#aai2 blogging

[saphirune]

i like him a lot of course

[small-spanish-face]

I am not immune to silly redraws. [ID in ALT]

Original drawing below the cut:

[simonkeyes]

old pucci art i posted on my twitter like a long time back

[shih-na]

I really wasn't expecting them to localize aai2 for real. The fan translation is considered treated like it's canon by everyone overseas basically. It's not like they could have named them the fan names even if they wanted to.

Outside of that mixed bag I liked the hd overworld sprites. I appreciate that they gave you the option to play it hd or not. I like hd remasters and all but it's important to give people that option especially because this is the first time aai2 has been released on the west ever.

[inabapublicaccess]

aa sillies <3

[pessu]

i'm gonna be so insufferable when aai2 releases officially <3

[kugamoogle]

I've seen a couple posts talking about combining Eustace/Sebastian's fan and official names together as a fun little compromise (which I love!!), and while most of the focus has indeed been on him because of his....interesting choice of surname, I've also seen almost as many posts talking about disliking Ray/Eddie's name change too—mostly due to the lack of subtlety with his new name and the erasure of the sword and shield motif, and wanted to share a compromise my friend and I came up with in case it helps anyone:

Eddie is short for Edmund.

Admittedly "Edmund" isn't a name I'm particularly fond of myself—I definitely prefer the way Raymond sounds and I think it suits his design better, but it shares the same root suffix—and subsequently a similar meaning—to "Raymond", with the ending suffix meaning "protector", and thus brings back some of the subtlety of his fan name. It's also not a perfect homage to the shield aspect, but personally I only recognized "Edgeworth" as being sword related at all after seeing the Japanese name (granted, I'm also dumb) so....make of it what you will ig.

Not a perfect solution (and I don't think I'm the first to come up with this specific idea by any means!), but since the majority of the complaints I've seen are about the meaning and the pun, versus issues with the actual name fitting his design or the sound of it, I figured it may help someone.

I will also agree he doesn't look like an "Edmund", but honestly that's just more of a reason for him to go by Eddie. Lol.

[it-came-autumnally]

rip to Debeste but I suppose we can't all be Winner(s)

[melxn-seeds]

Starting Ace Attorney Investigations for the first time and seeing that the second game has timed events like Oh the final case of this one is gonna PISS piss me off I can already tell

[gavinners-soundbox]

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[accirax]

WAIT AAI2 IS SO GOOD PLEASE LIVEBLOG IT (if you want to) I WANNA SEE YOUR REACTIONS N STUFF

Venus and i are hoping to play it together in person, so i don't plan on doing a TRUE liveblog because i wouldn't want to keep making her pause in the middle of the game just so that i can make a tumblr post. however, i could consider doing something more initial thoughts-y, where after i'm done with a... day? case? i write out what i thought in the moment in a retroactive-liveblog style. that could be fun :D

[lilredghost]

ACE ATTORNEY INVESTIGATIONS COLLECTION?

[small-spanish-face]

<3

[longroadstonowhere]

that was a hell of an entrance but why were you in the candy castle??????

[aceattorneyheritageposts]

THEY RENAMED MY BOY. HOW COULD THEY

I actually quite like the name Eustace for him personally. Granted I'm not that familiar with AAI2 (been avoiding its spoilers for years at this point in the hopes of an official localisation just like I did with TGAA), but it does seem fitting for him. If I met someone younger than me whose name was Eustace, I'd wince in sympathy. Sorry to all and any Eustaces who may be following this blog

[criticalchicken]

This was too many images for a short blog post. But I love this exchange, so I had to post it somewhere.