Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies

Hello everyone <3

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It's been a little while because I've been so busy with extra hours at work recently, but I'm back at college Tuesday which means I can get back to routines. ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

I did however manage to Finnish Dual destinies (ノ^o^)ノ and honestly I believe it to be the best in the series that I've played so far! (I really wanna to get Apollo justice, I'm just waiting for the right price)

If you have not heard of  the Ace Attorney series before basically it's a series of games in which you are a lawyer and have to clear your clients of a guilty verdict. More often than not the cases are very close shaves that have intelligent turnabouts which the player does not expect. The games play like a visual model where you have two modes to each story, the 'investigation' mode; where you look around the crime scene to gather evidence, and the 'courtroom' where you listen to the case facts evolve, question witnesses and present evidence.

What was so good about it:

1.The characters:

I'm not even talking about the main ones here but even the side characters are an absolute pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. My favorite has to be Robin Newman (below) They all have their own personalities that can sometimes clash with the Wright team but more often than not it results in hilarious remarks. You know if I was one of those people I would call it 'banter' 

2. Story Arcs:

All the stories in Dual destinies are linked rather than stand alone like the earlier games which means you get to really delve into each characters story, some of the story lines were also the best that I've played. My favorite case was one that took place in a law school as the murder was incredibly intelligent. (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ

3. Saving at any point:

The past ace attorney games you would have to wait till a whole court/investigation session to save the game that could be anywhere between 0.5-2 hours as I was playing this mostly on the go to work I was very thankful to be able to stop and start the game. 

( it's especially good as if you present the wrong evidence instead of getting a penalty you can just turn off and try another item. hehehe (◣_◢))

What was bad about Ace Attorney: 

1, it leaves you with so many feels 

Happy/sad/empty/confused/EVERYTHING

Thank you ^^✿✿✿✿✿✿

P.S: I MISS GUMSHOE 

Reaping Of Faliures #2: Sailor Choker

Yesterday I made some chokers based on Luna and Artemis from sailor moon! The colors work so pretty with the pale yellow and I'm really excited to wear them out. ^^

I'm really loving the reboot for probably all the wrong reasons.ಥ⌣ಥ

 

(The picture makes the chain look yellow but its actually a white/silver)

However there are improvements to be made. Mostly as a result of me being a cheap-o but I'm going to keep them in mind for next time I make any chokers. ✿ CHEAP EQUIPMENT...... The clasp is so stiff to open ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ it's a good thing i'm a solo homo and have nails right now because other wise I would not be able to get them open.... I need to cut my nails man, get on the scene....

✿ The chain was also really weak because of it being cheap and having it tight round my neck meant it snapped! I solved this however by putting a connector link on the chain so the clasp wouldn't have to stretch so much.

Thank you for reading (ノ^o^)ノ
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A Link Between Worlds

The first game I got for my 3DS ended up being A Link Between Worlds! d=(´▽｀)=b (tbh,idek why I was looking round for DS games when I knew Zelda was always going to win because it's very special to me)

( Here's a picture to break up the review) 

What makes the game play different to other Zelda handhelds:
✿The ability to merge with walls as a painting, this adds to a greater variety of dungeon puzzles to reach different platforms and so on.

✿ A loan system where by instead of getting an item in each dungeon  you can rent any device at any time from Ravio.

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THE GOOD✿ The story line was pleasantly surprising, I was worried that it would be a repetitive arc, or would have you in the same temple at least 10 times. (God dammit hourglass) but it had a few good twists in store. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

✿Challenging, but not so much that you would be at a walk-through 24/7.

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THE BAD
✿ Save points.... are we in the 90's?.....  (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ It was incredibly disappointing to find out the game relied on save points so you had to do a dungeon in a whole sitting. This I feel is a bad move for a handheld as the whole point is that you can play on the move.

✿ When you die you have to give all your rented item's back to Ravio and re-buy them again when you reboot. I guess this is why they added the save point function otherwise you can semi-bypass giving up all your items by constantly saving.

✿ Not playable in 2D the dungeons heavily rely on 3D graphics which means if you have a 2DS your going to be at a loss onto what floor your on and what platforms are higher ect.

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So I kinda focused more on the bad side but it's worth playing if you are a zelda fan or wanted to be introduced into the series. It took me around 16 hours to Finnish the main story line, but I feel it could last another 4 if you tried to find all the heart pieces and maimai's.

I would probably say it's also the best Zelda game for the DS so far despite its flaws.

Next: Pheonix Wright: Dual destinies!