The official localization could call him "Byrne". For bonus points it sounds close enough to "born" for a "born winner" pun.
My Megaman and MegaTen RPG LiveblogsI'm definitely expecting Bansai's localized name to be some sort of play on "number one," something along the lines of what
suggests.
Fun fact for those who don't know: if you take the first parts of Bansai's surname and given name (Ichiyanagi Bansai), you get the word "Ichiban," which means "Number One." Like an earlier poster mentioned, Bansai's name is not particularly subtle.
Edited by dragonfire5000 on Jun 27th 2024 at 8:30:15 AM
"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
Bernie seems a bit too casual for him, IMO.
Pyrus, maybe? Pyro+Cyrus, and close enough to Primus for the one-pun.
It is kind of funny how a lot of Ace Attorney fan media seems to put Ryuunosuke as a distant ancestor that Phoenix barely knows about, when the time-gap would just make him his grandfather (maybe great-grandfather). He's not from hundreds of years ago; it's barely been a century by the time Ace Attorney starts.
He could very well have sat on his knee, and listened to the stories of Ryuu turning the English justice system on its head in his youth.
Edited by techno156 on Jul 3rd 2024 at 1:32:05 AM
One thought I had in order to tie the jurist system into the game without overhauling everything, inspired by Edgeworth's chess system where the truth gets away from him if he picks the wrong options.
Instead of a penalty system, your "health" is based on jury convincing. You lose health from options that weaken your case and hurt the chances of the jury casting Not Guilty. So decisive evidence/confession wouldn't be needed, but perhaps through a difficult/risky path of options, you can win the case with decisive evidence as an alternative to winning through the jury. The big confrontation comes at the end as you give your closing arguments against the prosecutor.
-Witty line-
That's still not that far off though, unlike what ancestor would imply. He's just great-grandfather status, and easily within living memory. Phoenix would just get stories about how his great-grandfather upended the English legal system.
RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=8h4up2g130nkoyvz10ll45qp&page=232#comment-5785
I think TGAA was basically an attempt at testing a jurist system for the mainline games. You do have a health bar, still, but part of it also involves convincing enough of the jury to result in a hung vote, and extend it.
Although the idea of turning the tables, and being able to short-circuit a case by convincing the jury to unanimously go for not-guilty if they logic things out well, seems an interesting one.
In fairness, Iris does write the in-universe Sherlock Holmes books, basing it off of Herlock Sholmes.
Edited by techno156 on Jul 14th 2024 at 11:41:43 PM
My personal guess for the discrepancy is that in the Ace Attorney universe Sherlock Holmes is the arch enemy of Lupin III.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.^^^^Well TGAA wasn't even a thought back then so that doesn't mean much. Also, it's a detail that's inconsequential so very easy to retcon. Clearly the writers didnt put much thought into the family tree pre TGAA otherwise I'd would assume having a famous lawyer ancestor would be an addition motivation for Phoenix.
I think Phoenix only mentions his parents like once in current time. We know virtually nothing about his family but would be interesting if they ever showed up later.
Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 14th 2024 at 10:03:45 AM
Macron's notesI swore he mentioned both parents but maybe I am mistaken. I read that he mentioned a mom somewhere during a pressed testimony with Oldbag (I dunno which game)
On the flip side; Edgeworth's mom is never mentioned but I assume she is either absent or dead. Ace Attorney doesnt really deal with background parents so
Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 14th 2024 at 10:20:34 AM
Macron's notes


Blaise's name was 'Blaze', like a fire and the lighter he always plays with.
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