Board 8 > Raka also plays The Great Ace Attorney

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Lestrade is indeed one of the Scotland Yard inspectors in the stories. His first name is never revealed, for some reason, just that his first initial is G. So I guess they took this opportunity to make a female version!

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Ah, I see. And a street urchin, no less!

Anyway, here we go - the Adventure of the Traveling Kokoro

We get a new case. Thankfully this time we have one day to prepare for the trial. And the prosecutor on duty is none other than our educated friend, Baron von Wicks!

We met a new person, an officer of the Scotland Yard - Gregson. Another Sherlockian reference, I assume. He's eating fish and chips. Mmm...

Next, we go to the prison to see the defendant. Seems like he's Japanese. And he's...Soseki Natsume?! Like, the real life novelist? The one who wrote 'I Am a Cat'? Fun.

Also seems like he's making katakana shapes with his body, but since it's English it doesn't really translate 1:1, they kept the alliteration in the dialogue though.

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Yes, indeed, it's supposed to be the real Soseki Natsume.

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Iris being a doctor of medicine at 10 (at least, since she seems to have been writing the stories for a while) is still iffy for me. :(

But she's a better detective than Sholmes at least!

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This maid is very round, adorable.

Oh, she makes a sun/moon combo with her employer, Mr. John Garrideb. Not sure if there's a pun I'm missing or if it's another reference.

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OK the maid is super sus since she purposefully let the hot tea overflow to cut off Garrideb's dialogues -- maybe she has secrets she wants to hide.

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Raka_Putra posted...

OK the maid is super sus since she purposefully let the hot tea overflow to cut off Garrideb's dialogues -- maybe she has secrets she wants to hide.

And this was before she said Natsume was suspicious. What are you hiding, lady?

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Raka_Putra posted...

This maid is very round, adorable.

Oh, she makes a sun/moon combo with her employer, Mr. John Garrideb. Not sure if there's a pun I'm missing or if it's another reference.

Yep, it's a reference to a story called The Three Garridebs.

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Ah, of course.

Man, if these were all Agatha Christie references instead I'm sure i would've gotten many of them, but I digress.

So we saw Natsume's room and it's dark, miserable, smells like musty books and cat poop, and doesn't have a window because of window tax, supposedly.

And now Sholmes is here and he did his deduction...that the carpet was gnawed on by an Asiatic lion! Wow, what a total nonsense. This is great.

Before going into the Course Correction, I'd say the thing they're hiding is...the cannon? And they walled the other windows so the tenants won't see that they've been shooting cannons at...something. Maybe Garrideb actually misses his time in the war?

Then, we also saw that the exterior of the building has suffered considerable blunt damage. Did they have someone to play wargames with real cannon balls back and forth across the street?

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Oh wow I got reeled in by the red herring lol. The real beast is the maid...or should I say, Mrs. Garrideb?!

And now... we're back in the court room. And it seems that they're implying...Mrs. Garrkdeb could have thrown the knife from the second floor and it pierced that poor lady in the back?! Really? That's kinda pushing it if that's really what happens...

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Maybe there will be a GAA3 set in the 1930s, featuring Ryunosuke's son and Hercule Poirot

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Leonhart4 posted...

Maybe there will be a GAA3 set in the 1930s, featuring Ryunosuke's son and Hercule Poirot

Or Percule Hoirot! But yeah that's nice to think about.

Also...
He...he moved the body didn't he... :(

And as an aside, man Roly's animations are so very cute. I just want to snuggle him.

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Raka_Putra posted...

Also...
He...he moved the body didn't he... :(

She's not dead!
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LMAO my bad, Pat got to me.

Cute how they used the same pun with that fan patch of AAI2 for Patricia Roland.

Anyway, Roly admitted to it. Poor guy, he only wanted to enjoy one day with his wife. And she thankfully chose to share the blame.

And now they are dismissed. And we call the next witness, one Mrs. Joan Garrideb, to the stand!

It's actually pretty cool how Von Ziecks actually doesn't only pursue to throw the defendant in jail at all costs and seems interested in finding the truth. He's sinister (and have a penchant for the dramatics) but not quite evil. At least that we know of.

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This is the third time we've had a patrol pun because there's one in SoJ, too!

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Leonhart4 posted...

This is the third time we've had a patrol pun because there's one in SoJ, too!

Oh that's right, the first victim if I recall correctly.

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Raka_Putra posted...

LMAO my bad, Pat got to me.

Cute how they used the same pun with that fan patch of AAI2 for Patricia Roland.

Don't forget the victim of 6-1

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Yeah, RIP him.

The Khu'rain names...are something else...

Huh I just saw that Mrs. Garrideb is standing on a wooden box, cute.

And her husband's robe and pants were burnt down to perfectly showcase his underwear lol.

Also we found a tiny piece of metal inside Garrideb's pipe, which might just be the decisive evidence we need!

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Raka_Putra posted...

This maid is very round, adorable.

Oh, she makes a sun/moon combo with her employer, Mr. John Garrideb. Not sure if there's a pun I'm missing or if it's another reference.

It also has a pun that's lost in translation. "Gari" means flesh and bones, while "debu" is fat, which describes both John and Joan. There's another thing where John's name is and Joan's name is , which is just John's name with a prolonged sound mark, also referencing Joan's build. Probably should've changed John's name to Jon to better represent that, but then the Holmes reference is kind of lost.

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Oh that's really nice. I did know about the words gari and debu but didn't make the connection. Great thinking by the writer and character designer.

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Onwards to Chapter 5 - The Hound of Baskervilles. Will we get a deceptively large dog as a suspect? Probably!

We got a telegram but Susato is being very secretive about it...maybe it was announcing Soseki's death? If it is, Von Ziecks is Final Destination-level threat.

They named the cat Wagahai after Soseki's seminal work Wagahai wa Neko de Aru (I Am a Cat), and Wagahai is an old way of saying 'I'. Cute.

Oh this downtrodden Sholmes is much more palatable. But what is weighing on his mind?

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Jojo reference?!

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Oh god HE PULLED A GUN.

PUT THAT DOWN BEFORE MR. WINDIBANKS CALLS HIS PERSONA.

Thankfully Scotland Yard came just in time.

Hmm...
It's really weird, with Lestrade claiming it's her father's. There's something shady going here. And they seem to be investigating the McGilded again?

Sholmes invited Gina to dinner but she ran away like a tsundere cat.

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Oh geez. What's this about Susato knowing the title of the locked manuscript?

Aaaand now we found Mr. Windibank shot dead, locked with Gina inside a room. Great. This seems like it'll be a tough case to crack. Exciting.

Also, Sholmes has been shot. RIP.

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Guess I'll tag this one as well. Hopefully you'll actually get through the superior second game.
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I sure hope so too!

We figured out that McGilded was a jerk and blackmailed Gina to do his bidding (and bribed the coachman to do so too).
He deposited a small box three days before the wagon case and his overcoat on the day of the case.

Okay, so there are a lot of mysteries left:

1. What is the significance of the music disc hidden inside his overcoat?
2. Who was "Eggert Benedict" and why did he try to retrieve the music disc?
3. What was inside the small box McGilded deposited?
4. Why did the thugs break into the box inside the storage room but left without taking the Hound of Baskervilles script?
5. How did Susato figure out the full title of the unreleased script?
6. Why did Sholmes forbid Iris from publishing the script? (I'd guess it's because there's sensitive information within the script that would put Iris in danger)
7. How did the thugs (presumably) commit Mr. Windibank' murder and made it into a locked room? (Some early guesses include finding a way to lock the room from the outside, or they left through the space under the floor, or Mr. Windibank/Gina locked themself inside the room and the culprit shot Windibank through the peep hole)
8. What is the 'bigger case' that the Yard is pursuing?
9. What does Susato's telegram really say?

Also, I'm totally stuck at this investigation segment...seems like I'm missing something from Gregson's dialogue but I don't know what. Ugh.

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Six hours later...and I'm still stuck.

There's nobody at Chief Justice Office, the hospital, the prison, Sholmes's Suite, or our legal office.

I've checked everything at Baker Street, the main shop, and the storeroom.

I've checked all evidence in the court record multiple times and I've presented everything I have to both Iris and Gregson. I even rechecked and rechoose things that have been marked with a blue tick. WTF did I miss?

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...okay, somehow I missed presenting the first pawnbroking ticket. Ugh.

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I think I got stuck for a bit at the same place. Pretty sure we both presented the first ticket to Gregson before he was willing to talk to us then didn't think to present it again.

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...that might be it. And he's got that long and annoying tea drinking animation.

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Glug glug glug

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is it possible to turn on story mode for a few moments and turn it back off? GAA can be pretty cryptic at times, especially during investigations

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Yep, I also got stuck at that exact spot with Gregson and the ticket :/

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...glad to know it wasn't just me!

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SSBM_Guy posted...

is it possible to turn on story mode for a few moments and turn it back off? GAA can be pretty cryptic at times, especially during investigations

I think you can turn it on and off at will, but I also think you don't trigger the trophy if you don't beat the entire case with it off, if you care about that.

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I still think it's immensely silly to have trophies in a game that's mostly a visual novel with no story branches like this.

Anyway, we're currently trying to convince Gina to let us defend her in the trial. She's being difficult as usual. Oh well, I'm looking forward to seeing her cry cute sprite.

I have to say though, the translators did great work here. It's very fun seeing how these characters talk. I also encountered many new, and often antiquated, words. Though sometimes it makes it hard to understand, but not very much so.

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Hey now, don't be badmouthing visual novel trophies! Most of them reward you for being thorough and finding Easter Eggs anyway.

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It's pretty interesting that the first client of Phoenicius was actually guilty. Glad we got the evidence, even if it's two months late.

And Gina at least decides to put her trust in us. Heck yes we'll defend you to the end even if you turn out to be one Ms. Jezeille Brett in disguise!

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Leonhart4 posted...

Hey now, don't be badmouthing visual novel trophies! Most of them reward you for being thorough and finding Easter Eggs anyway.

Well yeah, but... they do nothing for me. Good for those who enjoy them.

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I'm very surprised they haven't retrieved the 30-minute timed camera yet. It's probably for dramatic tension and pacing, but logically they should've taken a look by now.

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She really is.

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Susato so good

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Mason Milverton, interesting. I think this is the first time we heard of his full name.

MM initials, just like McGilded. Is Mason McGilded's father? And he tried extorting McGilded but it didn't work and he ended up at the end of McGilded's knife instead?


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Wow van Zieks really said he hated all Japanese. He racist now.

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The six jurors are...
Mr. John Garrideb
The maid from Case 3
Some goofy looking blond guy
The grandpa from Case 4, cosplaying as a doctor
The typist/secretary, also from Case 4
THE FRICKING REVOLUTIONARY LEADER AND MASS MURDERER FROM CASE 2'S NEWSPAPER

I did expect them to reuse some sprites, but 4/2 of them have been here before. What are the chances. Maybe this version of London is only lived in by around 30 people tops.


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Juror 3 has the granddaddy of PSVR on his head, but it's a stereoscope instead. Great. So that'll come into play huh.

And...Juror 4 rellaced her typewriter with uh, something similar to a morse machine. I think I've heard of this. It's faster to take notes but you need to use shorthands more.

God who let the despotic cabalistic bloody ruthless dictator who has slaughtered an entire neighboring nation in? You should catch him instead! Or at least put him on a very tight leash.

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He's a master of disguise

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He's just a tourist who wants to wisit the Crystal Tower.

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Apparently no one wants to do jury duty in London, so they had to rope in a wisitor.

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hombad46 posted...

I think I got stuck for a bit at the same place. Pretty sure we both presented the first ticket to Gregson before he was willing to talk to us then didn't think to present it again.

I've seen numerous people get stuck there. Probably the hardest moment in the first game.
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