Icehawk's PW series playthrough (Game 3)

In his excitement at discovering the wonders of DS emulation, Icehawk immediately set out to playthrough one of the most popular series in all of Board 8, the Phoenix Wright series. He chronicled his attempts...

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Case 3-1
TURNABOUT MEMORIES Someone is standing over a dead body... but it seems like they didn't want to do it. I guess someone bashed this guys girlfriend... and then he attacked... WAIT WHAT WHAT. PHOENIX? PHOENIX DID IT? BUT HE SAYS IT WASN'T HIM! WTF PHOENIX!

Now it says 5 years earlier, Mia Fey's second trial...

I am Mia!!! WOW! GROSSBERG IS HERE! THIS IS CRAZY!!!

Apparently Mia really wanted this case, but now she is super nervous. Grossberg is giving her somewhat similar advice to what Mia usually says to Phoenix. LOL PHOENIX IN A PINK SWEATER! What a loser! Phoenix is way different. A bit more perky than usual, more friendly I think. But he was younger here.

The first time she was in court was a year ago, but that trial traumatized her. This time... she will win.

COURT TIME! Oh man, Mia is looking hot. LOL! Payne is here, and his hair is even worse than usual! LMAO!

It's interesting to see Mia's court actions and stuff. She's way different than her dead self!

Payne starts off. The murder victim was a student named... DOUG SWALLOW? THATS HIS NAME? God damn he must have gotten made fun of a lot >_>. HEY DOUG I HEAR YOU SWALLOW LOLOL!

Payne shows a photo and says Phoenix was found at the scene of the crime. Now Payne asks Mia to say the cause of death... Mia doesn't know.

Grossberg: *groan* My hemorrhoids are beginning to act up...

... >______>. Anyway, I use it to find the cause of death, electrocution.

I'm liking this court music right now by the way. Payne wants Mia to say Phoenix's motive now.

'''Grossberg: Payne is one smooth operator. They don't call him the "Rookie Killer" for nothing, you know.'''

.... LOL! This case is so hilarious already >_>. Anyway, I show Dahlia Hawthorne as evidence. She is Phoenix's girlfriend, and she used to date Swallow.

TAKE THAT! I like Mia's voice here. Anyway, Phoenix is now going to take the stand. This should be fun. Heh, he's kind of funny. Phoenix says he doesn't even know that "stuck up british wannabe" Doug Swallow... >_>. So I guess I have to expose my own client's lies, sigh.

OMG I FORGOT ABOUT PAYNE'S OBJECTION, LAWOLOL. Whoa, MIA DOES THE POINT! She accuses Phoenix of lying about knowing the victim. Now Phoenix says he just assumed he was British because of the Union Jack on the back of his shirt. I present the photo that shows he isn't wearing the jacket. MIA'S OBJECTION! She says Phoenix has been lying... Phoenix cries, XD.

Now Payne brings up something else. He asks if Phoenix is taking "Coldkiller X". Phoenix says yes, but he has lost his bottle of it. The victim's hand has COLDKILLER X in it! What! That looks like such an obvious set up to me... Payne also says Wright's fingerprints were on it. Payne says after Swallow was almost killed by Phoenix, he grabbed the medicine so the killer would become clear.

Now we are going to get a new testimony...

Now Phoenix says he met with the victim at 2:45, and they split up at 3. They talked about something. Also, he lost his COLDKILLER X at lunch on the day of the murder.

It's pretty obvious Phoenix is lying about stuff blah, I'm not a huge fan of cross-examining my own defendant tbh though. Whenever Phoenix says something bad, Mia punches or slaps Grossberg... haha. The weirdest thing here is that Phoenix returned to the scene of the crime after his encounter with Swallow.

The judge now brings up that there is no murder weapon presented yet. I can choose to establish a murder method or not. I decide to try. In the crime photo theres clearly some messed up wire or something, so I present that. Now I show the severed wire in the picture as the cause of death.

Payne now says the only person who had an opportunity to use the cable was Phoenix Wright! Uh oh. Payne now says Phoenix's fingerprints were on the chest area of the victim's jacket... uh oh. This is real bad. Payne says Phoenix pushed Swallow into the wire.

Grossberg: My hemorrhoids never lie, the show is over, Mia

The judge is now going to render a verdict... HOLD IT!

Mia tells Phoenix he needs to tell the whole truth. She is his attorney... she'll believe in him and represent him to the very end. Awesome. Phoenix is now ready to say what really happened.

Phoenix says it's his fault. They got into an argument, and he pushed the victim, and then he got electrocuted. Wow... I can't believe this. Now we are to get another testimony.

Phoenix says Swallow was bad talking Dollie, so he pushed him, he heard a noise afterwards. He came back because he was worried, and that is when he found the body. Phoenix says there were no cables nearby when he pushed him.

After pressing, Phoenix thinks the CRACK noise was Swallow's umbrella, as it broke when he pushed him. I say that this is important. So the umbrella is now added to the testimony. I see the umbrella in the background of that one picture, so I present tje picture. Mia with the great point! Swallow landed on his umbrella, but the body is moved. Something fishy went on...

The umbrella and Phoenix's testimony are now added to the court record. Now Payne starts laughing... he has another witness.. DOLLIE? WHAT!! She was AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME! WHAT. SHE WITNESSED IT ALL!?!?

Anyway, we are now gonna get a 20 minute recess.

Mia wants to know how Dollie and Phoenix met. They met 8 months ago... in this very courthouse O_o. He's studying to be a lawyer (on the side) haha. Phoenix shows a present he got from Dollie the first day he met her, some necklace/bottle thing. He says everytime they go on a date she asks for it back... WTF? Now Mia asks if they met on August 27th, Mia shows a newspaper clipping (how the hell did she have this on her? >_>) Oh, Mia thought there was a relationship between cases, thats why. On August 27th there was a murder in the courthouse. Grossberg is gonna try and find out more... To be continued... Wow, what a conclusion O_O.

Early on, the shock of being Mia and defending Wright was huge and awesome. I'm not a fan of cross examining my own client, but in the end it got entertaining, and I'm DEFINITELY looking forward to this Dollie stuff now that we have more on it.

Back in court! Dollie takes the stand.... DEAR LORD. SHE IS PERFECTION! DOVES FLOAT AROUND WITH HER! HER MUSIC IS HEAVENLY. O_O.

lol, the judge says she has an aura of complete sincerity... seriously this music is amazing >_>.

She is so innocent and pleasant... O_O. This is the most unbelievable character in the whole series O_O.

LOL, her nickname for Phoenix is "Feenie". She says he would never kill anyone. Now she will testify. UGH I WANT HER MUSIC TO PLAY WHILE SHE TESTIFIES DAMN IT.

Dollie testifies, and she is lying obviously... and SHE KNOWS WHO MIA IS?!? WHAT WHAT WHAT. They have met once... but thats all we find out. Man this is gettin good!

LOL, when I press her on some points, tears come to her eyes <_<. Pressing makes her change her testimony to say she didn't see the moment he pushed Doug. Mia thinks to herself that the lie Dollie is telling is SUPER OBVIOUS, so she is only pretending to protect Phoenix. Interesting. So do I go for the obvious present or no? Whatever, I do the obvious one, and it works. Mia does a sexy hair flip thing when she is confident.

Now she says she knows why she didn't hear the noise. PLEASANT SMILE AND PLEASANT MUSIC XD YES!!!!

She says she had headphones on, and was listening to music.

Now mia realizes she said something that would totally change the case.

CHOICE

She didn't hear anything

she was listening to music.

There was lightning.

Umm I go with lightning, it could explain a few things. Mia points out that the victim could have died from the lightning. Wooo!

OBJECTION BY PAYNE. He's way better than he was in the first two cases. They have already found that there were no lightning strikes at that location on the day of the murder. Also, he has evidence that the severed cable has to do with the crime. The power went out in the building at the time of death, and the cables were said to be very brittle.

Now the judge asks for Mia's thoughts. He asks what or who caused the cable to break. I say it was the shove, and after a bunch of points, Mia decides that someone else electrocuted the victim. NOW DOLLIE SHOWS UP! YESSS THE MUSIC! I LOVE THE MUSIC!!!! She has more to say apparently. New testimony time. Mia says Dollie is about to show her true colors.

She says Phoenix pushed Doug TWICE now. The first time the cable broke, then Doug tried to run away, but Phoenix got him, and then he was electrocuted... lol >_>.

lol, Mia accuses Dollie of perjury, but the judge says it was "just a little old white lie" >_>. I think the flaw in the testimony is this. She says the cable snapped and doug dying were all in less than a minute. But the old power cable broke at 2:55, and he died at 3:00. The real question is whether I present the autopsy report or the report on when the cable broke >_>. I try the autopsy report... it doesn't work. AUGH. Cmooon, they shoulda made it so either work. Now I do the student's testimony, which works. MIA SAYS THIS 10 MINUTE INTERVAL IS WHEN THE REAL MURDER OCCURED! AWWW YEAH!

I now must accuse someone of murder! I ACCUSE DOLLIE!!!!!!!

Mia says she thinks Dollie did witness a fight. Phoenix pushed the victim, then left the scene. AND THEN DOLLIE KILLED HIM!!!

PHOENIX WITH A HOLD IT!!!! HE'S ALREADY GOOD AT IT!

Phoenix says Dollie could have never done something like that. Now Grossberg returns! He has found a police report from the incident that happened 8 months ago. I read it... some lawyer was poisoned. Dollie was a suspect but there was no poison on her. Obviously it's the stuff in the necklace bottle... THE GUY WHO DIED WAS MIA'S BOYFRIEND! Whoa. This would explain how she knows Dollie, and knows who she really is on the inside.

DOLLIE MUSIC IS PLAYING. She basically asks what her motive is. Mia knows it must have to do with 8 months ago. Dollie will now testify on the day she met... Feenie. She basically says it was love at first sight in the courthouse. LOL, Dollie says she feels bad for changing her mind on her love so quickly.

'''Judge: I change my mind all the time! Some of my critics even call me Judge Fickle! Ho ho ho!'''

Grossberg: But he always gets the right verdict, thats why many call him 'The Great Judgini"

XD. Anyway I press Dollie on why she was in the courthouse reading room. Her testimony now says she was doing research for a paper she was writing. Anyway, it's pretty clear she was here for something court related, according to the police report. Now on a press Mia says Phoenix isnt even good looking >_>.

'''Payne: Love is a mysterious thing! You might all be shocked to see what my wife looks like!'''

'''Judge: He's telling the truth. It was truly, truly shocking'''

Anyway, I present the police report. She now says she met this lawyer to discuss something in the cafeteria, but she said she would never know where to get poison so lethal.

Mia: What were you doing for those 10-20 minutes you left the cafeteria, using the toilet?

'''Phoenix: TOILET? My perfect little Dollie doesn't poop!'''

So many amazing lines this case XD. Hmm pressing reveals some interesting stuff. I'm beginning to believe Dollie got Doug to make the poison for her, which is why she ended up killing him. I present Doug's profile to prove how she could have gotten the poison. That was a pretty clever one imo.

Dollie now points out she was searched immediately, and no containers with poison were found on her. I present the necklace. Awww yeah. PHOENIX OBJECTS! Mia tells Phoenix to open his eyes. Dollie is only dating him because...

CHOICE

She's madly in love with you

Because of that necklace

To Keep you quiet

I go with the necklace. Mia points out that Dollie always wants the necklace back whenever they go on dates. Phoenix cries and runs away lawl : (. Phoenix also grabbed the necklace too. PHOENIX ATE IT! HE ATE THE NECKLACE! WHAT THE HELL! Payne says this proves there is no poison, because Phoenix is fine.

Now the judge dismisses Mia's reasoning and is going to continue the trial...

HOLD IT BY PHOENIX! AWWW YEAH BABY! He says there was something he forgot to say earlier! The day Phoenix met Doug Swallow... Doug told him that someone stole poison from the lab last night. He says the same thing happened 8 months ago.

Phoenix also says Dollie was crouched over Doug when Phoenix came back to see if he was OK. Phoenix says Dollie told him not to ever tell anyone about it.

I now have to say what Dollie was planning on doing with the poison she stole. I present Phoenix Wright. Mia explains she wanted him dead to get that poison bottle back.

DAHLIA TAKES THE STAND! SHE LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL ***** NOW! She calls feenie a total joke. She says they have no evidence against her, so she is just going to leave. I need evidence to establish her guilt once and for all.

AHA! THATS IT! THE COLDKILLER X! IT MUST BE! She was gonna poison him with it! I'm not sure how it all worked, like how it ended up in Doug's hand, but thats probably how it disappeared at lunch. I present that.

Basically, Dollie stole Phoenix's medicine and poisoned it. Then she ends up overhearing Doug and Phoenix's argument, so she killed Doug. Ahaaa! And then Phoenix and some other students arrived, so she got nervous and ditched the poisoned medicine. Brilliant!

What a conclusion! Amazing!

OH MAN! Dollie says this is all a lie. Mia tells her to go ahead and take some of the Coldkiller X then.

HOLY ****ING ****! DOLLIE GIVES THE EVILEST GLARE I HAVE EVER SEEN! ALMOST AS SHOCKING AS THE ENGARDE HAIR FLIP! HOLY CRAP! HOLY CRAP!!!! Dollie now says they will meet again one day... damn that's scary O_O.

Haha, Payne doesn't believe it, so Mia gives him the option of trying the medicine. MAN Mia is so sexy and badass this case.

WHAT THE HELL! WHAT THE HELL! WHAT THE HELL! PAYNE IS DEFEATED AND ALL HIS HAIR FLIES OFF! OMGOMGOMGOMG! SO THATS WHERE ALL THAT HAIR WENT! HOLY CRAP!!!

Phoenix is declared... NOT GUILTY! CONFETTI! Wooo! I wonder what Dollie's threat means though, perhaps we see her again this game... That would make sense as for why they decided to use this case as a flashback case.

Grossberg: During the verdict, I thought my hemorrhoids were going to explode like Mt. Vesuvius!

Phoenix talks about how he is studying to be a lawyer, there's a friend that he desperately wants to help! Phoenix says he hopes they see each other again.

Phoenix says it's been five years since that day. Something made him remember some of Mia's words from that case, but thats a story for another day. SERIOUSLY HOW DID MIA LOSE SO MUCH ATTRACTIVENESS IN 5 YEARS.

The end.

'''Overall: What a blockbuster opening case! It was so fun to see all these characters in the past, and breaking Dollie was fun, and I thought it was simple yet pretty clever. The Phoenix testimonies were a LITTLE weak at first, but there is no denying this is easily the best opening case of the three games. Mia got major cool points here too. I like her better as a up and comer than her know it all current self >_>.'''