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Japanese foods that were not widely known in the West were changed. Despite the setting in the United States in the localized version, the Japanese justice system of the original remained intact in the localization, as changing it would have altered the entire game structure. As the localization team wanted to keep the humor in the Japanese names for the characters, it was decided to make the English names contain the same kinds of double meanings: character name puns were based on their personalities or backgrounds, or were visual gags. A lot of the names were determined with the original Japanese name in mind; for the game's third episode, several Japanese names were used without changes, since they were English puns to begin with. For some other characters, the names had to be altered heavily from the Japanese originals. Due to the dramatic feeling of the last episode, the characters in it were given names that sounded more like real names, while still making use of deeper meanings. Takumi personally approved all the English names; for one of the names, Takumi and the localization team had a discussion for days, as Takumi did not think the English name conveyed the same feeling as the Japanese one.

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to act as prosecutor. At the last second, Edgeworth arrives and steps in to replace her. While in court, Phoenix points to evidence that proves that Engarde's manager, Adrian Andrews, planted evidence to frame Engarde, suggesting that she is Corrida's murderer. However, Phoenix is horrified when he later discovers that Engarde is actually a cruel psychopath who admits to hiring de Killer to assassinate Juan to prevent him and Andrews from revealing a scandal at the ceremony that would have destroyed Engarde's reputation. As a result, Phoenix becomes increasingly pressured over deciding whether to convict Engarde at the cost of Maya's life, or acquit him - saving Maya but letting Andrews take the fall for Matt's crime. With help from Edgeworth and evidence obtained by Franziska, Phoenix reveals to de Killer that Engarde betrayed his trust and planned to blackmail him with hidden camera footage of the murder. Furious, de Killer cancels his contract with Engarde and declares him his next target; fearing for his life, Engarde pleads guilty and is convicted of Juan's murder. As thanks for Phoenix revealing Engarde's betrayal, de Killer releases Maya, who reunites with Phoenix and Pearl. There is also a

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in the game's third episode; he really wanted to do this, as performing magic was a hobby of his. The episode includes two themes that he wanted to explore: the difficulties in forming a cohesive team with different people, and a person who against the odds tries to make something whole. The former was reflected in how the circus members come together at the end, while the latter was reflected in the character Moe. Several different versions of the fourth episode were created, partially because of them running out of memory on the game's cartridge, but also because of the popularity of the character of Miles Edgeworth: Takumi had originally planned to let Edgeworth be the prosecutor in all episodes, but when they were in full production the development team learned that the character had become popular, which led to Takumi feeling that he had to use the character more carefully and sparingly. Because of this, he created the character Franziska von Karma, to save Edgeworth for the game's last case, and avoid a situation where he – a supposed prodigy – loses every case. The character

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try to find any inconsistencies. There are two options available during cross-examinations: "press", which makes the player question a particular statement, which sometimes makes the witnesses change their testimony; and "present", which is used to show a piece of evidence or a character profile that the player thinks shows a contradiction in the witness's currently shown statement. In the upper right corner of the screen, the player's health bar is shown, representing the judge's patience. The bar decreases if the player makes mistakes, such as presenting the wrong piece of evidence; if it reaches zero, the defendant is declared guilty, and the player loses the game. While the player cannot lose the game while trying to break a psyche-lock, the bar will still decrease if the player presents the wrong evidence while trying to break psyche-locks. 50% of the bar is restored when the player manages to break all psyche-locks on a topic, and 100% is restored when an episode is completed.

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like Capcom had "cut some corners". He called the music "uniformly outstanding and used masterfully", both for conveying various moods throughout the story, and for characters' personalities. Harris found the music "moody and appropriate", but wished that there had been a full voice-over as an option. He said that the game's art was nice, but not more than that. Thomas called the localization outstanding despite finding some errors, finding it impressive how smoothly Capcom was able to localize such a text-heavy game. Harris liked the game's localization, saying that the localization team's writing was what made the game design work so well. Walker called the localization incredible, and said that while there are a few spelling errors and grammatical errors in the text, it did not bother him much as the localization was included in the Japanese Nintendo DS release.

769:"heated arguments" about how to get his personality and tone right; and Morgan Fey, whose "very old style" of speaking in the Japanese version was difficult to translate to English. One aspect they had to change due to cultural differences was a conversation with the lecherous character Director Hotti, where an animation of him grabbing in the air with his hands is played while he talks about Pearl. According to Hsu, the Japanese version is considered funny to Japanese people, as Hotti is set up as the "butt of the joke", and Phoenix reacts negatively to him, while it would have been considered sickening to an American audience. They were unable to change the animation, so the dialogue was rewritten to instead be directed at an adult nurse. 658:; additionally, he felt that he did not have any "tricks" left to use for mysteries or any story threads to work off of. He wanted to protest, but still ended up having to do it. As soon as he returned to his desk, he drafted a work schedule: he scheduled two and a half month to write the dialogue, with half a month per episode, leaving him with a month to create the first prototype and figure out the "tricks" to be used in the mysteries. He doubted that he would be able to do it in time, but managed to write the whole script by the deadline. However, due to issues with memory on the game's cartridge, one episode ended up having to be cut from the game; it was later used as the third episode of the third game. 565:, Phoenix uncovers a conspiracy between Mimi Miney, a disgruntled nurse who was the true culprit of the malpractice incident and had been posing as her deceased sister Ini, and Pearl's mother Morgan Fey, who held a deep hatred of Maya's mother Misty Fey. The two plotted to kill Grey and frame Maya, ruining her chances of succeeding her mother as spiritual leader of Kurain, and replace her with Pearl. Miney confesses to both the murder and her real identity, Morgan is sentenced to solitary confinement for her crimes, and Phoenix decides to take Pearl in as one of his assistants. Morgan swears that, one day, she will again attempt to make Pearl the spiritual leader of Kurain Village. 753:. According to JP Kellams, another staff member working on the localization, there was a lot of pressure on them to make a good localization, as the first game's localization had been well received; he also felt that there was room for creativity due to the game's style and subject, with room for humor that might not fit in other localizations. A lot of the humor in the original was based on Japanese wordplay; these jokes had to be redone entirely for the English release. Hsu felt that the game was more demanding than previous projects they had worked on, as the localizers "almost have to become " in order to get the nuance and motivations right due to their complexity. 505:

and talk. By choosing "examine", the player can move a cursor around the screen and look at various things in the environment; by choosing "move", the player reaches a sub-menu with all locations they can choose to move to; by choosing "present", the player can choose to show a piece of evidence or a character profile to a character at the location; and by choosing "talk", the player is able to pick a topic to discuss with a character who is present at the location. As the player talks to a character, the topics they have already discussed get marked with a checkmark.

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mixed with gameplay in the trials. Thomas found the psyche-locks interesting, but underwhelming as the only new feature. East said that the psyche-locks were what made the investigations fun. Reparaz liked how the psyche-lock mechanic adds "a new dimension of weirdness" to the game. Both Harris and Thomas wished that the game had been less linear, with more possible wrong paths to take or more endings. Thomas, Reparaz and East wished that the Nintendo DS-exclusive gameplay features introduced in the first game's final episode had been used in

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artist testifying for the prosecution, as the true murderer and Phoenix's attacker, saving Maggey. Later, circus magician Maximillion Galactica is accused of murdering his employer Russell Berry following a salary dispute. Despite Franziska's interference, Phoenix proves that Acro, one of Max's fellow performers, framed him after mistakenly killing Berry, having intended to kill Berry's daughter in revenge for an incident that left his brother comatose.

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according to him, he immediately had a vision of the psyche lock system during the meeting with Inaba, but still asked for three days to come up with an idea. He found it easy to formulate the idea, but it took over a month to create the system; the biggest problem was how to visually represent the psyche locks. Takumi also drew

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found the investigation sections tedious at times, but found them to be helped by how the psyche-locks add "courtroom drama" to the investigations. Juba thought that the game's reliance on text made the investigations move slowly, but that the game becomes an "irresistible adventure" when the text is

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was originally intended to be a rival character around the same age as Maya, only appearing in the game's second episode; one of the game's designers suggested that it would be more dramatic if she were much younger, so Takumi wrote her as an eight-year-old. As he ended up liking her, he included her

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During the investigation sections, the player investigates the case to gather evidence needed for the trial; once enough evidence has been collected, the game moves on to the next chapter of the episode. During these sections, the player has access to a menu with four options: examine, move, present,

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Walker found the court sections "maddening" due to how the game sometimes requires very specific evidence to be presented, with evidence that he found reasonable being rejected, forcing him to resort to guessing; he wished that the health meter would have been replenished through correct answers, or

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was considered a "major point". While the first game's tutorial involved Phoenix being helped through his first trial by his mentor Mia and the judge, this could not be used twice, which led to the idea of giving Phoenix a temporary amnesia from a blow to the head. Takumi included a circus and magic

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Edgeworth explains that his absence was spent soul-searching for "the answer" as to what it means to be a prosecutor; he and Phoenix reconcile, while Franziska leaves. Edgeworth confronts her at the airport, where Franziska breaks down and admits her jealousy of Edgeworth and desire to prove herself

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During an awards ceremony, Maya is kidnapped by assassin Shelly de Killer, who threatens to kill her if Phoenix does not win an acquittal for actor Matt Engarde, who has been arrested under suspicion of killing his rival, Juan Corrida. As a "present", de Killer shoots Franziska, rendering her unable

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During the courtroom sections, the player attempts to get the defendant the correct verdict by questioning witnesses and presenting evidence to the judge and the prosecutor. Many witnesses lie or make errors during their testimonies; the player is able to move back and forth through the testimony to

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According to Gay, characters with "extreme personality quirks" were both fun and stressful to write: for the clown Moe, he found it challenging to get the balance right between his silly jokes and the seriousness of his dialogue. Among other challenging characters to write for were Acro, who led to

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was one of their largest games to localize due to its focus on the story, and how it needs to convey the whole game world and its characters through just text; this made it a challenge to make the characters relatable for an American audience. Another thing the localization team had to keep in mind

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After finishing writing the dialogue, Takumi was called into another meeting with Inaba, and was told to add a new gameplay mechanic to the investigations. Takumi wanted to keep the gameplay simple enough for his mother to be able to play it, and keep it focused on the core concept of finding lies;

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to the character, the player is able to start breaking the psyche-locks and unlock the topics; this is done by showing the character evidence or character profiles that proves they are hiding something. The deeper the secret is that the character is hiding, the more psyche-locks appear; by breaking

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games to be part of one larger work, he did not want the first game to look outdated in comparison to later ones, so it was decided to keep the same graphics for main characters such as Phoenix, Maya and Edgeworth throughout all their appearances, and not make updates to them. The game's music was

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for the episodes' openings, which consisted of series of detailed drawings that show what is happening. He also drew rough sketches of cut-in illustrations; it was only decided after all the text had been written what scenes would have illustrations made for them. While the game's opening features

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After Maya's trial, Phoenix is hired by policewoman Maggey Byrde, who is accused of murdering her boyfriend. However, he is attacked with a fire extinguisher before the trial and suffers amnesia as a result. Gradually regaining his memory during the trial, Phoenix exposes Richard Wellington, a con

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Vore said that the game is lacking in "advanced graphics and interface", but felt that it makes up for it through its charm and intrigue. Thomas called the character designs outstanding, but thought that the reused art assets for returning characters and locations from the first game made it feel

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said that the script, while entertaining, contains "long stretches of meaningless dialogue" and tends to leave the player knowing what happened and how to prove it before Phoenix does. He initially liked the new rival character Franziska, but thought that she only becomes increasingly obnoxious.

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were not passed, anti-Japanese sentiments were not powerful, and where Japanese culture flourished. This dictated what should be localized and what should be kept Japanese; things relating to the Fey clan and the Kurain channeling technique were kept Japanese, as that was Maya's heritage, while

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had already been localized, with the original localization team having decided to do a full localization, changing the setting from Japan to Los Angeles. While Hsu thought that this was the right choice to make, as it made the characters and dialogue more relatable and made for an emotional

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who defends people accused of murder in four different episodes. At first, only one episode is available; as the player solves a case, a new episode is unlocked to play. The episodes are all divided into chapters, consisting of courtroom sections and investigation sections.

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If the player chooses a topic the witnesses does not want to discuss, the player is shown locks and chains on top of the character, referred to as "psyche-locks"; additionally, a lock symbol is added to that topic in the talk menu. By presenting a

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on February 21, 2019, in Japan, and on April 9, 2019, internationally; a Windows version was released internationally on the same date. The PC version of the collection was among the best-selling new releases of the month on

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where Engarde is declared innocent, and Andrews is subsequently convicted; as a result, Phoenix gives up practicing law and, despite de Killer releasing her, he never sees Maya again.

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superior to him, but now feels that she cannot with such huge losses on her record. Recognizing that she needs to find the same answers he did, she returns to her native Germany.

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One of the first decisions Hsu had to make was how to localize Maya's hometown and the mysticism of the Fey clan. They came up with the idea that the localized versions of the

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experience closer to what players of the Japanese version experience, it resulted in issues with each following game. According to the localization editor, Brandon Gay,

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trilogy, with a grand finale in the third game's last case. Development of the game began immediately when Takumi returned to work from his vacation: the producer,

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found the game entertaining, calling the writing hilarious and the problem-solving clever, with the two aspects complementing each other well. Aaron Thomas at

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liked the game, praising the game's story and calling the characters its greatest strength. He thought that the pacing was better than the first

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s, but still found the game to be a step back: he felt that the game often reuses the same kinds of twists from the first. Gerald Villoria at

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introduces psyche-locks, representing witnesses' secrets. The player breaks the locks by presenting evidence to get access to new information.

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Dr. Turner Grey, a private surgeon who lost his reputation due to malpractice that resulted in the death of several patients, requests

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praised the mix of seriousness and comedy, and liked the characters' quirkiness and the pacing of the conversations. John Walker at

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version, initially released in 2006 in Japan, was released in English in the West in 2007. The game is the second entry in the

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called the episodes well structured and stronger than the ones in first game, and called the dialogue sharp. Mikel Reparaz at

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version followed on October 26, 2006, in Japan, on January 16, 2007, in North America, and on March 16, 2007, in Europe. A

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who defends his clients in four episodes. Among other characters are his investigative partner and spirit medium

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direction has been handled by Janet Hsu; by the time they joined Capcom's localization team in 2005, the first

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on January 26, 2010, in Japan, on February 15, 2010, in North America, and on February 19, 2010, in Europe.

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the judge, it was originally supposed to have featured a demon instead; this was because Takumi was playing

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port of the Game Boy Advance version, developed by a company called Daletto, was released in Japan in an

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said that the episodes are well written, with enthusiasm and personality, making them hard to put down.

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called the game "splendidly crazy as ever" and "the most joyfully daft fun imaginable". Tom East at

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games take place in Los Angeles in an alternative universe where anti-Japanese laws like the

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The game was originally released for the Game Boy Advance on October 18, 2002, in Japan; a

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was to ensure that recurring characters were consistent with how they behave in the first

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all the locks, the topic gets unlocked and the player is given access to new information.

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trilogy. It was originally intended to feature the first game's prosecutor,

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at the time, and had liked its opening. As Takumi wanted the first three

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are told in a non-linear order; they are presented below chronologically.

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in 2002 in Japan, and has since been released on multiple platforms. The

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