It is nearly impossible for me to craft with words how necessary Ace Attorney was to me in my life. A dear friend to me in some of my most crucial moments, these games transcend a connection that I don't think most people can understand. I feel at home here, and especially with Miles Edgeworth, whose character was foundational to my growing up and path in life.
I had my doubts about replaying this game. With the original trilogy, I feel as if it has a warm place in my past, but it almost feels wrong to revisit it as an adult. Nonetheless, I decided to experience aai2 again since I barely remembered the contexts of most of the cases, and it was the last one i played before tgaa. I am very, very happy I made this decision. I have not felt like this in so long, so passionate and invested in the power of a story. It is an intense feeling that I remember having as a child too, it was these very games that inspired me to learn several arts that are foundational aspects of me today. I never grew up with a father, and I was very much alone my whole life. I saw and experienced many wrongs committed by people who were supposed to know better than I, and I've never had a voice to object to it. To me, what this game has to say is very important. To choose your own path in life and be able to see the world clearly, this was what I wanted to live by as a child. And though some things could be better, and I have grown more since my first time here, I can not reject the impact this series had on me years ago and even still today.

I feel profound gratitude to the people who translated this game and let me experience it for myself. I still hope for an official translation one day, but the amount of love and care put into making this accessible to the west is really incredible, and I'm just so so happy I got to play it once more. This is a little embarrassing, and I always feel like my words aren't accurate enough, but even if it is hard I just want to share my love for this game and the characters in it. Goodbye, aai2, may we meet again in a few years.

Reviewed on Mar 17, 2023


10 Comments


God, I really need to play Ace Attorney don't I?

Amazing and heartfelt review, seing people talk about games that mean a lot to them always puts a smile on my face.

1 year ago

Thank you so very much, that means a lot (: I would really recommend playing Ace Attorney, if u decide to play it and need help with anything don't hesitate to ask! I will say also, the turnabout collection on switch contains both tgaa and the original trilogy, and it's on sale frequently for pretty cheap, usually 30 usd. If u wanna pick it up, I think that's a pretty good deal to start with
I do have the HD trilogy on steam, I just haven't got around playing it yet, but it's just a matter of time.

And thanks for offering to help! But actually my girlfriend is also an huge Ace Attorney fan, and she REALLY wants me to play the games, so when I do she will probably want to see it and help when I don't know what to do, which is most likely gonna happen XD

1 year ago

Hehe, that's very nice. I hope you and your girlfriend have a good time playing them together, it'll be interesting to read about your experience with it when you do :D

1 year ago

Thank you very much CURSE, you're very good with words so your compliment means a lot. I would really like to see what you specifically think of the aa games, maybe I should of recommended that on your list instead of Legend of Mana haha

1 year ago

oh god uhm. Uhhh... I think that would be up to you, if you're committed to playing both I think the Phoenix Wright Trilogy is the best place to start, but if you only have time for one tgaa chronicles is definitely the crux of the series and a loveletter to it as a whole. I would personally play them in chronological order, but you can definitely leave out the mainline 3ds games, they stink
very very good review my friend ^-^
i love how much your writing always comes from your heart and when you put so much of yourself into something it will always turn out well. no matter if you feel the words themselves aren't accurate enough.
you're gonna make everyone play ace attorney ahaha

1 year ago

@BEAUTIFULBRUTE thank you so so much, that means a lot to me. I'm gonna screenshot what you said so I can look at it when I'm down (,:
I would be really happy to see what you and CURSE think of aa, to be honest I wouldn't trust recommending this series to most because I'm still extremely possessive over it after all these years lol ("•_•)
AWWW!!! <333ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ so so sweet
we'll probably end up playing it together!! CURSE bought it in the steam sale! so hopefully sometime soon we'll be able to start it

totally get feeling possessive over it if it meant so much to you. completely reasonable

1 year ago

@BEAUTIFULBRUTE that's so cool, I hope you two enjoy it when you eventually get to it. I'm really excited to hear your thoughts on it when you do ♡ thanks for the kind words, made my night (,: