I think it's so sad that Ace Attorney as a franchise has been reduced to the "haha! Lawyers don't act like that!" game. Whether it be real lawyers just reacting to the game and explaining that real courtrooms don't work like that, or literally anyone I talk to going through the "cross examining a parrot?! How silly! And ghosts in the courtroom?! Ridiculous!" schpiel. Meanwhile, none of these people have any context for how and why these things are happening in the game. Of course the parrot on the stand looks silly, but when you understand WHY it's happening, and you've been the one playing the game up to that point, not only is it perfectly reasonable, but it's quite easily taken seriously. None of this discussion is useful or constructive. This is the equivalent of me getting a scientist to sit down and watch the back to the future trilogy for them to explain "well actually, science doesn't work like that." Like, yeah, no shit. The things that happen in fiction are often unrealistic and over the top. This should not be surprising. "Oh my God, a country where lawyers are banned?!" Shut up. This is an over the top and hyperbolic representation of a radicalized and sheltered public, and an exploration of the necessity for people having representation, even if their guilt seems extremely obvious. This is a theme that has existed and been explored in the franchise in game 1. And once you know WHY that country is like that, and the decades long series of events that led up to it, it's not all that far-fetched. Why can Superman exist in his reality without people going "a journalist with the powers of a god?! How ridiculous! This could never occur in real life!" Like I get that lawyers are a rather mundane and ordinary real life occupation, but isn't all fiction an exploration of the fantastical in the mundane, at least to some degree?
Also, those objection.lol skits are getting really old. The punchline is ALWAYS "Lawyers don't act like that!" or “That's not something youd talk about in a courtroom!” Seeing these intricate, well written characters with intense backstories and decades of trauma reduced to literal talking heads used to play out what people THINK Ace Attorney is like just makes me so depressed. You can tell that most of these people have never played Ace Attorney and only know it from the memes.
Like, I don't want to be one of those "stop having fun" people, but like, it is deeply frustrating seeing a franchise that literally changed the trajectory of my life get so deeply flanderized.
Anyone else into objection.lol? I made this spriteset as a personal project during a period of mental distress earlier this year but I recovered before I could finish the other warner siblings, whoops
Wakko Warner ace attorney!!!
Featuring:
- 28 expressions, all animated (+ a few custom ones) with icons included
- Animations for Objection, Hold It and Take That shouts
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Credits to Daisy of the Wolves for ripping the sprites from the Animaniacs mega drive game ^^
mr. nick i want dates. when are you telling everyone (but specifically maya) about the letters. this is a priority.
and really, how didn’t you know about country gavin? that’s like saying you don’t know lobotomy kazuma! you might want to talk to charley(plant) about this…
music, art, au stuff below the cut. / follow for more mdzs in ace attorney!
The music here is Pursuit (2002) and Kurain Village. I really wanted to draw one of those black-and-white opening cutscenes so I did one for LWJ's introduction. The opening shot for Turnabout Revenge (the mo manor 'case') would be Mo Xuanyu on the floor in a puddle of blood. But a pan shot of Mo Ziyuan's body when A-Tong discovers it would be good too.
The cutscene in question:
I heavily referenced this shot from the donghua. I also went over ep1 and 2 a couple times looking for background art to use. I should rewatch the donghua [dreamy sigh thinking about the horror elements]. masterpost here!