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I had completely forgotten about Little Thief, but playing the final section of this godforsaken case reminded me that I have some issues with it. I like the idea of re-creating crime scenes, but having to switch between different backdrops, investigating everything, connecting all the logic, deducing the exact contradiction that the game wants you to deduce it can be fun but it can also be extremely annoying. Here, an annoying part is figuring out what exactly to deduce is "missing" from Keyes' setup: the weights, the pulleys, or the rope. Turns out I have to deduce the rope, even though all three are messed up.

The culprit used Knightleys body as the counterweight for Keyess mechanism. In terms of "interesting things killers do to bodies" this is par for the course for Ace Attorney. This obliterates the mistaken belief that the killer had to be someone free during the animal show, which finally, FINALLY lets us suspect Roland. More stuff happens here, including figuring out that Sahwit was an accomplice, and that she flipped a breaker, and that the chisel wasnt the actual murder weapon. It was Dogens knife, which was then fed to the alligator. The metal detector once again saves the day. Im speeding through it because I just want it to be over.

Some end-of-case spoilery thoughts: As obvious as Roland being the culprit is, her motive to frame Dogen to get him out of the prison is kind of interesting, if one assumes that wardens cant simply transfer prisoners for any old reason anyway. Killing Knightley because she saw the chisel/chess stuff and assumed him to be one of his underlings is more interesting. I felt a little bad for her, and for Courtney, who seemed to think they were actual friends. Ultimately, this is all Dogens fault for being such a fearful and untouchable force in the prison, so much that he ruined her family. Overall, I'd say that this case's murderer is slightly above average as far as non-epic case culprits are concerned.

This is a nice palate cleanser after most of the case itself, which is not good! This one reminded me so much of E1-5: some truly interesting twists and compelling moments, but far too drawn out. I am also still bothered by the game hiding important information that should be "discoverable," like the secret compartment in the chessboard and the hole under the bed.

At the end, Ray asks Edgeworth to seriously consider switching teams and becoming a defense attorney. Should he return to his original childhood dream before he was tainted by Von Karmas influence, or should he continue his mission to pursue the truth through prosecuting? Well see next time in Ep3.

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