A question regarding Case 3

Question: Any interesting new developments with Maya's story? I take it we're meant to infer for the last several years she's been busy doing spirit training and such, but there any other developments with her?

Can anyone, without spoiling anything, tell me if Trucy will be the main assistant for Apollo's cases?

4. Everyone is freaking out about the last case. Obviously I'm avoiding spoilers, so I don't want to know what it is, but I was wondering if people's shocked reactions are along the "mind-blown" lines of, say, Darth Vader being Luke's father, or if the shocked reactions are disappointment at what people seem to think is a wrong move. This is probably a risky question to ask, and no doubt people's reactions differ on how good it is, but all of the shocked reaction make me wonder if it's just a shocking (ex. good because it's new and unexpected) or if it does something that people think is universally awful. PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME ANY DETAILS AT ALL, even something along the lines of "A character is arrested" or "someone dies" but just if it's shocking in the good way or the bad way. Please be as conservative as possible with this. (ex. "It was shocking but it was cool" or "It's shocking and it's really bad), etc. Thanks so much!

I haven't played it but I can answer #4 for you.

To some people it's a "mind-blown" moment, and it's something to do with Phoenix and apparently it's the premise of the final case. It has already been shown in the trailers. To me though, it comes across as a retread of something that already happened in PLvPWAA or otherwise in 3-5, conceptually (as opposed to specifically) To some it's shocking, to others it's been-there-done-that, but it's definitely meant to be shocking.

Is that crytpic enough? I intentionally placed a few potential red herrings for you.

I have some questions!

The questions I was expecting to ask back when the game was announced (including if Ema comes back, if Trucy is involved, or if Maya is back, return of investigation, etc.) has already been released, so I have some other questions.

1. Is Thalassa/Lamiroir in the game? (meaning the actual Thalassa, not just the Lamiroir image like it was used in DD) Please just a yes or no answer, not any explanation or spoilers.

2. Considering this is the third installment in the "new trilogy", would you say that this game feels like the end of a trilogy (similar to how T&T felt like the end of the original trilogy) or does it feel more like DD (a generally stand-alone game without any big wrap-up for the AJ characters or plot ideas that have carried over AJ and DD? If its the latter that would indicate that the games might not really follow a trilogy format from now on and are being treated more episodically (although the trilogy idea for the OT arguably didn't exist until T&T).

3. Considering that western fans are always in jeopardy of not getting the next game localized, would you say that SOJ would be a fitting finale for the series, aka if this was the last game that fans got would it be a pretty good wrap-up. Most AA games are actually really good at having "finale"-like endings, but I always want to check to make sure there's not a sudden cliffhanger or anything along those lines. If there's a to be continued then that would be a problem, but I think DD's end was satisfactory as a series finale just because Phoenix in the end has successfully become a Mia-like mentor. (Although I have to say as overjoyed I am that DD and SOJ exist, I think in some ways AJ had the most "finale"-like ending because of Phoenix's story and the MASON system). So yeah, would you say the ending is decent as a possible last chapter? Please no spoilers, just yes or no.

4. Everyone is freaking out about the last case. Obviously I'm avoiding spoilers, so I don't want to know what it is, but I was wondering if people's shocked reactions are along the "mind-blown" lines of, say, Darth Vader being Luke's father, or if the shocked reactions are disappointment at what people seem to think is a wrong move. This is probably a risky question to ask, and no doubt people's reactions differ on how good it is, but all of the shocked reaction make me wonder if it's just a shocking (ex. good because it's new and unexpected) or if it does something that people think is universally awful. PLEASE DON'T GIVE ME ANY DETAILS AT ALL, even something along the lines of "A character is arrested" or "someone dies" but just if it's shocking in the good way or the bad way. Please be as conservative as possible with this. (ex. "It was shocking but it was cool" or "It's shocking and it's really bad), etc. Thanks so much!

There we go, thanks guys! Sorry to drive the point home re: spoilers and question 3, but I just want to make sure I don't get spoiled on anything about the plot other than if it's well-received or not. Same with the other questions; I'd like to not get any spoiler info at all. Thanks so much!

I guess while we're on the subject

Thanks for all the answers, everyone! I think I know everything I want to re: the final case and question #1.

I'll venture one more question based on some of the responses I've gotten. Is Iris in this game?


It seems that Bolt seems to be around case 3 on his steam (at least from quickly glancing at the livestream topic - once again trying not to get spoile), so am I correct in assuming that most haven't personally seen SOJ's ending and you guys are going off spoilers you've heard? If that's the case, I'll leave my questions regarding the end in relation to the series and localization here, so that when more people have seen the ending they can give their opinion:

2. Considering this is the third installment in the "new trilogy", would you say that this game feels like the end of a trilogy (similar to how T&T felt like the end of the original trilogy) or does it feel more like DD (a generally stand-alone game without any big wrap-up for the AJ characters or plot ideas that have carried over AJ and DD? If its the latter that would indicate that the games might not really follow a trilogy format from now on and are being treated more episodically (although the trilogy idea for the OT arguably didn't exist until T&T).

3. Considering that western fans are always in jeopardy of not getting the next game localized, would you say that SOJ would be a fitting finale for the series, aka if this was the last game that fans got would it be a pretty good wrap-up. Most AA games are actually really good at having "finale"-like endings, but I always want to check to make sure there's not a sudden cliffhanger or anything along those lines. If there's a to be continued then that would be a problem, but I think DD's end was satisfactory as a series finale just because Phoenix in the end has successfully become a Mia-like mentor. (Although I have to say as overjoyed I am that DD and SOJ exist, I think in some ways AJ had the most "finale"-like ending because of Phoenix's story and the MASON system). So yeah, would you say the ending is decent as a possible last chapter? Please no spoilers, just yes or no.

Hi there! :D Is Athena playable as a lawyer?

Although having read the spoiler, I'm not sure I want to play it... Of course I will, but, well. I'm worried now.

I have some doubts concerning case 4. I don't know if it'd been answered yet, but here we go (some minor spoilers about this case in there):



Thank you!

Is case 4 and 5 really the same case, once again?

Is case 4 and 5 really the same case, once again?