Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (Gyakuten Saiban 3)

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These spoilers are about the last two cases. So I was quite surprised to see another flashback trial, and even more surprised that it was with Dahlia again. But what's even more surprising is young Edgeworth against Mia! Its kind of funny how flashy his last century clothing was, but he was pretty cute kid nonetheless. He is quit smug, but I still find his adorable. This case has a pretty interesting twist with having the defendant believe in Dahlia so much that he took his own life during court. Also, we find out that Mia had a mentor who looks exactly like Godot. So in the last case, I was pretty surprised when Phoenix ran on the burning bridge only to obviously fall into the rapid river below. He got sick afterwards which he should find himself lucky that the fall didn't kill him, but the trial was the next day. They had to call in Edgeworth for help, and wow was it fun and exciting to be Edgeworth for the investigation and trial part! The funniest part to me is his mistake of calling the Psyche lock the "psycho lock." Not only was Edgeworth brought back from abroad, but also Franziska von Karma who filled in as prosecutor for Godot. After that trial, both Edgeworth and Franziska help out Phoenix with the 2nd investigations as Godot returns to take his prosecutor position back. The biggest reveal during this investigation is that the victim was Maya's mother, Misty Fey as well as the drama with Misty's sister Morgan Fey. In the previous game it was established that Morgan Fey is guilty of setting up a murder to blame on Maya just to have her daughter to be the next Master. We also learn that Dahlia had a twin sister, and another little sister, Pearl Fey. Yeah, this seems like a ass pull, but the case is still interesting and thrilling. So Dahlia all along is part of the Fey family like Maya. I had my doubts with Dahlia's sister, Iris, at the start but I was proven wrong after this twin sister business. Pearls involvement in all this was thankfully pretty little though it helped clear up a lot of things. The last trial was pretty long, but also exciting. Iris was called by Godot to confess, and she has gone to confess that she helped with the murder, and even blamed it on Maya. Through questioning we were able to reveal that Iris was really Dahlia. Dahlia then testified that she planned this with her mother, Morgan Fey, in prison. She only helped only to get back at Mia by killing Maya Fey. She was sure she killed Maya Fey only for Phoenix to prove to her that the body Dahlia is in is actually Maya which explains why no one has found her. Dahlia left Maya's body in anger. There's still the mystery as who killed Misty Fey so the trial continues. Maya is called to take the witness stand as she is the only one who saw what happened. It was apparent to Phoenix that Maya is hiding something, and it only took a couple slips of the tongue to hint who really is the killer. The hints was "a man" and "lights" which could only be Godot because of his face mask. Maya was covering for him, but after showing evidence of Godot's eye issues was he able to admit that he had a part in the murder. He revealed that he eavesdropped on Pearl's and her mother's prison visit where he found about the plan to kill Maya. He contacted Iris and Misty Fey for their help to save Maya. The rest Phoenix has to prove that Godot was the one who Dahlia hurt with the dagger which leads to him being the one to kill Misty who channeled Dahlia, and gave her body to Iris to take care of. Godot was able to come to terms with himself after being revealed. Having the prosecutor being the real murderer was already done with von Karma, but this had a Breaking Bad feel (SPOILERS for that show btw) that Godot did it for himself in self pity than to save Maya. But since Phoenix has figured his out, Godot is able to come to terms with himself. Later, Iris fulfills her promise with Edgeworth to tell Phoenix her secret. Her secret being that she posed as Dahlia back in college when they were "dating" and that she had feelings for him. It was pretty sweet that Phoenix said that he has always believed in her. So the trial ends, and Maya and Phoenix goes to find Pearls who ran off in guilt to the mountains. They talked about Misty Fey, and its sweet that Misty held a photo of her daughters in the talisman. It sounds a bit cheesy but I teared up. The end credits roll with Maya and Pearl taking Phoenix with them to train in the mountains, and updates on everyone involved in the game. Though Edgeworth and Franziska weren't there, but I suppose that's for another game?