I played Apollo Justice and finished it. Awesome game imo but it might be a bit short for some people. I've also noticed that some people disliked Apollo Justice so *shrugs*

Para

We'd like Trials and Tribulations first ;)

Nearly finished my import of Apollo though. And my import of T&T sits on my shelf with pride.

Yami

@The Great Aussie Evil: It's more than just the hair. Apollo has Slow and Zoom in the game as well.

Spritz

I haven't played it yet.(american) I'm looking forward to finally playing it.

KM91

When're we getting PW3 already >:(

Pombar

i just realised that klavier is german for piano |D
i read the name as a french name everytime i saw it...

Himiko

Pretty lame that Phoenix Wright 3 isn't even out here yet. Of course anyone who cares would have imported already anyway, but what are Capcom thinking?

PS Klavier is cool, but he's no Godot!

kiigan

I'm about halfway through the game, and I must say I'm really enjoying it. Klavier as a prosecutor is actually a refreshing change of pace from the normal "evil-prosecutor-who-hates-you-and-will-do-anything-to-win" that characterized the antagonists from the first three (although I lurved Godot).

Actually, my only objection is that some characters are a little too similar to their PW counterparts. Trucy, for example, is too similar to Maya for my tastes (they even have an almost-identical "determined" look: [www.court-records.net] ). Ah, well, I still prefer Trucy over Maya...so far at least.

In short, get this game when it comes out, Europe! :D

Neo_Deus

oh and i wonder what they will do with gavins german in german. all that ja and fräuleins. sometimes it's confusing me while playing in english.

Himiko

is phoenix wright 3 even out? O.o
meh i want phoenix back. apollo is also cool, but i'm attached to phoenix.

Himiko

Great game!!!

mnml10387

Also imported it already and beat it a few days back. Great game. I thought Klavier Gavin was a fine prosecutor personally. Different from the previous ones sure, but why can't we have a cool character rather than a quirky one once in a while? Oh, and it is wrong that I think Vera Misham is hot?

MattB

I miss Edgeworth and his cravat =/

Playing it now, and so far, my only issue is the Judge is incredibly nice to Apollo in this installment (instead of when he basically pegged Phoenix as a troublemaker all the way through from the beginning), which was a weird personality shift for me.

Also, the lack of distinctive and punchy OBJECTION voices was a little disappointing...

Byakko

@daknight: I have to agree Gavin was just too "cool" for the series. The series has always been about quirky rather than "cool". Both Edgeworth and Fran were quirky in that "I look down on you but always get upstaged by you" schtick. Godot was almost boring but that thing where he looks like it's all good, then spits his coffee out helped keep the quirkyness factor.

The problem with Gavin is he didn't have that outragous outtake.

All in all the characters were a bit lacking. I hope though that in the next game they seperate things into Phoenix to investigate (so we keep the Magatama "psych lock") and Apollo to defend (so we keep that eye thingy).

As this game implied, Phoenix was never great at the whole defending thing and you basically played detective. They can turn that around with the Apollo character.

RPGr

Apollo Justice took the series in a direction it needed to go. The similarities to the previous games are huge, but they mask some pretty significant differences in the approach - there's a lot less reliance on the paranormal, and a significant rebalancing to put the gameplay in the courtroom more and out "investigating" less. The core characters aren't as charming as before, but the satellite characters include some real keepers.

I'd say it's just as fun as the rest of the series (except the third one, which was brilliant). A good launching point for a second trilogy, hopefully.

So congrats, Europe! BUY IT.

PositivelyGreg

@RPGr: Ooh, good one. Next time, I'm coming to you first for legalese puns.

Tori Floyd

@The Great Aussie Evil: Could Viewtiful Joe: Ace attorney be next?

Americo

@BTFzor_Freestyle: Nope not at all. Basically it "tricks" the Wii into thinking the disc authentication has already been performed, then it stops spinning. At that point you just eject and swap it out for your import game.

Nintenboy01

@jeccaneko: Hmm, I have a friend who the exact same thing happened to. Like EXACTLY. He ordered T&T from them, and didn't get it (at all, I think, actually).

TalKeaton: Game Design Major

@Nintenboy01:

Nice.
So what is it like? I mean does change the interface or anything?

BTFzor_Freestyle

@mythus: I concur. I find Trucy Wright pretty annoying.

Nintenboy01

I want my Maya and Pearls back =(*

mythus

@BTFzor_Freestyle: I daresay it frigging rocks, my good chap.

Nintenboy01

Try: "See if this game will win the appeal of European Phoenix Wright fans." I mean, if you want a pun implying that the game is excellent.

Edgehopper

So, they definitely are getting PW4 before PW3? That sucks

Hiro0015

Probably one of my favorite series ever. I did like the new stuff that they brought in but so far (i just started case 3) ive found it a little to easy. Still my favorite Ace Attorney game would have to be the first one.

Ra on the Moon.

Bollocks to waiting, already imported it.

Think I'll do the same for Brawl and NMH and just go try the Freeloader disc.

Anyone already got a freeloader? How is it?

BTFzor_Freestyle

@evening-aura: Yeah, I would say what I want to happen in the sequel but it would sort of spoil the ending.

Stormrider

I love this game (heck I was replaying a case yesterday). What I didn't feel that live up to the past character was the prosecuture. He was cool and all...but I was spoil by Miles, Franciska and Godot, which I love each one (more love for Franciska of course...much more :P). I did enjoy every other character, Apollo was worhty succesor and Tracy was interesting, Emma was another welcome addition that fill in Gumshoe's...well shoes xP

Now the wait for the next Ace Attorney game will be painful :(

daknight

I just finished playing Apollo Justice. It's definately worth playing through just to find out the what happened to Phoenix.

evening-aura

@KeroseneClimax: yes, beware living in not-the U.S. and not-Japan. ooooo spooky.

that's what they get for not giving us our country without a fight! YEAH!

(i'm kidding, it's a joke, read it and move on)

frank0127

@The Great Aussie Evil: I think it's because of the V-shaped hairstyle.

Also, that's Apollo, not Phoenix ^_~

Ichidou

@The Great Aussie Evil: it's the hair. it makes Joe's "V".

frank0127

I feel a little bad I've had Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney since it's release here in the states and still haven't got around to playing it, while these guy's still have to wait for their chance to play the next chapter in the series.

Unfortunately, with God of War's release, the delay might be even longer. Beware the games of March.

KeroseneClimax

@Ichidou: I actually like these characters a lot more.

This was an awesome game; if you're from Europe (and presumably can read English if you're reading this) then you should just import a copy from the US. Totally worth it since the DS is region-free and all... and probably cheaper too with exchange rates the way they are right now.

kenkankendo

Doesnt mean anything anyway because the DS is region free! Hurrah! xD

Oh but then again, twice-as-expensive PAL releases are for those knucklehead consumers who just pop in and decide to buy a game based on how pretty the cover is.

Lateralus63

i love this series. makes me feel tingly inside.

PHILOSOPHER541

You'll have to judge if you object to this game.
You'll have to judge if this game is in contempt of your DS.
You may want to sentence yourself to life with this game.

...nope, no good puns...

jMonken

Sorry Capcom, it's just arrived on import :)

Dragonzigg

The Pheonix Wright silhouette kinda reminds me of Viewtiful Joe for some reason.

The Great Aussie Evil

I still haven't picked up Apollo Justice yet. Feels like I pretty much just got Trials and Tribulations since I made the mistake of pre-ordering from Capcom and didn't get the game until over a month after it was released.

jeccaneko

Here's a pun...

You'll be able to judge for yourself whether this game will live up to its predecessor, or if this game is unjustly sentenced to spend the rest of its life in the bargain bin due to your negligence.

RPGr

Character roster isn't as memorable as Phoenix Wright's, but then again, it took a while to grow to love the PW characters too.

Looking forward to the inevitable sequel.

Ichidou

Working my way through it at the moment. Partway through the third case. It's pretty good. The old cast was better as most have said, but I don't dislike the new people or anything, and the DS specific features, while kind of tacked on, are a welcome addition now they're available for more than a single (albeit great) case like in the first game.

Fonic