#I am soooo excited!

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Thalia Grace everyone!

Tamara Smart!🥳

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Hey hey hey may 31th anon! How's 2024 going? ☆ヾ(*´▽｀)ﾉ This year I have for you a leaked Sherlock season 5 image. Thinking of you!! And everyone!!

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they already ask jancy if they do a good job in canon so like.....

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cutie moments during Ephemeral Gaze soundcheck 😌💘 [240901 WANT / SITA]

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The Quest Continues...

(part 1- part 2)

[rivalsforlife]

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Announced

At the Nintendo Direct today, news I have been tirelessly waiting six years for arrived: The Ace Attorney Investigations games are coming to all modern consoles! This includes Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (now officially known as Ace Attorney Investigations: Prosecutor's Gambit), after THIRTEEN YEARS of being a Japan-exclusive game!

Now everyone gets to experience Debeste Ace Attorney games! ... The Winner Ace Attorney Games!

Key Information

The collection is coming out on September 6, 2024 to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, XBOX One, Windows, and Steam. It will be available in Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese, with new voice dubs. Most of the information in this post will be coming from the official website, which you can check out for more details.

The reveal trailer is as follows:

There's lots of information here, so let's break it down:

New Features

Since these were originally Nintendo DS games, there's a massive jump in graphic quality to HD! This includes a new interface for Logic, the court record, and redone full-body sprites. But if you prefer the classic look, the AAI collection will let you swap between the sprite styles:

Similarly to the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and 456 Collection, the AAI Collection includes story mode, dialogue history, a gallery containing concept and special art, and music including orchestral arrangements of the soundtrack.

You can also change the in-game soundtrack to rearranged tracks! This applies to Confrontation - Allegro, Confrontation - Presto, Objection 2009, and Pursuit - Chase Down The Truth (commonly known as Lying Coldly) with and without the intro.

Pre-Order Bonuses

Much like the AAI tracks, AAI2 arranged tracks can play in game, but these are currently restricted to pre-order bonuses (though this might change in the future). This includes Confrontation - Allegro 2011, Confrontation - Presto 2011, Objection 2011, and the intro and non-intro versions of Pursuit - Uncover The Truth (commonly known as Wanting To Find The Truth).

That's all on the English side, but much like the 456 collection, Japan has a physical collector's edition called the Mitsurugi (Edgeworth) Checkmate Set. This includes an arranged mini-album of songs by other composers, and new album art by Tatsuro Iwamoto.

The new songs include "Objections of Different Eras" (seemingly a remix of Objections 2009 and 2011), "Raven that Pursues The Truth" (remix of Kay's theme), "It's Time for Action!" (remix of Gumshoe's theme), "Howling Echoes" (remix of Lang's theme), and "Unveiling the Truth" (remix of the Pursuit songs).

This collection also includes a diorama set:

The set has two backgrounds (the rooftop of the Grand Tower and Edgeworth's office), and has standees of Edgeworth, Kay, Gumshoe, Franziska, Lang, Gregory, and... Verity and Eustace.

Which is a good segue into:

Localization Differences

Since most AA fans will be familiar with the fantastic AAI2 fan translation, the new names will likely be an adjustment for all of us. Characters in AAI (like Kay and Lang) will not have their names changed, just characters that were previously exclusive to AAI2.

Known name changes include:

Yumihiko Ichiyanagi / Sebastian Debeste -> Eustace Winner

Hakari Mikagami / Justine Courtney -> Verity Gavèlle

Tateyuki Shigaraki / Raymond Shields -> Eddie Fender

We also know that Manosuke Naito / Horace Knightley's new last name is Knight, and Gai Tojiro / Ethan Rooke's last name is Rook, which isn't much of a departure from fan translation names. We also know that Mikiko Hayami / Nicole Swift's new last name is Lloyd. I will provide updates on more names when they become available!

Regardless of your feelings on the new names - it's going to be an adjustment for everyone used to the fan translation that has been around ten years now - let's all keep in mind that despite the new names, the characters behind the names will be the same. And personally, as a massive fan of AAI2, I think the adjustment will be worth it if it means that more people get to experience my favorite ace attorney game for themselves.

With this announcement, all canonical ace attorney games have been ported to modern consoles and given an English translation. As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, this announcement is thirteen years in the making for AAI2! This is an unprecedented time for the popularity and accessibility of Ace Attorney.

(All we need now is the Layton crossover...)

Thank you all for joining me in this excitement and I look forward to collecting and sharing more updates as they arrive!

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

If anyone remembers this post about Nocturna's unfortunate whitewashing in Rift of the Necrodancer, I have FANTASTIC news that I'm only JUST NOW allowed to share:

I got in contact with BYG and she has been OFFICIALLY REDESIGNED. Said redesign has just been publically revealed TODAY in the latest Rift trailer

WE'RE EATIIIIING WE'RE HONEST TO GOD EATING!!!!!

EVERYBODY CLAP AND CHEER FOR BLACK VAMPIRE WOMEN RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

her original design under the cut bc white woman nocturna is equivalent to a thousand evil jumpscares

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ATE (2024) 4/∞: Stray Kids [INTRO "ATE"]

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Fantasy High - Junior Year

[everysongineverykey]

please think about how toriel exists as a purposeful venture by toby fox to create a "mom" character who isn't just there to write letters to the protagonist offscreen and act as motivation for them even though we barely know her and actually reacts realistically when innocent children leave her safe home to go on a dangerous adventure because of the inherent and rarely-explored grief and tragedy that come with being such a character in a video game, to be powerless to do anything but watch as both your children sacrifice themselves for a cause they ABSOLUTELY should not have to die for at their age, because that's your only role in the narrative, and you're the "mom," just there to make them pie, and whenever you find another child they always ALWAYS leave you in the same way and die and you feel like you keep losing second and third and fourth etc etc chances. if only you could redeem yourself. if you can save even a single child, that will make it okay, right? that will mean there is hope for you. this time will be different, you'll see. you'll destroy the exit to the ruins. you'll never let asriel and chara your dear fallen wards go again.

moreover, please think about how in deltarune chapter 3, toriel will almost certainly be a major part of the adventure. she will get to accompany her beloved child as they explore a strange, daunting new world, bond with them, learn more about their delightful new friend, FINALLY she will not have to simply stand there in the shadows. the tragedy of the nameless mother who never gets to look after her child in video games as they fight has been explored thoroughly, and now we can delve into something both delightful and potentially even MORE heartbreaking: the mother who HAS to watch her child fight.

on an unrelated note, y'know how the game over screen in chapter 2 has whatever companion you're with begging kris to wake up get up as they lie there, ostensibly dead?

...yeah. think about that for a second as well.

[theinkventurezone]

Magnus puts his hand on the glass and stares at the Voidfish, just… mesmerized by the flashing lights inside of it. Very quickly, it puts up one of its tendrils and puts it up against your own. Image description: black and white art of Magnus and the Voidfish from The Adventure Zone. The perspective appears to be from inside the Voidfish's tank, where we see it extending a tendril to meet Magnus's hand, which he rests on the side of the tank. Magnus is a human with dreadlocks in a partial bun, a beard, and a scar over one eye, wearing square pauldrons and a feathered breastplate. He's smiling peacefully at the Voidfish, whose tendril is long and frilly. End description. Thanks @anistarrose​ for writing the image description!!

[galaxystt]

Here’s a sneak peak of my piece for Hermit Heartthrobs 2025! I’ve been busy as a…. busy as a…🐝

Hosted by @hotguycalendar !!

[blackbatcass]

no one could make me hate the superman movie btw. at least not till it’s actually come out. that’s literally my best friend clark kent on my big screen. their whole philosophy is to make a high quality movie that focuses on the importance of love & hope and it genuinely seems like the creators are super joyful and proud of it. my best friend clark kent is there. michael holt is there. it’s SUPERMAN!!!!

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[luv-indigo]

OLNF Week Day 2: Fantasy

i love a good fantasy au and part of what makes it so enjoyable for me are the outfits so I went all out here. this took me forever bc procreate kept crashing when i was working on this </3

but yeah i just wanted to put my favs in cute outfits. plus everyone gets longer hair (except cheyomi)

also!! yeah my mcs (nadine and cheyomi) wouldnt exist in the same universe but this is a fantasy au and olnf week. anything is possible <3

the quality may also be wacky bc i used a large canvas. i just kept making it bigger for no reason. click for better resolution

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(alt versions under cut)

[frostedpuffs]

i am hoping i will have this fic ready by the time season 6 airs so when ml tumblr explodes again i can start posting it