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Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Sherlock Holmes and Watson to appear in the game?
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Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Holmes-sempai, I found a clue!
Starwolf_UK
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You know I think of Layton and Luke as in child prodigy mentor. I guess Arthur and Merlin is you want to say this wasn't origin in Japan...
The deduction gameplay and 3D can't help me think of Investigations.
. Problem with that gap is Watson did not accompany him maybe that explains his rather drastic change...
The deduction gameplay and 3D can't help me think of Investigations.
I don't think it is official (are there any there but there are gaps in the timeline (1891-1894) caused by the whole
faked his death and went missing for 3 years
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
8 years old Watson?
Not the strangest thing i heard, and i approve of this. I like children character in mystery story. They make thing more unpredictable.
Not the strangest thing i heard, and i approve of this. I like children character in mystery story. They make thing more unpredictable.
Ace Attorney has been quite tasteful, I don't think having an 8 year old would be much of a problem. Kids really should have more representation in games than they do. It would be awesome if we got a Radical Ed type prodigy. Kids can bring a unique unobstructed view to things, I love seeing how my nieces interact with the world. While adults are assuredly the masters at logos, I think kids wield an unanesthetized sense in pathos and ethos.
Hours Left
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Pearl is/was one of the best kid characters in gaming, so I'm not worried about this Watson. Plus, Sherlock looks like he's got some meat on him, so that's good.
The real question is whether or not they're your rivals or if they're gonna fill the "detective" role.
The real question is whether or not they're your rivals or if they're gonna fill the "detective" role.
SatoAilDarko
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According to Siliconera.com Watson still has a medical degree. At 8 years old.
What is this I don't even.
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/09/09/yes-watson-is-still-an-m-d-in-the-great-ace-attorney/
What is this I don't even.
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/09/09/yes-watson-is-still-an-m-d-in-the-great-ace-attorney/
meltingparappa
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My faith in Shu firmly believes he's there for a good reason. Waiting for a reveal that he's actually someone in disguise, going undercover to get close to someone involved in the final case.
A lying scoundrel and potential murderer, but at least he took care of great great grandmother Watson Fey when no one else would.
Genius girls are nothing new in AA. I think she'll be a pretty funny character if that's the case though.
AcademicSaucer
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Are there even any pictures of it in the newest Famitsu issue?
Anyway, the web site will update tomorrow, so we'll see their design soon.
Zero-Crescent
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Sounds like Holmes will play a Lang-esque role in this one.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Haha, I love Milky Holmes because they are all such idiots.
XiaNaphryz
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DXB-KNIGHT
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Hahaha this games is aware that it's stupid and I love it!
I wouldn't know about "kid friendly" with AA. They are generally focused on murder mysteries, with all but one of the games that received releases outside of Japan getting T ratings. Meanwhile, AA5 was that one rating exception, the first to be rated M.
Sakura
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Doesn't Detective Conan solve murders all the time?
UrbanDandy
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I embrace it.
This is true. Said murders can often be quite violent, but at the same time, it's not like graphic violence necessarily bars something from being marketed as a shonen series rather than seinen in Japan, as is the case with Detective Conan and many other non-mystery franchises one wouldn't expect them to get away with labeling as shonen (i.e., Deadman Wonderland, Attack on Titan, Akame ga Kill!).
This isn't even dumb by Sherlock Holmes standards, really. People have this weird misconception that Sherlock Holmes stories were up there with stuff written by Agatha Christie and the like. Well they weren't. Sherlock Holmes dealt with monkey drugs turning people into monkeys and tragic back stories about Mormon ninja assassins (yes, really) and John Watson's wandering war wound and whatever else because Doyle didn't seem to particularly care about continuity.
Detective Conan is 17 years old, though. He just looks like a child because people tried to assassinate him using a drug and the drug just turned him into a child instead of killing him because [SCENE MISSING].
Detective Conan is 17 years old, though. He just looks like a child because people tried to assassinate him using a drug and the drug just turned him into a child instead of killing him because [SCENE MISSING].
If Lucy Liu can be Watson, anyone can.
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NumberThree
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Haunted
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Well, it's not like they'll change the role of the character, Watson will be the same medically experienced yet investigatively challenged companion/foil character for Holmes he or she is in most versions of the character.
This Watson is just dressed up in a way that appeals to Japanese otakus.
Hours Left
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Sherlock looks hot. :3
I see a slight Klavier resemblance, but not anything major. (Though Klavier has an amazing design, so no complaints there either.)
I see a slight Klavier resemblance, but not anything major. (Though Klavier has an amazing design, so no complaints there either.)
But can you give a good reason not to have an 8 year old Watson?
I thought so.
Yeah, me too, actually. I don't know what it is about him that does, exactly, but I got the same impression.
Oh, I also wanted to say that I'm already super super hyped for this game. I will probably perish if they don't localise it.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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He doesn't really remind me of anybody, looks wise.