Part 116: Episode 4, Epilogue: Celebration

Part 116: Episode 4, Epilogue: Celebration



Music: Victory! The First Victory

Nick! Nick! We did it!





I gotta say, I'm impressed.

Heh... It was pretty close, though.

I was sure we'd had it.



But now it's all just a good memory!

...

So, it's finally over, Edgeworth.

...



Yeah?

...



I know! I know!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Try "thank you."

I... I see.

...



Y-you're welcome.

I think you could have done better than that!



You got a lot to learn, Edgeworth!
^{Sound: Whack}

(She's got you there...)


^{Sound: Drama Pound}

A wild Gumshoe appears!


^{Sound: Damage 2}

I'll never forget this! I owe you one, pal.
^{Sound: Whack}

And tonight, let's party! Dinner's on me!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



But who cares!
^{Sound: Whack}



That's how you say "thank you"!

Hmm. I... I see.

*ahem*

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Super Shock}

...

I... I feel foolish.
^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Victory! The First Victory






^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Lotta!

Y'all were great in there!

Thank you!

Yo, Edgeworth! Congrats!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



I knew you were innocent from the start, of course.


^{Sound: Whack}



Yeah, well, let bygones be bygones, eh?
^{Sound: Stab}

Speaking of which, what are you doing now, Lotta?

Who, me? Aww, I went back to college.



Wasn't she still hanging around the park two days ago?

Really? That's too bad.

Huh?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

?



Huh?

Music: Silence


^{Sound: Realization}

Oy, this guy again.

Wh-why the sad face, Larry!? What happened now!?
^{Sound: Stab}

Oh, Nick... I'm not long for this world.

Uh... you don't look sick...



She's leaving me behind!!!
^{Sound: Stab 2}

Music: Victory! The First Victory

(Should've seen that coming...)

Yo, Edgey! There you are!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Um, yes, here I am.


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Celebration? That's unusual for you.
^{Sound: Realization}



Huh? Uh... thanks! Looking forward to it!

(Yo, yo, Nick!)

(That's the suit that questioned me!)



Uh, I think you'll be fine, Larry.

Wright...

Yeah? What's up?



Sonofabitch, Larry can pay Edgeworth but not us?

Well, yeah. That's not that strange. People give money away to celebrate sometimes.





Huh. What a weird amount. I mean, it's not a little, but it's not a lot either.

...

$38.00 exactly?
^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Silence

N-N-Nick!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



$38...!

No...


^{Sound: Drama Pound
Sound: Light Bulb}

Music: Victory! The First Victory

What are you so surprised about, Wright?
^{Sound: Realization}

Huh?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



But that doesn't automatically rule him out as a suspect.

What?
^{Sound: Shock 2}

Think back to that day, fifteen years ago.



Then he saw the money lying there... and the rest is history.



...

Edgeworth... you didn't know, did you?

I suspected.



Geez, and I was feeling all proud of myself for having figured that one out, too.

Everyone else was saying you did it. The whole class was against you, remember?

Yeah... too well.

Wright, you may not know this, but we used to have a saying back in school.



I know, I know.
^{Sound: Super Shock}

Really, Wright. I'm surprised you didn't figure it out!

Oh, hush, you. You acted like you didn't even remember the whole class trial thing yesterday.



Edgeworth...

Hmm?

You should have told me!
^{Sound: Whack}

Now, now, Nick. It was fifteen years ago!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



I'd say so, yes.

There you have it!

Grr...

Where does that leave me!? I became a defense attorney because of what you two did!


^{Sound: Realization}

You're welcome.


^{Sound: Realization}

You're welcome, too!

D-death! The death sentence for both of you!
^{Sound: Super Shock}

Man, if I only had known, I'd have become a prosecutor!
^{Sound: Objection
Sound: Damage 2}



For the longest time, I thought that I might have killed my own father.

I thought I might be a criminal.

I became a prosecutor in part to punish myself.



Edgeworth...

Want to switch, Wright?


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

Hey, photo time! Let's go!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

And after that, dinner on me!
^{Sound: Light Bulb}





We celebrated Edgeworth's new found freedom.

Even though Edgeworth himself was still in detention.

...What? He was declared not guilty, he can't just walk out of there?



Music: Silence





...Phoenix, did you celebrate at the office and pass out? Or do you often sleep there?

My head hurts...



Hmm?
^{Sound: Realization}



Music: Turnabout Sisters Ballad



You were really impressive yesterday.

Seeing you...



I'm a spirit medium... in training, of course.



I wanted to help you.



So, I've decided to go back to my training.

I'll become a full-fledged spirit medium, for starters.



Goodbye, Nick.



Music: Silence



Gah! The first trains for the mountains have already left! To the station!
^{Sound: Realization}





I am impressed with this epilogue for both the callbacks to references earlier in the episode (the class trial, Maya feeling useless) and that they made a new static background just for this scene.

I guess I'm too late...

...


^{Sound: Light Bulb}

N-Nick!

Maya!

...

...

...

Music: Turnabout Sisters Ballad

So... you're leaving?

Yeah.



And...

I think you'll do fine without me, Nick.

Be good... okay!





Music: Silence


^{Sound: Objection}

W-wait!

Music: Turnabout Sisters Ballad

What?

...

I never could have saved Edgeworth without your help.

Huh?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}



You heard my sister...?

Yes... only her voice, but still...



Well, that's my sister for you.



I'm the only one who couldn't help. I was useless, Nick.

But you were the one who stopped von Karma, Maya!

Huh?
^{Sound: Light Bulb}

I-I didn't do anything!
^{Sound: Whack}



Sorry, but I have evidence that you helped!

E-evidence?
^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Silence

(Show Maya some evidence to cheer her up!)



This one's easy. Our final proof would not have been possible without Maya confronting Karma in the records room.




^{Sound: Realization}

Music: Turnabout Sisters Ballad

von Karma was convinced he had taken all of the evidence pertaining to DL-6!



This was the bullet that put an end to von Karma!



Nick...



...

...

I'll be back soon.

Music: Silence

Huh?


^{Sound: Realization}

...

Okay. I'll be waiting.

...



Music: Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters Theme





^{Sound: Alarm}

So... this is it.

...That didn't sound like any train whistle I'd ever heard. What a bummer way to end the game, though.

















and say goodbye to the novice defense attorney that I once was...

Music: Silence

Now a new story begins...

Music: End

Looks like it's time for the end credits. For those who prefer it, I uploaded a video link for these final scenes.

With the same old crazy cast of characters...




^{Sound: Desk Slam}

Hah! Don't think you've graduated yet, amateur!



Er... yes, Your Honor.

(Uh oh... I got a bad feeling about this...)


^{Sound: Objection}





The writing in this game is fantastic. I have to credit the translation team, too, even though they don't appear in the actual credits here.



Talk about a pleasant surprise!


^{Sound: Super Shock
Sound: Stab}

Then he hung his head low and went right back outside.









The visual designs on the characters are great. The backgrounds are okay, but what impressed me was how easy it was to find everything I was supposed to find in every scene. No hunt-the-pixel madness here, everything is signposted or telegraphed really well.



I think this part is supposed to be someone else/some documentary interviewing people about us now?

Who, me? I've been working at a cheese shop!



Huh? Oh, she's in Hawaii right now, yeah...





Oh, hey, more graphics. Uh, see above?



I remember you, too, Mr. Payne! You were fun to destroy way back in the first episode.

I hear he's been busy lately.



Well that's certainly one way to look at it.

I'm sure he's grateful.





It's probably not as complicated as most video games, but I have to say the programming was as good as the writing here. I tried everything I could to sequence break and the plot flagging was solid, and every action had either prepared dialogue or triggered a generic response.



Ah, yes, the crazy bellboy.

Ah! The defense attorney for whom I wrote that affidavit for, yes!



Good for you, bellboy...

Should you be in the area, please, stop by...





Oh, more programming. Kudos to you as well then!



I wonder whose view we're seeing, if it's not from Phoenix?

Phoenix Wright? Ah yes, Mia's understudy, was he not?

I wonder how he's doing. Haven't seen him of late...



Maybe Phoenix decided to take a vacation until Maya comes back?





I definitely enjoyed the music as well. There were 27 total tracks in the end, and all of them were great and really set the scene well.



Well, I'm not buying it! You can't be a star with a name like "Phoenix"!



on DVD in one of them box set thingies that you can buy now-a-days and all

not that I know what a "DVD" is or why they use three-letter words for just about



Good old Oldbag rant. Though nowadays it's the kids that don't know what a "DVD" is.





I enjoyed the sound effects, too, and I hope my posting them where I could enhanced your own experience a bit. The "Light Bulb" and "Realization" ones became pretty well-known by the end.



I sure owe that Mr. Wright a great deal. *sniff*



I wouldn't want to ruin any kids' dreams, y'know.





Hmm, what can I say about publicity. I mean, I heard about this game mostly through internet memes and only ever heard good things about it, but that seems more of an after-effect. Still, the game had to be publicized well enough to sell well enough to even get into that pop culture state in the first place I suppose.



It sounds like she caught a cold standing under a waterfall.

Oh, good, Maya finally found her waterfall!



She says she can't buy them where she is. What kind of place is she living at anyway?





...I'm sure the game manual was great when the game first came out.



But... you know. I snuck into the studio the other day.

And I saw her... the one inside the Pink Princess suit!







Well, what can I say here? This game is well-polished from top to bottom.



Huh, me? I'm in training to become a paranormal photographer!



....Wait, did she somehow see Mia hanging around?

For real! Now that's talent! I'm gonna be famous!







Hahaha Mia is in the picture!





Well, looks like that's it. Episode 4 really was a magnificent capstone to the game. The pacing was much better than Episode 3, and the twists were still amazing. Building up a cast of crazy characters and then using that expectation of craziness to slip the two villains past the player is just brilliant. I had no idea Yogi was faking his issues, or that Karma was anything more than a souped-up Edgeworth put out there to scare us. Edgeworth was a frustrating client and the game went out of its way to keep us from talking to him at times, but it never felt as blatant or annoying as in the prior episodes. Even Larry started to rub off on me a bit. Just a bit!

Having the episode tie up all the references and character development from the prior episodes is just the icing on the cake from there. DL-6 and the class trial perfectly showcased Edgeworth's story and rewarded the emotional investment we put into him the last two episodes. Even Maya had growth in this episode, confronting her own abilities and insecurities and deciding to do something about it. Phoenix, as the player's viewoint, didn't have as much going on, but when the player was picking the right options Phoenix was definitely getting more confident and competent as the game went on.

One interesting observation from this episode, compared to the prior ones - we never really tripped up the villains directly. Yogi caved on his own after we put the squeeze on his parrot, and Karma confessed after we picked apart Edgeworth's self-incrimination. We really just used our hard-won evidence to defeat both enemies, instead of them almost beating themselves with their testimonies. Our victory seems better-earned, this time around.

All right, I guess that just about wraps this one up!













...?

Music: Jingle - It Can't End Here



...There's more?











Okay, okay, I knew this one was coming. It's impossible to avoid all spoilers I guess. Here's the deal - four years after this game's original release, it was re-released on the Nintendo DS. Along with the original game, Capcom also included a bonus episode. That bonus episode is also included in the HD trilogy version I'm playing, so we'll head into it next. Just keep in mind, it's really separate from the original game; in fact, it was released after both of the remaining games in the trilogy had already come out, though it takes place between this game and the next. Since the DS release of this game was the first release outside of Japan, everyone else may have been confused on first playing it - Episode 4 sure seems like the end, so what's this other episode doing? The only other thing I really know about Episode 5... is that it's huge. We'll see more on what it's all about next time!