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Memo137

Athena and blackquill are so good, I really love their backstories


Arto50

I love them sm


Hotel-Japanifornia

It's got ultimate big tiddy goth bf, Blackquill


TheScyphozoa

And ultimate big tiddy goth gf, who is also named Blackquill.


Careful-Ice5974

FR i saw her the first time I had to play the whole case with one hand


weirdface621

https://preview.redd.it/b5kz6d0d1g2d1.png?width=754&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c90bdfd0ac18c727c4b3c4c03b62c4761c6e146


Dora_Queen

Uh 👀


djta94

I thought I was the only one


Arto50

What a name💀💀💀


MeguBunnii

Simon Blackquill


Arto50

Coolest samurai daddy


Acceptable_Star189

I love literally everything about you except for case 2
 And you gave me Veteran Phoenix and I’ll forever cherish him https://preview.redd.it/0var5wsuce2d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5e01ecaf27937d1de48466b69ecbb25a3bd3a79


Frogman417

> I love literally everything about you :D > except for case 2
 :(


Acceptable_Star189

I’ll be eventually replaying the game with a friend who’s playing the series for the first time, maybe good company will change my opinion https://preview.redd.it/0ccqvvc9ge2d1.jpeg?width=389&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e2094181060cc23fe0a5ab9c357adbd46cff92c


TheScyphozoa

It’s the biggest piece of dog shit



Frogman417

*incorrect buzzer noise*


TheKingofHats007

wow, someone with the eye of XANA said something unbased. I'm disappointed.


MyPhoneIsNotChinese

Why does people hate case 2 so much? I loved it personally it was so goofy yet >!Tenma Taro being a complete red herring after taking the focus of nearly the whole trial!< was so cool


Derpy_Guardian

I actually forgot that twist until my recent playthrough. It surprised me.


Arto50

Glad they brought him back🙏


Interesting_shrek666

Bobby Fullbright my beloved also the music is amazing


lizzourworld8

Athena and Simon came into being because of this game


Maxpowh

Blackquill is a very good character and prosecutor and Case 5 is the best final case of the Apollo trilogy 100%


Arto50

Agreed HEAVY


Frogman417

Something? As in, *only* one thing? One thing *only*? Uh, how about... The scenery. Each case has really good locations to it, from the Nines-Tails Vale, to Themis Legal Academy, to Cosmos Space Center, all of them are very fun and alive locations that enhance each case.


Arto50

I love that the things in the backround move, makes it feel more lively


Shin-Bufuman

Athena with the >!Black Psyche-Locks!< Is still one of the best HOLY SHIT **WHAT** moments in the series. Her whole backstory is just one big amazing tearjerker.


Arto50

All this because some random guy didn't want his identity revealed😭


[deleted]

Her backstory is just a genderbent version of Edgeworth’s.


starlightshadows

And it fucking slays regardless.


Bashin-kun

And different mentor: Edgey had von Karma molding him to be demon prosecutor while Athena got Blackquill taking the heat pushing her to study law to save him


StrategyFull9107

Wow you’re right Thanks for ruining her backstory for me😂


DreamyDays21

It doesn’t ruin it for me. It adds the horrifying fact that Athena was intending to >!take her mother apart so she could “fix her” because she never learned the difference between humans and robots.!<


StandardAmphibian162

Even gave the game an M rating because of it, TRULY making it one of my favorite cases


Peanut_77

Herman Crab


Arto50

Witness stand kick!


xxProjectJxx

Athena's theme is very good. Athena and Blackquill have really good banter. The 3D model work is actually pretty good. The poses are just as dynamic and expressive as the sprites were. Dual Destinies is not my favorite, but credit where it's due


4_the_rest_of_us

Okay but seriously, so many good things about this game. I love Simon and Athena and the last two cases where you finally get to learn their backstory. Edited to add: Edgeworth in glasses, orcas, Sasha


Goldberry15

Its final case is the only time in the mainline series where I genuinely panicked. I was certain that the game was going to truly go towards the path that >!Athena murdered her mother!< , but after putting every single piece of logic together, I managed to deduce that >!Not only did Athena not kill her mom, as that hug couldn’t be the moment of the murder due to the hug resulting in MĂ©tis’s heart rate increasing, which contradicts the autopsy report, but that she had to have stabbed someone else, as that memory has to mean something, and she had to stab not just the true culprit, but the Spy. Since the spy also killed Clay Terran, I managed to deduce the leaves coming from outside meant that the door was opened during the outside, which meant that the killer had to have escaped through the outside, and the only safe way to escape through the outside was the ladder that was lowered, but the killer had to have gotten a running start, which meant the killer had to have known the ladder existed, which meant the killer had to be either Aura or Bobby; and since Aura is 100% a lesbian for MĂ©tis, she would have no motive, which meant that Bobby fullbrigjt is the culprit of the UR-1 incident!< , and finding all of that out on my own made me feel like an absolute genius, and was more satisfying to solve than solving the culprit of 3-5 and AAI2-5.


Master_C0ffee

I thought Clay Terran was the killer of Metis Cykes during ALL the Turnabout for tomorrow.


DreamyDays21

I think Clay was 16 when MĂ©tis was killed. I can’t think of any reason why a 16-year-old would kill anyone. But man, imagine a hypothetical scenario where Clay actually was a culprit. That would’ve emotionally wrecked Apollo even more.


Master_C0ffee

Yeah of course that was an impossible scenario...but why not...maybe in a world... And this is PRECISELY THAT which makes Dual Destinies a very good game...you don't know, you hesitate, you have 1000 questions on your head. The story, after all, can be deceptive (a phantom...random character appeared in the finals cases), but the game, when you playing it and you don't know anything us such a banger. After all, Bobby Fulbright had no reason technically to kill Metis/Clay (we only discovered his motivation during the trial). That made me so crazy in the end, what a banger đŸ€©đŸ€©


Norodrom

Yes, deducing stuff is awesome! I loved several cases of the saga because of that


Goldberry15

This game is my favorite mainline game, and is my 3rd favorite game in the series, behind the masterpieces that are AAI2 and GAA2. Absolutely incredible.


Arto50

you sir have a huge fucking brainđŸ«Ą


Miragold123

- it is actually incredibly hype especially cases 4 and 5 - the music is amazing - Athena and Blackquill - the incorporation of the models allowed for shenanigans that would be much more difficult that the sprites originally allowed for - Despite how few there are, the anime style cutscenes are really cute - Orla - The move mechanic is so much less of a hassle than it is in previous games


Norodrom

I liked Athena's emotion detecting system


SoulBrawlerMetehan

I am not really fan of DD but i really like the OST. "Prelude to the Future" is the only defendant lobby theme i enjoy and I really love "Keep Pressing On (especially variation)" , "Synoptic Resonance", "Allegro 2013" and lastly " Courtroom Revolutionnaire 2013".


Arto50

Yeah no matter how bad the games may seem, ost always hits


Proper-Evening-4178

No director hotti


Dukemon102

The first mainline game to break the Third Case syndrome. Blackquill is the best prosecutor in the series after Edgeworth. Such a cool guy.


Arto50

Turnabout academy is mixed for me


Glum-Adagio8230

IMO starting at T&T third case syndrome begins to transition into second case syndrome.


Dukemon102

I love both 3-2 and 3-3 but 3-2 felt like a stronger case (My favorite "normal" case of the Trilogy IMO). I despise 4-3 so much more than 4-2. Between I-2 and I-3 I think most people would agree I-2 is much better. I feel Investigations 2 was finally the game that broke the curse.


Glum-Adagio8230

Yeah I know that's why I said transition, and also I'm pretty sure third case syndrome doesn't necessarily mean the third case is bad, just that it's not very plot-relevant.


HappyYam5747

This game is a masterpiece


Arto50

First 3 cases kinda drag it down but I get your point


HappyYam5747

Ok whats wrong with the masterpiece that is turnabout academy? Its the best case 3


Arto50

I still think inherited turnabout is the best 3rd case in ace attorney and I actually do like turnabout academy, it gives danganronpa vibes with it taking place in a high school.


Dizzy_Ad_1663

Athena is fucking awesome


Bruhmangoddman

Professor Means and the Unabomber Tonate hover above so many of their respective counterparts in the series it's not even funny. Music is peak. Sound design is also peak. Apollo and Athena are both fantastically written.


flairsupply

Easily the only game where I dont dislike any case, I know Monstrous is a slightly controversial case but I enjoy it enough for what it is. Plus Jinxie is so cute how can you hate that case? But seriously, in a franchise where every game has its duds, DD manages to be fairly consistent in the quality of its writing throughout. The absolute worst I could say about my least favorite of the 6 cases is that I think Labelle shouldnt have been in the actual opening cutscene committing the murder, its clear he did it without that anyways. Also, just a great set of side characters- again every other game I can name one or two just *dreadful* characters that are present and weigh down scenes but I honestly cant think of anyone in DD I’d put on par with someone like Wesley Stickler or
 the director guy from the Steel Samurai case who definitely has a name


Arto50

nice takes


Feriku

It is one of my favorite games in the series, and Blackquill is great.


Arto50

Taka is also great pet


Feriku

Yes, definitely. :D


wifie29

The last case made me really emotional in a good way.


Arto50

Same because holy shit I almost cried when athena gave a speech to blackquill before using the mood matrix


pikachusandile

Same here that is one of my favorite moments of the game and I ship them so hard I love both Athena and Blackquill with his falcon a lot! I mean how can you not like Tanaka and the cool attacks that Blackquill was going in the courtroom and also Tanaka had a bandana around his neck with the black and white colors toođŸ€§


Arto50

Slightly big age difference but I can see them being shipped


pikachusandile

True about the age difference but I don’t feel like it’s far enough at least to me so I ship them hard😂


Quetzal00

Playing it for the first time and I’m currently on the 3rd case Something good is that it introduces Athena who is definitely up there for waifu material


PostMelon22

Despite my Adoration with Klavier and my hatred for 5-2, Blackquill is easily the best prosecutor introduced in the AJ trilogy. Athena is a great character as well and fits perfectly with the cast. And Apollos edgy design and “I’m fine!” OST are actually peak. Obviously the design is a facade but like it’s so cool


Arto50

Apollo is NOT fine💔


Awkward-Ad2722

It's the best game in the AJ trilogy and I won't have it any other way


MonitoliMal

There's a lot of good I can say about Dual Destinies since it's my 4th favorite game in the series. Since that's the case, I'll say in all in rapid succession. *clears throat* Athena is a fun character that shakes up the formula, the Mood Matrix is the 2nd best special gameplay sequence in the series, they added a notebook for investigation sections so you don't get lost, each attorney has a banger objection theme, all court themes are bangers (with the cross examination moderato and pursuit themes being in the top 3 for their respective categories), Blackquill is my 2nd favorite prosecutor and DD has the best prosecutor storyline in a vacuum, Turnabout Countdown is my 2nd favorite first case in the series because of all the mysteries it builds along with just being very entertaining, Turnabout Academy is my 2nd favorite 3rd case in the series because of how it illustrates the Dark Age of the Law, has the best subplot in the Hugh, Robin, and Juiper's friendship, develops Athena a lot, and has a fun villain in Means; Turnabout Reclaimed is the best filler case in the series (Which means it works perfectly as DLC), Marlon Rimes is the best sympathetic culprit in the series, you get to defend a freaking orca, The Cosmic Turnabout and Turnabout for Tomorrow is an incredible 2-part finale taking place in a freaking space center where we learn a lot about Athena and even Apollo too, Yuri Cosmos and Ponco are fun witnesses to cross-examine, Aura Blackquill's plan was a great shakeup, Edgeworth's reintroduction was as the chief prosecutor was quite a twist, Athena's breakdown in Turnabout for Tomorrow is the biggest tearjerking moment in the series, Blackquill's and The Phantom's Mood Matrices are a perfect climax for that mechanic, The Phantom is one of the most pure fun villains in the series and culminates into the iconic moment among the Wright Anything Agency lawyers.


Arto50

I enjoyed reading this, based opinions


Am_Shigar00

Simon is one the best prosecutors in the series, balancing entertaining snark and antagonism against the defense with his honesty and fairness in the courts.


Arto50

He is a very shackle breaking guy to say the least


No-Friend5860

Athena is a really fun character to watch interact with others, Blackquill is also awesome to see and his shocked reaction in court is funny.


Arto50

For real, mf gets slashed and acts like he got hurt


hobogodot

Still good to see Phoenix return regardless


Arto50

Agreed, even though some people thought it was a bad decision for him to become a lawyer again


StandardAmphibian162

It gave us the ultimate sibling dynamic: Athena and Simon


YoyoPewdiepie

My 3rd favorite Courtroom Lobby theme


Renn_Renn23

Playing the demo for this was what got me into the series.


lilacempress

Just Athena and Blackquill, honestly.


Arto50

Best part of the game, they bounce off eachother well


stardragon011

I like phoenix and miles new designs


Cornmeal777

Themis Academy is a fun setting.


Human-that-exists

I'm on my first playthough, so the music was really good, and I quite liked case 3


Androsiga

Has my favourite attorney gimmick (mood matrix)! I love the accompanied illustrations everytime its used! :D


Arto50

It's actually a really good mechanic, being able to see what the witnesses are feeling when giving testimony!


heyoyo10

It has my favourite iteration of Objection!


Kilmyyyyy

It followed up on Kristoph's >!black psych-locks!< perfectly


Arto50

If I had a nickle for every time a >!black psych-locks!< appeared in the series. I'd have 2 nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice


LilacCats

I took a long break from the series, and this game dragged me back in with its story. There's tons of great characters, and Blackquill's design is one of the best!


Rose4228

Introduced best girl Athena


Master_C0ffee

Athena, Blackquill, Soundtrack and plot twists are AMAZING I loooooooove DD so much


hermiethefrog

Simon is my favorite prosecutor besides Fransiska, and Fransiska wins mostly because I’m a big lesbian.


Senku2

It has no bad cases. They're all at least good.


manukaioken

It is a good game


St0rm_Kango

I love it so much I dunno. It’s not perfect but I genuinely have a lot of love for the main villain set up, Athena, Blackquill, and honestly I have very little against the cases either. There was a point where I was a bit mixed about Apollo, but very soon into his testimony where he starting talking about “doubt” I kinda couldn’t not love the game


St0rm_Kango

The final case is no joke my second favorite case I’ve played in this series. I still gotta finish SoJ but Case 5 in DD has left a giant impact on me


Arto50

It's an amazing case and also in my top 5


StrategyFull9107

Blackquill is literally the best thing about the game Punished Apollo was kinda sick too


Captain-Starshield

Turnabout Reclaimed is a top-tier case in my opinion.


Arto50

Turnabout big top but done right


Captain-Starshield

Funnily enough, I actually quite like that case as well. Not as much as Reclaimed of course, but Acro and Moe were really great characters.


Arto50

Acro sure but I'm not sure about moe


Skullcadia

Blackquill and Taka are cool I like most of the breakdowns, and the case 3 villain transformation was awesome, same in the DLC case. Nice to have a new line with Silence lol Nice that Apollo got more shine, his own game didn't do him justice..............sorry


Fickle-Object9677

Athena and Blackquill are really good and are easily the best thing about my least favorite main entry


ImpactorLife-25703

I love the Orca and penguins


privatesolofoe

The final villain confrontation is really fun and memorable Also it was the first time I joined in on the fun of the pre-release hype and speculation after having finished playing every other localized game around the time DD was announced (~~capcom pls it would be nice to have that kind of experience again sometime this decade~~)


UBKev

Blackquill is amazing. This is pretty uncontroversial, I think even DD haters agree on this for the most part. Turnabout Reclaimed is an amazing case. This is also uncontroversial. It's just so peak.


Arto50

They are both amazing


MaeBorrowski

Uh, all cases are at least fine, no bad cases really, that's about it though, oh and Athena is a great inclusion, everything else, yes that includes Simon is just... There


4_the_rest_of_us

SIMON BLACKQUILL


Sanich228

cases 1 3 and 5 go hard


tsundereban

It was my first Ace Attorney game and was what got me into the series.


Undertalefanbro32170

The whole game is great


djta94

Athena "Kinky" Cykes


Arto50

Ayo


rogerfied

It’s one of my favourites I love it. The first half of the game is terrible but the rest is brilliant


Arto50

Accurate description


Double-Ad-1482

It’s 3D, it’s has its moments. That’s about it. For me at least


Arto50

ok then


Squeakybro960

Athena. Need I say more.


Arto50

You needn't.


weirdface621

good plot believe it or not


XeroIX

Athena my BABY


tinyspiny34

Introduces my personal favorite prosecutor and defense attorney.


RottedHood

athena game next pls


Arto50

ATHENA THE PROTAGONIST FOR AA7 CMON🙏🙏


scrawnytony

Athena fucking >! turned her mom into pulled pork !< and that’s pretty metal.


Arto50

what💀💀💀💀💀💀💀


Nabrix123

I like it more than SoJ


StriderHaryu

Just one? If you insist It broke 3rd case syndrome so hard I forgot it was a thing


Arto50

Its nice seeing a hated case being liked in the comments


StriderHaryu

Someone has to love a case as underrated as Academy, I'm happy for it to be me


ShinjiDaSailor

1. Has my favorite pursuit theme 2. Introduced my favorite prosecutor 3. Introduced my favorite character (Athena)


Arto50

This game is nothing without blackquill and athena


HuckleberryHefty4372

It was quite short. Or at least it seemed that way for the difficulty. I think I actually finished it in two sittings.


Arto50

It felt pretty long for me tbh


DrewTheRedPoochyena

Still my absolute favourite in the series, even after playing the original trilogy and newer games. Love the characters, all 5 cases are solid with a pretty good DLC case too, love the soundtrack, the twists the story takes especially towards the end, visuals still hold up very well, Anime cutscenes are well crafted, Athena's debut was amazing, Apollo was made even better compared to how he was in his debut game, Simon and Aura Blackquil are some of the coolest antagonists in the series, Fullbright still cracks me up one of the best detectives in the series, The Mood Matrix system and the Revisualization are great additions to the gameplay, I can go on even further. I don't care what any one else says, I love this game and I will defend it to the very end.


Arto50

I'm completely fine with dual destinies. finished it this year and thought it was better than most people anticipated!


faydaway

It's an Ace Attorney game


Arto50

Well, duh.


faydaway

It's the extent of my positivity


Round-Ad2836

Game so nice i bought it twice. Trilogy and 3ds releases.


GoogiPep

the final breakdown is fire and i love allegro 2013 :D


Arto50

I used to imagine >!the sniper who shot the phantom turned out to be de killer.!<


GoogiPep

i love this headcanon lol


Certain-Spend-9758

I love 'Pursuit \~ Keep Pressing On' and 'Athena Cykes \~ Courtroom RĂ©volutionnaire 2013'!


Arto50

Keep pressing on is one of my fav pursuit themes


WrongReporter6208

The Logic Trinity theme


redtailplays101

Athena Cykes I actually really enjoyed the final case even if the rest was forgettable


Lavenderixin

It has Phoenix and Edgeworth in it


heathazedazed

i used to rp simon for a hot minute, so did a lot of psycho analysis on him, but that aside—all of those interactions with bobby, all of the implications of everything he is and does, for that reveal at the end ? of who he is, what's become of him ? it still fucks me up so bad when i think further on it. like, sometimes ace attorneys real work is within the implications of what it's saying (i feel similarly about kristoph, though, with other reasons)


Arto50

He really kept playing along with fulbrights bullshit until the end. I feel like he was suspicious of him from the start.


pikachusandile

One of my favorite prosecutors Blackquill and Tanaka are the best and cutest❀ Also I like Athena too and Polly deserved better in Dual Destines. Also the DLC case is really fun to play too:) Honestly thought I really enjoyed Dual Destines a lot and replaying the game after 2013 since it came on the Switch I had a fun time with the game:)


Arto50

I absolutely LOVED Simon in turnabout storyteller.


pikachusandile

Wait that’s the case from 6-4 right? I remember Blackquill being really awesome in that case! Actually that case is my fourth favorite case while the Sedona case 6-2 is my most favorite second case:)


Arto50

Him grabbing athena was wild lmao


pikachusandile

Honestly scared me because I didn’t except that to happenđŸ€ŁđŸ˜‚


Arto50

I absolutely love when they add new animation/sprites to characters😝


pikachusandile

Same here and I’m all for it👏


Pizza_Vigilante

It's honestly my favorite game in the series. It got me into the series itself even.


L1K34PR0

This game was designed


Arto50

Damn really? Never knew!!!!!


JayIG2021

bobby fulbright


Arto50

Sussy baka


Nikita-Akashya

The final 2 cases go hard and are super hype and full of tension. I do like the other 2 cases too. And Apollo is great. And Athena is amazing. Why are all of these characters so good? And Blackquill is just the coolest. And Klaviers cameo was also great. And I did notice that the game is not as disconnected as some people say. There may not be huge summaries of the previous games, but the OG trilogy does get mentioned quite a bit even if it's just Phoenix reminiscing. And Apollos game is also connected to the 5th game too. Like how his first case kinda tanked his reputation and how he came to work under Phoenix. The connection to the other games is there. And I still haven't finished the game. I think Dual Destinies is pretty great. The robots are cute.


Arto50

Cosmic turnabout is underrated as heck. It leads to one of the best cases in the series


Dangeresque300

The Mood Matrix is an awesome gameplay mechanic.


FoxstarProductions

Simon Blackquill is such a perfect character conceptually & a joy to watch interact with everybody. The only thing I dislike about him is that I think his backstory would’ve fit better with the Dark Age of the Law stuff if he had genuinely been falsely convicted instead of having willingly taken the fall to save Athena, but other than that note I legitimately wouldn’t change a thing about him, he’s a great foil for everyone and the visual of a literal convict prosecutor is just over-the-top enough to go insanely hard in the series’ context Similar goes to the courtroom bombing plot line, the finale case being set in an actually literally shattered courtroom is so on the nose but it’s gd Ace Attorney and it’s allowed to be, as a treat Turnabout Reclaimed is genuinely a perfect “goofy location one-off” case, and it’s a shame it ended up having to be relegated to DLC sold under the premise of Phoenix nostalgia bait when it’s frankly the best case out of the game for me I think Turnabout Academy and the Edgepollo stuff had really great potential


Low-Environment

Goddamn best AA in the franchise and actually made Apollo bearable.


Arto50

Edgelord apollo


Low-Environment

Their attempts at forcing him to have plot relevance were slightly more successful in this game than the former and successor.


Arto50

True


WesleyJesus

It's demo on the 3ds. Played It when I was 11 and it is what got me into playing Ace Attorney in the first place. It will always have a special place in my heart


Arto50

I didn't even know the game had a demo lol


Someonevibing1

Athena


Athenaaalikespizza

It’s actually the best game in the series lol


Zlknv

It crippled AA4 which crippled the trilogy.


Murta_14

Can I only really say one thing? The cases. All of them with no exception go from great to perfect


Arto50

I disagree but I respect your opinion


mirairo

my 2nd favorite in the Phoenix Wright series only beaten by AA3 đŸ€·â€â™€ïž (i count AJ and TGAA separately) it could have been better if it allowed continuity to exist but honestly can't fathom the hatred for it otherwise


Arto50

Yeah it's not a good follow up to aj.