Huh y'know I've never noticed a dude in this picture before.

It could be Badd and it is the GK team working on the game I think but I reckon its probably just a cape, I doubt they'll show many characters from GK short of maybe Edgeworth and Gumshoe because it is the main series after all.

Just because he's standing in the remains and amongst rubble doesn't automatically mean he has anything to do with it.
And considering what he all did in GK1, would it really be surprising that he did more bad stuff, even if it was in the name of "Justice"?

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Well I'd be very happy to see Badd come back because he was badass awesome and possibly my favourite character from that game but I just don't feel they'd include him. Though if they do this screenshot seems to implicate him in the bombing and that's worrying.

Like SuperAj3, I assume that's just Apollo Silhouette Prosecutor.

Badd's around 68 and may well be still in prison, I don't see him having any direct involvement in this. (Plus, the hairstyles don't match.)
Capcom could use GS5 to tie GS and GK together, but would they?.

Crack theory: It's Slenderman wearing a trench coat. It could explain why this man is tall, has noodle arms, and has a bald head. He chased Shinobu into the courtroom and then saw it blow up. And then he'll be called as a witness during the trial.

Wait, if Slenderman has no face, how can he testify?
Is this gonna be like in 1-4 with the parrot?

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He'll object and present the note, and then the screen will start getting static-y. As the static builds, he won't have enough time to know what's going on until the whole screen blacks out. Then a message will pop-up saying you collected "Pages 1/8".

Well it's a good way to get rid of that idiot Judge finally.

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You mean one of the most lovable characters and the most consistent source of comedy in court in what is a comedy themed game? No comedic judge no sale.

I admit he had a few funny lines ("You're thinking of having me killed, Mr Wright!?", "Noooooo....! Oh wait, I'm not being accused her!") but there is a limit of stupidity that I can take, even in comedy.

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There's a difference between making me "bleed fury" and things that are just so stupid that they give me a headache.
I'm replaying Case 3-5 right now and the sheer stupidity of this case makes me cringe. But it doesn't make me want to kill people - maybe slap the developers for creating such idiotic scenarios.

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Besides the ragged look of the coat, it doesn't really look like Bad to me. The jacket, specifically the left arm, looks like it has been ripped off, and the jacket doesn't come down enough behind him. Now, these can be explained: The jacket could have been damaged in the blast, and there could be wind blowing around, but then I would argue that the symbolic reasoning for the silhouette would be lessened greatly. If you want to put a silhouette in there that people will recognize as Bad, why change it to the point where many won't recognize it? I also concur with others who say it wouldn't really make sense to bring his character back (although I haven't played GK2 so I don't know much about what happens there).

My current opinion is that this is someone not necessarily related to the first case or the judicial system, but possibly the one responsible for setting the events in motion and maybe related to the overall conflict/non-prosecutor antagonist in the game. (Maybe having something to do with Trucy's absence? I mean, to be honest, to me it looks more like a Cape than an overcoat, although that's really reaching since I doubt any Gramarye story will be important in this game).

A lot of questions about this game. Of course it's supposed to be released this year in Japan so we'll probably have tons of information in a couple of months.

Wait...has Trucy been confirmed to be missing at the start of the game or something?

No, that's just an asumption everyone's making that because this isn't Apollo's game, Trucy won't be in it at all. Personaly, I think it's a pretty stupid asumption, and I'll be pretty bad if Trucy doesn't apear in the game in some way, unless it's for a good reason.

Yeah phew ok, for a worried there I thought that meant the shot of Phoenix looking at the locket with Trucy implied she was missing or worse and it had just went over my head.

Don't know what they are worried about, all that's been shown is a bit of the first trial, some anime scenes (probably introduction ones), a like a screenshot or two of investigating. Of course Trucy and Apollo can still be in it.

I think it's Mystery Prosecutor too, except it doesn't look like this person has his long curly hair and scarf. Though he might have long hair but the shot's too far away. Or...

Crack theory: It's Slenderman wearing a trench coat. It could explain why this man is tall, has noodle arms, and has a bald head. He chased Shinobu into the courtroom and then saw it blow up. And then he'll be called as a witness during the trial.

Wow, for some reason I was under the impression the trailer hinted she was gone/kidnapped/in danger. I thought someone said he was on the phone trying to find someone and then it cut to the locket.

Either way, if she or Apollo were in some kind of danger I doubt it would be for the whole game. I'm thinking a last case kind of thing. I personally hope they're in the game a lot though.

My main point was that it seems too different to be Badd, and is most probably a new character, and that if they were going to want people to recognize his silhouette then they should make it a little less messed up. This is assuming this isn't just one frame of a video or something. They could have picked the most vague frame and in 5 seconds the coat will stop blowing around.

People on tumblr were basing this assumption just because of the animation screenshot of Phoenix holding the locket with Trucy's picture...true story.

But animation is not such an easy thing to do, you always have to make things look simpler from far away. Rereading the topic opening I guess it looks like I kind of jumped the guns there, feel free to prove me wrong if you have a better guess than mine, I'm only suggesting.

Well if he's the prosecutor we can still argue that he's wearing a hat, problem solved.

Soooooo, now that we've got our first look at Apollo for GS5, anyone else convinced that the guy standing here is him?

Trenchcoat? Check
Empty sleeves? Check
Raised collar? Check
Ripped coattails? Check
Hair Antenna? Ummm... I don't know.

Could this also prove that Apollo was the target of the courthouse bomb, and that the bomb damaged his arms and right eye?

In my opinion it is him. Everything matches up perfectly, with the exception of his hair. My honest opinion is that his hair was photo shopped out so that it wouldn't totally give it away when they showed it.

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's him with the new scans now, I really wasn't expecting Capcom to pull this designs out of their hats. I guess we can blame the far away character for the missing antenna? Or maybe they tried to make some kind of "Detective Conan anonymous character" but with more details?

I'd bet $5 when that scene is in the actual game you'll be able to see Apollo's antenna. It's a little bit like when a big anticipated film sequel comes out, and they photoshop out things in the trailer that could spoil things right away for the hardcore fans.

Maybe you're right even though it's false advertisement—not that it hasn't been done before. I really hope he drop that coat down once he gets better, the tattered coat worn on the back like Badd and like some said the Von Karma-ish(?) air doesn't fit him in my opinion.

I don't expect Polly to change so much to the point of his personality being unrecognizable, he's probably the same dork, just a bit more mature.

Though the bandage is tied very inefficiently to trail out that far behind him.

It's admittedly kind of hard to buy Apollo as a "badass" when he was such a dork during GS4. Then again, a lot of can happen in a year so who knows.