I have to say, Victory is Justice, along with Lee Gouhai, this drama, and the collaboration with Ace Attorney, really has some kind of catalytic effect.
In the gaming world, the facial expressions in Ace Attorney are exaggerated to the extreme. The game portrays different characters' reactions to crises through exaggerated expressions, which is for the players to see.
And these exaggerated facial expressions are very characteristic and leave a deep impression.
At least in Takayuki's memory, even after twenty years, he still can't forget many of the classic distorted expressions of the characters in Ace Attorney.
And in Victory is Justice, there are also many exaggerated theatrical expressions. The protagonist, Kenji Furumine, often performs his exaggerated dance steps in court, which is quite mesmerizing.
This is just like the exaggerated expressions and loud yelling in Ace Attorney, which simply cannot happen in a normal courtroom.
But it's precisely these exaggerated expressions that allow both children and adults to more intuitively feel the ups and downs of the plot.
In the face of crisis, Kenji Furumine remains calm and continues to perform his exaggerated actions.
Similarly, Phoenix Wright in the game also has similar reactions. Even if his expressions seem outrageous to players, he can rely on the players' intelligence to successfully break one lie after another.
With the cooperation between this TV drama and the game, both game sales and viewership ratings have achieved considerable success.
When the sales figures for Ace Attorney were tallied in the second week, breaking a million in the first week was an easy feat, and now the sales figure stands at 1.24 million.
And this is just for the first week.
Given that the GBA has already exceeded 40 million units, Ace Attorney's sales could continue to rise.
The overall pacing of Ace Attorney's gameplay is very good, which Takayuki deliberately adjusted.
Originally, Ace Attorney had some unusually steep difficulty curves. Some parts were too difficult, leaving players unable to solve puzzles for a while.
But this time, Takayuki smoothed out the difficulties, allowing players to feel the crisis while smoothly increasing the difficulty, keeping players under pressure.
Even though this is just a text-based game, without the drive of leveling up and equipment like in other games, it can still attract players to stay up all night to complete.
Oda Washio definitely felt that way.
After watching Lee Gouhai with his father that day, he immersed himself in the storyline of Ace Attorney.
Even at school, he occasionally took it out to play wildly, even earning a scolding from the teacher for it.
But he didn't particularly care. He was more interested in the tricky cases Phoenix Wright faced in Ace Attorney.
Fortunately, the overall gameplay of this game isn't long. It probably takes about thirty to forty hours if you play seriously.
This is actually a bit less compared to those games that often take over a hundred hours to complete.
But Oda Washio felt thoroughly satisfied.
When the story of Ace Attorney ended, he felt somewhat empty, feeling that the plot could have been expanded further.
Obviously, there are still some storylines in the game that haven't been fully explained, which is Takayuki's setup, preparing for the next installment.
Oda Washio now especially wants to know the true storyline behind these hidden setups.
"Hey, have you watched Victory is Justice?"
"Victory is Justice? What's that?"
"It's a legal drama aired in the spring season, with Victory is Justice as the subtitle and Ace Attorney as the main title. I think it's pretty good. Do you want to watch it?"
In Oda Washio's class, several junior high school students gathered together to chat about the most interesting things lately.
And the group of people who usually don't discuss TV dramas suddenly started discussing a legal drama.
For these kids full of enthusiasm, many TV dramas seem boring to them.
Either they're not exciting enough or they're not allowed to watch as minors.
So, they can only find other ways to entertain themselves, like fighting or hanging out in bars playing motorcycle games.
But this group of energetic kids suddenly started discussing a TV drama, which was very surprising.
Oda Washio couldn't help but join in quietly, listening attentively.
These guys sometimes talked about the plot of the TV drama, sometimes started discussing which girl in the class was the prettiest, and then suddenly shifted to discussing the Ace Attorney game. Anyway, their train of thought was quite fast, and they could discuss any topic.
You guys talk about this, and I won't feel sleepy anymore.
Oda Washio finally couldn't resist and joined the discussion camp.
And in a certain elementary school, the school festival was opening, and the children were gathering in small groups to organize and strive for attention during the festival.
Clap! A crisp sound of hands hitting the table, but because the hand hitting the table was too tender, it was really not intimidating at all.
"A kilogram of pears!"
"Your Honor, I believe the witness is lying! It's obvious that there's something wrong with the witness's testimony."
"Oh? Then please show me exactly where the problem lies?"
"Okay, I will expose the witness's lies right now!"
During the school festival, the children performed classic game scenes from Ace Attorney.
This kind of theatrical performance style attracted the attention of many children.
And at this time, there was a person carrying a camera, frantically filming this performance.
After the school festival performance ended, the person filming left satisfied with the footage.
His goal today was to shoot interesting material and broadcast it on his blog to earn clicks.
And what's currently the hottest topic? Naturally, it's the game called Ace Attorney and the TV drama.
Of course, there's also the other drama that made a bet with this collaboration.
That drama about the depression group.
But honestly, this photographer felt that the drama about the depression group wasn't particularly good. It always felt a bit off.
It's not that the performances inside weren't good enough, it's just that something seemed to be missing.
Instead, the exaggerated expressions in Ace Attorney's game and TV drama were more acceptable to him.
Nowadays, with the increasing popularity of the Internet, people have begun to share their lives on the Internet.
Especially after FACEBOOK logged in to Japan, online socializing immediately became the favorite topic of discussion.
On FACEBOOK, you can easily find like-minded people in the social square.
And there are also many materials that Takayuki urgently needs here, which are related to Ace Attorney.
"Remember, search with all your might for posts and blogs related to Ace Attorney, and record them. These will be very useful to me in the future."