well but let's be real here.
It's Reyn Time.
The real issue with AA7 is that Shu Takumi (AA trilogy, AJ, and GAA) and Takeshi Yamazaki (AAI, DD, and SOJ) seem to be done with Ace Attorney.
SSBM_Guy
"[Freud] started his scientific career by trying to explain the sexuality of a fish. And he failed."
Bitto posted...
The real issue with AA7 is that Shu Takumi (AA trilogy, AJ, and GAA) and Takeshi Yamazaki (AAI, DD, and SOJ) seem to be done with Ace Attorney.
Oh? What did they move on to?
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Danganronpa 4
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Leonhart4 posted...
Plus, there's no reason to move on from Athena yet anyway. There's still plenty of story to tell with her.
I mean the reason to move on is that they've had two games to do anything interesting with her as a protagonist and they basically haven't. I'd love an Athena game but I'm not confident they can pull it off, or even want to.
"You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry."
Bitto posted...
The real issue with AA7 is that Shu Takumi (AA trilogy, AJ, and GAA) and Takeshi Yamazaki (AAI, DD, and SOJ) seem to be done with Ace Attorney.
Yeah, this is kind of what I figure, and I'm not too surprised by it - as much as I want more Ace Attorney I don't really know where the series should go at this point. I'm mostly just sad because I don't feel like there have been a lot of good successors to this style of game either
I'm pretty sure Takumi wanted to retire Phoenix since T&T. His four games since then have been AJ (Hobonix), Layton vs Wright (T&T-era Phoenix), Ghost Trick (no AA at all), and GAA (no Phoenix).

Yamazaki seems to have left Capcom in 2020. Not sure what he's up to now.
SSBM_Guy
"[Freud] started his scientific career by trying to explain the sexuality of a fish. And he failed."
Kenri posted...
I mean the reason to move on is that they've had two games to do anything interesting with her as a protagonist and they basically haven't. I'd love an Athena game but I'm not confident they can pull it off, or even want to.

Partly because they were busy reestablishing Phoenix in DD and wrapping up Apollo in SoJ. It wouldn't be too difficult to craft an Athena-centric game at this point. Phoenix would still be involved, of course, but she could take the lead at the end.

But yeah, the real hold up with AA7 at this point is that the two main heads of the series are no longer doing Ace Attorney. I do wonder what kind of shape the series would be in now if Takumi had been able to write AJ without Phoenix as he originally wanted.

If there's never an AA7, I'd be kinda sad, but at the same time, at least the series got a conclusion I can live with.
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Unironically would pay absurd dollars for Uchikoshi Ace Attorney.
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Paratroopa1 posted...
Yeah, this is kind of what I figure, and I'm not too surprised by it - as much as I want more Ace Attorney I don't really know where the series should go at this point. I'm mostly just sad because I don't feel like there have been a lot of good successors to this style of game either
Tyrion Cuthbert yo

(although I haven't played it yet)
It's Reyn Time.
Leonhart4 posted...
Partly because they were busy reestablishing Phoenix in DD and wrapping up Apollo in SoJ. It wouldn't be too difficult to craft an Athena-centric game at this point. Phoenix would still be involved, of course, but she could take the lead at the end.
I hope you're right, I'm just less than convinced. *shrug*
"You're childish. What are you getting? Are you getting strawberry? Ha! That's such a childish flavor, only children eat strawberry."
Bitto posted...
I'm pretty sure Takumi wanted to retire Phoenix since T&T. His four games since then have been AJ (Hobonix), Layton vs Wright (T&T-era Phoenix), Ghost Trick (no AA at all), and GAA (no Phoenix).
I literally mean what's Takumi's job now if he's not working on AA7? Last we saw him he was doing promotional stuff for the AJ trilogy, but that's not enough for him to be working on for years.
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Takumi was front and center for Ghost Trick HD, he was even in the Nintendo Direct for several minutes. Wasn't that long ago!

I got the impression from that show that what he wants to do is more Ghost Trick....
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
Takumi was front and center for Ghost Trick HD, he was even in the Nintendo Direct for several minutes. Wasn't that long ago!

I got the impression from that show that what he wants to do is more Ghost Trick....
I wouldn't be surprised. A creator's most successful series is not always what they actually want to work on.
It's Reyn Time.
I'd love a Ghost Trick 2 though I'm not sure it's all that likely.
"A blank page or canvas, his favorite. So many possibilities."
- RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
Maybe Takumi was hoping the re-release would do well enough to warrant a true sequel
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Bitto posted...
I'm pretty sure Takumi wanted to retire Phoenix since T&T. His four games since then have been AJ (Hobonix), Layton vs Wright (T&T-era Phoenix), Ghost Trick (no AA at all), and GAA (no Phoenix).

Yamazaki seems to have left Capcom in 2020. Not sure what he's up to now.

This was the latest I heard of Yamazaki.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AceAttorney/comments/14soi9q/yamazaki_and_exaa_crew_together_hopefully_some/

Honestly, Yamazaki is my favorite style of AA so it's a bit of a shame to me that he'll likely never work on an AA again but I can take any new AA content and Takumi is obviously still great.
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
Danganronpa 4
Do you mean V4? Or do you really want Next Danganronpa 4: Despair Beyond Hope to be made?
"Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness... Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself."
- Vergil, DMC3
Man the last trial day of 4-4 is such a letdown (and 4-0 is still an abomination)

I forgot how much of a banger DD's OST is
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I wonder how this poll goes if you remove AA4 and AAI.
It's Reyn Time.
4-3 is so much better when I'm watching my wife play it and yell at how dumb everyone is.
The user formerly known as Ashethan
KamikazePotato posted...
I wonder how this poll goes if you remove AA4 and AAI.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80686376

Ask and ye shall receive
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