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I would love to work for this guy. Where on Earth was he when I used to be a legal assistant? All of the attorneys I worked under were all "Hey, going home is stupid and I know it's five o'clock but I really need you to get seven days worth of work done in 12 hours and I need it by tomorrow morning OK thanks!"

But Japanese lawyer, Kazuya Maruyama, seems like he'd be fun to work with. A celebrity in Japan, popularized by television talk shows, Maruyama was pegged by Capcom to promote their upcoming DS title, Gyakuten Saiban 4.

Maybe Capcom USA can bring Johhnie Cochran back from the dead to promote the next Phoenix Wright game, and while they're at it, he can also appear in any Dead Rising 2 promotional materials. I have some good ideas, Capcom. Call me; we'll do lunch.

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fromagex's Avatar
fromagex at 03/28/2007 11:16
its not phoenix....im gonna have a hard time playing this one
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Dexter345 at 03/28/2007 11:33
This reminds me, I have to buy Phoenix Wright: Justice for All...
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velcroman at 03/28/2007 12:02
you better go out and buy it. it's not selling well and if it doesn't, the west will never see the 3rd and 4th ones!!
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Dexter345 at 03/28/2007 12:47
Done and done. I had some Amazon gift certificates, so I picked up Justice for all, as well as Lunar Knights and Puzzle Quest. <3 DS.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 03/28/2007 13:18
@ Frog
In the Japan games his name isn't Phoenix Wright, so if they port it over here they'll change the name to Phoneix during the localization and update all the jokes for american humor
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fromagex at 03/28/2007 13:23
but how am i going to believe that the new guy (the 4th one is a whole new lawyer) is actually named phoenix?
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michiyoyoshiku at 03/28/2007 13:55
He's Jack Thompson in an alternate universe
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DannyBoy at 03/28/2007 14:10
Don't you dare sully Phoenix Wright's good name by comparing him to that clown!
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DullSharpie at 03/28/2007 14:13
@Arrested Developer

No, this new guy is Odoroki. Phoenix is Naruhodo. Fromagex is right, this is a new lawyer. It was revealed a while ago that Phoenix was gonna be the first case's defendant.
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Gameboi at 03/28/2007 15:11
You had me at Capcom. Now if only I could actually understand a single word he was saying.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 03/28/2007 15:25
@dullsharpie

oh, ok. Then what does Gyakuten Saiban mean? I always figured that was the japaneese lawyers name.
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maximum0v3rdriv3 at 03/28/2007 15:34
"Gyakuten Saiban" is "Turnabout Courtroom" in English. If i remember correctly.
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Jasper at 03/28/2007 15:43
Phoenix Wright is so awesome, I've gotta get this sometime
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The-Excel at 03/31/2007 08:47
意義あり!
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The-Excel at 03/31/2007 08:48
[Edit]whoops
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