Phoenix Wright and YouTube.

'Ello folks.

I don't normally care much about YouTube and the countless nonsense videos that can be found there, but the video below that I found today is too awesome to be ignored. If you like it, take a look at the rest of the videos there, but for the love of whatever god you believe in, stay away from the "Basket Case" video or risk setting your eyes on fire.



For those not familiar with Phoenix Wright, it's an old-school point & click adventure game for the Nintendo DS, and it's probably one of the best representatives of that genre in years. The gameplay is solid, the use of the touch screen is great, and the writting is amazing, much credit goes to the translators of course for the excellent localization, but without good source material I doubt they'd be able to create such a well-written game. Do keep in mind that it's a game we're talking about here though, m'kay? :P

The best thing about Phoenix Wright is, while it's wacky and full of silly jokes, but it also has its mature moments, and the characters have amazing depth. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that it's one of the precious few games that have achieved such a perfect balance between humor and drama. Bold words you say? Nay, these be bold words. Ha, ha, I do slay me... /bonk

In any case, for me Phoenix Wright is by far the best game in a console full of great and innovative games (that being the DS, still) and also worthy of the legacy of the Sierra and LucasArts/Films games of yore. It's a shame that Capcom keeps shipping too few copies of the game so by the time people hear about it, it's already sold out. Hopefully they will make up for it with the upcoming sequel.

If you find a copy of the game, do yourself a favor and pick it up, chances are, you'll fall in love with it. And if you don't own a DS, pick one up too, it's worth it for Phoenix Wright and its upcoming sequel alone.