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SeabassDebeste posted...

i agree that amnesia is a really dumb plot device, but i think if there's any strength to the case then it's in its emotional hook - did you feel strongly about the edgeworth prosecutor path/his relationship with kay?

For sure. There are two really good scenes in this case. The first is when Edgeworth gives up his badge, and the second is when he presents the Yatagarasu badge to Kay. Unfortunately, the first scene is undercut by the fact that it doesn't seem to have any actual effect on the narrative of the case. He gave up his badge, but he's still investigating and the PIC still want to have a hearing. They throw him in jail for twenty minutes but that's about it. The problem with the second one is that presenting the Yatagarasu badge only gets Kay to remember the cow doll. I honestly think the moment would've been better if Kay had gotten her memory back there instead of waiting until the end of the case.

You do raise a good point in that the Kay/Miles dynamic is helped by this case, I think. Kay has kind of felt "just there" for the entire game and so this reminds us of what she's all about. She starts to feel as more of a character than just "Edgeworth's Maya." If she gets developed further in Case 5 (which I imagine she will, at least to explain the Crane/Kay connection) then maybe she can move up my assistant rankings (she's actually pretty low in my list behind, well, everyone else).

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