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I seriously think Phoenix is italian. Look at those eyebrows. Eh?
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We know Kane is like, the only black person in PW.
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Well, since this game was made in Japan and the fact that Kurain Channeling
evolved in Japan, is Maya Japanese? (Along Mia, Pearls, etc?)
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Probably so, but they make the characters so hard to tell what there ethnicity is, plus they have to deal with localization issues when translating it.
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I just wonder what Ganon's up to... :)

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I've always thought the Feys we're supposed to be Japanese, but Franziska looked more Japanese then Maya to me. :yuusaku:
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BUT FRANZY IS GERMAN! She even said so herself....XD
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I just wonder what Ganon's up to... :)

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I know! XD She just looks Japanese to me.
Her daddy sure doesn't though. :D
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Hehe, her daddy is so Australian. 《3
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Frank Sawhit is probably Korean mixed with Indian
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Aren't the Fey family Chinese?
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Armando is obviously Spanish. I would go so far as to say Edgeworth is British. I mean, think of his last name. Edgeworth simply screams of British heritage.
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Armando is obviously Spanish. I would go so far as to say Edgeworth is British. I mean, think of his last name. Edgeworth simply screams of British heritage.

Yeah, Edgey just has a British aura around him anyway.
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Walkie Talkie Man wrote:
Armando is obviously Spanish.


He could be Mexican. O_o
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Lana looks very Russian to me. Of course, maybe that's just because I knew someone named Lana in real life who had an obvious Russian accent.
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Manfred's definitely Romanian or something. His outfit and mannerisms just scream 'I BID YOU VELCOM.'.
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Darzie P wrote:
Walkie Talkie Man wrote:
Armando is obviously Spanish.


He could be Mexican. O_o


NO! NO NO NO!!!!

HE'S SPANISH, DAMMIT! SPAAAAAANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GAH!!!!

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CarChaseCityMan wrote:
Darzie P wrote:
Walkie Talkie Man wrote:
Armando is obviously Spanish.


He could be Mexican. O_o


NO! NO NO NO!!!!

HE'S SPANISH, DAMMIT! SPAAAAAANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GAH!!!!

Sorry.

He doesn't look too Spanish and "Armando" isn't a common surname here, in Spain. Anyway, why couldn't he be from the USA?
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The von Karmas are from America in the Japanese version.

In the English version, I'm pretty sure they're German.

In the English version, the Feys couldn't be Japanese, because Pearl says that she would like to learn to speak Japanese in JFA.

Umm, and I guess there's heaps of room for rebuttal in that, butyeah.

I think Phoenix and Edgeworth and Larry are whatever country you live in xB
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I thought Sawhit was one of those Chinese salesmen/business stereotypes.

Other than what is explicitly stated with confusion among the different localized versions, the majority of the cast would pretty much have Caucasian roots.
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or this could turn into a "where in the states do they come from"

Lotta and Jake are obviously from Texas

Grey looks British

Ini's from Tenessee

Diego... sorry, but he looks Jamacian or Cuban to me o_O
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Redd is American, as is Phoenix. He says that, actually... okay, THINKS it, in Redd's testimony... but upon further background, I'm unsure.

Judge's bro. is Canadian, obvi.

Yanni Yogi is part russian. When he stands up straight, he looks that way to me.
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Elriel wrote:
He doesn't look too Spanish and "Armando" isn't a common surname here, in Spain. Anyway, why couldn't he be from the USA?

Fine. I'll just say he's Hispanic.
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kind of a shot in the dark here....

but i think the von karma's are german.... not sure though
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Lotta and Jake are obviously from Texas


Jake admitted that he was from west L.A in the game.
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Nick - American/Southern Californa
Armando - Hispanic/ Southern Californa
Von Karmas - German
Meekins - Chinese (he reminds me of Data from Goonies)
Feys - Japanese
Tigre - NY
Lotta - Deep South (reminds me of Mississippi or Alabama)/Posssibly mixed with Caucasian/african american
Edgey - English/Great Britain
Jake/Neil - Southern California
Gant - Washington DC (he strikes me as a man who came from washington)
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General Luigi wrote:
Lana looks very Russian to me. Of course, maybe that's just because I knew someone named Lana in real life who had an obvious Russian accent.

O_o
I'd say she's far more British than Edgeworth.
I just get the feeling that Edgeworth's just an imposter compared to her (stereotypes and crap).

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In the English version, the Feys couldn't be Japanese, because Pearl says that she would like to learn to speak Japanese in JFA.

I don't see why that would make her Japanese.
Still, I don't know much about the series in that much detail so I hope some know-it-all doesn't ambush me for saying that. >_>
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von Karma: German/-American
Edgeworth: English
Wright: Australian(Just look at those EYES!♥)
Maya: Japanese/-Korean
Pearl: Japanese/-Irish
Iris: same
Dahlia: same
Adrian: American
Luke: English
Ron/Des DeLite: French-Canadian

Those are the ones on my mind right now. :mareka:
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Hehe, how bout Lana being half Russian and half British? I think it's the military uniform. Seriously.

LOL, look at Furio Tigre and Diego. OBVIOUS SKIN COLOUR MATCH (not exactly, but w/e.). MEXICAN!
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The von Karmas are German, obvs. I've toyed around with the idea that Franziska's mom is French, though.

Diego's probably from (insert South American country here). I like to think at least part of his heritage is Brazillian, because there's a whole lot of coffee in Brazil :godot:

The Fey family is very obviously Japanese, although they've probably been in the US for enough generations that they don't really use the language outside of spirit medium business much anymore- perhaps Ami was the first to come over? Some family members probably opt to learn it to read ancient texts without translation errors, though. I also think that Ami either Americanized the family name or took her husband's name.

Edgeworth is obviously of British heritage, at least- there's even a British village called "Edgeworth. I like to think that he's a bit of a poser who picked up an accent while studying to be a lawyer overseas, and he's really from Alabama. LOL GREGORY PECK- ER EDGEWORTH.

Gant seems vaguely Arabic- I'm not quite sure if the tan's all from swimming, considering he even has it in February. He's quite the dedicated swimmer, of course, but I dunno if you can get that nice of a tan in February without going for a tanning bed, lol. I imagine he's part Greek, too.

Phoenix looks vaguely Mediterranean, although I like to think he's got a bit of whatever Gant is because lol, cracktastic fan theories. He might be a Heinz 57, for all we know. Gumshoe's definately a Heinz 57, though. He's probably got a little bit of every European nationality in him.

Redd White is a WASP. He dyes his hair. Adrian's also a WASP.

Lana and Ema- I dunno. Russian does sound pretty hot, though. I APPROVE. Might be a little bit of Irish or Welsh in there, too, considering the name Skye.

Ron's either Irish or Scottish on his mother's side. His father's French. Dessie... seems like she could be all French.

Viola's a hard one to nail- her surname's Italian, but she looks pretty Asian to me. My personal explanation for the obvs Yakuza influences in the translation is that Bruto Cadaverini might've been a bit of a Japanophile, and he married a Japanese woman. Payne seems like he's part Asian, as well- he reminds me of the middle-aged Japanese businessman stereotype.

Dahlia's Asian/Scottish. Even though that color hair does not occur naturally and er... other spoilery factors. GENETICS JUST WORK THAT WAY IN ANIMU, MMMKAY?

Udgey... seems vaguely Scandinavian. I MEAN, COME ON- HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THAT BEARD ON POPULAR DEPICTIONS OF VIKINGS? His brother's got the fair hair, too.
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LOL GREGORY PECK- ER EDGEWORTH.


hahahaha. I was reading To Kill a Mockingbird over the other day and instead of picturing Gregory Peck as Atticus, I was totally imagining Gregory Edgeworth! :gregory:

(it can't just be mere coincidence!) >_>
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Oh god, every time I read "Atticus" it registered in my brain as "Gregory." It made me feel unhealthily obsessed. :sadshoe:
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I think the Fey family came from Japan.

Edgy's family came from Britain.

The cowboy wanna-be's family probably is from Texas, but his parents moved.

Dee Vasquez...dang it, I STILL think she's Russian.

Diego's grandparents might have been from a Spanish speaking country. I imagine Columbia for two reasons, A: Columbia has a huge coffee economy. B: I learned Spanish from a Columbian immigrant, so I always imagine Spanish speakers in books and games with little or no voice acting as Columbian.
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I can imagine Redd White having a really enthusiastic british accent to his "Splenderifious!"

Edgeworths "Hold it!" and "Take That" make it clear he's british.
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Edgeworth - British (as much as it pains me to say this), he does give off that Brits aura, I can even imagine him drinking tea and holding the teacup in that delicate way with his pinkey sticking out..... ugh... *sob* Why did I have to think that?!

Von Karmas - With a name that has 'Von' in it, I'd say definitely either from Germany or Austria. I like to think Germany because I like Germany more than Austria, but I remember reading somewhere that Austria has more 'Von' type names... hmm...

Wright - Eh... somewhere over in the US, although 'Wright' actually makes me think of someone British too. Probably because I know a few people with that last name...

Dahlia - Irish... with that hair of hers.... if she had an accent, I'd say she was Scottish, but she speaks rather proper in the game.

Diego - huh, hispanic's about as far as I can narrow him down to... I'm not sure why, but at one point I did briefly wonder if he had any Italian blood in him >_>;

Feys - I'm inclined to say Japanese even if there's evidence that supports otherwise (I think someone mentioned Pearls wanting to learn Japanese or something?). I have to admit, Pearl's hairstyle does look rather Chinese though... but that asides, the Fey family in my opinion, gives off more of a Japanese impression than a Chinese one (speaking from experience here, being Chinese myself lol!)

Grossburg - English... or maybe Belgian even... stuff he says, his mannerism and his appearance reminds me of Poirot sometimes XD
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Redd = American... and since he has all that money, Swiss.

Grossberg as Belgian?........ well I can certainly see him eating their chocolates in his youth.
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I think Phoenix's eyebrows are just drawn on.

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