Part 37: Episode 2, Epilogue: Wright & Co.

Part 37: Episode 2, Epilogue: Wright & Co.



Time for our victory lap in the lobby!

Music: Victory! The First Victory



Mia-Maya is still hanging out with us. Is she going to pop in on the regular whenever we need help now?



Which one of you? You know what, never mind.

I'm lucky I had both you and Maya on my side.

I'm glad you made it.

...

Thank you, Phoenix.

You risked a lot to help me... and Maya.





(As long as you "live"...?)

...

My time here's running out.

Huh?

Maya's powers are still weak.



W-what!? No! There's still so much to say!

Don't worry.

I'm sure we'll meet again.

Ch-Chief!

I like how Phoenix has just gone all-in on this spirit medium business, never really questioning it.



Phoenix?

Can you come to the office tonight... say, 9:00?

The office...?





And Mia ghosts out. Do you think Maya remembers everything that just happened, or does she just wake up in the lobby all

Music: Silence



Phoenix seems to be habitually a couple minutes late to the office. It's still the same day, and it's been just four days since Mia's murder.



Ah, we're here at the same time of night so we can re-use the same backdrop, clever.

You came!

Mia...



Huh? Of course I came...

Well then!



M-Mia...?

...



Mia!

Music: Maya Fey ~ Turnabout Sisters Theme



Hey, we get our first new music track in forever as Maya makes her re-appearance.

M-Maya...?



...She has no idea what happened, does she? Or she does and she's pranking us!

(Look like... You WERE her!)



"Oh, Phoenix! Go to the store and buy me lunch, would you?"

Uhm, Maya... Why are you here?



See? Mia wrote me a letter.

"Take care of Phoenix for me."

Well that's thoughtfully convenient. Get possessed by a ghost, but they write you a letter to explain what happened while you were out of it.



She means the office! This office!



So we just...take over?







You know what, this is going to be great. I'm already looking forward to Episode 3 now.

You... don't mind me calling you "Nick," do you?



("Nick"...?)

You know what this means? We're partners!



It is Maya's fault I'm here now.

But...

If it wasn't for her I'd probably be in jail!



Yeah!

Thanks, Maya!



Well, that was adorable.

(I'll always be here... watching.)



Huh? Do... what?

Burgers, dummy! Burgers!



C'mon! Time's a wasting!

O-okay! Wait up!



Holy hell, episode 2 is finally over! It took 27 updates and around 1800 images! I really had no idea what I was in for, that first episode made it seem so easy! Overall I thought the episode was incredibly well done, I loved the new characters, the investigation sequences, and even that the trial was broken up into multiple days, with more investigation in between. The story is over-the-top but somehow works within the setting and the framework that's been set up, even with Mia saving us at the end again (this time as a ghost!).

My only complaint is that the last sequence of the trial seemed unnecessarily drawn out. It really could have ended with Mia showing up, pointing out the receipt in the courtroom, and White confessing from there. Mr. White himself was also kind of disappointing in the trial - after a whole episode of setup and his flamboyant arrogance in his office, his pathetic performance at the trial was a bit of a letdown. The actual ending was somewhat anti-climactic, but I'm hoping that pays off in a future episode. It would have been nice to rub our victory in Edgeworth's face a bit, too, but he kind of disappeared at the end there. I guess in the end it was more Mia's victory than ours, anyway.

Also just to hit on what is now a repeating pattern - the very first contradiction we spotted for both Miss May and Mr. White were once again both lines where they were actually telling the truth (and unintentionally revealing more than they wanted). For Miss May it was pointing out the murder weapon was a clock (which she heard about on the wiretap), and for Mr. White it was seeing Mia dodge to the left (from his perspective as the killer).

I was able to tweak my workflow to keep an update coming out every other day throughout that episode; the main difficulty was in managing different save files for keeping track of branching paths during the investigations! I'm not sure I'll be able to keep up at that pace for the entire game, and I may take a short break before starting the next episode, but I'll do my best to keep this running at a quick pace!

Music: Jingle - It Can't End Here



Are those fighting samurai robots!? Never mind about the break, I'm jumping straight in!