15 (I return you the question :D) for the aa ask meme :)
What kind of things are you hoping for in the next AA game?
So I should add first of all, that Iâm at the point where I would much rather have Investigations 3 or a one-off spinoff (Mia Fey: Ace Attorneyâanyone? Or Ema Skye: Scientific Investigations?) than AA7. There would be less discourse around it, and I tend to prefer the games that arenât afraid to be their own thing.Â
But assuming that weâre much more likely to get AA7 (assuming Capcom eventually realizing they canât just keep releasing the Trilogy whenever), here are a few things.  Obviously, itâs not realistic to expect all of them and in fact, a few of my wants kind of contradict each other.Â
1. Apollo stays in Khurain at least until the final case. I think most fans would agree that weâre currently suffering from character overload at this point, especially given that Capcom is also trying to appease the Trilogy diehards by bringing back Edgeworth and Maya, etc. SOJ gave Apollo a nice justification for leaving the WAA (even only temporarily). Letâs not retcon this before weâve explored the possibilities. (Plus, this is another really great spinoff game idea. Apollo Justice: Khrainese Attorney. With Rayfa or Datz as his assistant.)
2. On a similar note, Athena is leading counsel for at least 2-3 cases in AA7. Phoenix can stay on as her co-counsel and/or assistant. Or we can see her team up with Trucy or Blackquill again. But it would really allow us to see her as a full-fledged WAA partner in her own right and help win over some of the fans that arenât sure about her (because sheâs always in Phoenixâs and/or Apolloâs shadow). Plus, it would get the bad taste of the soba case out of my mouth for the accidental sexism it perpetuated.Â
3. Itâs unlikely to happen, but I would like to see older Kay. Possibly as a detective. I miss my little thief. I would also settle for seeing Gumshoe again.
4. Give me the Gavins backstory I was denied. I know thereâs something Apparently, Capcom were planning on exploring it before they decided to make DD instead (which Iâm mostly okay with as I think DD is one of the strongest games). . Even if itâs just a flashback case with younger Kristoph that doesnât really give us concrete answers as to *why* everything happened as it did. I feel that we should get something. Or even if they just want to show me tiny Klavier or short-haired younger Kris.Â
5. I would like for them to incorporate the mini-sprites feature from AAI for crime scene investigations. I wanna physically see my little lawyers running around as they look for the next clue.
6. The Big Bad is a Judge.* Weâve had villain prosecutors (several), weâve had villain defense attorneys (Kristoph and Callisto Yew), weâve had villain detectives ( Gant and Phantombright), weâve had villain clients (Engarde), weâve had several villainous witnesses, weâve had villainous mentors/assistants/co-counsels (Kristoph again) . I want the whole set. Give me an evil judge.Â
I mean I guess you could argue that Gaâaran did technically make herself judge in the last case of SOJ by pulling âI am the queen; you must obeyâ card, but she presented herself primarily as a prosecutor, so thatâs how I consider her.Â
It can be one of Udgeyâs many dopplegangers (to give us all a false sense of security) or an entirely new character designed to be a judge for this game.
Let him/her/them be forced out of the trial at the very end and replaced with a new judge/revived MASON system because itâs revealed that they have a huge conflict of interest and shouldnât even be allowed to  preside. The DRAMA of the eleventh hour evidence coming in and the detective yelling that the judge is the mastermind of everything. I just⊠give it to me now.Â
*(I have not played either DGS game, so itâs possible this has already happened there. But even if it has, I am still owed an evil judge in the main timeline given the number of evul prosecutors I have had to put up with).