How Layton Forever Changed Ace Attorney

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  @bowloflentils · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Correction: I accidentally said that The Great Ace Attorney takes place in the early years of the 19th century but it actually takes place near the end of the century. <br>EDIT (2022): I would also like to add that I overlooked an important aspect of Ace Attorney&apos;s history in my video. After completing Ace Attorney 3 in 2004, Shu Takumi tried to move away from the franchise at the time and develop what would eventually become Ghost Trick. Takumi was not initially planning to work on AA4 and was hoping to only supervise a new team that would direct the title. However, that new team ran into development troubles and Takumi ended up becoming the 4th game&apos;s writer regardless. So you could say that the &quot;dominion effect&quot; I mentioned in the conclusion actually began in 2004. You can read more about this period in the franchise&apos;s history in this interview: <a href="https://gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-long-interview-with-developers-core.html">https://gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-long-interview-with-developers-core.html</a>

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  @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 · 2 years ago

  I also like how Phoenix is the Goku to Layton&apos;s Superman in the crossover.

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  @issacthompson330 · 5 years ago

  My favorite part of the game is that Ace Attorney and Professor Layton are canonically set in the same universe despite being owned by different companies.

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• ED

  @Eddiegames9 · 5 years ago

  Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, despite its shaky development, and admittedly slightly mediocre climax, is honestly an incredible title, with excellent music, visual style, puzzles, and trials throughout it&apos;s entire run time, while keeping a strong pace and introducing interesting elements throughout. It&apos;s probably my 2nd favorite title for each franchise respectively.

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  @umbertodeclemente · 5 years ago

  Despite everything, this crossover is still one of the most ambitious and incredible project coming from both Capcom and Level-5. I still remember the day I bought and played this game for the first time, it was incredible. I grew up as a Layton fan, since in my country AA never reached as much popularity as the former, but now I want to try some instalments of the franchise, I’ll probably buy the bundle of the trilogy + the great ace attorney

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  @FelisImpurrator · 9 months ago

  I love that they refer to it as the &quot;Incident at the Okonomiyaki Restaurant&quot; like it&apos;s an ingame case.

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  @ezool18 · 5 years ago

  it&apos;s really funny bc growing up i was a PL fan, and i hadn&apos;t really heard of AA until i heard about the crossover. so my first ever AA game WAS the crossover, and ever since then i&apos;ve been hooked on the series. AJAA is also my favorite mainline AA game, and i was always bummed that it never got the true continuation i thought it deserved, but this video really shed light on a lot of curious questions i had, so thank you for this!!

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  @yokonamigaara · 5 years ago

  The fact the DD team were told they didnt have to follow up on any story threads from 4 explains a lot but is also infuriating if the series is supposed to be a continuous story

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  @NotAGoodUsername360 · 5 years ago

  It was still absolute genius to use a crossover to explain the uncanny art style as the AA team struggled to adapt their art style into 3D, and outright admitted as such in the developer notes. Putting the early AA models next to Layton characters instantly creates a feeling of No Man&apos;s Land that just helps sell the art style.

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  @marngamarx5787 · 5 years ago

  I mean, it&apos;s because of the cross over that I ever got into Ace Attorney, and now I love it just as much as professor Layton - i just hope the great ace attorney chronicles sell well enough to rejuvenate the series in the west--

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  @slimeprivilege · 5 years ago

  man i miss both these franchises like crazy. i remember the crossover being fun for what it was but was hoping for a more 50/50 experience but remember it being more of a layton game than an ace attorney one. so hyped up to finally play the dai gyakuten games in a few days!

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  @Crane043 · 5 years ago

  I remember being SUPER blown away by the advancement for the series this game provided. The 3D graphics looked great, awesome new mechanics and an AMAZING OST.<br>Shu Takumi&apos;s involvement was definitely the deal sealer for the game. Only thing that&apos;s unfortunate is that he wasn&apos;t involved in the mainline AAs in DD and SoJ ..

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