Board 8 > Ace Attorney Topic Part 5: The Pursuit (Spoilers for AA1-6, AAI1-2)

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Yeah, I wouldn't buy the Asinine Attorneys unless you just really, really want to.

sure sign that E2-2 is too bloated for its own good: Edgeworth has to re-organize the evidence

that should never happen outside of an epic case
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I always hate it when evidence gets re-organized - it removes the possibility of certain pieces of evidence being re-used in a surprising way, and if a surprising piece of evidence sticks for no apparent reason then you know it IS going to be re-used in a surprising way

I guess it can be played well like in 1-4 where the fact that the metal detector is still in your evidence leaves you wondering how it'll be used, but meh

the lack of reorganization of evidence in 1-5 is my favorite part of that case

Yeah, that's true. It can be a big hint that something seemingly trivial sticking around will play a role later on.

also I've been playing Super Metroid lately so now I keep waiting for Edgeworth to turbo boost when I run now
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this is the biggest plot twist of the topic
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I thought that might catch your attention
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ace attorney to go into hibernation for a week
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nah I've been juggling both games
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I feel like as soon as you get the official autopsy report that Knightley was killed between 3 and 6 A.M. that should immediately clear Simon of suspicion considering there's no way he was still there at that point, but nobody ever even touches on that point.
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also it's weird that nobody ever questions why there was a chisel inside Knightley's chessboard to begin with

Like, that should be your first big clue about who Simon is. There's no way Knightley keeps a chisel inside his chessboard all the time just for the heck of it, and it's not like he planned on getting arrested in the first place, so he couldn't have prepared it in advance.
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Whew, E2-2 finally complete. That final confrontation is dragged out just a little too long.
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LeonhartFour posted...

also it's weird that nobody ever questions why there was a chisel inside Knightley's chessboard to begin with

Like, that should be your first big clue about who Simon is. There's no way Knightley keeps a chisel inside his chessboard all the time just for the heck of it, and it's not like he planned on getting arrested in the first place, so he couldn't have prepared it in advance.

The chessboard does make sense as a backup plan of sorts. It's plausible he would have some sort of backup considering he was planning the murder of his co-worker.

Granted, the idea of chiseling himself out of prison only makes sense in a fiction world, but then again, Elbird was doing about the same thing.
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Total lines by character:

1. Phoenix Wright - 15074
2. Miles Edgeworth - 10907
3. Maya Fey - 4441
4. The Judge - 3846
5. Dick Gumshoe - 3734
6. Franziska von Karma - 2086
7. Kay Faraday - 2041
8. Mia Fey - 1418
9. Ema Skye - 1180
10. Pearl Fey - 1035
11. Godot - 902
12. Larry Butz - 879
13. Shi-Long Lang - 701
14. Dahlia Hawthorne - 578
15. Wendy Oldbag - 553
16. Calisto Yew/Shih-na - 489
17. Adrian Andrews - 459
18. Lotta Hart - 437
19. The Judge's Brother - 421
20. Bikini - 351
21. Shelly de Killer - 351
22. Will Powers - 329
23. Maggey Byrde - 323
24. Lawrence "Moe" Curls - 320
25. Manfred von Karma - 317
26. Tyrell Badd - 313
27. Justine Courtney - 312
28. Winston Payne - 309
29. Quercus Alba - 303
30. Luke Atmey - 292
31. Damon Gant - 285
32. Ini Miney - 275
33. Raymond Shields - 273
34. Angel Starr - 272
35. Ron DeLite - 269
34. Rhoda Teneiro - 268
35. Jake Marshall - 257
36. Jean Armstrong - 251
37. Lana Skye - 249
38. Victor Kudo - 247
39. Marvin Grossberg - 234
40. Jacques Portsman - 231
41. Regina Berry - 224
42. Frank Sahwit - 218
43. Horace Knightley - 204
44. Patricia Roland - 204
45. Maximillion Galactica - 203
46. Ben & Trilo Quist - 200
47. Mike Meekins - 183
48. Ken "Acro" Dingling - 182
49. Iris - 181
50. Furio Tigre - 176
51. Nicole Swift - 175
52. Matt Engarde - 171
53. Cammy Meele - 168
54. Morgan Fey - 165
55. Redd White - 162
56. Sebastian Debeste - 158
57. Colias Palaeno - 150
58. Dee Vasquez - 148
59. Zinc Lablanc - 146
60. Trilo Quist - 140
61. Desiree DeLite - 139
62. Cody Hackins - 135
63. Lauren Paups - 130
64. Di-Jun Huang - 109
65. Richard Wellington - 107
66. April May - 104
67. Jay Elbird - 101
68. Yanni Yogi - 98
69. Lance Amano - 92
70. Sirhan Dogen - 87
71. Penny Nichols - 86
72. Viola Cadaverini - 80
73. Simon Keyes - 79
74. Terry Fawles - 74
75. The Bellboy - 72
76. Director Hotti - 71
77. Ernest Amano - 68
78. Benjamin Woodman - 60
79. Sal Manella - 59
80. Chief of Detectives - 55
81. Lisa Basil - 46
82. Turner Grey - 39
83. Elise Deauxnim - 30
84. Missile - 20
85. Polly - 20
86. Gregory Edgeworth - 5

Overall total lines - 63623

Total lines by segment:

E2-2 End - 2154
E2-2 Middle - 1248
E2-2 Beginning - 788

Total lines by case:

2-4 - 5946
1-5 - 5913
3-5 - 5815
E1-5 - 4831
3-2 - 4151
3-3 - 4063
E2-2 - 3936
2-3 - 3884
1-4 - 3466
2-2 - 3119
E1-4 - 2935
1-3 - 2741
E1-3 - 2412
E1-2 - 1995
E2-1 - 1923
1-2 - 1773
3-4 - 1225
3-1 - 1167
E1-1 - 1039
2-2 - 899
1-1 - 389

Totals lines by game:

T&T - 16422
PW1 - 14282
JFA - 13848
AAI1 - 13212
AAI2 - 5859

Total lines by character per case:

The Imprisoned Turnabout (E2-2)

1. Miles Edgeworth - 1597 (40.57%)
2. Kay Faraday - 615 (15.63%)
3. Justine Courtney - 312 (7.93%)
4. Raymond Shields - 273 (6.94%)
5. Patricia Roland - 204 (5.18%)
6. Dick Gumshoe - 192 (4.88%)
7. Frank Sahwit - 160 (4.07%)
8. Sebastian Debeste - 158 (4.01%)
9. Jay Elbird - 101 (2.57%)
10. Sirhan Dogen - 87 (2.21%)
11. Simon Keyes - 79 (2.01%)
12. Regina Berry - 73 (1.85%)
13. Other - 67
14. Missile - 10
15. Shi-Long Lang - 8
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Total lines by character per game:

Ace Attorney Investigations 2

1. Miles Edgeworth - 2427
2. Kay Faraday - 823
3. Dick Gumshoe - 426
4. Justine Courtney - 312
5. Raymond Shields - 273
6. Horace Knightley - 204
7. Patricia Roland - 204
8. Nicole Swift - 175
9. Frank Sahwit - 160
10. Sebastian Debeste - 158
11. Shelly de Killer - 132
12. Di-Jun Huang - 109
13. Jay Elbird - 101
14. Other - 90
15. Sirhan Dogen - 87
16. Simon Keyes - 79
17. Regina Berry - 73
18. Missile - 10
19. Shi-Long Lang - 8
20. Winston Payne - 8

Most lines per case:

Phoenix Wright (2-4) - 2194
Miles Edgeworth (E1-5) - 2036
Phoenix Wright (1-5) - 2032
Miles Edgeworth (E2-2) - 1597
Phoenix Wright (3-5) - 1570
Phoenix Wright (3-3) - 1476
Phoenix Wright (3-2) - 1433
Phoenix Wright (2-2) - 1370
Miles Edgeworth (E1-4) - 1328
Phoenix Wright (2-3) - 1236
Phoenix Wright (1-4) - 1211
Phoenix Wright (1-3) - 1117
Miles Edgeworth (E1-3) - 1059
Miles Edgeworth (E1-2) - 936
Miles Edgeworth (E2-1) - 830
Phoenix Wright (1-2) - 812
Miles Edgeworth (E1-1) - 466
Mia Fey (3-4) - 436
Mia Fey (3-1) - 396
Phoenix Wright (2-1) - 329
Phoenix Wright (1-1) - 135

Highest percentage of lines per case:

Miles Edgeworth (E1-2) - 46.92%
Phoenix Wright (1-2) - 45.80%
Miles Edgeworth (E1-4) - 45.25%
Miles Edgeworth (E1-1) - 44.85%
Phoenix Wright (2-2) - 43.92%
Miles Edgeworth (E1-3) - 43.91%
Miles Edgeworth (E2-1) - 43.16%
Miles Edgeworth (E1-5) - 42.14%
Phoenix Wright (1-3) - 40.75%
Miles Edgeworth (E2-2) - 40.57%
Phoenix Wright (2-4) - 36.90%
Phoenix Wright (2-1) - 36.60%
Phoenix Wright (3-3) - 36.33%
Mia Fey (3-4) - 35.59%
Phoenix Wright (1-4) - 34.94%
Phoenix Wright (1-1) - 34.70%
Phoenix Wright (3-2) - 34.52%
Phoenix Wright (1-5) - 34.36%
Mia Fey (3-1) - 33.93%
Phoenix Wright (2-3) - 31.82%
Phoenix Wright (3-5) - 27.00%
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I didn't expect E2-2 to have less lines than 3-3. isn't it like two hours longer?
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Edgeworth is a line hog who doesn't talk to his assistant nearly as much as Phoenix does

plus there's some idle time where you're walking around the screen not having dialogue with the AAI format
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not that much though! maybe the investigation segments, along with Edgeworth's typical lack of banter, strip out some padding.
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anyway with 2 and a half cases left he should be able to edge Phoenix for first until, well, 5-1? maybe he gets enough lines in 5-3 but there isn't much there. same with 5-2.
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Well, he still needs a little over 4000 lines to catch him. Dunno that he'll get quite that many since he's absent for large chunks of E2-3, E2-4 isn't that long, and E2-5 has such a large cast with several scenes he has no part in. If he does take the lead, I doubt it's by much.

Also, we've still gotta do AJ before DD! Edgeworth would have a better chance of holding onto the lead longer, but Phoenix will probably have it back before the end because of 4-4.

and we're doing DD in timeline order so 5-6 will be the second DD case
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Phoenix has a big ol' chunk of lines in 4-4 so watch out for that

oh yeah AA4 exists

he'll take it back by 4-1 probably. E2-4 is shorter but Edgeworth's still going to have like 1500 lines.

probably

E2-3 - 1000
E2-4 - 1500
E2-5 - 2000
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Well, Edgeworth had 1500 lines in E2-2, and that's an hour and a half longer! I'd say it'll probably be closer to 1200 for him, probably for both E2-3 and E2-4. He'll probably be able to hit around 2000 for E2-5 since that's what he got in E1-5.
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E2-4 is so much more focused on Edgeworth than E2-2 though. though... there isn't really much of an assistant in E2-4. I wonder how that plays. Edgeworth might have the biggest percentage of lines in E2-4.
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Ray's with him for most of E2-4. Kay is, too, until Edgeworth gives up his badge. I don't think he does very much investigating alone at all in AAI2.
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take that Ridley
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take that Super Metroid

you are beated
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best game
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I'd say it was Pretty Good Metroid, not necessarily Super
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super metroid: dual destinies
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it's hard to tell who's singing sometimes whenever they have these duets in E2-3 since they don't always put a name on the text box
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I guess it should've occurred to me before but I guess Gregory will probably take over the title for most lines by a single-case character. He's not there yet, but he's on pace for it.
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Did Gregory have any lines in 1-4? I forgot

I mean he has a few lines when they flashback to the elevator scene in DL-6 (and when Misty channels him) but if we're going to count Dhurke as single-case then Gregory should too

plus I don't know that lines he has as a victim should count as him being in a case
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Interesting to see how AAI cases have lower line counts than relative to their length. I know I'm repeating myself from the previous thread but if you'd asked me for odds on 3-2 having more lines than E2-2 I'd have given you 10:1 odds against that, easy.
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well it's the difference between counting lines and counting each and every text box
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also probably part of it is the fact that so much of AAI's dialogue is hidden in wrong answers

you don't have generic wrong answer responses during testimonies like you do in the OT and AJ, but every character has two or three unique responses to a wrong answer

this is the case in DD and SoJ too so I wonder if it'll impact the line count there somewhat too

I just didn't want to have to save scum to get every single piece of dialogue there was to get
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I love that the only time Gregory smiles is in his damage animation
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E2-3 Beginning complete

Gregory has already overtaken Bikini for #1 for single-case characters and he's not even finished yet
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Gregory's damage animation is great.

I definitely look forward to seeing the line breakdown for this case. I don't even have a good sense of whether Miles or Gregory has more lines in it. I assume Miles, but...?

Also I just noticed that the killers of E2-1 and E2-2 are literally tied for line count (so far), that's amusing.
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I think it might be Gregory?
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I think it's Miles, BUT I think he has fewer investigations, so maybe not. I am almost certain you spend more time as him however.

I feel pretty confident that it'll be Miles. I think Gregory's part is only about 1/3 of the case. E2-3 Beginning is the shortest part of the case, and that's the only part that's all Gregory. He's not in E2-3 End at all either, and that's the longest part.
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yeah, I guess so. when I think of E2-3 I think of Gregory investigating the crime scene which is why I feel like he should be tops, but you're probably right.
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Well, playing as Gregory is the most memorable part of E2-3, so that's the thing that stands out the most.
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also it's weird to think that Miles in SoJ is as old as Gregory was when he died

he doesn't look like he's only in his mid-30s in AAI2
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man I wish this DGS2 LP would move faster

they still haven't even finished the second case yet
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I like how introspective Edgeworth is here. It's kind of subtle since it's not a total personality shift or anything, but you can see him warming up a little and becoming more of a considerate person, culminating in him giving Gumshoe a raise at the end.
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whenever Courtney and Sebastian show up in E2-2 and E2-3 you can count on the case getting bogged down for a while

also I should have kept a running tally of how many times Courtney threatens to take Edgeworth's badge

enough already
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Normallium and Fatallium are up there with Incuritis for dumbest names for something in the series
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LeonhartFour posted...

Normallium and Fatallium are up there with Incuritis for dumbest names for something in the series

Two of the three are quite capable of producing Deid Manns.
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