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I'm not quite done with Dual Destinies, the new Phoenix Wright game (I finished the main story, but there's a bonus case I haven't finished yet), but I'm going to go ahead and call it amazing. I enjoyed Apollo's game but never felt the same love for it that I did for the first three. This one is right up there with those, though. It's awesome to get to play as Phoenix again, and I really liked Athena, the new lawyer character. Fairly early in the game, something happens to keep Apollo from using his (horrible) power, which made me laugh really hard because I know that was pretty universally loathed. (You do end up using it a couple of times, but it's not too bad.) Athena's power is way less annoying. But most importantly: EDGEWORTH. It's not an Ace Attorney game without Edgeworth, so writers, thank you thank you thank you for bringing him back.

(It's hard to tell in the screencap above, but yes, that guy is on a Segway. The whole scene was amazing. I only wish the picture included the epic BGM.)

This just cracked me up. Now, let's get slashy:

It was really nice to be able to go back and see all the dialogue from any given scene. This is Phoenix and Edgeworth, totally not talking about going on a date in the middle of a trial.

Seriously, you guys. I get that you're married, but this is embarrassing behavior for professionals in a courtroom.

This might be my favorite Apollo moment ever. After Athena squeezes her way in behind the defense bench, he just stands there with this annoyed look on his face for this entire conversation.

(This is for

mangaroo.)

I will never know how the localization writers work these pop culture references in.

...Anyway, the game was awesome, and looked beautiful on my iPad. My next game is going to be Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright, and I'm almost sorry to be playing on the 3DS again.

In other news, I'm having more frustrations with Amazon.jp and their nonsensical shipping policies. However, I am going to be strong and not cancel my order of Love Stage Blu-rays to put individual discs in separate manga orders, because the price on them has gone up ¥500 (each) since I placed the original orders. I'll have to wait until January to get my BRs, but since I just watched the show, I'll live. I'm more annoyed with myself for putting the Yokozawa movie in that order (especially since it WAS in a different order). That one has only gone up ¥300, so I may cancel just that. Which would also require canceling my current manga order and placing it again. Ugh, Amazon, why are you such a pain??

On a more positive note, I've been reading about how amazing merino wool is, so I ordered an Ibex undershirt to wear while walking/running in the evening, since it's getting quite cool here. It really is amazingly warm for being so thin, and did not smell at all after I was done with my workout. I went ahead and ordered a Buff (because I noticed my neck got cold yesterday) and a pair of Darn Tough socks to try those out as well. (If I like those, I have my eye on a heavier pair for skiing this winter.) I would also like to get a pair of leggings, but I'm trying to decide if I want the heavier weight or the same as my shirt. (Also, should I get a heavier weight shirt?) Also also, it's October 1st and I now have $14.39 left for clothes in my October budget.

I did a mini-purge this weekend, of bags and electronics. Found an old cell phone (and MD player, haha) to be recycled, and decided to sell my old iPod. It took some hunting to find a cord that would charge it, but I finally got it powered up and it works just fine. I was expecting it to be full of stuff that was 10 years old--I forgot I still used it for a while after I got my first iPhone. I think I'm going to miss the click wheel (something soothing about navigating that way), but I don't see myself using it anymore, so off to Gazelle it goes. Also considered selling my shuffle (which I have pretty much stopped using since I started doing interval running, because I need my phone to keep track of the time), but it's so tiny it's not really taking up any space, and I would be lucky to get $10 for it, so I think I'll keep that for now. We'll see, I guess.

...I just checked for the heck of it, and there's a music player app (Twitunes!) that has click wheel navigation. I'm actually considering downloading it. Not sure it would be the same without the physical buttons. Agh, I just read an article mourning the loss of the click wheel. No! I hadn't used this device in years! No regrets!!

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Oh, I just started the Dual Destinies game on my 3DS! (Had to skip over most of your screencaps to avoid spoilers, if one can call them spoilers - I'll have to come back and read them later.) Being only on the beginning of the second case, I was on the fence about whether it was as enjoyable/funny as the earlier ones, so I'm super happy to hear that Edgeworth shows up and that you found the game as a whole to be a worthy successor to the series.

The second case is the yokai one, yes? That was definitely the weak point in the game for me. (Though the villain in that one is kind of hilarious.) It gets better after that. The cases played as Phoenix are definitely the best. (I don't think that's my bias. I'm pretty sure those are just plain the best cases.)

edit: why does LJ not want to save my icon selections lately??

Edited 2014-10-01 17:19 (UTC)

Yes, the whole Nine-Tails-Fox thing. I'll look forward to the game improving. (Not that it was awful, just kind of meh. I wasn't laughing out loud nearly as much.)

The villains are always the best part though. (The cell phones on his epaulets!)

edit: why does LJ not want to save my icon selections lately??

I had the same problem with my mohmoo icon on another thread! I thought it was just me. Let's see if this one takes.

ETA: nope (hopefully fixed now). Definitely a current bug.

Edited 2014-10-01 18:27 (UTC)

The cell phones on his epaulets!

Exactly what I was thinking of! But you said you were at the beginning so I didn't mention it. I usually find the villains highly entertaining, but I found the one in the third case kind of tedious.

Definitely a current bug.

Yep. From what I've heard, it won't ever save your icon selection without editing the comment and reposting. I think it works on the new comment pages, though, since I wasn't having any trouble on

mangaroo's journal yesterday.

Edited 2014-10-01 18:32 (UTC)

Ugh, stupid bug. I'll just stick with my default icon for now.

Exactly what I was thinking of! But you said you were at the beginning so I didn't mention it.

I realized after I clicked "send" that I remembered wrong - I'm actually at the very beginning of the third case, the one on the law school campus. I forgot I had finished the second case.

Anyhow, I had gotten bogged down and hadn't picked it up in a while, but now I will resume.

(Speaking of the 3DS, I am totally failing at picking up street passes. I manage to get a few on campus, occasionally, and, oddly, sometimes at the grocery store. Connecticut is not a street pass-rich zone.)

Gotta hit McDonald's. They have Streetpass relays, so you can get 3 (or 6, some have two relays). That's basically the only place I ever get them besides from Meredith and Jim. (I got ONE from someone on campus, once.)

Thanks for the McDonald's tip! I'll have to try that... too bad I'm supposed to be barred from McDonald's for the duration of the DietBet. :-( [I have no self control when I get near those fries.]

So, having now played through the third case (I've just barely started the fourth), I am going to say that the best thing in Dual Destinies so far is Taka the hawk. I start cracking up every time I look at his prison-striped scarf/bib/what-the-hell-is-that-thing-anyway. At one point, when Blackquill was thumping on the desk, the bird went all bug eyed. And when it sits on the judge's head! I wish I knew how to take screencaps on the 3DS.

The second best part of the third case was the random stuff that kept popping up on the blackboard behind the professor. "What's wrong with a not guilty verdict, anyway?"

ETA: I found an icon! (Sorry if I have to edit this twice to get it to show.) The internet is so bountiful.

Edited 2014-10-03 16:34 (UTC)

Oh, you don't have to IN McDonald's. I just park in their parking lot for <5 minutes and then leave. Open your DS and make sure you're either getting an internet signal or it tells you "the Nintendo Zone is available here."

Taka is the best! (I love that he kept Apollo from using his stupid perception thing.) Did he bring Blackquill evidence (on paper) yet? I think that's my favorite. Though him sitting on the judge's head is right up there.

ETA: I discovered that it's only the "quick reply" comments (that is, those on the journal page) that don't let you select icons. So, in my theme, you can click "more options" and then select an icon from there. Kind of a pain, but one step less than editing.

Edited 2014-10-03 17:17 (UTC)

Did he bring Blackquill evidence (on paper) yet?

Yes! Also awesome.

Then there are the times he sits on the judge's head and scratches himself.

Thanks for the tip about using "More Options." Definitely better than editing.

Where did you find the icon, by the way? LJ is so dead lately, I feel like I don't know where to look for anything anymore.

I just did a google search for "dual destinies taka" or something like that, and it popped up on the images page.

There weren't many other icons, though. Dead LJ is sad. :-(

Dead LJ is sad.

Truer words were never spoken. ;_;

OMG Edgeworth has glasses! Yep, definitely need this game. The art looks awful pretty, too. (I never played Apollo Justice, though, should I, to make sense of this one?)

I KNOW! Edgeworth with glasses might be the best thing ever. (Too bad he puts them in his pocket for the courtroom scenes.)

Yeah...I'm thinking there's a lot of stuff in this game that won't make sense without AJ, and the overarching plot for this game directly ties into that one. Unless you really read up on spoilers for AJ, I'd definitely recommend playing that first.

(edited because stupid LJ bug)

Edited 2014-10-01 18:52 (UTC)

I'll just haveta get AJ then!

(also heeee to your icon, sign me up please!)

Hee! The icon is from a logo of Tennouji Mio's doujinshi circle, Megane-bu. If it was really a club, I would totally join.

Edited 2014-10-03 12:04 (UTC)

This is the ipad version?

his is Phoenix and Edgeworth, totally not talking about going on a date in the middle of a trial.

*snerk*

Seriously, you guys. I get that you're married, but this is embarrassing behavior for professionals in a courtroom.

Hypocrite! You were chanting "kiss him! kiss him!" during all their scenes.

(This is for mangaroo.)

Not that I didn't take your words to heart, but now that Edgeworth is backing you up...a pox on my former manager!

You can wait for the Yokozawa movie. You know Book 1? Okay, now it has pictures and sound.

You were chanting "kiss him! kiss him!" during all their scenes.

I wasn't, but I was definitely giggling about how they were acting like a married couple, so...I accept that I'm a hypocrite.

You can wait for the Yokozawa movie.

I'll have to, since Amazon is now preparing most of my other order for shipment. Oh, Amazon. Will I ever understand you???

Oops, forgot to say: yes, this is the iPad version.

Edited 2014-10-01 19:50 (UTC)

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