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I don't think there's a thread for this, but which forensic tool did you find the most useful/was the most fun to use in any of the Ace Attorney games?
Personally I like good old fashioned fingerprint (or toe) dusting. Even if you look fairly silly blowing on your DS...its all in the same of science :notes:

But there's the X-ray scanner thing, metal detector, foot print analysis, the plain old examine closer button, Little Thief, luminol, and the poison spray...all quite fun. Maybe I'm missing out some... I suppose Missile could kinda count but you don't really use him. And would you count checking video footage? it feels sorta scientific.

Alternatively, what forensic tasks would you like to see added in GS5? I think it'd be neat if they added in DNA checks from hair samples you could find at the crime scenes.
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I rather enjoyed the Luminol or the shoe print analizing in AJ. I guess the Metal Detector was kind of fun, too. The rest were kind of hit and miss. The print dusting was okay, the poison spray was basically Luminol and that X-Ray Scanner thing just took way too long for my liking...

Hair DNA check might be fun, but that would sort of ruin any "I am not actually this person" plot they might think of creating. And I would like, perhaps, a proper Ballistic Markings mini-game to do. They talked about them in various cases, but I want to do a mini-game where I can test fire a gun while shouting "FIRE IN THE HOLE!!" or similar and compare the markings.

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The x-ray scanner thing, was that the one used in 2-4? If so, that was my favourite thing to use. I got really excited whenever I found something. :will:

It was the same with the metal detector. However, with that I found what I was looking for really quickly, so I never got a good chance to look around. I don't think I took the opportunity to do so on my replays either...
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ah yeah a ballistic one would be so cool.

the hair thing wouldn't have to spoil a character twist, just prove when a witness claims not to have been at the crime scene instead of relying on matchstick boxes :zenitora:
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My favorite is probably Little Thief, but moreso in GK2 where the puzzles were a bit more involved and clever than in AAI.

After that I'd say finger/toe-printing. A simple but logical use for the DS microphone.
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The x-ray scanner thing, was that the one used in 2-4? If so, that was my favourite thing to use. I got really excited whenever I found something. :will:


No, no the X-Ray Scanner was used in 4-4 to find out what was written in letters without opening them.
...would this still be a case of violating the privacy of what is written in letters, only to be read by the people who receive the letter?

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The x-ray scanner thing, was that the one used in 2-4? If so, that was my favourite thing to use. I got really excited whenever I found something. :will:


No, no the X-Ray Scanner was used in 4-4 to find out what was written in letters without opening them.
...would this still be a case of violating the privacy of what is written in letters, only to be read by the people who receive the letter?

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Ah. I thought it might be that one, but I wasn't sure. What was the one in 2-4 called then?
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That was a bug sweeper - similar to the Metal Detector, except he focuses on eletronical stuff.
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That should totally have happened.
Although isn't sperm something that requires black light to see and wouldn't react to luminol?
At least from what I recall from forensic series...

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PS: Why is that comic strip lacking a blood reaction from Mia's murder? No matter how clean you get it, it's still there.
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That should totally have happened.
Although isn't sperm something that requires black light to see and wouldn't react to luminol?
At least from what I recall from forensic series...

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PS: Why is that comic strip lacking a blood reaction from Mia's murder? No matter how clean you get it, it's still there.

Because you're neurotic and pernickety and the artist obviously wanted to infuriate you? Perhaps she died further down against the window and offscreen from the comic strip. Charley the plant is also missing I think.

In all seriousness I liked Dick Gumshoe's little detector device in 2-4 if only because Gumshoe gave you it and he put a lot of heart into making it.
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I doubt they would put in a ballistics one because the makers of AA, especially the AAI writer, really hate guns and wouldn't want you firing them

It would be cool to use glue to find latent fingerprints, although maybe not as fun as dusting for them. You could maybe use chemistry that's more advanced than just spraying luminol to test for the presence of a certain substance, depending on what kind of games they're going for. Comparing a photo of a car to sample photos to determine its make might be kind of boring. Forensics on the body would be too gross. They might have more things involving recreating the angle of a shot.
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I wouldn't call Little Thief a forensics tool.

As for the rest, well, they all were good but only during the first time, then they get too repetitive. Out off all of those, I'd say the most useful was the Luminol, but the bug sweeper/metal detector mechanics from 2-4 and 3-5 are the most fun in my opinion, because of all the funny extra dialog that it provides.
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I doubt they would put in a ballistics one because the makers of AA, especially the AAI writer, really hate guns and wouldn't want you firing them

It would be cool to use glue to find latent fingerprints, although maybe not as fun as dusting for them. You could maybe use chemistry that's more advanced than just spraying luminol to test for the presence of a certain substance, depending on what kind of games they're going for. Comparing a photo of a car to sample photos to determine its make might be kind of boring. Forensics on the body would be too gross. They might have more things involving recreating the angle of a shot.


Well next game is meant to be darker, they might try and go there.

Though really I think it's getting TOO CSI for Phoenix or Apollo, remember proper scientists most cases give you reports with this information. In fact it's solely just Ema in her unofficial little investigations that warrant these little things.

And if it means not having Ema present in GS5 I'll gladly sacrifice scientific sections.
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I liked all of them that required the ds' features, just because it added a little more interactivity. I especially liked the paper scanner in AJ. I thought it added a lot of tension to the case the first time I played it. Moreso than the fingerprint scanners, because you could tell from the beginning who's prints they were just based on the images.

I agree that they shouldn't get really anymore complicated than they are now, because there's really no reason for lawyers to be doing this stuff. However, I DO like Ema, and I would be glad to see her back, which means there are ways of doing this again.

I personally like the idea of a new detective and having Ema work in forensics. So you can go to the forensics lab and have her test evidence for things. I think it would be cool and would enable some different gameplay.
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I agree that they shouldn't get really anymore complicated than they are now, because there's really no reason for lawyers to be doing this stuff. However, I DO like Ema, and I would be glad to see her back, which means there are ways of doing this again.


Well then I guess they'd better take out the investigation phases of the game as well, because Lawyers are not the ones who are supposed to go to crime scenes and check stuff out. Their job is to have other people do the leg work and lawyers merely interpret the evidence...

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I agree that they shouldn't get really anymore complicated than they are now, because there's really no reason for lawyers to be doing this stuff. However, I DO like Ema, and I would be glad to see her back, which means there are ways of doing this again.


Well then I guess they'd better take out the investigation phases of the game as well, because Lawyers are not the ones who are supposed to go to crime scenes and check stuff out. Their job is to have other people do the leg work and lawyers merely interpret the evidence...

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The idea of letting a defense attorney do CSI for a murder case is highly improper, as even the games admit. But I've seen small-practice attorneys inspect mold in landlord-tenant disputes and legal interns take pictures of roads for accident lawsuits. Corporate attorneys often double as safety managers and look at the scenes of workplace accidents to determine fault or figure out what needs to be done to prevent future mishaps.
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I agree that they shouldn't get really anymore complicated than they are now, because there's really no reason for lawyers to be doing this stuff. However, I DO like Ema, and I would be glad to see her back, which means there are ways of doing this again.


Well then I guess they'd better take out the investigation phases of the game as well, because Lawyers are not the ones who are supposed to go to crime scenes and check stuff out. Their job is to have other people do the leg work and lawyers merely interpret the evidence...

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The idea of letting a defense attorney do CSI for a murder case is highly improper, as even the games admit. But I've seen small-practice attorneys inspect mold in landlord-tenant disputes and legal interns take pictures of roads for accident lawsuits. Corporate attorneys often double as safety managers and look at the scenes of workplace accidents to determine fault or figure out what needs to be done to prevent future mishaps.


Yes. While admittedly this isn't very realistic to murder cases, in most non-violent legal cases the attorney often goes to the location in question to gain more knowledge of the problem and the case. (And D.A.s visit crime scenes all the time, they just don't do the actual investigating.) I feel like the lawyers doing some unofficial snooping around is less of a stretch than them doing anything more extreme forensics-wise than they have in previous games (emphasis on anything more extreme, because as I said right now it's fine). I think the lawyer situation mirrors Ema doing forensics better, because while the head detective should not be doing that work, its within the realm of believe-ability.

Although for the record, I would be perfectly happy if they split it up so you played a detective in the investigation segments and then played Phoenix in the courtroom, as long as they found a way to not make Phoenix's story suffer as a result. But they're never going to do this so nothing to worry about.
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I actually like all the forensic science stuff I get to do in the series.

If it wasn't for Ace Attorney I wouldn't of care for forensic science and of course law. (I guess I'm no better than the people who didn't care about literature until Twilight and the people who didn't care about World War II until Hetalia :c)
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I actually like all the forensic science stuff I get to do in the series.

If it wasn't for Ace Attorney I wouldn't of care for forensic science and of course law. (I guess I'm no better than the people who didn't care about literature until Twilight and the people who didn't care about World War II until Hetalia :c)


Same with me. Although I've become less interested in forensics and more interested in law. I'm thinking of studying it next year, once I've finished high school.

The forensics stuff makes me feel like a detective in the game. :pearl:
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Scientific investigations were fun. The fingerprints made me really OCD though, I couldn't bring myself to blow on the mic until the whole screen was white. I really enjoyed taking the footprints in AJ but I wish they didn't had to make Ema grow up to be so suddenly clumsy as an excuse to make us do the work, that trait felt like it just came out of nowhere... :lana:
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Scientific investigations were fun. The fingerprints made me really OCD though, I couldn't bring myself to blow on the mic until the whole screen was white. I really enjoyed taking the footprints in AJ but I wish they didn't had to make Ema grow up to be so suddenly clumsy as an excuse to make us do the work, that trait felt like it just came out of nowhere... :lana:


Actually I think it was a case of all theory and enthusiasm and no talent or practical ability. The specific reason she's in 4 as a detective is because she failed the forensic examination test I'm pretty certain. Also considering we've never seen her do experiments herself (whenever she is with someone she always makes them do it) perhaps she IS overly clumsy handling the equipment even if she has textbook knowledge on the subject. That or she could be squeamish around bodies and so couldn't cut it.
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Scientific investigations were fun. The fingerprints made me really OCD though, I couldn't bring myself to blow on the mic until the whole screen was white. I really enjoyed taking the footprints in AJ but I wish they didn't had to make Ema grow up to be so suddenly clumsy as an excuse to make us do the work, that trait felt like it just came out of nowhere... :lana:


Actually I think it was a case of all theory and enthusiasm and no talent or practical ability. The specific reason she's in 4 as a detective is because she failed the forensic examination test I'm pretty certain. Also considering we've never seen her do experiments herself (whenever she is with someone she always makes them do it) perhaps she IS overly clumsy handling the equipment even if she has textbook knowledge on the subject. That or she could be squeamish around bodies and so couldn't cut it.


I can't use GK1 as an example but if you look at Rise from the Ashes Ema shows Phoenix how the stuff works without a problem, which made me think the failed test was only out of nervousness from her. Or it could be that the failure scarred her for life so she can't use the forensic tools correctly anymore...yeah I got nothing. :shoe:
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Scientific investigations were fun. The fingerprints made me really OCD though, I couldn't bring myself to blow on the mic until the whole screen was white. I really enjoyed taking the footprints in AJ but I wish they didn't had to make Ema grow up to be so suddenly clumsy as an excuse to make us do the work, that trait felt like it just came out of nowhere... :lana:


Actually I think it was a case of all theory and enthusiasm and no talent or practical ability. The specific reason she's in 4 as a detective is because she failed the forensic examination test I'm pretty certain. Also considering we've never seen her do experiments herself (whenever she is with someone she always makes them do it) perhaps she IS overly clumsy handling the equipment even if she has textbook knowledge on the subject. That or she could be squeamish around bodies and so couldn't cut it.


I can't use GK1 as an example but if you look at Rise from the Ashes Ema shows Phoenix how the stuff works without a problem, which made me think the failed test was only out of nervousness from her. Or it could be that the failure scarred her for life so she can't use the forensic tools correctly anymore...yeah I got nothing. :shoe:

Or Capcom was just too lazy to think of a reason to let the player do the scientific parts again that wouldn't seem contrived, other than the one that they already provided. Or maybe Ema never really failed her test. The police ran out of detectives when Gumshoe quit to pursue a higher-paying career in an instant noodle factory, so they instead chose that woman who just took her forensics exam. And why not use GK1 as an example? :yuusaku:
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Or Capcom was just too lazy to think of a reason to let the player do the scientific parts again that wouldn't seem contrived, other than the one that they already provided. Or maybe Ema never really failed her test. The police ran out of detectives when Gumshoe quit to pursue a higher-paying career in an instant noodle factory, so they instead chose that woman who just took her forensics exam. And why not use GK1 as an example? :yuusaku:


Ema using her forensic tools in GK didn't seem like a good card to throw since a lot thought GK's writing wasn't as great, and not having the game written by the same writer can be a claim against it-albeit a little weak to my tastes-if looking for an opposing argument. That's only me taking precautions there, I like to be careful with my choice of words when I can help it. :jake:
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The metal detector.

Finding a coin buried in the snow during 3-5 cracked me up. :sawit:

What kind of metal detector you've got? Gold metal detector?
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Luminol, for some reason I liked spraying at stuff. The X-ray thing and metal detector were quite fun as well. And Little thief was a cool device.
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I love fingerprint dusting in the DS but not in the iOS version. :I
Gumshoe's metal detector would come second. :phoenix:
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I love fingerprint dusting in the DS but not in the iOS version. :I
Gumshoe's metal detector would come second. :phoenix:


How does the iOS version differ?
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How does the iOS version differ?

Instead of blowing over the mic, you had to wipe the screen to remove the excess dust.
It wasn't exactly easy. :sahwit: I had to wipe multiple times to make it work. ( And no, nothing was wrong with my iPad. I tried it on my sister's iPad too and same results. )
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