内藤 馬乃介
ないとう うまのすけ
Umanosuke Naitou

He is the president's bodyguards.
And he is an expert of the gun.
His hobby is chess.

Naitou: knight
馬(Uma): horse
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Also, I'm willing to bet that bodyguard guy is the killer. After all, it does sound plausible: Gun expert + suspicious looking + apparently pretty relevant to the case, since he'll most probably introduce the game's first Chess Logic, and most likely the only one in Case 1 = killer

If this is the case, then we're in for an awesome-yet-easy GK2-1. But this is just too-early-to-be-healthy speculation.

Shelly De Killer

--> New guy has a medical collar (for a broken neck?)
--> Shelly de Killer has a sling (for a broken arm?)

Eureka! There must have been a bit of a scuffle between those two at some point!


My money's also on this Naitou guy as the killer. I don't think the bear trap girl looks like a murderer. More like another simple case of an amusingly obnoxious and quirky witness.

Besides -- the victim's bodyguard? What a convenient position to stab somebody in the back!

Also, another Payne cameo = awesome.
I wonder whether Edgeworth will recognize such a legend when he sees him this time? Yeah right!

Outargue witnesses refusing to testify with the new system, Logic Chess!

There are people whom you'll meet at the crime scene who'll refuse to testify. "Logic Chess" is a sort of way to negotiate, to make them testify. The movements of you and the witness are likened as a battle of chess, and is how it appears in Edgeworth's head. In this battle, you'll corner the opponent by choosing between question topics and options. In the end, the goal is to beat them in an argument. However, there is a time limit and you'll have to work to make them testify before they change their mind. Besides deductive capabilities, a quick estimation of circumstances is necessary.

Testing the opponent out
On screen, pieces represent the opponent's defence!

Choose a option which will probably make her talk
A suspect who is cautious and just doesn't want to listen to you. Let's ask her a question which she will probably answer inadvertently first and then watch her reaction.

Watch her attitude
When you know the witness' identity or his work, you might see his connection to the case.
Get information!

Pursue suspicous statements!!
If there are suspicious bits in their statements, pursue. You could also let it pass and see what happens.

Pursuit ->

Failed
As a penalty, the time limit gauge becomes smaller
When you make a mistake, the remaining time becomes less.
Watch the gauge at the lower screen!

Succesful
If you chose right, the witness will show weaknesses. You'll extract information from the witness like this.

Having cornered them, make them confess
The opponent's pieces are crushed!
When you've outargued your opponent, the pieces of your opponent are eliminated! When you've eliminated all the pieces, it'll be checkmate and you'll be able to get information.

But don't you think it's TOO convenient? He's the bodyguard of the victim and a gun expert. Hmm the victim was shot by a pistol. That's just too obvious.

I'm quite sure that Naitou's last name, Umanosuke, is a play on words.
Uma no suke - Boy of horses

Naitou Umanosuke. The President's bodyguard.

Actually, like JapaneseGIRL pointed out in the opening post, his whole name is a play on the knight piece in chess. ないとう　-> ナイト　(Knight) + 馬乃介 (Horse)

"Naitou Umanosuke.
I'm the bodyguard of the president."