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29 - Frank Sahwit
Our toupee-throwing phenomenon is back. He's still a really bad liar. Kind of a fun cameo, but imagine if this game played E2-2 a bit more seriously and had someone important to the lore fill this role like... Von Karma or something.

28 - John Marsh
I've already talked about this character's bad name. It's possible to have a bad/forgettable name and still be a decent character (see: Kate). But John is so boring. People give kid characters flack for being super annoying, but maybe annoying is preferable to the vast vacuum of space that is this kid's personality. There's just a lot left on the table here, I think. And his big moment at the end (where he has the chance to take revenge for his father) doesn't land because never for a second do we, as the player, think this kid has the guts to take on Dogen. In the end he comes across as more of a plot device/motive creator than an actual character.

27 - Delicia Scones (nee Crepes)
I honestly have no idea where I got "crepes" earlier. I wasn't trying to do a funny bit. Maybe I was just hungry for crepes. Delicia's a weird one. She's clearly meant to be a wacky character, but she's also like a pharmacist/spy who's apparently very capable.

I absolutely cannot abide her character design though - totally out of place in the Ace Attorney verse. I know the game has always had these weird mutants who occasionally spring up who are super cartoony compared to the rest of the cast, but AAI is bad in this regard. I don't think the franchise needs to go all "Days of Ruin" on us (buy the Advance Wars remake) and have hyper realistic characters all the time, but a little consistency would be nice.

I did come to appreciate her unique vocal characteristics, yessie. I was a little surprised she didn't show up in the final case, once "Sleepytime zZz" was introduced.

26 and 25 - Bonnie and Karin
They're a package deal. If I had to choose one over the other, I'd choose Karin for being able to actually talk. I love the idea of AA having a recurring coroner/morgue character, but please let's not have it be Bonnie. We can do better. We must do better. Not much to say here.

We'll start talking about characters I actually kind of like next time, I promise.


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