This one hit me a lot to me.

Very rarely do the sequels mention the events of the previous game. Let alone retcon them.

Well, these discussions are probably not about reasonable expectations but rather personal wishes. Most people are aware these retcons won't ever happen

Most people are aware these retcons won't ever happen

Anyone think we need some retcon for minor ones? I don't like how:

In the original version of 1-2, Redd White refers to the Chief Prosecutor using male pronouns, yet 1-5 states that Lana Skye has been the Chief Prosecutor for the past two years. Ace Attorney Triliogy retcons this mistake out.

Also, in the original version of 2-4, Phoenix says that Edgeworth hasn't prosecuted since he was the defendant in 1-4, but Edgeworth is the prosecutor in 1-5. AAT also retcons this out as well.

I just choose to ignore the "in the same year" thing and pretend that the events of AJ's flashback case happen a year later. I haven't had any continuity issues with AJ or DD because moving them all up a year doesn't alter the game since there aren't any dates to my knowledge.

Actually, how was it decided that that case took place months after 3-3? was it just the most logical choice or was there hard evidence somewhere to prove it?

Wasn't there a theory that the age in the profiles doesn't take into account birthdays to explain that?

AJ and DD don't give years, but they give ages. Mostly in the Court Record, sometimes in dialogue. Phoenix was 26 in T&T and 33 and AJ, which implies it's supposed to take place 7 years later. Since Phoenix was disbarred 7 years before AJ, that means Zak's trial takes place shortly after 3-5...

However, as it has been mentioned in other topics, the developers didn't do the math correctly. By the end of AJ, Phoenix should have turned 34. The same problem carried on to DD (Phoenix should be 1 year older in 5-3, 5-4 and 5-5; Miles and Pearls should be 1 year older in 5-5). In fact, the only way for all the ages to make sense is if Zak's trial takes place before T&T, in April 2018 (which of course wouldn't be possible, since Phoenix still has his badge in T&T).

also...Apollo got retconned by originating from Khura'in.
And spirit channeling got retconend as well.

How so?

I don't see the knowing face and name conflicting with anything from the trilogy. That with Mia is true, though. She did seem fully aware of what had been going on before her channeling. In 3-5 she mentions her and Maya writing notes to each other before/during her being chanelled, but it doesn't apply to when she pops up randomly in trials without Maya having planned it.

1) They DO remember all the events BEFORE their death. It's just that...

2) Mia knows what is going on BETWEEN her channelment in a snap, this is information you would have no IDEA of knowing if your death was the last thing you remember before being channelled.

Like, what Mia said to Dahlia. That her ultimate punishment was to exist forever being Dahlia "Loser" Hawthorne. Not much of a punishment if spirits are unconscious until they are channeled, as SoJ implied. And that information didn't have any impact on the plot either, or did it?

I don't see the knowing face and name conflicting with anything from the trilogy.

I don't see the knowing face and name conflicting with anything from the trilogy.

Yes. In the letter given to Pearl, Morgan wrote down Dahlia's full name, as well as attaching a photo of her, specifically stating that it was necessary to channel her.

But then a question popped into my head: how did Maya channel Dahlia when she was in the Inner Temple? Mia could've easily written her name in the memo, but what about her face? I don't recall she ever saw her face, not even when Dahlia/Misty attacked her, since it was too dark.

Am I missing something?

Yes. In the letter given to Pearl, Morgan wrote down Dahlia's full name, as well as attaching a photo of her, specifically stating that it was necessary to channel her.

But then a question popped into my head: how did Maya channel Dahlia when she was in the Inner Temple? Mia could've easily written her name in the memo, but what about her face? I don't recall she ever saw her face, not even when Dahlia/Misty attacked her, since it was too dark.

Am I missing something?

Mia could have said in the memo that Dahlia's face was exactly the same as Iris, and since Maya does know Iris, she could have channeled Dahlia.