Board 8 > Ace Attorney Topic Part 6: The Perceiving (Spoilers for AA1-6, AAI1-2)

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Total lines by character:

1. Phoenix Wright - 15449
2. Miles Edgeworth - 14764
3. The Judge - 4728
4. Maya Fey - 4441
5. Dick Gumshoe - 4047
6. Apollo Justice - 3452
7. Kay Faraday - 3370
8. Franziska von Karma - 2314
9. Ema Skye - 1760
10. Trucy Wright - 1602
11. Mia Fey - 1418
12. Shi-Long Lang - 1101
13. Pearl Fey - 1035
14. Justine Courtney - 1016
15. Larry Butz - 1008
16. Raymond Shields - 971
17. Godot - 902
18. Klavier Gavin - 745
19. Gregory Edgeworth - 649
20. Lotta Hart - 648
21. Tyrell Badd - 593
22. Dahlia Hawthorne - 578
23. Wendy Oldbag - 553
24. Sebastian Debeste - 521
25. Calisto Yew/Shih-na - 489
26. Adrian Andrews - 459
27. Winston Payne - 453
28. Manfred von Karma - 444
29. The Judge's Brother - 421
30. Shelly de Killer - 387
31. Will Powers - 380
32. Simon Keyes - 380
33. Lamiroir - 370
34. Bikini - 351
35. Maggey Byrde - 323
36. Lawrence "Moe" Curls - 320
37. Quercus Alba - 303
38. Luke Atmey - 292
39. Damon Gant - 285
40. Ini Miney - 275
42. Angel Starr - 272
43. Ron DeLite - 271
44. Rhoda Teneiro - 268
45. Katherine Hall - 267
46. Blaise Debeste - 265
47. Regina Berry - 261
48. Jake Marshall - 257
49. Jean Armstrong - 251
50. Nicole Swift - 250
51. Lana Skye - 249
52. Victor Kudo - 247
53. Marvin Grossberg - 234
54. Jacques Portsman - 231
55. Frank Sahwit - 219
56. Alita Tiala - 219
57. Patricia Roland - 217
58. Daryan Crescend - 216
59. Dane Gustavia - 209
60. Horace Knightley - 209
61. Maximillion Galactica - 203
62. Ben & Trilo Quist - 200
63. Penny Nichols - 194
64. Kristoph Gavin - 193
65. Mike Meekins - 183
66. Ken "Acro" Dingling - 182
67. Iris - 181
68. Furio Tigre - 176
69. Matt Engarde - 171
70. Sirhan Dogen - 170
71. Cammy Meele - 168
72. Morgan Fey - 165
73. Redd White - 162
74. John Marsh - 153
75. Delicia Scones - 151
76. Colias Palaeno - 150
77. Dee Vasquez - 148
78. Zinc Lablanc - 146
79. Desiree DeLite - 142
80. Trilo Quist - 140
81. Wesley Stickler - 137
82. Cody Hackins - 135
83. Lauren Paups - 130
84. Karin Jenson - 129
85. Olga Orly - 126
86. Guy Eldoon - 117
87. Wocky Kitaki - 111
88. Di-Jun Huang - 110
89. Richard Wellington - 107
90. April May - 104
91. Jay Elbird - 102
92. Yanni Yogi - 98
93. Lance Amano - 92
94. Jeff Master - 90
95. Viola Cadaverini - 80
96. Director Hotti/Doctor Hickfield - 76
97. Terry Fawles - 74
98. Plum Kitaki - 73
99. The Bellboy - 72
100. Ernest Amano - 68
101. Benjamin Woodman - 60
102. Sal Manella - 59
103. Chief of Detectives - 55
104. Valant Gramarye - 53
105. Bonnie Young - 53
106. Lisa Basil - 46
107. Machi Tobaye - 41
108. Turner Grey - 39
109. Elise Deauxnim - 30
110. Missile - 20
111. Polly - 20
112. Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki - 18
113. Romein LeTouse - 13
114. The Amazing Mr. Hat - 12
115. Zak Gramarye - 5

Overall total lines - 84610

Total lines by segment:

4-3 Trial Day 2 - 1499
4-3 Investigation Day 2 - 1127
4-3 Investigation Day 1 - 1034
4-3 Trial Day 1 - 834

Total lines by case:

2-4 - 5946
1-5 - 5913
3-5 - 5815
E1-5 - 4831
E2-5 - 4777
4-3 - 4494
3-2 - 4151
3-3 - 4063
E2-3 - 3959
E2-2 - 3936
2-3 - 3884
4-2 - 3468
1-4 - 3466
2-2 - 3119
E1-4 - 2935
E2-4 - 2868
1-3 - 2741
E1-3 - 2412
E1-2 - 1995
E2-1 - 1923
1-2 - 1773
4-1 - 1421
3-4 - 1225
3-1 - 1167
E1-1 - 1039
2-1 - 899
1-1 - 389
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Totals lines by game:

AAI2 - 17463
T&T - 16422
PW1 - 14282
JFA - 13848
AAI1 - 13212
AJ - 9383

Total lines by character per case:

Turnabout Serenade (4-3)

1. Apollo Justice - 1673 (37.23%)
2. Trucy Wright - 847 (18.85%)
3. Klavier Gavin - 558 (12.42%)
4. The Judge - 418 (9.30%)
5. Lamiroir - 370 (8.23%)
6. Ema Skye - 265 (5.90%)
7. Daryan Crescend - 216 (4.81%)
8. Valant Gramarye - 53
9. Machi Tobaye - 41
10. Phoenix Wright - 27
11. Romein LeTouse - 13
12. Other - 13

Total lines by character per game:

Apollo Justice

1. Apollo Justice - 3452
2. Trucy Wright - 1602
3. The Judge - 882
4. Klavier Gavin - 745
5. Ema Skye - 413
6. Phoenix Wright - 375
7. Lamiroir - 370
8. Alita Tiala - 219
9. Daryan Crescend - 216
10. Kristoph Gavin - 193
11. Winston Payne - 144
12. Wesley Stickler - 137
13. Olga Orly - 126
14. Guy Eldoon - 117
15. Wocky Kitaki - 111
16. Plum Kitaki - 73
17. Other - 54
18. Valant Gramarye - 53
19. Machi Tobaye - 41
20. Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki - 18
21. Romein LeTouse - 13
22. The Amazing Mr. Hat - 12
23. Pal Meraktis - 7
24. Zak Gramarye - 5
25. Doctor Hickfield - 5
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I should have noticed when you said the record holder for defendant with the fewest lines was Terry Fawles but was 1-1 Larry excluded because he has lines from the other cases he is in?
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Well, I specifically said single-case defendants

or at least I did at one point during that post

either way I wasn't counting 1-1 Larry there

also Lamiroir technically isn't a single-case character but she has an absurd amount of lines for a witness, especially considering it's a non-epic case and she beat out Bikini's line count from 3-5

I think a big part of it is that 4-3's cast is rather small for such a long case and the lines have to go to somebody
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Anyway, place your bets on who has more lines in 4-4 between Apollo and Phoenix.

I'm looking at my time data to see if either character has significantly more screen time than the other, and Apollo's section of the case is only ten minutes longer than Phoenix's.

still gonna lean Apollo simply because having a sidekick will give him more line opportunities
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I remain surprised by AJ's line counts in general. I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but still! Maybe I should replay this the next time I replay the trilogy, gotta figure out why it took me so much less time than JFA or T&T.

I'd place my bets on Apollo having more lines than Phoenix, yeah. It certainly felt like he had considerably more trial time (and not that much less investigation) but if you say it's within 10 minutes, then yeah it probably will be close.

And yeah I'm pretty sure I counted the testimony where Lamiroir interprets for Machi as Machi's.
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I dunno. AJ clocked in as the shortest game in the series for me, too. My guess is that there's less "fluff" and not as many long monologues in AJ. There's more back and forth between the characters.

Still, they're clocking in at similar line counts to cases that are of similar lengths of time in my data.
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I'm a little surprised by how talkative Klavier is but I guess you talk to him quite a bit outside of court and he's especially involved in this particular case.

Oh, and my bet is on Phoenix having the most lines in 4-4, by juuust a hair.

My guess on lines in 4-4 is that it's gonna be Phoenix > Apollo > Judge > Trucy > Klavier > Valant > Brushel > Zak > other people

Klavier's pretty actively involved in all four segments of the case, so yeah, his line count ended up being high this time around.
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Hmmm maybe I'm wrong about Phoenix. I dunno. But the Mason system investigation is just soooo long, and 4-0 is longer than trial day 2. Trial day 1 is a reasonable length, but Apollo's investigation is also very short, and part of it includes Phoenix at the start! I dunno. Gut feeling tells me that Mason system is just so much longer than everything else and that puts it over the edge.

It begins.
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One thing about 4-4 is that I was immediately startled by how short the first investigation phase is. It's like, seriously abrupt.

Paratroopa1 posted...

One thing about 4-4 is that I was immediately startled by how short the first investigation phase is. It's like, seriously abrupt.

Almost like they didn't want this to be an epic-length trial.
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4-4 isn't even that much longer than 4-3.
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it's always struck me as weird that Vera's dialogue is centered/indented on the text box as opposed to being left-aligned like everyone else's

makes me wonder if it's supposed to be indicative of some unusual way of speaking

like how I assume that Drew's voice shakes/trembles a lot when he talks because the screen shakes a lot when he's speaking
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I really like the Drew Studio theme.

"A Fate Smeared by Tricks and Gadgets" is a great Reminiscence theme, too.
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4-4 investigation day 1 complete

I really like the end there with all the rough sketches underneath the paintings, although the game is very unclear about the sequence of events you have to go through to get there. Almost felt like I was playing 1-5 for a minute there.
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Just realized that after one segment, Trucy and Ema are virtually tied in line count now, and I was wondering which one of them will end up with more overall. Trucy will end up with more by the end of AJ. Ema's not in DD at all, obviously, but Trucy's line count there won't be that high either, so I don't know how much that will help her. Ema's got a pretty big role in SoJ overall, and Trucy mostly just has 6-2 and the beginning of 6-5. I'd guess Ema will end up with more in the end, but I think it'll be close.
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Trucy has a surprisingly high number of lines in 6-5, so I'm not sure.

I finally got around to playing through Turnabout Time Traveler and getting both the Asinine Attorney Cases.

I thought Apollo's Asinine Attorney was more entertaining than Phoenix's Asinine Attorney.

Also, I'm not much of a person that's into getting Console Themes but the Pixel Art Themes you can download from the Asinine Attorney cases are adorable and a nice little bonus.

I like the Khura'in Theme. It has "Khura'inese Towns ~ A Rambling Travel" playing in the background and I like when you move the cursor on the bottom screen, you see Phoenix and Nahyuta pointing at each other with Rayfa dancing in the middle doing the Dance of Devotion while you see Ahlbi and Shah'do in the Pool of Souls. You also see other characters from the first case show up on the top screen while you scroll along that shows them in the Khura'in city. Cute stuff. When you make a selection, you hear Phoenix say "Take That!"

The other theme you get is based on The Magical Turnabout. "It's show time" plays in the background and characters that appeared in the case appear on the top screen with the magic show on stage. The bottom screen has Athena and Trucy with Apollo in the middle inside the coffin. Moving the cursor causes the coffin to close and open the top lid to make Apollo disappear/reappear. Too cute. When you make a selection, you hear Apollo say "Take That!"

Turnabout Time Traveler was a fun case except for the long animations of Ellen and Sorin. I kinda got a little annoyed by their long animations but got over it. It was nice to see the return of Larry and Maya tagging along with Phoenix once again to solve the case. It was also cool to see Edgeworth prosecute and doing what he does best.
The culprit was really something. I liked the breakdown and I kinda felt a little bad for the culprit afterward. Nice ending.
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Sorin's paper airplane animation is the worst.
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"The repercussions of today's trial will, most likely, be felt for a long time."

'whoops'
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Brushel is so weird to me that I originally thought that animation where his tie wraps around his head was his tongue instead

I mean if anyone in the series would do that it's him
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Apollo: I hate to state what should be obvious to everyone, but has anyone ever told you that when you have the scent of a scoop, you make that rather...unique face?
Brushel: What are you talking about? "Attorney Has Active Imagination, Little Else," end quote!
Judge: Even I noticed something was strange, and my eyes aren't what they used to be. You know, I think I'm starting to understand what all this "perceiving" is about!

Judge so good
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"Believe me, any comic relief I may provide is entirely unintentional."

one of Apollo's best lines ever
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I like the dig Vera makes at the concept of the Anything Agency, although I doubt she was intending to be malicious. I kinda like her a little more every time I replay AJ.
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What was the dig she made again?

She talks about how her father had his eye on the Wright & Co. Law Offices, and Trucy says they don't just practice law anymore. Then Vera's just like, "Yes...You do tricks...and gags...to amuse," or something along those lines.

I do like afterward though when she mentions how pleased her father was when he heard they started practicing law again.
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4-4 trial day 1 complete, which means 4-0 is next, ugh. I'll give it its own stat sheet on the list, but I'll still combine it with 4-4's overall totals. Here's what we're looking at after the first day to see what Phoenix needs (although Apollo still gets trial day 2):

1. Apollo Justice - 557
2. Trucy Wright - 331
3. Spark Brushel - 163
4. Ema Skye - 136
5. The Judge - 130
6. Klavier Gavin - 115
7. Phoenix Wright - 55
8. Vera Misham - 55
9. Valant Gramarye - 48
10. Other - 10
11. The Amazing Mr. Hat - 1

Vera already has more lines than Machi, so his record is safe.
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there are a couple of weird things about the beginning of 4-0

First, Phoenix acts like it's odd that he's jumping into a case blind and only became the attorney the day before the trial. I mean, I sorta get it, because he didn't get to investigate and Zak told him exactly nothing, but still.

But speaking of Zak, it's weird that he gives off the impression that he respects Phoenix (at least based off of the card game), but he ruined the guy's life once and tried to ruin it a second time.
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I'm feeling good about my lines guess except for Phoenix > Apollo

whoa this redone Phoenix sprite is kinda weird too

I figured they might just use his one from PW HD but nope!

and now this Gumshoe sprite!

also augh arrogant Phoenix so bad
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"The victim was already climbing a three-month stairway to heaven. Why not wait for him to knock-knock-knock on heaven's door?"

maybe Klavier's best line
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Ugh, 4-4 has a good emotional heart, but they just miss the execution on so many levels

I actually do really like the murder mystery in the flashback case though, I think it's really cool

Yeah, everything surrounding Magnifi's suicide is really good, including the final twist that it was in fact a suicide.

Also it's kinda weird to me that they talk about diabetes and cancer here because I think this is the only case where serious diseases like that are ever even mentioned. It's like it's obvious that they exist here, too, but they almost seem like "mundane" details in the Ace Attorney universe.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Yeah, everything surrounding Magnifi's suicide is really good, including the final twist that it was in fact a suicide.

Also it's kinda weird to me that they talk about diabetes and cancer here because I think this is the only case where serious diseases like that are ever even mentioned. It's like it's obvious that they exist here, too, but they almost seem like "mundane" details in the Ace Attorney universe.

This is especially funny one case after "incuritis"

Yeah, that's true. They went to the effort to make up a disease in the previous case and then used two real ones in 4-0. I mean, I guess in the case of Incuritis, they had to use a fictitious disease since Borginian cocoons are also fictitious, but they could've made up something for Magnifi, too.

Also, Gumshoe's numbers are now final, at least until AA7...!
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I have actually been wondering this: Who is the most likely character from the original trilogy to make a return in AA7? Since Maya mentions Gumshoe by name in 6-6 I kind of feel like maybe we haven't seen the last of him and he could show up again.

I would say Franziska would be cool to see again but it's really hard to bring back old prosecutors since there isn't a lot of space for them and we gotta have a new one.

Well, Franziska could show up as a cameo and not necessarily as a prosecutor if she's still working with Interpol at this point. She could be a source of information, maybe even as a witness for a big flashback case or something. I'm not sure who else they'd bring back other than those two at this point if they do bring someone back unless it's just someone totally random like Will Powers. I guess they could have Maya channel Mia or something, but that seems unlikely now if they didn't have her do it in SoJ.

Also, they don't seem to want to cross wires with the AAI games too much, so I doubt we'd see Kay or anyone like that.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Yeah, that's true. They went to the effort to make up a disease in the previous case and then used two real ones in 4-0. I mean, I guess in the case of Incuritis, they had to use a fictitious disease since Borginian cocoons are also fictitious, but they could've made up something for Magnifi, too.

Also, Gumshoe's numbers are now final, at least until AA7...!

On the note of the Borginian cocoons and Incuritis, is the poison that the cocoons make suppose to be Atroquinine, the poison that shows up in 4-4?
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I think they've moved on from Mia entirely at this point which is good - the characters are older now and no longer need her guidance, it wouldn't serve much of a purpose.

I dunno, I just feel like they would try to slip at least one old character back into the mix, although I guess there aren't too many mainstays who haven't shown up again. It's just Gumshoe and Franziska. (And Mia sort of.)

_SecretSquirrel posted...

On the note of the Borginian cocoons and Incuritis, is the poison that the cocoons make suppose to be Atroquinine, the poison that shows up in 4-4?

They never make the direct connection between the two, but I've wondered if that was supposed to be the case, too.
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One interesting thing about 4-0 is that in the second Valant testimony, it's pretty clear that Klavier is trying to bait Phoenix into presenting the forged diary page.
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"Incidentally, don't even think of showing us this diary I've just shown the court."

the worst
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4-0 complete

1. Phoenix Wright - 236 (34.76%)
2. The Judge - 138 (20.32%)
3. Klavier Gavin - 124 (18.26%)
4. Valant Gramarye - 76 (11.19%)
5. Dick Gumshoe - 42 (6.19%)
6. Zak Gramarye - 42 (6.19%)
7. Drew Misham - 13
8. Trucy Wright - 7
9. Other - 1
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Cody in Street Fighter V has an Apollo Justice color
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Oh I'm surprised by how few lines Valant had there. I'm wrong about Valant > Brushel for sure.

GOGZero posted...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfHehRJVAAAVNtf.jpg

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Cody in Street Fighter V has an Apollo Justice color

haha man that's amazing

if I still played SFV I would totally rock that because I love playing as Cody
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You know, after replaying 4-0, I'm actually starting to think it might be Klavier's best showing. He's probably the best part of that thing, along with Valant's "Alakazaaaaaaaugh" damage reactions. He's clearly a rookie and Phoenix frequently gets the better of him because he makes basic oversights, but he's quick on his feet and his heart is in the right place when it comes to nailing Phoenix for forged evidence, even if he has the wrong target.

Also, I'm wondering if Klavier stepped away from prosecuting after 4-0 until 4-2. The resolution of the case clearly bothered him, and the Judge mentions at the beginning of 4-2 that he'd been away from the prosecutor's bench for a while, although he doesn't specify how long. 4-0 seems to be for him what 3-4 was for Mia.
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you know sometimes I wonder what would've happened to Trucy if Zak had stuck with Kristoph as his attorney

maybe she would've turned out to be an evil magician like every other Gramarye
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