No matter what reason Maya has for stopping by this country, she is a tourist, first and foremost! And Nick's wallet will face some arduous tasks... at least, if she can scrounge off of him.

she's still only in her late 20s.

Maya can be serious when she needs to be. That quality shouldn't change.

I don't care if Maya is re-introduced like she's 19 all over again, as long as when it comes to serious moments, she doesn't act as clueless or lost as she used to. Rather than the cute reply of "We don't have enough information!" I'd appreciate something like "Well, I don't think you'll be get more info by talking with me again, Nick." Sure, throw in a little sass if it helps. It actually makes her more reminiscent of Mia.

No, I don't see Maya acting more refined, since she's not quite like her mother. Maybe she will be when she grows older, but for now, she's still only in her late 20s. No matter what reason Maya has for stopping by this country, she is a tourist, first and foremost! And Nick's wallet will face some arduous tasks... at least, if she can scrounge off of him.

Of course, if she really does come to this country for political reasons and the situation requires that she step forth as a representative of her clan, that will be the ideal moment to show us just how much she's grown. Granted, my clan conspiracy theory is still a theory that needs more empirical evidence, but I truly have no other idea of how they can integrate Maya into this game without shoehorning her in as a surprise cameo. (I'm looking at you, Klavier...)

I found Maya to be mature enough if you put her perkyness aside, so in that sense she can return being the same as she used to, but when it comes to design and animations they can't just do what they did to Pearl and call it a day IMO. Pearl's design was kind of okay at first but then they just had all her old animations and some of Maya's. Stuff like her "hmm" animation where she sticks her thumb up to her mouth or her "dawww!" animation didn't really seem appropriate for how she'd aged and the language was off too with how she still said "Mr. Nick" and "Mystic Maya". It just seemed like she'd have grown out of that by her age.

It's been 9 years by the time this story begins. Maya has to have changed in some way, if only slightly.

Given the letter in DD though, you'd think Maya's chemistry with Nick would remain intact though, so she wouldn't need to be all awkward about how to address him. The change should maybe be more like where 19-year-old Maya would say "Yooo Nick!", AA6-Maya would go "Oh, hi Nick!"

Probably the most likely is the whole political representation thing. That would actually be really interesting as Maya's motivation for being there, especially since it would show the leadership of Maya's (presumed) role as Master of Kurain. That brings up another question though: how the hell do the politics in Kurain work?! Is it like the Kurain Village in the original trilogy is some sort of subclan to the Kingdom of Kurain or something?

Actually, that would piss me the fuck off. Like, seriously, seriously piss me off. If SHE is on her vacation, SHE should pay for her shit.

I'm 25 and I act like my mother at times.

Maya has given Phoenix the bill many many times before, why wouldn't she do it now? Whether she is on her vacation wouldn't matter too much. She still can think Phoenix can treat her.

It's called being a mature adult. You take care of your own bills. And she would realize what a disgusting thing that is. She's the Master of Kurain and Phoenix a lawyer, who apparently barely ever gets paid. I dunno, sounds to me like she would be more capable of paying easily.

C-A

It's called being a mature adult. You take care of your own bills. And she would realize what a disgusting thing that is. She's the Master of Kurain and Phoenix a lawyer, who apparently barely ever gets paid. I dunno, sounds to me like she would be more capable of paying easily.

"Hey Nick! Let's get some burgers, my treat!"
"(That's a first. Since when does she not expect me to pay?)"
"Being the Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique I'm sure they'll just hand 'em right over!"
"Ah. So you were hoping for a freebie..."

Inppropriate for how she'd aged and the language was off too with how she still said "Mr. Nick" and "Mystic Maya". It just seemed like she'd have grown out of that by her age.

Even as an adult, the concept of treats still exists. I'd like to think I am at least a semi-adult, and I still treat my friends plenty. And the fact my friends have more money or a higher income doesn't matter.

Isn't Mystic Maya her title though, i don't think it's too far out for Pearl to still be calling her that even as a teenager.

So I replayed DD today and found this
Payne was foreshadowed to be royalty since the beginning!

Dual Destinies predicted the future!
That's a great observation XD I wonder how the translation of AA6 will talk about Payne?

More like they were lying in wait all this time. Maybe they even set up praying ceremonies to make it come true... or eh, maybe Janet Hsu's stuff plays a lot more influence than expected. <- So wishing this is true

(It's official. He has now been crowned a royal Payne...)

Meanwhile I'm waiting for Payne in the Ass

I'm sure Yamazaki won't try to change Maya's personality too much if she is in GS6. Changing her immaturity's taking away an aspect people liked about her! I'm sure she'll want to search for burgers and have Nick pay XD (If they even sell burgers in Kurain). I'm also sure she'll try to use her status as master to try and get free souvenirs or something? Maybe instead of Nick treating her she'll say:
"Hey Nick! Let's get some burgers, my treat!"
"(That's a first. Since when does she not expect me to pay?)"
"Being the Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique I'm sure they'll just hand 'em right over!"
"Ah. So you were hoping for a freebie..."

EDIT: Hey, you know what would actually be funny? If both Gaspen and Winston teamed up in an attempt to copy the Anything Agency with their "Lead defense" roles, plus I'm getting some mario-brothers vibes from Gaspen and Winston already.

Which one gets the goofy legs in the American Super Payne Bros 2?

Truth be told though... I think Maya wasn't completely at her best in PLvPWAA. It felt like Takumi remembered some of her quirks and played them too safe. Think about the number of times she pulls the joke where Nick ends up saying "I wish you wouldn't look at ME when you say that".

Maya's 125% comfortable around Nick and she won't change how she addresses him. If anything, reuniting the two of them will have them acting like their younger selves in no time and probably forgetting Apollo and Athena are even there as they catch up. Even if she makes him pay for burgers for old time's sake he wouldn't even object. Don't forget this is the same older Phoenix who footed the bill for his two employees by choice. He's probably making a prettier penny at this point. Besides, it's Maya. Of course he'd pay.

I fully expect to see Maya as a competent, successful Master of Kurain by now. Her character arc in the original trilogy had her maturing and eventually accepting her role (or burden, depending on how you look at it) as Master of Kurain even though it conflicted with her desire to stay in the city with Phoenix doing the job she found for herself. By now, she'll have things under control and I want to see her as the political leader the Master was said to be yet, naturally, still Maya at the core. She won't be the same teenager she used to be now that she's going to be 28 but that doesn't mean she won't still love her children's TV shows or probably show up to Kurain meetings in her pajamas or something.

Maya's role as a character was always in direct contrast with the somber mysteries of spirit channeling and that's part of what makes her so multifaceted and wonderful. Basically, I want to see the rookie lawyers of the agency react to their boss giving a sophisticated figure of power a piggy back ride.

Maya's role as a character was always in direct contrast with the somber mysteries of spirit channeling and that's part of what makes her so multifaceted and wonderful.

Basically, I want to see the rookie lawyers of the agency react to their boss giving a sophisticated figure of power a piggy back ride.

A fan of Maya much? Not that it's a bad thing, but damn, you tried harder than some people ever try on any of their writing assignments at my school.

As I said (here? elsewhere?), she'd make a wonderful foil to Leyfa, who seems to take the traditions of spirit channeling very seriously. I simply can't wait to see these two go head to head in some sort of rivalry.

Maybe it's just me, but the dev team seems to have an in-universe reason to make Nick's model slimmer than before.

doing the job she found for herself.

As I said (here? elsewhere?), she'd make a wonderful foil to Leyfa, who seems to take the traditions of spirit channeling very seriously. I simply can't wait to see these two go head to head in some sort of rivalry.

Maybe it's just me, but the dev team seems to have an in-universe reason to make Nick's model slimmer than before.

Oh yeah, I'm crossing all my fingers for Leifa being Maya's rival character instead of Phoenix's. With "Princess" being the only conceivable role in Kurain that could be higher than Master, it works perfectly.

Basically, I want to see the rookie lawyers of the agency react to their boss giving a sophisticated figure of power a piggy back ride.

Then we have CatMuto... who doesn't, and just posts salt.

"What does a Master and a "Princess" have to compete against each other with?" Was a serious question by the way. I'm honestly interested in ideas on this.

Excuse you? I pay attention to the source material and I saw nothing that made it look like Maya 'found' the assy position. Mia told her to do so and Phoenix had better just deal with it, because his late boss said it. Maya didn't find it herself.

"What does a Master and a "Princess" have to compete against each other with?" Was a serious question by the way. I'm honestly interested in ideas on this.

just because I think Maya's coming back

How big will your disappointment be if that is not the case? (Or even your conspiracy theory is wrong?)

The big mystery's revelation is that the founder of Kurain's technique wasn't Ami Fey, it was Kyoko Ayasato.

C-A

Still, if it's not the case, what will the game be about? Nick getting a new superpower and a new hot teenaged female assistant / love interest who apparently is an actual princess this time?

Well, someone's gotta push along the Phoenix underaged harem train. And while we're at it, #charleyforassistant2016.

Kidding aside, what do you really think it'd be about if Maya were not involved in the slightest? I'm having trouble figuring out an alternative plan for this game should your predictions come true instead.

I think Maya is in this, but I do actually fear she'll get the Edgeworth DD (shaft) role.

I think Maya is in this, but I do actually fear she'll get the Edgeworth DD (shaft) role.

At the very least they're going to go full fan service and have her reprise her role as assistant for the final case and Edgeworth just happens to show up for no reason to prosecute so we can have the Nick/Maya vs. Edgeworth classic battle again.