there's no grey area here. He killed essentially out of spite and jealousy. Hardly the most lofty of reasons.

-The cases from Japanifornia are just too short to have more characters. They only have one trial each and the average in the series is to cross-examine two characters per trial.
-In Khura'in, the Divinitaion Sèances take a good portion of the trial, and that time can't go to cross-examine a character.
-Half of the DLC is nostalgic fanservice, so they decided to give the returning characters more importance instead of creating new ones.

While I enjoyed the case part of the way through, the mystery disappointed me. The killer was obvious and the solution wasn't clever. There needs to be more new characters in each case, as some have already mentioned in this topic. They did the whole "Sorin is the killer!" thing but it was obvious [to me] it wasn't him. Maybe I've just played too many of these games and I can tell how everything will play out. Unfortunately this will probably end up being an unmemorable case.

But I should say some good things about it. I liked Larry's return and his new animations. I liked the killer's transformation and his doctor-styled insults. Seeing Edgeworth back in court was cool, but I do think he was too harsh on Nick. Seriously, Edgey was trying to roast Nick with every chance he got. Having Maya back as the sidekick and not as a suspect or captive was nice to see. Poor Athena wanted to be relevant in this case so bad but the authors... er, I mean Trucy would not let her.

The murder was committed using..............The murder weapon!!
What was the murder weapon again........?
We'll find evidence by taking the openable murder weapon and..........open it!! (Seriously, the police hasn't done that yet?)

Yeah, the thought route was pretty bad this time around. Honestly, I wish they didn't include that, and instead went with another testimony from the killer. Since this case is clearly trying to go back to the old AA style, with Larry, Edgeworth, and Maya showing up, I would've enjoyed it if they they had cut the thought route and had the player solve the mystery old-school.

Sorin was done worse, but I don't think it was terrible. This is where they could've used another witness or character, as the only other ones were Nichody and Larry. If Larry had instead been an OC (Happy he isn't, I love his usage in the case) then it'd have been less obvious.

Everyone gets a pixel except for Selena.
I only noticed it because I'm pretty sure Azura had one.

At some point in the case, I don't remember when, Edgeworth was surprised that Phoenix forfeited a Not Guilty verdict in order to find the truth. Edgeworth. Edgeworth of all people is surprised Phoenix wanted the truth instead of a Not Guilty verdict. What happened to the Edgeworth who taught Phoenix exactly what the court is for in 2-4?
I really thought they simply forgot that characterization... ...and then mere moments later, Edgeworth himself preaches how he wants to seek the truth, not a Guilty verdict. And that just baffles me. The writing staff didn't forget that characterization of Edgeworth. They just... chose to ignore it for that moment?

This was my complaint for the AAI games. They only remember Edgeworth's character development when it suits the plot. The rest of the time, he's an amnesiac or he has the sudden urge to be somebody he's not.

I prefer to think he's just drunk off his ass.

Edgeworth: I'm taking this case because apparently the Prosecutor's Office is filled with cowards.

Phoenix: Edgeworth, are you sure you didn't just forget to tell everyone this case was open?

Edgeworth: I posted it on the door, but no one responded!

Phoenix: Posted what on whose door?

Maya: What did he write, I wonder?

The inside of his own door, probably. And whatever he wrote, it's not like anyone could read his drunk scribble anyway.

While I did like the designs of the characters, the plot twists were so obvious. As soon as Ellen said she had traveled back in time, I though to myself, "They fucking staged a second wedding, it's totally possible since it was at night time." I'm kind of surprised no one pointed out that Gloomsbury WAS killed at the correct time (i.e. after the first reception) because two receptions were held and that Phoenix's fog machine theory was wrong. And I knew from the start that Nichody would be the killer, as well as the fact that he was Selena's fiance.

Unlike everyone else, I found the whole Athena and Trucy skit to be boring and dumb. Like, it would have been funny if it was just done once, but they kept doing it over and over and over... I GET IT, WE'RE SHOVING ATHENA TO THE SIDE. Also I just HATED that no one brought up Apollo in any real capacity. I really fucking hate this fear of making references to 'spoilers.' Like come on, it's already made clear that it's post-SOJ, so if anyone gets spoiled because they played it before finishing SOJ, that's their fault.

While I like the courtroom dynamic with Edgeworth better, I'm honestly just plain tired of the original AA cast and like people have pointed out, there's a lot of inconsistencies in their character. Honestly would not play this case again.

I was unfortunately spoiled ahead of time that Pierce was the killer and that he was a surgeon. So when Pierce brought up the surgeon in the story, I knew it was him. Apparently this was really obvious anyway and thankfully knowing didn't ruin much for me. Though I really thought that him being a surgeon would tie into the howdunnit in some way and am kind of disappointed that it didn't

A lot of people also seem bothered with the lack of characters making finding the culprit easier but this has never really bothered me with AA. The culprit almost never surprises me anyway and I feel adding an extra character would end up just making an unmemorable unnecessary character. Plus it worked to this case's advantage with how calculating Pierce was the entire time even before the reveal. He almost seemed like a more humbly, lowly Gant. Like someone constantly in control of the situation so lawyers were of no concern to him. I dunno, I really loved his character and he's my favorite villain in the game besides Retinz. He also had a fantastic, truly sad breakdown. I loved his "silent" testimony and I didn't mind the confrontation being short considering we were sort of butting heads the entire case

The howdunnit wasn't that interesting--I appreciated the game revealing the two reception trick the first trial day but I kind of thought "That's it? For a case called Turnabout Time Traveller?" The WHYdunnit was very, very good though and it's why I loved the case so much. I thought it was extremely clever how they tied in Sorin's memory condition making him a "time traveler" and Nichody being unable to move on past the incident either. It's those kinds of touches that make AA extremely unique to me and prevents each case from feeling like a bunch of murder cases. l I dunno, I feel like sometimes the fanbase takes for granted how well-written even the most mediocre case is..................myself included

This is also Larry's best case since 1-4 and I was so happy when he cornered Edgeworth with the decisive evidence after how much of a dick Edgeworth was in the first trial. Though the truth of his drawing was extremely anticlimactic. I thought it'd be an invention or something...