#and i think ghost trick is that to ace attorney

[crowswarm]

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[justicebeetle]

Funny Detectives crossover!! (VERISON 2!) (Now its bigger!) (And more self indulgent) (With massively varying levels of character obscurity) (Its my drawing and I get to pick the detectives!!!!!)

I love silly and fun shape characters with my whole heart!!!

[magpie-trinkets]

I am learning how to play with PNGs

[scalytunster]

Ghost Trick again 😔

[dizzybizz]

some stuff picked out from my tgaa sketch dump :) figuring out some faces,, memes,,, stuff based off of dialogue,,, exactly one sad,, gays,,,

[1960z]

I love ghost trick is classified as “part of the ace attorney series” by capcom at this point

[wyrmswears]

me and @y4rdbird have been discussing how she would be perfect in a ghost trick crossover. expect more art.

GHOST TRICK SPOILERS IN ALT TEXT

(if you have any ideas about a gt/aa crossover (particularly to do with athena) feel free to send an ask)

[transannabeth]

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store closes april 30th!

[skyy-valley]

I love this stupid meme I'd thought I'd put my two fixations together

[echosdaffodil]

Sometimes, I wonder if Shu Takumi made Ghost Trick such a hard to sequel game to not start another Ace Attorney.

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Grick canon to Ace Attorney no cap(com)

[purpleleavesday]

Ngl my main takeaway from that video is not sparkly Edgeworth, or what do you mean you can play the games in any order, or where is plvspw, or even Weirdo Number ...

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE BEEN PRONOUNCING BAROK WRONG THIS ENTIRE TIME??

[characterssaythedarnestthings]

yeah gang we've done ace attorney and professor layton so now we're completing the Capcom Trio.

[quantomeno]

I was recently reminded of one of Phoenix's many near death experiences and that in turn reminded me of my headcanon that Sissel (from Ghost Trick) exists in his universe and is constantly having to save his life

This obviously leaves the glaring issue of why Sissel hasn't saved anyone else's lives, but I guess we can just say Wright is special and Sissel doesn't like to interfere too much

[anonymouspuzzler]

From what I’ve gathered, you’re a DS/3DS person. Besides the obvious choices of Pokémons and Laytons, what are some of your favorite obscure titles that more people should play if they have the physical or TOTALLY LEGAL means to?

PICROSS 3D

[darklight-owl]

Owl Reviews Stuff She Just Finished: Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright

So yk I didn't know what to expect going into this game, I'd seen really funny dialogue of it and mostly got it because I was extremely hyperfixated on Layton. But I did NOT expect such an emotional rollercoaster of a game with themes that tie into both Professor Layton and Ace Attorney and utilizes the strengths of each series so efficiently. I did not expect this game to make me cry. I did not expect this game to become one of my favorite Professor Layton AND Ace Attorney titles. But it did so I have to talk about it.

With two successful IPs on the cover this game could have easily been halfassed but every corner of it is full of passion for both titles. I mentioned before how they build off and complement each other and I think that's a result of the people working on this game having an in-depth knowledge of what makes PL and AA work and what their shortcomings are.

For example (I mentioned this in the liveblogs but may as well repeat myself here) Ace Attorney games are often limited to just the courtroom and investigation, not to mention you're not going to see 90% of the characters ever again after the case is done. This is serviceable for the kind of game AA is but it makes the world itself feel a bit uninteresting. However Professor Layton games have you confined to one town and make you explore it in depth, with recurring background characters who all have different (yet basic) personalities. Because of this, the Layton segments where you walk around town become crucial parts of the game where you can interact with future or past witnesses as they go about their lives, making these witch trials feel like they're taking part within an actual community, which make the emotional beats in the trials hit REALLY hard.

In turn, AA strengthens PL by adding variety. Layton games can be a bit monotonous if you're not engaged since the gameplay mostly consists of talking to people and solving an occassional puzzle, and there's a lack of interesting smaller mysteries to keep the audience engaged while they work on solving the bigger ones. But Ace Attorney games thrive on side stories, they're what make the trials so interesting! So by adding the smaller mysteries in the form of witch trials and mixing in clues about what the Hell is going on in Laberynthia you make a much more dynamic story that never feels like you're getting nowhere.

Enough about story structure and nerd stuff like that though, let's talk characters!

I love the main four and have always loved the main four so I'm not gonna talk abt them. The original characters for this game were freaking amazing. I see a lot of people really dislike Espella (which is understandable since she's probably the weakest of the cast) but she's pretty alright imo. She's going through a lot of things with the entire town despising her and [SPOILERS] so it makes sense why she would act the way she does, even then I feel like most heartfelt moments with her were a bit forced, which kind of lessens the impact of the last scene. I LOVE the relationship between her and [ANOTHER SPOILER] as well as the dynamic she has with Maya though.

I LOVE BARNHAM. He's one of my favorite prosecutors, he may not have any deep angst or trauma like so many of my favs do, but he's just a well meaning dude who thinks he's doing what he needs to to protect his town, even if it means casting wiitches into the flames. He also goes through a little character arc of his own where he also starts to bend the rules, the only laberynthian to do so. It's fun. Barnham is my best friend.

Unfortunately I can't talk about Darklaw or The Storyteller without getting into spoilers but basically: I love Darklaw and think she deserves the world, I'm on the fence about The Storyteller and feel like parts of his character were extremely rushed.

The secondary characters are also great, you have your classic goofy witnesses but also some really heartfelt characters and relationships in the trials, this is nothing new for Ace Attorney but when you include the conscious knowledge that these characters are going to be cast into the fire then these mini stories are enough to move me to tears (Looking at you, Golden Court).

Anyway, overall a fantastic experience that caught me completely off guard. No notes. I give it 10 burning witches out of 10.

Oh. And also: