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as they happened. The player can inspect items and interact with the environment using the touch screen, and can view visions of the past by manipulating the area to make it look like what it looked like when the crime was committed. After all of the visions in an area have been found, the player will be given a series of clips that are out of order. Putting the clips in order reveals a short video where the murder is shown. J has a "psychic
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meter" which depletes if the players uses his abilities on areas irrelevant to the case. Completely draining the meter results in a
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628:"CING/作品情報/家庭用ゲーム/AGAIN FBI超心理捜査官"
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315:and incorporating a realistic
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924:. Nintendo Everything
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529:Nintendo World Report
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220:, known in Japan as
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386:Publication
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361:Aggregator
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