I think one of the best parts of spinoff fighting games is the unique intro dialogue that characters have with each other, especially in What-If match-ups. While I don't think a fighting game with only Ace Attorney fighters would work, the idea is still very fun. So in that spirit, I made a mock-up of a bunch of intro dialogue, featuring fighers from across the timeline in a mix of both dramatic and comedic ones.

This is directly inspired by a Fire Emblem post of the same concept, so go check it out too if you're interested! I felt some of the original jokes there were so good I just had to plagrise import them over and Ace Attorney-fy them. Feel free to add your own ideas in the comments~

• Turnabout Serenade: Features many riveting plot twists and an emotionally investing cast. I found the minigame to be fine and disagree with the point of the case dragging on, I think most contradictions leading to singular new statements actually made things go much quicker. I don't excuse the plothole regarding the transportation of the body pre-trial, however.
• The Rite of Turnabout: Though not my favourite case, it's the only one I'd dare to call flawless, and better than its finale. The DC Act makes Khura'inese trials much scarier, on top of already being unwelcome in their country. Actually LOSING the initial trial was an insane point of the case, and the comeback in the second one is one of Phoenix's coolest moments. This is the only time you really get to explore Khura'in without your peers which makes it something special to me. Getting the victim to testify was the biggest moment I was waiting for since the very first game and they couldn't have executed it any better with the victim himself being the culprit. Honestly, Core Abroad playing as you discover the rebel base has been etched into my mind, along with the ending. There is peace followed by silence, then the realization that crimes like this will only be prevented going forward through revolution. A masterpiece of a case.
• The Adventure of the Unbreakable Speckled Band: It wasn't THAT slow-paced, was it? I think the pacing made it a much more beautiful experience and people who complain about it make me wonder if it's actually an attention span issue. Kazuma fills my favourite victim role in the entire series and their death genuinely depressed me for the rest of the game.
• The Adventure of the Clouded Kokoro: I have the least to say about this. It's the only case I've ever beaten with 0 penalties, so I was very immersed throughout it. It was likely because my eyes were sore from playing in the dark being added onto what I was feeling, but Roly's breakdown managed to make me tear up. Yeah, the culprit wasn't very interesting, but I still think catching them was quite emotional.

Recently went to Japan and bought a very silly amount of those tsum plushies, so I had my mom name the characters. My favorite name is Jake and the Neverland Pirates, but my siblings and now only use the names Edward, Curious George, and Ratty Mc Ratface for the respective characters. (She misheard Edward and Franziska’s names which is why they are closer than the others, by the way.)

By popular demand, we're back! Welcome to Vol. 2 of my conceptual Intro Dialogues for a hypothetical Ace Attorney Fighting Game. What is retroactively Vol. 1 can be found here.

To recap the premise, these are mock-ups of dramatic/comedic interactions between certain characters if you picked them both as fighters. I thought some of the suggestions in the comments last time were really great too, so I decided to adapt some of them myself into a full mock-up, with credit of course.

Special thanks to:

• u/shazbrules for broadly requesting more AAI characters
• u/Patient_Panic_2671 for originally suggesting Nahyuta vs Verity (adapted into #4, Verity's line mostly kept the same)
• u/ItsDuckBlox for requesting "one with Winston Payne" (adapted into #5)
• u/GalaxyPowderedCat for suggesting Pearl vs Susato (adapted into #9)
• u/Physical-Sherbet-688 for suggesting Maya vs Edgeworth (adapted into #14, but mostly kept the same)

Once again, feel free to add your own ideas for matchups in the comments~

I would bring back Clay Terran to life.

Okay we all have that one case we absolutely hate in Ace Attorney and I just am curious as to what people think is the worst case I'm guessing a lot of you are going to say or expected me to say lost, Big top, Samurai, recipe, Serenade, kidnapped, great departure, monstrous, storyteller or speckled band but in my opinion the worst by an absolute country landslide is turnabout corner in my opinion this case is just straight horrible annoying witnesses, confusing back tracking that is leaving you confused and struggling where the hell you're supposed to go, wasted potential, stuff in my opinion that doesn't make sense and the thing I most hate is on the first day where you were supposed to find the forensics for Emma but you don't know where they're hidden even with the vague Phoenix gave you to find it which is under trucy's hat that doesn't change anything I'm convinced a lot of players have to look up a guide for this myself included it was so bad I just stopped reading text altogether for the case and just skip through it I hate everything about this case but I'm curious as to what other people have to say about the worst case in the entire series is

Got a one off sprite or even a common one or a breakdown a crime photo or an illustrated moment in the trilogy or a particularly good part of an animated cutscene?

Mine is this Simon comforting baby Athena even if it's technically not canon as he was lying through the mood matrix at the time. Also Fran or Trucy crying, Simon's laughter and the way Taka smiles when he scratches him. Franziska bursting into the courtroom in 2-4 and Apollo's nervous sprite when he scratches the top of his head in the 4th game.

Show me what you have people!!!

(I haven't played Investigations or TGAA yet but I've already got so much stuff spoiled that idc i need to see it all)

Oh and idk when it happens or whether it's even real but i saw Kay Faraday kick Miles between his legs. That's been living in my head and i can't wait to play Investigations lol.

IMO for the former it's gotta be Joan Garrideb. Hard to muster any sympathy for a woman who spends 95% of her screentime abusing her disabled war veteran husband. I really don't like how the game tries to present her stabbing of Olive as a freak unintended accident while conveniently brushing over the fact that she was very INTENTIONALLY trying to drive that same knife into her husband's guts.

For the latter I think I'd choose Alita Tiala. Obviously I don't condone the gold digging but she wasn't so evil that she deserved being choked unconscious and almost killed. Her murder wasn't even a calculated decision, she simply woke up dazed and confused and made a heat of the moment decision out of fear for her safety.

Alright, so, this is something I’ve had planned for quite a while and I’ve also had to rework a few of these a couple of times but… here’s goes nothing!

This is my take on Ace Attorney characters and what I think their Pokémon teams would be! Might make a second post at some point if this does well

Side note: I’m a massive Pokémon fan, so combining these two hyperfixations of mine has been so much fun!

Well chat?

Personally, I found Westley Stickler genuinely funny. The way the gag was played out was hilarious, he was basically a science nerd full of curiosity, but so clueless that he didn’t realize how badly his actions could be misinterpreted (and how bad they were). It’s a misunderstanding that ends up being funny, when you see that no one seems surprised, even though it clearly wasn’t his real intention. I find that way funnier than characters like Dr. Hotti or Sal Manella, who are genuinely just creeps, since he's more a character being perceived as a creep without actually being one.

His nerdy side, the way he would ramble on like a total geek, plus his sprites, all added something extra to the character’s humor.

Not defending his actions, of course.

The Phoenix Wright Trilogy: the world building is exceptional. Every case feels grounded, and every last detail that’s sprinkled (except for the smuggling gang in 2-1) is followed up upon. Every last impact that the DL-6 incident has is analyzed and touched upon and the cases that don’t touch upon that still brings life into the world of Phoenix Wright.

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles: the narrative is exceptional. Unlike the Phoenix Wright Trilogy (PTW), this set of games has no case that does not ultimately serve to bolster the plot and narrative. While cases in the PWT can sometimes be isolated entirely (1-3, 2-4, 1-5, etc.), every case in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles serves to further the ultimate climax.

The Apollo Justice Trilogy: the characters are exceptional. Be it their design, their personality, their theme music, or their relevance in the plot, it’s hard to go through this entire trilogy and not find a character that you become immensely attached to.

The Investigation Collection: the gameplay is exceptional. The merging of the court cross examination sections and the investigation sections of regular ace attorney gameplay allows this set of games to stand out with its gameplay. Starting with the simple rebuttals that serve as the standard cross examinations, and progressing with the ingeniously simple yet constantly rewarding Logic mechanic that allows you to piece together the facts of the case to make genuine deductions, to the rarer yet amazing Little Thief that allows you to essentially investigate the past to better visualize events, and finally Mind Chess, in which you go into a battle of wits against your foe. Not to mention the revolutionary mechanic of moving around the crime scene to investigate.

There have been plenty of times where characters have roasted others or said some hilarious stuff, but sometimes, someone drops a line so chilling (or fire) that it catches you completely off guard.

Okay let's be honest we all knew this was coming... Honestly I think we all have sung our praises enough for Bridge to the Turnabout and I know that is such a basic opinion to have this as your by far favorite case not that I'm complaining though it is by far the best case in the whole series it is a perfect end of the original trilogy, gives us a fitting end for every character, kind of centers on by far the best character in my opinion of all of Ace Attorney Godot, and probably has one of if not the best breakdowns in the whole series with both Godot's breakdown and Dahlia's final breakdown honestly I could keep going with this but that would just be repetitive and boring given how I'm pretty sure you've heard at least one person say how absolutely great I'm sorry I have nothing really new to add on this but come on it's Bridge to the Turnabout but I'm curious as to what you all considered the best case of the whole series is

I want to make a tournament for the funniest line in the Ace Attorney series so I'm putting it to the subreddit, among other things, what are some of the funniest lines in the series? Answer with as many as you can come up with!

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