Part 95: Episode 4, Day 2, Investigation: Return of the Steel Samurai
Part 95: Episode 4, Day 2, Investigation: Return of the Steel Samurai
Wh-what's that?Music: The Steel Samurai
Sound: Pong
Yes, but why is there a giant one in the park all of the sudden?
Yo! Maya!Sound: Pong
Larry! What the heck is that!? Oh, it was my girl Kiyance's idea...
I feel like I'm watching a magic trick. What is that giant samurai distracting me from? Is it Gourdy?
Dude, she gave it to me along with the banner!
Wow!Sound: Light Bulb
Well, she knows a lot of people.
Right...Free? Everyone knows that shows don't really die, they get syndicated or remade over and over and keep selling merch forever.
Doesn't that Steel Samurai look a little out of place? I mean, it's so huge... I guess it's good advertising.
...
Huh? Really? It looks pretty well made to me.
Hmph. Still a novice, aren't you, Nick. Really...
Maya's too hardcore to just enjoy things I guess.
(These Steel Samurai fans are obviously in a league of their own...)
The giant inflatable Steel Samurai is ridiculous, but at least it's on-brand. What's with all these flags though?
Those flags look sadly out of place here. Flapping listlessly back and forth in a cold wind under a cold sky...
It reminds me of the "War of the Eyeglasses"! ...? The war of the what!?
Sound: Light Bulb
What the heck is it?
(I ask again, what the heck is it!?)Eyeglasses fashion is a cutthroat business in Maya's town I guess.
I went checking through the examine dialogue for all the old stuff (nothing new there) and almost missed this little thing.
What's this machine? That? That's a compressor.
Huh, neat.
Let's get the evidence train rolling.
Sorry, Nick.
No luck with the badge this time.
Maybe Larry will help us look for Gourdy?
Do you think Gourdy really exists?
But I'll keep selling Samurai Dogs until the truth's out!
That's actually it for evidence, let's fill Larry in on what happened today and then ask about the elephant-sized samurai in the room.
Forget Edgey, what is going on with your face there?
Well, we made it through the first day in court all right... I don't know how good our prospects are from here on, though.
Huh.
He's terrified of earthquakes!Sound: Realization
He acts like a little boy! Huh? That's weird.
No? Really?Sound: Light Bulb
Well, we were only in the same class for a little bit.
Transferred? (Right... when the DL-6 Incident happened.) (Doesn't look like Larry knows about it, though.)
Nothing really new there, so let's finally ask the obvious question.
Hey, Larry. When did you get that big... thing? Huh? Oh, the big guy? I've had that for about a month, yeah.
Sound: Pong
Why wasn't it there yesterday?
Th-the compressor was busted. Compressor?
Helpfully, there's no portrait here so we can see the compressor in the background.
That's what I use to put air in the Steel Samurai!
Oh.
There's something there, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'm thinking this giant Steel Samurai is related to Gourdy somehow. Is Larry faking the whole Gourdy thing to drum up business? Did it get left in the lake, and the killer used it like an inflatable raft to get away? Is the loud noise when Gourdy appears really the balloon snapping to the surface, or popping and rapidly deflating? ...I think I'm just spiraling here.
Let's keep exploring.
Music: Silence
...
It's always so quiet, here.
Well, with the murder on the lake and all... They're probably just taking a vacation till it blows over. I get it.Not anything new to actually see there beyond that intro scene, so let's head back over to the woods next.
Sound: Light Bulb
Lotta's here, for whenever we find out something about Gourdy. I've got jack squat right now though.
Music: Happy People
Well? Y'all find anything out about Gourdy? Umm... no, nothing.
It is a little chilly...
Sound: Realization
Music: Silence
Wh-whoa! No you don't! No sneezing!!!Sound: Light Bulb
Whaaa-cho!Sound: Damage 2
Sound: Photo Snap x 11
Oh, Maya.
... I told y'all NO SNEEZING!Sound: Drama Pound
It'd trigger on one of von Karma's finger snaps now!Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Despite the sound, the camera doesn't take any more pictures. Maybe Maya ran it out of film.
Music: Happy People
Yeah, well, sorry's nice but what about my film!?Sound: Whack
Nick... pay the lady. (*sob*)
Maybe we should've waited to see Lotta until we actually had something to show her. Oh well, let's just add the film to Edgeworth's bill.
The topics look similar, but the dialogue is different.
I learned something in today's trial, that's for sure. Testifyin' is serious business!
Huh? Whoa--didn't you say you had information about the case!?Sound: Stab
Tell us that, at least!
Like I said...
Maybe she can give us some kind of hint at how to find Gourdy?
What are you going to do if Gourdy doesn't exist? I'll quit being an investigative photographer. What!?Sound: Light Bulb
Was it a good one?
You bet... a yoofoh! A y-yoofoh...?Sound: Realization
Then that's it! I'll quit and go back to school.
Sound: Super Shock
Yeah, well, I'm takin' a break for a bit. Right...
Oddly, the conversation doesn't get marked as complete, even though selecting it again just repeats the same lines. We must need to find something more about Gourdy and then come back.
Lotta doesn't have much new to say about our evidence, but she has some new lines about her camera now that we've set it off again.
I gotta do what I gotta do to get me a picture of Gourdy!
Just... watch yourself from now on, okay?
Sorry, sorry!Music: Silence
Edgeworth is still in questioning or something, Grossberg is still on vacation, so I guess we're stuck heading back to the police station?
Hey there, pal.Music: Dick Gumshoe - Detective Gumshoe, Pal
What's up? You look out of sorts.
Sound: Realization
Relax, I'm pretty sure Lotta did our case more good than harm. Especially with that enlarged photo proving Edgeworth isn't the shooter. At least not the shooter in the photo.
What do you mean, "again"!?
Whatever, have a seat, pal.
I really like Gumshoe's laughing-talking animation.
Time to check in with my favorite running gag of the game.
That must be one of the detectives. He's mumbling something to himself.
"You're under arrest! I have a warrant..."
... He must be doing image training for making arrests.Despite some of the oddities of the legal system in this game, that training is a pretty good rendition of a Miranda warning during an arrest. Of course, some version of that warning is required in most countries anyway, including Japan.
Gumshoe has nothing new to say about our evidence, but we can ask him about Gourdy. Which we'll get to next.
How is the investigation proceeding? It's not, really. We have another meeting coming up...
His motive?
See, Mr. Edgeworth's father died in the DL-6 Incident...
Robert Hammond.
It's not bad as far as motives go. But why would Edgeworth wait so long? Did losing to Phoenix send him over the edge?
(And Edgeworth never talks about his past...) (I bet they'll drag that out and hit him with it in court tomorrow, too...) Poor Mr. Edgeworth...
I'm not sure Gumshoe qualifies as a "monster myth specialist" but maybe he can help us out?
Say, Detective Gumshoe. Do you know "Gourdy"?
Well... we're looking for it.Music: Silence
Huh!?Sound: Light Bulb
Are you out of your minds!?Sound: Whack
Eeek!Sound: Stab 2
Uh, I guess it does look like we're just wasting our time. Wait, are we just wasting our time?
How about doing a little questioning for me then!?Sound: Damage 2
Oh...
Detective Gumshoe is scaring me, Nick.Sound: Realization
Nick! Try telling him sooner next time!Sound: Whack
Er, sorry.
...Music: Dick Gumshoe - Detective Gumshoe, Pal
... Okay!Sound: Light Bulb
Music: Silence
Sound: Realization
You'll what now.
H-huh!?Music: Investigation - Core
Oh good, I thought he was going to follow us around or something.
Really!?Sound: Light Bulb
You can take whichever one you like!
Of course, we have to actually ask about them directly.
Music: Silence
Okay, give us the goods!Sound: Light Bulb
Music: Investigation - Core
These are our best and brightest!
...Missiles don't strike me as on the "collecting" side of how to deal with evidence. Or something that would be safe in our hands.
M-M-Missile!Sound: Realization
He's a K-9 police dog, still in training! Missile! Missile! Here, boy...
Sound: Yip
That's a lot cuter, and potential useful if Gourdy is an actual living being and comes out of the water to leave a scent trail. I find myself doubting that they'd really let a police dog in training out to run around with some strangers, though.
Here he is. Hey, he's cute!Sound: Light Bulb
(A cute dog...) (And this will help us... how?)
Woof.Sound: Yip
Next, Secret Weapon No. 2... A fishing pole!
Gumshoe, your secret weapons are mildly underwhelming so far. We did get a prompt about using a fishing pole to find Gourdy earlier, but Phoenix also thought it was a "BAD" idea...
Music: Silence
Detective Gumshoe... we're looking for a monster...Sound: Realization
Yeah! How are we supposed to catch a whole sea monster with a fishing pole!?Sound: Whack
Sound: Whack
...!Sound: Stab 2
Music: Investigation - Core
Okay, this next one is the last one. (No, please, I'm already overwhelmed by our choices.)
Hmm. Maybe we can find the other two bullets on the beach somewhere? Or another gun? Or Gourdy the robot?
Music: Silence
Detective Gumshoe... we're looking for something alive.Sound: Realization
Right! How are we supposed to find it with a metal detector!?Sound: Whack
Sound: Whack
Well, which will it be!?Sound: Light Bulb
Umm...
Just like with the two photos that were on Grossberg's desk back in the second episode, we're arbitrarily limited to only taking one of these items with us. If this scenario plays out like that episode, only one of the three will actually let us progress. More likely, I think we'll have to borrow all three, but it'll have to be in a certain order. Or maybe I'm expecting something too complicated out of these investigation sequences.
I can't make up my mind, either... for the totally opposite reason.
Well, I can't see any of these helping immediately, but obviously one of them must unlock something because we're out of other options. So, what should we borrow?