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* 13IsUnlucky: [[spoiler: Phoenix's thirteenth murder trial is the one that ends with him disbarred]].
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** [[spoiler:The Jurist rules dictate that no one directly related to the development of the case are allowed to serve as a juror for it. Phoenix specifically and is allowed to pick Lamiroir as a juror as while her previous identity as Thalassa Gramarye was the root of nearly all of the events leading up to it, her current identity as Lamiroir is a completely different person.]]

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** [[spoiler:The Jurist rules dictate that no one directly related to the development of the case are is allowed to serve as a juror for it. Phoenix specifically and is still allowed to pick Lamiroir as a juror as because, while her previous identity as Thalassa Gramarye was the root of nearly all of the events leading up to it, the case, her current identity as Lamiroir is a completely different person.]]
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** This is the only game in the series that doesn't use the Revisualization sequence to conclude any of its cases, since that mechanic wouldn't appear until ''Dual Destinies''.

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** This is the only game in the series that doesn't use ''Dual Destinies'' introduces a mechanic called the Revisualization sequence, wherein the lead defense reviews the facts of the case to help guide the player toward the evidence that will nail the true culprit. The 3DS games use this sequence to conclude any all of its cases, since that mechanic wouldn't appear until ''Dual Destinies''.their cases past the introductory ones, whereas in ''Apollo Justice'' the player is forced to deduce the conclusive evidence on their own.
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The lack of jury isn’t a plot hole when none of the other games have ever had a jury either. There’s a difference between plot holes and questionable localization changes.


* DubInducedPlotHole: The [[ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange insistence in the English Dub that the game is set in the USA]] increasingly strains credibility in this game.
** In "Turnabout Succession", US Citizens are apparently no longer guaranteed a right to trial by jury; this right was baked into the U.S. Constitution in the Sixth Amendment, and the idea of it being repealed is ludicrious on a dystopian level. It makes more sense in the original Japanese, where trial by jury (or to be more accurate, a panel of citizen 'lay judges') wasn't widely used until 2009, two years after the game's release.

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I don’t see why the prevalence of airports makes less sense in America than it does in Japan. There are lots of airports in America. Klavier would’ve taken a plane to Borginia whether he was coming from Japan or America.


* DubInducedPlotHole: The [[ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange insistence in the English Dub that the game is set in the USA]] increasingly strains credibility in this game:
** "Turnabout Serenade" revolves around a smuggling plot with airports serving as chokepoints, something that makes a lot more sense on an island nation like Japan than it does in the very large continent of North America.

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* DubInducedPlotHole: The [[ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange insistence in the English Dub that the game is set in the USA]] increasingly strains credibility in this game:
** "Turnabout Serenade" revolves around a smuggling plot with airports serving as chokepoints, something that makes a lot more sense on an island nation like Japan than it does in the very large continent of North America.
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* DualBoss: [[spoiler:In the third case's final day, Apollo calls Machi as a witness. However, since he doesn't speak English (or at least, that's what everyone believed at the time), Lamiroir joins him on the witness stand to translate his testimony. What truly cements them as this trope, however, is that Apollo has to Perceive both of them at different points in the cross-examination.]]

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* DubInducedPlotHole: The insistence in the English Dub that the game is set in the USA seriously strains credibility, as apparently, US Citizens are no longer guaranteed a right to trial by jury; this right was baked into the U.S. Constitution in the Sixth Amendment, and the idea of it being repealed is ludicrious on a dystopian level. It makes more sense in the original Japanese, where trial by jury (or to be more accurate, a panel of citizen 'lay judges') wasn't widely used until 2009, two years after the game's release.

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* DubInducedPlotHole: The [[ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange insistence in the English Dub that the game is set in the USA seriously USA]] increasingly strains credibility, credibility in this game:
** "Turnabout Serenade" revolves around a smuggling plot with airports serving
as apparently, chokepoints, something that makes a lot more sense on an island nation like Japan than it does in the very large continent of North America.
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US Citizens are apparently no longer guaranteed a right to trial by jury; this right was baked into the U.S. Constitution in the Sixth Amendment, and the idea of it being repealed is ludicrious on a dystopian level. It makes more sense in the original Japanese, where trial by jury (or to be more accurate, a panel of citizen 'lay judges') wasn't widely used until 2009, two years after the game's release.

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** Phoenix, Apollo, and Klavier's voice clips are done by different actors here than in the next two games, with Phoenix's in particular being reused from the original trilogy. The ''Trilogy'' release backports Phoenix's voicework from the 3DS games into ''Apollo Justice'', but Apollo's and Klavier's lines are still reused from the DS version.

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** Phoenix, Apollo, and Klavier's voice clips are done by different actors here than in the next two games, with Phoenix's in particular being reused from the original his own trilogy. The ''Trilogy'' '' Apollo Justice Trilogy'' release backports Phoenix's English voicework from the 3DS games into ''Apollo Justice'', but Apollo's and Klavier's lines are still reused from the DS version.



** Trucy Wright is designated as Apollo's assistant throughout the game. ''Dual Destinies'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' would have Athena Cykes tag alongside Apollo's cases instead (or vice-versa, in the case of "Turnabout Academy") while Trucy would be DemotedToExtra during the majority of the games.

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** Trucy Wright is designated as Apollo's assistant throughout the game. ''Dual Destinies'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' would have Athena Cykes tag alongside Apollo's cases instead (or vice-versa, in the case of "Turnabout Academy") while Trucy would be her DemotedToExtra during the majority with a few exceptions, while newcomer Athena Cykes assists Apollo with most of the games.his cases instead.


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** This is the only game in the series that doesn't use the Revisualization sequence to conclude any of its cases, since that mechanic wouldn't appear until ''Dual Destinies''.
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* AnAesop: The law is built to serve the people, not the other way around.
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** Case 4 as a whole. Vera had put her special stamp into a frame to keep it as a souvenir of her favorite magician group. So despite [[spoiler:Kristoph's intentions in sending her the stamp, his plan was basically put on hold by her inability to part with it. Fast forward seven years later, where not only has this stamp remained in its frame but Kristoph now sits in prison on a murder conviction]]. Then one day, Drew Misham has to contact [[spoiler:Kristoph and can't find a stamp...so he takes Vera's special stamp, licks it, and winds up dead. By this random event that even Kristoph himself admits to being unable to plan, Phoenix Wright's plot to finally get back at Kristoph once and for all comes to fruition, despite the fact that he already manipulated one trial to put him in prison in the first place.]] The entire ''justice system'' had been rewritten in an effort to deliver just desserts and it all rested on an occurrence that began when Drew Misham forgot to buy a stamp. The culminating trial that Phoenix had played out in his mind for the past seven years winds up happening only because of something that no one could possibly have predicted.
** Also the entire meta-plot of [[spoiler:Lamiroir/Thalassa being long-lost mother to both Apollo and Trucy.]] All them just ended up coming together due to happenstance. There was some very light string-pulling going on with Phoenix but even he didn't know what was really up until Shadi Smith paid him a visit (and it still required that final bit of circumstance of Lamioir being involved in the murder in the third case to finally pull the whole tangled web together).

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** Case 4 as a whole. Vera had put her special stamp into a frame to keep it as a souvenir of her favorite magician group. So despite [[spoiler:Kristoph's intentions in sending her the stamp, his plan was basically put on hold by her inability to part with it. Fast forward seven years later, where not only has this stamp remained in its frame but Kristoph now sits in prison on a murder conviction]]. Then one day, Drew Misham has to contact [[spoiler:Kristoph and can't find a stamp...so he takes Vera's special stamp, licks it, and winds up dead. By this random event that even Kristoph himself admits to being unable to plan, Phoenix Wright's plot to finally get back at Kristoph once and for all comes to fruition, despite the fact that he already manipulated one trial to put him in prison in the first place.]] The entire ''justice system'' had been rewritten in an effort to deliver just desserts and it all rested on an occurrence that began when Drew Misham forgot to buy a stamp. The culminating trial that Phoenix had played out in his mind for the past seven years only winds up happening only because of something that no one could possibly have predicted.
** Also the entire meta-plot of [[spoiler:Lamiroir/Thalassa being long-lost mother to both Apollo and Trucy.]] All of them just ended up coming together due to happenstance. There Phoenix was doing some very light string-pulling going on with Phoenix his end but even he didn't know what was really up until Shadi Smith paid him a visit (and it still required that final bit of circumstance of Lamioir being involved in the murder in the third case to finally pull the whole tangled web together).
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** The graphics get poorer in [[spoiler:the flashback case, as sprites of new characters such as Klavier and Zak stand out against the old courtroom style and sprites of characters such as Phoenix and Gumshoe. This is even more grating in the HD version, where the old characters did get cleaned up but they are strangely smaller compared to the new characters.]].

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** The graphics get poorer in [[spoiler:the flashback case, as sprites of new characters such as Klavier and Zak stand out against the old courtroom style and sprites of characters such as Phoenix and Gumshoe. This is even more grating in the HD version, where the old characters did get cleaned up but they are strangely smaller compared to the new characters.]].characters]].

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-->'''Apollo:''' ...And that's pretty much the end of my story. For now, anyway. I've still got a long way to go. And this power of mine... well, it needs some work. But... there's hope now. We'd lost it, but somehow, we found it again. That's why people are smiling again... Hope. Yeah, I think I'll keep at this lawyer thing for a while. Oops, training time. Gotta go. Chords of Steel... here comes Justice!



-->'''Apollo:''' ...And that's pretty much the end of my story. For now, anyway. I've still got a long way to go. And this power of mine... well, it needs some work. But... there's hope now. We'd lost it, but somehow, we found it again. That's why people are smiling again... Hope. Yeah, I think I'll keep at this lawyer thing for a while. Oops, training time. Gotta go. Chords of Steel... here comes Justice!
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* DubInducedPlotHole: The insistence in the English Dub that the game is set in the USA seriously strains credibility, as apparently, US Citizens are no longer guaranteed a right to trial by jury; this right was baked into the U.S. Constitution in the Sixth Amendment, and the idea of it being repealed is ludicrious on a dystopian level. It makes more sense in the original Japanese, where trial by jury (or to be more accurate, a panel of citizen 'lay judges') wasn't widely used until 2009, two years after the game's release.
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An UpdatedRerelease with higher-resolution artwork, in much the same style as that of the trilogy package of the prior three games, was announced for [=iOS=] and Android in October 2016, and released the following December. A Platform/Nintendo3DS port, featuring similar enhancements, was released in November 2017. An additional version of these enhanced ports was included alongside HD versions of ''Dual Destinies'' and its sequel, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' in January 2024 for multiple systems.[[note]]Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/Playstation4, Platform/XboxOne, and PC[[/note]]

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-->-- '''The Judge''', "Turnabout Succession"

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-->-- '''The Judge''', Case 4-4: "Turnabout Succession"
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* BrokenAesop: A central theme of the ''Ace Attorney'' games is the flaws of a judicial system where the letter of the law is absolute. The final case introduces an experimental Jurist System as an alternative, permitting a jury to use common sense in reaching a verdict. The game strongly suggests that this is a more fair solution. However, the trial where it debuts is possibly more biased than any other in the entire series.
** The most fundamental problem is that the person responsible for the creation of the Jurist System, [[spoiler:Phoenix Wright]], has a multifaceted personal stake in the first case handled by it -- it's made abundantly clear that he introduced the new system for the specific purpose of altering the outcome. [[spoiler:He actively gathers evidence in support of the defense, who technically works for him. A related case resulted in the loss of his job and an orphaned child left in his care. Then, in another related case, he was framed for murder by a person he considered a friend.]] This same person gives instructions and interprets the law for the jury.
*** Moreover, the MASON System itself (the interface by which the jurors participate in the trial) also skews favor towards the desired outcome by introducing facts and evidence that are presented only within the MASON System, meaning it was hand-chosen by the individual who designed it. The MASON System presents situations and information that aren't a part of the trial but still crucial towards coming to the verdict. Everything contained within it is true, yes, but it's unquestionably partial in nature.
** Juror Number Six. [[spoiler:She is Apollo's mother. Before learning this, Apollo successfully defended her close friend against murder charges. She's also a tangentially related, yet important figure in the events leading up to the current case, and the witness Apollo paints as the killer was convicted of murdering her husband.]] She even suggests that she shouldn't be on the jury, but [[spoiler:Phoenix uses the letter of the law to justify her presence.]]
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* AchievementMockery: One of the HD trilogy's "Accolades" forces you to [[spoiler:make Lamirior select "Guilty" as Vera Misham's verdict.]]
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** When Trucy is taken hostage in the second case, the kidnapper has the blunt side of the knife facing her neck. Not long after, it's revealed Trucy herself staged the whole thing.
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** In Case 3, it is mentioned early on that the .45 revolver stands out as not even the police use revolvers of that size. Revolvers as a police-issue sidearm are largely extinct in the United States, but snub-nose revolvers are still the near-universal basic police sidearm in Japan.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Capcom seems somewhat intent on avoiding this with [[spoiler:Kristoph]]. For instance [[https://gonintendo.com/system/file_uploads/uploads/000/015/227/original/AA_Group_Shot.png this promotional image]], released for the 10th anniversary of the series (and about four years after ''Gyakuten Saiban 4'' was released in Japan), shows him standing with all the other protagonists of the series.

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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Capcom seems somewhat intent on avoiding this with [[spoiler:Kristoph]]. For instance [[https://gonintendo.com/system/file_uploads/uploads/000/015/227/original/AA_Group_Shot.[[https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/File:AA_Group_Shot.png this promotional image]], released for the 10th anniversary of the series (and about four years after ''Gyakuten Saiban 4'' was released in Japan), shows him standing with all the other protagonists of the series.

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** If you present Valant Gramayare with the Revolver, it triggers a humorous optional reaction where he thinks you're trying to mug him with it. Apollo notes that he has an adverse reaction aside from the obvious, implying that he has bad memories of a gun similar to this. [[spoiler:A magic trick with a similar gun went ''horribly'' wrong years ago with him involved and possibly responsible.]]

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** If you present Valant Gramayare with the Revolver, it triggers a humorous optional reaction where he thinks you're trying to mug him with it. Apollo notes that he has an adverse reaction aside from the obvious, implying that he has bad memories of a gun similar to this. [[spoiler:A magic trick with a similar gun went ''horribly'' wrong years ago with him involved and possibly responsible.responsible for the (supposed) death of Thalassa.]]



** During [[spoiler:the flashback case]] in Turnabout Succession, [[spoiler:One of the first things Gumshoe says to Phoenix in his last trial is "Today's the day, pal. Today, I win, and you lose!". Phoenix does lose...[[[TurnInYourBadge in the worst way possible for him]], which [[ForegoneConclusion the player will slowly realise that this was what cost him his badge]].]]



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** The victim of Case 2 would've been [[spoiler:Alita Tiala instead of Pal Meraktis hadn't Wesley Stickler snuck into the clinic's garage, panicked and stuffed Trucy's panties into Meraktis' car's exhaust pipe, rendering it inoperable and giving Alita enough time to recover, enabling her to kill Meraktis.]]
** [[spoiler:Kristoph would've gotten away with poisoning the Mishams if he sent Drew an ordinary stamp laced with poison instead of a commemorative one featuring Vera's idols which she kept and framed for seven years. He also wasn't banking on Phoenix to start and successfully run a jury on the same case, which rendered the "Evidence is Everything" rule he was banking on null.]]

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** The victim of During Case 2 would've been [[spoiler:Alita Tiala instead 3, Klavier suddenly sings one of Pal Meraktis hadn't Wesley Stickler snuck into his band's songs mentioning something called "Atroquinine" and later [[spoiler:reveals that Borginia specifically barred the clinic's garage, panicked and stuffed Trucy's panties into Meraktis' car's exhaust pipe, rendering it inoperable and giving Alita enough time to recover, enabling her to kill Meraktis.]]
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export of Borginian Cocoons following an ordinary stamp laced with incident where a large quantity of them got smuggled out since you can make a very potent poison instead with it. While it's never stated if this poison is Atroquinine, Case 4 reveals that Kristoph Gavin is a very avid user of a commemorative one featuring Vera's idols which she kept and framed it for seven years. He also wasn't banking on Phoenix his scheme to start and successfully run a jury on the same case, which rendered the "Evidence is Everything" rule he was banking on null.clean up loose ends.]]



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* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example during Turnabout Succession. [[spoiler:One of the first things Gumshoe says to Phoenix in his last trial is "Today's the day, pal. Today, I win, and you lose!"]]. May also cross over with {{Foreshadowing}}.

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* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example during Turnabout Succession. [[spoiler:One of HealthcareMotivation: [[spoiler:In Case 3, the first things Gumshoe says Chief Justice was willing to Phoenix in obtain a Borginian Cocoon via illegal means due to several extreme laws preventing their export since while they can be made into a cure for Incuritis which his last trial son is "Today's the day, pal. Today, I win, and you lose!"]]. May afflicted with, they could also cross over with {{Foreshadowing}}.be used to make a deadly poison. He paid Daryan Crescend and Machi Tobaye to smuggle one out of Borginia, but complications got Interpol involved and later led to the murder of Agent Romain [=LetTouse=].]]
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** Phoenix, Apollo, and Klavier’s voice clips are done by different actors here than in the next two games, with Phoenix’s in particular being reused from the original trilogy.

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An UpdatedRerelease with higher-resolution artwork, in much the same style as that of the trilogy package of the prior three games, was announced for [=iOS=] and Android in October 2016, and released the following December. A UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port, featuring similar enhancements, was released in November 2017. An additional version of these enhanced ports is set to be was included alongside HD versions of ''Dual Destinies'' and its sequel, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', in the CompilationRerelease ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' on in January 2024 for multiple systems.[[note]]UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC[[/note]]
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* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:What makes the FirstEpisodeTwist and the true reveal of Kristoph Gavin's true nature so shocking is that Kristoph could be rather friendly, or even outright helpful, if it suited his plans. His mentorship of Apollo was completely sincere, as he genuinely saw potential in him and considered him a worthy successor to his legacy, and despite the lows he stooped to in ruining Phoenix's career, he went to great lengths to preserve an amicable relationship with him by never openly antagonizing him and even voting against Phoenix's disbarment. This even extends to the first case itself, as while Phoenix was bring tried for a crime Kristoph committed, Kristoph was originally sincere in defending Phoenix as he planned to pin the blame on Olga Orly; only when Phoenix makes it clear that he knows Kristoph is the true killer does Kristoph actually turn on him.]]

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* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:What makes the FirstEpisodeTwist and the true reveal TheReveal of Kristoph Gavin's true nature so shocking is that Kristoph often could be rather friendly, or even outright helpful, if it suited his plans. His mentorship of Apollo was completely sincere, as he genuinely saw potential in him and considered him a worthy successor to his legacy, and despite the lows he stooped to in ruining Phoenix's career, he went to great lengths to preserve an amicable relationship with him by never openly antagonizing him and even voting against Phoenix's disbarment. This even extends to the first case itself, as while Phoenix was bring tried for a crime Kristoph committed, Kristoph was originally sincere in defending Phoenix as he planned to pin the blame on Olga Orly; only when Phoenix makes it clear that he knows Kristoph is the true killer does Kristoph actually turn on him.]]
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* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:What makes the FirstEpisodeTwist and the true reveal of Kristoph Gavin's true nature so shocking is that Kristoph could be rather friendly, or even outright helpful, if it suited his plans. His mentorship of Apollo was completely sincere, as he genuinely saw potential in him and considered him a worthy successor to his legacy, and despite the lows he stooped to in ruining Phoenix's career, he went to great lengths to preserve an amicable relationship with him by never openly antagonizing him and even making voting against Phoenix's disbarment. This even extends to the first case itself, as while Phoenix was bring tried for a crime Kristoph committed, Kristoph was originally sincere in defending Phoenix as he planned to pin the blame on Olga Orly; only when Phoenix makes it clear that he knows Kristoph is the true killer does Kristoph actually turn on him.]]

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* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:What makes the FirstEpisodeTwist and the true reveal of Kristoph Gavin's true nature so shocking is that Kristoph could be rather friendly, or even outright helpful, if it suited his plans. His mentorship of Apollo was completely sincere, as he genuinely saw potential in him and considered him a worthy successor to his legacy, and despite the lows he stooped to in ruining Phoenix's career, he went to great lengths to preserve an amicable relationship with him by never openly antagonizing him and even making voting against Phoenix's disbarment. This even extends to the first case itself, as while Phoenix was bring tried for a crime Kristoph committed, Kristoph was originally sincere in defending Phoenix as he planned to pin the blame on Olga Orly; only when Phoenix makes it clear that he knows Kristoph is the true killer does Kristoph actually turn on him.]]
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** Apollo's bracelet is only used in court, in contrast to the next two games where it is used mostly during investigation segments, only coming into play in court at very specific points during each game's finale.
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** The game consists only of four cases, whereas the next two games each have five cases plus DLC.
** Apollo's bracelet is only used in court, in contrast to the next two games where it is used mostly during investigation segments, only coming into play in court at very specific points during each game's finale.
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** Phoenix and Apollo’s voice clips are done by different actors than in the next two games, with Phoenix’s in particular being reused from the original trilogy.

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