What would you like to see in a Phoenix Wright game?

[Solana]

I know I've mentioned this before, but I would love to see a full trial of Simon Blackquill against Nahyuta Sahdmahdi. I know Blackquill was helping Athena in that one case but I think it would be hilarious to see him as a defense attorney.

I also wish that Franziska Von Karma was mentioned at least in the later games. Did Larry ever finish his kids' book starring her? Enquiring minds want to know!

[Rune Lai]

I'd really like Franziska to come back. She was in the Ace Attorney Investigations games that starred Edgeworth, but I can see why she was cut out of the later games since she would need a post-timeskip design and she needs a reason to be in the game. Much as I like Edgeworth, I feel like he was shoehorned into Spirit of Justice and didn't really contribute anything to the plot. It was like they included him because they felt that had to include him. Though people missed Maya in Dual Destinies, I think the game was fine without her, and trying to catch up with her post-timeskip would have crowded an already convoluted plot. Saving her for Spirit of Justice was the right call.

My wishlist for the next game would be a two protagonist setup with Phoenix and Athena, with Athena being given a more prominent role (like Apollo was in SoJ). Apollo would not be playable, because he has his own practice now, but he would still play a prominent role in the story and we can finally get the reveal about his relationship with Trucy since they hinted at finally revealing it at the end of SoJ and that plot thread has been dangling since Apollo Justice. I'm sure we could work in Franziska in there somewhere since she's done work with interpol in the AA games and with Apollo being in Khura'in it would be perfect to introduce her as someone tracking down crime between Khu'rain and Japan/USA. I do like my Edgeworth, but give the guy something to do if he shows up. Being moral support/fanservice isn't really enough for me.

[Solana]

Yeah, agreed. Pretty much the only useful thing Edgeworth did there was bring Trucy, and that was on accident. He had a much more plot-driven role in 'Dual Destinies'. (I almost get shivers when Phoenix and Edgeworth are facing off again in the blown up courtroom.)

It would be interesting to see Franziska and Nahyuta interacting, especially with Nahyuta having grown and having the shackles come off after the last trial in SoJ. He even charmed Ema when he wasn't pissing her off. I'd also like to see what kind of changes Rayfa would be making for Khu'rain. And checking in with Ahlbi and Shado.

Maybe Franziska is working with Lamiroir. As much traveling as Lamiroir has done performing, it would be easy to have her involved in an Interpol case and would make sense to tie in Khu'rain with her history there.

... I know there was a Phoenix Wright case generator floating around somewhere, as I watched a playthrough of a case someone made with RWBY characters. Hmmmm...

[Rune Lai]

Yeah, I know there are a lot of fan videos on YouTube. I don't know how much effort it is to make them, but some of them are pretty good! I've heard of people managing online fan games where multiple people participate, though I don't know how well that works.