turnabout courthouse

(Previous Letter)

Dear 1,

Detective Gumshoe may seem unreliable at times, but he is not the sort of person who would use his gun irresponsibly.  I see no problems with him showing it to children as long as he remembers to leave the safety on.

(Why did I say that?  It sent a chill down my spine…)

Dear Vorfirion,

What made you guess that?  I have my share of secrets, but none of them are that bizarre.

Dear ali,

Whoa, now!  How many people are we talking about here?  Even Uncle Ray has a limit on how many hugs he can give out at once.

…Ah, who am I kidding?  Come get some loving, folks!  I can keep going all day!  Don’t be shy, now.  I don’t bite.

Dear soulchar1zard,

I get that a lot.  Sort of ironic, considering one of my greatest gifts is…

SCREAMIN’ LIKE A DEMON!!!

Following off of yesterday’s new Japanese trailer, what appears to be the official English Trailer for Layton’s Mystery Journey has surfaced on RPGFan’s YouTube channel! We say “appears to be” on account of we haven’t seen official PR from Level-5 about it, but it’s pretty clearly the real deal. 

Continuing with this experiment to semi-cover Layton series news as well as AA: Layton’s Mystery Journey has gotten its second major trailer ahead of the game’s release on July 20th!

A commission for @cho-moo​! It’s Trucy’s first magic show that she made especially for her big bro! ( ^ o ^ )

these designs are cartoony, yeah. there are obvious anime-esque influences in some of their hairstyles and color schemes. but ultimately you can also see realistic qualities to them, this kind of “imperfect” feel and stylistic direction that makes them also seem pretty human. the lopsided mouths, the folds and creases, the different face shapes and angles. they seem like they COULD be real people, somehow. it adds to the tone of the story: its a fast-paced crime drama with a lot of character and some goofiness to it.

and like…the new games just feel like….anime? it feels like an anime. thats literally the best way i can articulate it. lots of fanservice and pandering, the wacky aspects are totally over-the-top and used to hide lackluster writing, and the characters tend to look generic and super cartoony

its this kind of…hyper-polished, aggressively stylized and super-colorful aesthetic that detracts from it I think? even while nuri’s AA4 art was more anime-esque than the original trilogy, he still made sure to keep a realistic, earthy sort of palette to maintain this tone. and he was never, like…THIS over the top. these are anime characters.

this is entirely subjective but i think it really takes away something special from the unique tone of the series. it takes away something that makes it feel believable, even under all the weird stuff. when you reduce characters to repetitive tropes and give them generic designs, it makes it harder for the audience to relate.