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...
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 >_>.
Case 3-2[]
STOLEN TURNABOUT
Umm what the hell. To start the case, some dude named MaskDeMasque steals a diamond or something and flies off >_>.
So, in Wright's office, Maya and Pearl want him to come to some Kurain village exhibit at a museum with them. They have advance passes.
Now we are in the exhibit hall. In the basement we meet up with... ADRIAN ANDREWS WHAT!!! Aww she's very pleasant now, and she's still VERY SEXY. She is in charge of this exhibit, and she says the real valuable stuff is still stored here.
Anyway I poke around the warehouse, I see an Ami Fey Golden Statue, which gets added to the court record. She is holding a Kurain Schichishi*o (lol censor bypass), a ceremonial sword. From there we head to dinner with Adrian. It is pretty cool how different and nice she is now ^_^.
Phoenix says the next day something terrible happened. The sacred Urn was stolen by Mask DeMasque! So anyway, despite the fact that Phoenix is a lawyer, Maya and Pearl force him to go look into things. So, to the exhibition hall.
GUMSHOE IS THERE! LOL, Pearl's new name for Gumshoe is "Detective Dick". Awesome. Gumshoe says it happened around 1:30AM. Apparently he sent his calling card ahead of time, but Lordly Tailor didn't cooperate. Gumshoe blames it on this "Ace Detective" guy who got a big head or something. Apparently, he managed to get the 4th treasure that Mask stole back. He is downstairs right now. I also get his calling card for evidence. I present some stuff to Gumshoe. He finds it odd that Mask stole this treasure, usually he steals more world famous stuff. Anyway, downstairs I go.
WHAT THE... HELLLLL! IT'S THE PENGUIN! His name is Luke Atmey, ACE DETECTIVE! Lawlololol. Phoenix says he is Phoenix Wright... ACE ATTORNEY. lolol. Oh and Maya is an ACE SPIRIT MEDIUM!!! Haha.
Atmey has a lot of confidence >_>. He says right now there are two MIGHTY FIGURES which loom over this grand city, one who embodies the nefarious forces of darkness (mask) and one, the angelic cherubs of light (Atmey). Whoa, turns out he was here last night, and had a "battle" with Mask. I thought the police didn't know in advance? Apparently he was HIRED 20 days ago (before the calling card appeared), and then they received a calling card 10 days ago. He hid in the warehouse waiting for the thief, I guess the guards didn't even know about him. He says that not a soul came through the sealed entrance where the really expensive stuff is. Atmey leaves and lets me investigate the scene. He is going to his office, so I'm guessing I will show up there later. He wants me to bring anything we find to him >___>. Ass. Pretty odd case so far, since the criminal is obvious and there is no one to defend...
On the scene, the Schichoishi*o is no longer being held by the Ami statue, and it is bent. Also, the Ami statue has been moved, and there's a bunch of dried up pink paint on the floor where the statue was. This is a random hunch, but I'm beginning to suspect this statue is a fake of some sort, used by Mask to get to the Urn. Maya had never seen it before... I also get the data from the security camera. It only took a picture once, around 1 AM.
Back in the exhibition hall, my phone rings.
GUMSHOE is calling me. Gumshoe caught Mask! WTF. Oh, he just surrendered >_>... and he wants to talk to Phoenix? What? WTF? Well then.
WHAT THE HELL. THIS IS HIM? He says he is Ron Delite... >_______>. He claims to be MaskDeMasque, but it is quite clear he isn't. What the HELL is with his hair <_<. Holy crap he's so annoying. Talking to him is a total waste of my life. He says he LOST the urn. Also he wants me to talk to "Dessie" for him. It's his wife, and she wanted them to come talk to him. He tells us where his house is. Hmm... when I present stuff, he talks confidently about certain things. It seems like he drew the calling card for example. And I think he did actually lose the urn, but it's also clear he is NOT maskdemasque. Maybe his wife is? He has a strange reaction to the Atmey profile. Hmmm. Ok, off to his place.
I am not at his hideout. Theres lots of Demasque stuff... and there is Dessie, she's pretty hot. Phoenix is now "nicky boy" LOLOL.
Dessie says theres no way Ron did it. He just gets delusional O_o. WTF. It turns out she likes excitement, like riding motorcycles and stuff. Maya asks why she goes for Ron then, and she says MONEY >_>. She likes to shop I guess. Ron is only a security guard so there's no way he makes that much money...
She says last night she was being chased by the cops >_>. She finally got pulled over around 3AM. This case is so ridiculous <_<. But Phoenix says she has an alibi.Ron doesn't have an alibi since they weren't together at the time. Examining shows lots of clear evidence that MaskDemasque lived here. Theres a costume, the emblem is all over the place, theres even plans written out. Dessie meanwhile likes excitement AND money, she makes soooo much sense as the culprit.
I present profiles and stuff... she says Ronnie is Mask's BIGGEST FAN, and he is delusional, so thats how everything happened. I see. She now says someone must have framed Ronnie (umm wut, who would do that?), and she gives us a letter to give to him.
I present the letter to Ron. He says Dessie wants him to get a lawyer, so he asks for Phoenix to do it. I say I will.
LOL Pearl is so upset that I'm defending him. She says she will never forgive me for defending him after he hurt Mystic Maya, and cries, and runs off. She ran back to the office apparently. Maya says she believes in Phoenix though.
First I go to the office. Pearl is being super nice, so I guess she feels bad. Phoenix asks Maya why she thinks Maya and Phoenix are together, and Maya says it is a Kurain Village custom. She says only women inherit the spiritual powers of Kurain. She says men leave because they start to feel left out. Pearl's father left when she was young, so that's why she is so sensitive to things like that.
Now Pearl is back. She apologizes, and now runs off to find evidence >_>. Well back to the exhibition hall I suppose.
Adrian is there and she is super upset about the Urn. She feels bad. She says she got a calling card 20 days ago, but Atmey stopped her from getting the police, so she hired him instead. Atmey is another one that COULD be Demasque. Hmmm. She says 5 days ago, a lot of stuff started coming in, but she checked everyone out who went downstairs, hmmm. Ok then to the basement.
Ahh nothing there, well to the Atmey agency I guess. He says he was on guard all alone that night. Phoenix and Maya say it's strange that he didn't even see MaskDemasque. PSYCHE LOCK! He won't say anything. Magatama time!
He says not a single person passed through that door the night of the crime. I show the camera thing as proof. Now I have to say why he didn't see him.
CHOICE
fast asleep
using the bathroom
unconscious
The only piece of evidence that might fit is the bent sword, so I say unconscious and present that. It works! Lock broken! He was struck from behind, so Mask obviously entered the warehouse from some other way... Now Atmey shows us the picture with Mask carrying a box. At the scene of the crime there is an empty box though, I wonder why he ditched the box? Anyway, Atmey says there was a good reason for Delite to do it. He says to look at the letter in his house... ummm ok then.
The letter says, if you don't want your true identity revealed to the world, come to KB Security at 1AM on Oct 12th and bring $50,000. Hmmm. Anyway someone now comes to the door... LARRY BUTZ. WHATWHWTAHWTAHWTAA.
BUTZ TIME.
HOLY CRAP POP CULTURE REFERENCES. Butz has gone after girls named "Bennifer" and "Katty Tom" in the last 2 years >___>. Anyway Butz is here because he found a wallet yesterday, it was Ron's, it has his drivers license in it. Butz works security now... so I'm guessing he works for this KB security joint. He says he found it around 1:00AM, on the 1st floor of the company building. Larry says that isn't strange because Ron works there, at KB security. A KB security keycard is added to evidence. I'm confused as to if Ron received this note or if he was going to send it out. Atmey KNEW about the green envelope, which is strange, it makes me believe even more than he is Mask. But then, getting hit by the Mask makes him seem clean.
I present the security card to him. He says it would work for the CEO office, and everytime you use it, it leaves a record. I ask Larry about KB security. Phoenix figures out that with the time difference, if Ron was at KB at 1AM, he couldn't have committed the crime. Now Pearl calls me, she was trying to go to the Exhibition Hall, but got lost and is now at Atmey agency, so time to get her.
At Atmey, Pearl is there. Now theres a bag on the table, so we check it out. As they are opening it... ATMEY ARRIVES AHHH! HE CAUGHT ME!!!! Anyway, Atmey says he is taking the stand tomorrow.
Atmey also mentions someone named "Godot". WTF, apparently he is like a legendary prosecutor. Edge proclaimed him the best in the country while he was traveling abroad. How crazy that all the best lawyers in the world are in this area >_>. Anyway, that surprisingly ends the day. I expected to go to KB.
Not a bad investigation day. Character wise I'd say it was OK. We didn't find out anything THAT interesting, but we'll see how court goes.
To start court, Maya gives me a publicity photo of Demasque. Phoenix isn't sure if Ron is innocent or not, but he's still gonna go for it.
So this is Godot. He has never lost a case... he also has never prosecuted before >___>. Also he is wearing a mask. Godot defends this by saying every man wears a mask... either over their face, or over their heart <___<. Well he's awfully confident. Anyway, GUMSHOE takes the stand. He says normal stuff we already know about his heists so far.
lol Godot's theme is pretty good. Godot likes to drink coffee apparently...
Gumshoe's biggest iffy statement is that Demasque goes for expensive art pieces usually, the sacred urn wasn't valuable at all. I present, and it works! So now Phoenix is claiming it wasn't Demasque that took the Urn.
Seriously, Godot's music is amazing, not sure if I like him that much yet though. Now I need to prove that this was a "FakeDemasque". I present the security photo. Now I have to show what is so peculiar about it. Umm damn hell if I know. See, the flaw with when they make you point to a picture is you can't go back to the court record, luckily I remember the publicity photo a bit, and his chest is different here, so I show that. Phoenix now says this proves he is a FAKE. Woooo.
GODOT MUSIC! He's totally calm and cool. Now Godot shows the broach... he had it? He found it behind the Ami Fey statue. He also says Delite left "hickeys" at the crime scene... by that he means fingerprints... LOL. Delite's fingerprints were on the broach. WTF? Godot now gives the broach to the judge... he says he has grown attached to his metallic girlfriend here... XD. Anyway it appears to have torn off some clothing, so Godot says there was a struggle. Now it's time for Atmey to take the stand.
Atmey's new testimony says that he saw him and they were going to fight but Mask owned him with a sword.
Pressing reveals that sensors were hooked up all over the basement, also Atmey made the computer program that was used with the sensors, so he could have manipulated it. Pressing also reveals that Atmey had his back to the wall during the fight. Hmmmm. That gets added to testimony. The sword says Atmey got hit in the back of the head in the court record though, so I present that.
NOW PHOENIX IS REALLY ON THE OFFENSIVE! He says it's odd that Atmey hid the calling card from the police, it's almost like he didn't want them to know! OH MAN!
GODOT'S OBJECTION! HE HAS A DEEP VOICE!
I now need to make an assertion
CHOICE
Mr. Atmey is no Ace Detective!
This Mr. Atmey is a fake!
Mr. Atmey is MaskDemasque!
I go with the final choice! HOLY CRAP HIS NOSE LIKE TWISTED OR SOMETHING! GREAT DAMAGE ANIMATION!!!
WTF! ATMEY WITH A CRAZY LAUGH IN THE FACE OF DANGER! I'M ABOUT TO WIN!!!!
OBJECTION BY GODOT!!! HE THREW THE COFFEE AT PHOENIX'S HEAD! AHHHHHH!
LOL at the animations of Coffee Phoenix. And god damn Godot is one cool ass cat.
Godot demands decisive evidence. That's about all he ever does >_>. I try the blackmail letter, because it mentions a red diamond, which Atmey has... but it doesn't work. Awww I thought I had him there. I say I have nothing... Atmey is about to get off the stand when... HOLD IT! DESSIE ARRIVES! SHE HAS THAT BAG FROM THE OTHER DAY! INSIDE OF IT IS.... THE URN! (except it's not the urn >_>).
OBJECTION BY GODOT! He says Dessie could be setting up Atmey to save Ron. Now I have to defend Dessie.
CHOICE
Testify about what I saw
Show fingerprints on the urn
I can't prove anything yet
Atmey always has gloves on, so I say testify about what I saw. Doesn't work, so now I try fingerprints. Now the defense is proposing a certain person has fingerprints on the urn. Hmmm, oh wow, it must be Phoenix, he touched it yesterday! So that would be proof he saw it at Atmey's place! Awwww yeah. Seriously though, that Urn is so clearly NOT the actual urn, so I have no idea why this whole thing is happening.
Phoenix wants the fingerprints checked out! He says that proves it was at Atmey's! OBJECTION by Godot, he's losing his cool! HIS COFFEE IS TOO BITTER NOW HOLY CRAP!!!!
AND NOW ATMEY ADMITS IT! HE'S LAUGHING LIKE A MAD MAN! WTF!!!
The judge now finds Delite.... HOLD IT! Hahaha. RON says the judge is wrong and that he did it. He wants to be pronounced guilty. Phoenix tries to object... Godot smiles and sips some coffee GODOT MUSIC HELL YEAH.
Godot wants PROOF from Ron that he is MaskDemasque... man Godot is such a weak prosecutor >_>. Anyway, now we get to hear the confession. In his testimony he says he doesn't have an alibi, heh. Time to go to work.
LMAO Godot and Ron have an exchange where Ron says he won't let Godot down in proving himself as guilty >_>. Anyway, I show the blackmail letter as proof that he had an alibi.
GODOT is still totally calm and cool! What a guy! Godot tells Delite not to give up. Delite now says that he got the letter but never actually went, so I present the wallet to prove otherwise. BAM!
GODOT CHUGS COFFEE! OMGOMGOMG! HE'S CHUGGING IT LIKE A MAD MAN!!!
Godot now says I never investigated the CEO of the company who was supposedly blackmailing Ron. But now Phoenix says someone can testify that Ron used the KB security card at 1AM. I present Larry Butz. GODOT SPITS OUT HIS COFFEE!!!! BWAHAHAHA!
I guess they go and run a check, and that card was used at 1 AM last night. Godot concedes that Ron did not steal the Urn. Ron Delite is declared NOT GUILTY.
Man... that almost seemed... too easy.
Outside, GODOT. Godot says playtime is over, Kane Bullard (the ceo of KBSecurity) was found dead. The estimated time of death was 1AM... AHA! I KNEW THIS CASE WASN'T OVER JUST LIKE THAT!
Wow... I think Godot lost this trial on purpose in order to make the murder case easier, WHAT A FREAKING BADASS. To be continued.
Ok so now this case is SERIOUS. Also it seems like that urn WAS the real urn for whatever reason, when did they fix it? >_>. Talking to maya reveals my suspicions that there's something strange about the urn. Plus there's the pink spots on it. Hmmm.
Hmmm, I'm looking through the evidence, and Mask's calling card note says to take good care of the "speckled" urn. Like, with pink polka dots? But that's not even the real urn! Man I'm so confused.
We also talk about Godot, and the fact that he seems to know Phoenix...
Hmmm, first I go to the basement warehouse and talk to Adrian... psyche lock appears when I ask about the urn being odd. Hmmm, well this explains a lot. I present the golden statue and she gets nervous about how it moved that night, haha. Interesting once again.
Now I head over to Ron's home. The conversation with Ms. Delite is pretty interesting. She doesn't seem to know that Ron doesn't work for KB security anymore. It's seeming more and more like if Ron isn't the murderer, he is, in fact, the thief. I also found out how they met. Ron saved her from some robbers as a security guard >_>. Awesome.
Now I head to KB security. GUMSHOE is here, of course. Kane's corpse was found at 9AM, estimated time of death was 1AM. Cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. The autopsy report is added to the court record. The body was stashed in the safe O_o.
Gumshoe says if Atmey is Mask, he is confused about the first case. There was a witness to that one, we get a newspaper clipping with a security guard in the background. Hmmm.
I present Kane Bullard's profile to find out more about him. Apparently Kane was involved in some shifty stuff to make all the money he did. Also, KB security was involved in trying to stop MaskDemasque, but when they kept failing, their reputation went downhill. Anyway I now examine the crime scene. Theres a binder full of info on Mask. In the back of it there's a list of all the treasures he stole, with a monetary value next to them, hmmm.
When I investigate the safe, Gumshoe says everyone who knew how to open the safe had airtight alibis, except former security chief Ron DeLite. I investigate a button on the wall, and it's actually an emergency buzzer, which Bullard never pressed on the night of the crime. Hmmm.
Now I head to the Security office. LARRY is here. Why does Phoenix hate him so much? >_>. Larry says he has good info. he says Ron got fired out of nowhere 1 year ago with no warning at all. I ask Butz about the night of the crime and I get PSYCHE LOCKS!! Not sure if I have all the evidence I need yet though. OMG I examine the room, and it turns out OLDBAG WORKS HERE! But she is on vacation.
Anyway, MAGATAMA time. I present Ron's Wallet as evidence he wasn't at the stattion at the time of the crime. 1 lock broken. Now I have to show evidence that the killer snuck in during his shift, I show the key card. Unlock successful! He says he left for some girl and offers to help, so it's time to show some evidence to him. I present the buzzer to find out more. Maya tells him to look at the records again... IT WENT OFF! WHATWHATWHAT! IT WENT OFF AT 1AM!!! Why are there no fingerprints?
Now I head to the detention center. Phoenix wants the WHOLE TRUTH now. He says when he went to KB at 1AM. He went into the CEO's office. No one answered when he knocked. He opened the door and got BASHED on the head. When he awoke, Kane's body was in front of him. And then Ron put the body in the safe... WHY THE HELL WOULD HE DO THAT? >_>.
Anyway, he became MaskDemasque for Dessie's sake. He says he didn't send the calling card to Lordly Tailors. I present the newspaper clipping, and it turns out Ron himself was the witness to the first MaskDemasque robbery. I bet that's why he got fired, Kane knew. Oh wow, it turns out Ron ditched his first costume for an escape, and Atmey took it home with him when he found it. He says after that is when he started getting blackmail letters. The first one forced him to give up his first treasure, but he did get paid 10,000 bucks for it. Then he started receiving Heist plans in the mail. Very detailed plans. Escape plans, etc.
Now Pearl arrives! She says at Kurain they said it's the real urn (what? How?) The pink splotches were put on recently though. Well, time to break Adrian. First I examine again though. I get the Urn Box in the court record now. Phoenix says he thinks he knows how the pink splotches got on the box. I also now get paint marks into the court record.
Now it's magatama time. I present the urn to her to prove that it is genuine. Now i have to prove it was broken recently. I show the treasure exhibit poster to prove it. I tried the box first because I'm guessing she dropped it, but it didn't work! Now I need evidence the urn was broken at Lordly tailors. I show the Urn Box. Now I have to prove the box was dropped here in the basement warehouse, I show the pink paint on the floor. UNLOCK SUCCESSFUL! She dropped the urn two weeks ago and then put it back together. She says she used the Ami Fey statue to cover the paint. She doesn't know why it was moved again after the murder. To be continued...
COURT TIME! Turns out just next door Atmey is being tried as MaskDemasque. Hmmm. I don't think he's Mask, but I think he's the one sending the plans to Ron. Phoenix says today's trial is a race against the clock. I'm guessing it has to do with the Atmey trial.
After some Godot awesomeness, DeLite takes the stand. We are going to get some testimony on what happened. He says as soon as he opened the door he was hit, when he came to, Kane was dead. When I press him, he says he was wearing the MaskDemasque costume when he entered the building. That gets added to the testimony. Now pressing reveals Ron hid the body. GOD WHAT AN IDIOT >_>. This gets added as well. He says he took 10 minutes to hide the body. Maya says I should probably present evidence that shows why he panicked. I show the buzzer record. Phoenix explains that if Ron saw the buzzer being pressed, he would have run for it. OBJECTION BATTLE! Phoenix now claims that someone knocked out Ron, then hit the buzzer. ANOTHER EPIC OBJECTION BATTLE! **** YEAH! Now Godot says the victim sounded the buzzer, I present the buzzer itself, with its lack of fingerprints, to prove that Kane didn't do it. It works!
Godot is now on the defensive! Now I have to say why the real killer sounded the buzzer.
CHOICE
They didn't mean to
To call the security guard
To find out what it did.
I say the middle option, to call the guard. He wanted the crime pinned on Delite. It works! GODOT COFFEE SPIT!
Now I have to say who the REAL KILLER is. Phoenix says they had to know Delite's identity and they would need to know he was headed to KB Security. I suppose it will be ATMEY? lol.
I ACCUSE ATMEY! IT WORKS!!!
Whoa, intense. Phoenix says it was Atmey's true objective all along to be found guilty as MaskDemasque, since murder is the more serious crime. DAMN thats crazy. Godot points out there isn't much time left until Atmey is most likely convicted as MaskDemasque. Godot says if I'm going to interrupt the trial next door, I'm gonna need proof that he did it. MIA'S BOOBS FLASH. She says Phoenix must trust his client, augh who cares go away Mia. So now Phoenix needs to decide whether he really wants to go through with this... he says YES! PUT ATMEY ON THE STAND! So now we are getting a 20 min recess, Atmey takes the stand when it's done.
Meanwhile in the other courtroom, IT'S PAYNE PROSECUTING! OMG PAYNE!!! WTF! THE JUDGE HERE HAS A GOLDEN BEARD! OMG OMG OMG. OMFG A GOLDEN BEARD! The Judge is about to proclaim Atmey guilty (which Atmey seems pleased with).... HOLD IT! ATMEY IS SWEATING! TO BE CONTINUED!!!!
- YEAH LETS DO THIS!!!
Outside, Phoenix and Maya realize they have no proof Atmey did it, and they have no motive for Atmey. Umm "oops". Yeah... we're screwed! Atmey is now on the stand. Atmey admits he is MaskDemasque to start. He is definitely the guy writing the plans, but I'll be interested to find the full truth behind all this. We are now going to get a testimony on his alibi.
His alibi says he was stealing the urn, and the urn was stolen at the same time as the murder. He is going to leave but Phoenix says HOLD IT, he wants a cross examination. Atmey calls him a fool like 3 times. Is he related to Franny?
After pressing I can choose to say that Atmey had an accomplice... I say no for right now. I have nothing that seems particularly logical. Another press makes Maya point out that it's odd for Atmey to throw away his Ace Detective reputation by completely blowing this urn case. Hmmm. Pressing about the time reveals that there's no way the picture could have been altered.
I'm kinda unsure what to do here. I have Ron's testimony at my disposal... but that's it. WAIT A SECOND. I think I found it. The paint marks in the photo threw me off, because distance wise I don't think they did a good job with the photo, but, the paint marks aren't what they should look like. There's no square in the paint marks, it's just a giant splotch! But I don't know whether to present the picture itself or the paint marks...
Oh turns out I have to press instead of present... have I mentioned how much I hate when they do that? This game needs some consistency on the pressing/presenting thing. It's so damn confusing to have to press a statement multiple times. Anyway I say there is something funny about the picture. I show the paint as what is funny.
Now I have to show what should be there instead of the paint, I show the Ami Fey statue.
Now I have to show who moved the statue on the night of the crime. Well the only possible options are Adrian and Atmey, but I don't see why Adrian would do it, so I show Atmey. Phoenix says he was the only one down there that night. Now I have to show the reason he would do it... augh. I have to show the "lie" in the picture. Well that makes it easier, I show the paint marks again... DOESN'T WORK. Oops! Well, I guess I'll show the box then, since it didn't have paint marks on it. WTF, that doesn't work either. What the **** else can I show? Those 2 things were indeed inconsistencies, the box should have had paint on it, and the paint show have the square paint mark on it, it's obvious this pic was taken a while ago. Now that I think about it, if this photo was taken a while ago, the Ami Fey statue probably wasn't even around yet. But that still doesn't help me figure out what to show. Well, the only thing left is the time stamp so I show that, it works. Ha. Phoenix says there's no way he could be in this photo because he was at KB... which we haven't even proved yet... WTF that was stupid as hell.
OK now Phoenix says the picture was taken days ahead of time, he moved the statue on the day of the crime to match the photo he took. See, I figured this out a long time ago, but I had no idea what to do to show that >_>. Sigh.
Now Atmey points out that the camera data shows that the camera went off the night of the crime. But Phoenix OBJECTIONS. He points out that Atmey could have tampered with the stuff.
GODOT MUSIC!!! He's calm and cool, he says that Atmey can probably explain it, so Atmey testimony time.
He basically says nothing new, except he never saw the urn until the day of the crime. Press time then.
Phoenix: So you were asked to guard the urn by Ms. Andrews?
Atmey: Indeed... It seemed that they had heard of my Zvarrkling reputation!
lolol. I think I found the flaw in his testimony. He never saw the urn, yet the calling card says it was "speckled". I present the calling card on that statement. It works! CROWD GASP. Atmey's alibi is now in question!
GODOT SMILES! He wants a motive for Atmey killing Kane. Damn I knew this would pop up. Now we are going to get a testimony on his motive for murder. He says Bullard thought DeLite was MaskDemasque, and Bullard sent the blackmail letter. Godot confirms that a handwriting test showed Bullard sent it. UH OH.
Hmmm... it turns out the letter wasn't addressed to anyone. It's all becoming clear, Atmey is the one who actually got the letter from Bullard, that was his motive. He then gave the letter to Ron and murdered Bullard. Hmmm, I think I'm gonna have to present the blackmail letter, it talks about a red diamond he received, he is wearing it on his finger! I present the letter. Now I have to show the contradicting evidence in the content of the blackmail letter. How do I point out that Atmey owns a red diamond? Augh. Maybe Ron's Testimony? I dont know, I have no idea how to point out that the red diamond obviously shows he is talking about Atmey.
I had to look at a guide honestly, I was so confused. Turns out, the newspaper clipping proves that the red gem is not referring to the Tear of Emanon, as it is blue... wtf, when did anyone think that? Some of these presents are annoying the **** out of me, as good as the story is, I think some of the gameplay in this trial is god awful.
Now I have to list who Bullard was actually blackmailing, well thats easy enough, I say it is Atmey. EXCITING MUSIC!!!
Godot now points out that Bullard threatened to reveal Atmey's "identity". He asks what that identity is then. Good point, totally forgot about that little line.
CHOICE
An Ace Detective
MaskDemasque
a blackmailer
I go with a blackmailer, since I'm assuming he planned all Ron's stuff out for him. Now I have to prove that Atmey figured out who MaskDemasque was during the first crime... well thats simple enough, I would assume the newspaper clipping should work here. OMG YESS WE GET THE ATMEY FREAKING OUT ANIMATION! XD I LOVE THIS.
It looks like the case is over.... GODOT OBJECTION!!!! WHAT WHAT WHAT! GODOT MUSIC!!! He points out that Phoenix has proven that Atmey was a blackmailer, and that he wasn't at Lordly Tailors, but, he hasn't proven that Atmey killed anyone.
Now I can either say I have proof or I don't that Atmey was at KB that night. Phew... I say I do... for fun. The Number one thing that I have that is a little suspicious is the CEO Office buzzer. It had no fingerprints, but it went off. So I present that. DOESN'T WORK. GODOT THROWS COFFEE AT PHOENIX. AUGH. Blah, I now say I can't prove it. But I can through cross-examination... GODOT WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN! NOOOOO! WTF, it looks like the trial is going to end, because I can't prove it. WTF? WHAT EVIDENCE DID I HAVE? I had none. The judge is about to hand down the verdict... OBJECTION! MIA IS HERE. Figures >_>.
Once the judge was about to end the trial, Atmey mocked Phoenix. Mia says we have a right to cross-examine those statements he made. Godot looks strange... and agrees. Hmmm. Mia says they are going to want to know why he thinks DeLite is the true murderer. Good point.
Wow, he really laid it all out. Atmey basically talks about every single piece of evidence against DeLite in his testimony. Things aren't looking good!
Oh god this is epic. The judge will not let me do my "usual shenanigans". I have to find one contradiction and show it. Also, it turns out, Phoenix says there is no evidence he can use, so I have to find one statement and press it. I have one chance. Oh god.
Hmmm, in his testimony he claims he had another "job request" so that's where he was on the night of the crime. That seems odd to me. But I feel like my press has to be way more decisive than that. OK, let's do this statement by statement.
Atmey says it was clear DeLite was there thanks to the key card and wallet. I can't dispute that, and DeLite was there.
Atmey says he made a deduction from the buzzer, which only sounded once. I think the judge asked him how he knew it sounded once, and he said he looked into it, or something. So I don't think I can press that.
Atmey says the killer sounded the buzzer, and DeLite was wearing his Mask outfit, so he had gloves on.
Atmey says the victim mistook the color of the jewel in the blackmail letter. This one is setting off red flags for me. There's no way that happens. But I feel like pressing this will get me nowhere.
WAIT, I THINK I GOT IT. THIS HAS TO BE IT, OMG I HAVE IT I HAVE IT. Atmey says the killer sounded the buzzer, but why in gods name would he do that? If DeLite sounded the buzzer, why was he fumbling around with the body for ten minutes. I HAVE YOU *****! HELL YEAH!
WTF IT DOESN'T WORK? **** THIS CASE. SERIOUSLY. **** THIS CASE.
Turns out the fact that he said Atmey was in uniform is the right one, because we found that out while Atmey was in trial. That's a good one, but I think mine was good to. It's so frustrating when you have good ideas but due to the nature of the game, it really limits the gameplay. There's only one answer usually, which would never usually be the case.
CRAZY ATMEY ANIMATION!!!!
Haha, also, it turns out DeLite can't be tried as MaskDemasque again because of Double Jeopardy. XD. Phoenix is god!
DeLite isn't that happy outside though. He is pretty sure Dessie will leave him now. I present the Urn to prove she cares about him.
Now Dessie arrives... she says she hates men who are cowardly and sneaky, but Ron always said he would do it beforehand like a MAN, she loves a man who is so chivalrous! XD. Awesome.
The end.
Rats... I really wanted to find out what was up with Godot. I guess that's for a future case.
OVERALL: I thought the build up was fantastic. Day 1 wasn't great, but then the murder twist was awesome. I was excited for Day 2, but it never got that good, I was honestly pretty disappointed, plus some awful presents, and I'd call this case purely average. I didn't like the characters much at first, but they all grew on me though, so that was a bonus. Decent case, nothing special for me though.
CASE 3-3[]
RECIPE FOR TURNABOUT
To start.... WHAT WHAT WHAT. PHOENIX LOSES A CASE AGAINST PAYNE? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
At the office... GUMSHOE arrives! WHAT WHAT WHAT! THE NEWSPAPER SAYS WRIGHT LOST A CASE! WHAT WHAT WHAT.
WHAT WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT. So it wasn't Wright after all? WTF! He looked so much like him! The article is from Dec 5th, odd that Gumshoe is just now showing him this at the start of the new year.
Maya and Phoenix decide to take the case that the phony Nick lost. Sounds fun! What a great way to start this case, killer hook!
We can't talk to the defendant, as they probably aren't very happy with Phoenix right now. Maya and Phoenix note how odd it is that Gumshoe was digging up old cases. First I head to Criminal Affairs. Gumshoe isn't there, so I guess we are going to the Detention Center.
IT'S MAGGEY BYRDE? WHAAAAT. She is dressed like a maid or something.Phoenix tells her what happened. So now we get to talking, she is relieved that the real Wright is here now. She got fired after the incident last year (wtf?). She is now a waitress.
She says there were 2 men at the table drinking coffee at the restaurant, one of the men slipped poison into the victim's cup. The victim then was gasping for breath, and Maggey passed out. She says she never saw the victim before ever again. The silhouette of the killer looks a lot like Phoenix, I wonder if this is our phonyix.
She was found guilty because everyone there says the victim ate alone... wow. Also, they found POISON in her apron pocket. She says she passed out so that's probably how. So my question is, what happened with all these witnesses? They never saw the killer, and then Maggey passed out, wasn't anyone around for Maggey passing out?
Maggey says she served the coffee, she thought the 2 men were musicians. She saw a sample CD with the word MC-something on it.
Looking back, Maggey realizes this guy didn't look that much like Phoenix outside of the spiky hair and the suit. Maggey thinks people seemed to look at Phoenix oddly, but no one said anything. Maggey tells us where the restaurant is, so I suppose that's our next destination.
No one is at the restaurant for some reason, so it's time to explore. I find an old newspaper behind a rack, it says MC Bomber on it! So that must be the band. Also, the paper is from the day of the murder.
It looks like one of the tables still has the crime scene tape, um shouldn't that have been gone a while ago? Anyway, that appears to be it, back to the Detention Center, I show the newspaper to Maggey. She says MC Bomber was the name of the CD/band she saw. Well uhh... only place to go is back to Tres Bien.
When we get there...
what
the
This could be the gayest man alive. I'm trying to avoid looking at him, but it's hard >_>.
He says he knows Phoenix Wright... he never forgets a man who flirts with him... especially in court... *vomit*. Oh god, he has some animation where he lifts up his arms and jiggles his fat and manboobs... dear god. DEAR GOD. Anyway, this is Jean Armstrong. Please let him be the real murderer please. Then again, I don't know if I want to see his damage animation... ;_;.
Now we are going to find out what he says happened that day. He basically just says what happened, and that no one else was there. Armstrong says there was also an old man who saw the same thing, only one person.
I now ask about a possible motive. PSYCHE LOCK! 3 of em. Phoenix goes for his Magatama... but it's lost? Huh... Armstrong tells me that the old man is always at the park, so I'm off to there.
God, that was... the strangest thing ever. God damn Japanese sense of humor!
Now I'm at Vitamin Square. There's the old man! He looks super grumpy. First I pick up a magazine of Job Listings that this old man threw out. I ask him what he saw. But he does not answer any of my questions, and I can't see any psyche locks because I don't have the magatama.
Well back to Tres Bien I suppose. I show Armstrong the job listing thing, so he thinks Maya wants a job and takes her to the kitchen... OK >_>. Well... nothing new here it seems, so now I finally go to Criminal Affairs. Gumshoe is there. Retrial is set for 10AM tomorrow, and Godot will be there as the prosecutor.
Gumshoe says in the last trial, they found a motive for Maggey to commit the crime somehow, but he has no idea what it was. Also, he says that the police searched the whole restaurant and never found the CD Maggey was talking about.
I show Gumshoe the magazine, and he says he will get a handwriting analysis done on it. Interesting.
Gumshoe also says Godot had a bunch of other cases, but dropped them all to take on Phoenix. WTF. Gumshoe says Phoenix should look more into the chef, so I guess I'm back to Tres Bien *sigh*
Back at the restaurant, some odd looking girl stares at me for a second before disappearing. Now MAYA is here. She is in the waitress costume! lol. She makes Phoenix order lunch, and it's pretty gross I guess. It gets added to evidence for some reason? Lawl. Phoenix now decides to check out the kitchen.
And yeah, the more I think about it, Para is right. Seriously, shouldn't they be like freaking out about the Magatama right now? >_>.
In the Kitchen I find a small bottle that looks different from the other bottles he has, hmmm. Theres also a book of poetry he wrote, one sounds an awful lot like the murder that took place! Also in the kitchen, we find the magatama! WTF?
Well, Armstrong still isn't around, so I guess it's time to talk to the old man again. But he's gone. There is a scooter there though, I investigate it... GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Literally, the longest Gwaaaa ever >_>.
WTF THATS HIM. THAT HAS TO BE THE FAKE PHOENIX! SPIKY HAIR! But... his face is red. I mean... jesus >_>. I tell him I'm Phoenix Wright... HE SAYS HE IS PHOENIX WRIGHT! Now he takes off with his scooter, which was probably stolen. HOW could people have mistaken these two? >_>.
I ask old dude about Tres Bien again. PSYCHE LOCK! He won't tell me why he goes there if he doesn't like the place. I present the magatama.
First Phoenix says that the old guy does not go there for the food. I present the awful special as proof. Now he claims he has so much money, that it doesn't matter to him that it's expensive and bad. I present the job listings magazine as proof now. 1 lock broken! Now he claims he goes there for the free newspapers. I don't have any evidence that there are none though. I guess maybe I need to talk to Gumshoe first for the handwriting analysis?
Back to Criminal Affairs, Gumshoe is there! He says the memo on the paper was written by Glen Elg. I show Gumshoe the small bottle, and he takes it to have it analyzed. Now Gumshoe says Armstrong has a secret...
Apparently Armstrong is half a million dollars in debt. His loan contract gets added to evidence.
So I guess it's back to the old man. I show the sports paper as evidence they don't have free newspapers there. Now I have to show the "real reason" he goes to Tres Bien so much. I have a feeling it's for Maggey. I present that, IT WORKS! Aww yeah, that one was a bit risky!
His name is Victor Kudo. He won't tell me anything though. Phoenix thinks he needs to get him when he is in a better mood.
I go back to Gumshoe... nothing new, but I present Kudo's profile, he says I should try and use Kudo's weaknesses to my advantage. That would be Maya probably, so I present the profile to Maya. Phoenix wants her to come with him to the park to see him. We arrive, but he says Maya is still a child! Nooo! But wait... now Kudo looks all flabbergasted... MIA IS HERE! MIA IS HERE!!! Kudo is horny! He's willing to talk!
Kudo says he saw Maggey take the coffee to Elg, he drank it and died. Also, he was alone at the table. Lol, Mia is being so flirtatious. Now Kudo says to be careful of Armstrong... he's an ex-con! Child molester maybe? >_>. He steals things from his customers! That explains the Magatama. Victor writes me a haiku that tells me all I need to know about him... ok >_>.
"Convicted before, a wicked man or woman, repeat offender."
Seriously... why in the world would this need to be in Haiku form? How strange <_<.
Back at Tres Bien, ARMSTRONG. Oh god. I present the Magatama. He is willing to confess Maggey's motive right away. Elg had a lottery ticket for half a mill. That was her motive. Now I have to say who stole the lottery ticket. I present Armstrong. I now present the Haiku as proof that he is a thief. Blah, he wants proof. I guess I have to talk to Gumshoe again.
Gumshoe has nothing... oh yeah, my magatama! It never occured to me to present the magatama while using the magatama >_>. My eyes usually kinda skip over it and the attorney's badge. I present it, it works! I now present the loan contract as the proof that he would do it. Unlock successful!
He says that the man won the lottery while he was eating. He was listening to the radio through his earpiece. Armstrong says he did not poison him, but he did take a ticket, he didn't grab the winning one though (elg had multiple)... he is gonna talk more when... GODOT ARRIVES! GODOT MUSIC! He basically mocks Phoenix, says Armstrong grabbed the wrong ticket, and leaves.
So the new mystery is, where did the winning ticket go? To be continued...