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holy shit I can't believe the pinnacle of Ace Attorney revolves around an orca whale. Ok that's an exaggeration, as Farewell, My Turnabout is still the best case, and Rise From The Ashes may be my personal favourite (pacing be damned), but wow wow wow wow this is how you do "filler". Full disclosure, I am also a huge fan of marine life, so I'm biased.

I love the fact that there's not a "real" killer, just an accidental death. Rime is a great character. Yeah, the Dissin' of Phoenix Wright is kinda cringe but that's why it's so funny. I feel like we get a glimpse of his relationship with Azura despite her being very, very posthumous of a character. And holy shit that transformation sequence. So fucking great.

Herman Crab is the love of my life. One of the best side characters. You think he might have sinister intentions, but he's a sneak for the RIGHT reasons, and his antisocial behaviour is just because that's who he is personality wise. Also oh my godddddddd he's a penguin papa that's so cute I'm sorry I'm a weak ass bitch to men who let baby birds live in their hair.

I find Norma to be underrated, and in a similar boat. You kind of get the impression of her being a sensationalist tabloid grifter, but the moment she realises that she's wrong about Azura's death, she bows out gracefully and even ensures that the case ends as happily as it could.

And of course we have Sasha and Orla, the cutest duo in all of AA. I love the audacity of cross examining an animal again, but unlike Polly, a creature that is known to mimic human speech, even in pop culture (for fucks sake her English name is Polly) they just went balls to the walls hooking up a TV in the courtroom so a man in a blue suit could talk to a killer whale. Kudos that she has so much personality for an animal! And everything is played with the perfect amount of sincerity. The game is ludicrous, but it still has stakes.

And as for returning characters, they're mostly used well. The devs definitely realised how lackluster Pearl was used in the main game and used her well in the DLC. I do think that Fulbright is a little distracting here I guess but that's a nitpick.

Also, I gotta love a sneaky callback to This is SPARDA.