Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One

This game is very special to me. It was an opportunity for me to be a royal audience of a VTuber, until the very end. So if my review comes across as biased, I apologize in advance. First and foremost, this game is one of those works where you clearly see the author’s love for the subject matter. For reference, this game has a “Yugioh” card game case, and a “InitialD” case. In both cases, a ton of work went into the set pieces, despite the murder that took place, they feel like theme parks. These set pieces lay the foundation for some truly whimsical plot developments later on, and it’s when the game is at its best. One of my greatest criticisms that looms over the investigation parts, however, is that the mini games are basically non-existent. They are so piss easy that you have to get out of your way to do things wrong to lose. This makes the gameplay feel cheap in a way. Although of course, for someone who intends to experience the story, the game won’t give them too much challenge. The court and investigation gets woven together into an insane climax, and I’ll forever cherish my introduction to the rich world of story driven games.

This is hard straight "yes or no" choice. Its basically Phoenix Wright (with all of its weirdness) if there was no budget. Its fun, for a bit, and has all the good and bad of a solo dev bring. The most annoying part is its an incomplete game. not like early access incomplete but EA level bull sh*t. Its constantly building up the story and then just ends and wants you to pay almost full price for the next chapter. No. don`t give me greedy corporate ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, just sell the whole game together. Either get on sale or with how solo dev games go wait another 10-20 years for them to maybe finish and get everything at once. It`s fun, but drags on and just leaves you disappointed

It's only three cases, but they are well made cases. (I don't like the answer to case 2 because it's so out of left field I honestly couldn't believe it, but I will accept it.) It may not have the best music or visuals, but both are good enough if you care about story and gameplay the most. If I have to say what makes this game work above all us, it's the main character. Nina is written in such a way that she really comes off as a lawyer who went to law school. That might sound weird, but there are times when she talks to her clients that it feels like she is trying to help them beyond just getting them free of all charges. It doesn't last long, but it makes her feel more self-aware of what she can do. Would recommend and I hope the next game comes soon.

I'm usually not really into visual novel style games but Nina Aquila piqued my interest. it's heavily inspired by Ace attorney which is one of the few visual novel games i like but does enough to be distinct while keeping the same charm those games possess Nina herself is one of my favourite protagonists of any game i've played recently. She's has depth, A defined personality and just has a nice look in general. She's definitely a plus size protagonist done right. It's important to have a likable protagonist in games like this and Nina is perfect as far as i'm concerned. The other characters bring their own quirks and i thoroughly enjoyed all the scenes especially the court room scenes. Nina's rival Chad and partner Dylan are the most fleshed out and both are great characters The game comes with 3 chapters though the first one is pretty short. The other 2 however are fairly long and each have a different minigame associated with them. Both minigames are pretty fun and even if you don't enjoy them you can essentially skip them which is nice for people who just care for the story. Each chapter tells a seperate story but has hints and clues to push the wider narrative further which works well in a game like this. Once you finish the game you get access to some extras such as concept art and a sound test which i always love to see A 4th chapter is in development and I'd recommend anyone curious about it to wishlist it to show support to the devs. Seriously wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as i did so great job Tanuki-sama!

It’s an ace attorney game but with better minigames, Pros: Eyepatch. Also the rest of the game: Cons: I’m not a huge fan of the attempts at fan service and hope that goes away in future games. It was weirdly done and I would’ve been annoyed even if it was done well.

Well when I purchase this I wasn't very sure what this title was all about. Any TL DR style I will be brief. This was a different ride for me in terms of style and functionality. The 8 to 16 bit pixel style graphics mixed with some usual RPG elements with the court case parts of the game quite fun as well as comical. Each chapter has its own hook to make it unique, e.g chapter 2s card battler system or chapter 3s race and roll. While these unique mini games made things interesting alongside the court proceeding parts in their own right, the dialogue in the story is the game changer, as you fill Nina'a shoes as a fledgling criminal defense lawyer. You're with her every step of the way as meet new companions finds new clients and tries to bring truth to light for justice. Add in the OVA characters and their stories intertwining with the anime adagio parts and you have a game with something for everyone <Nina is Waifu material if your into 1 eyes, with thicc thighs> Recommended. As a side recommendation: Any developers that's using RPG Maker and curious to see what an end game original title might look like; i definitely sight checking this out

good story and minigame

If you've ever wondered how Ace Attorney would work if it were made in RPG Maker, then this is the game for you! It's fun, with a cute art style and good characters, though notably easier than the AA games. There's a couple of fun mini-games, too!

This is a review for the entire series so far (Chapters 1-4) Nina Aquila does a great job at capturing the spirit of Ace-Attorney-like games, ranging from its extremly silly humor over the colorful characters all the way to the core of its case-solving. An especially charming touch is the fact that each chapter (barring the first one, which is a brief tutorial) is inpired by and pokes fun at a specific genre of anime/manga and blends that with the detective and attorney work. One thing I prefer over the AA titles is that you generally have way more evidence than you need to solve the cases/respond to the testimonies. While in AA there often is a sense of "ah, guess it's finally time to use THAT piece of evidence" by process of elimination, in Nina Aquila you gotta think a bit about what is useful and what is superfluous evidence (Although the amount of evidence reversly makes it sometimes a bit annoying to scroll through all of it). I am also intrigued by the games' overarching plot that is being revealed piece by piece and will hopefully be brought to its conclusion soon. I want to mention some things I didn't like so we go into mild spoiler territory from now on: - Every chapter has a gameplay gimmick tied to the genre the respective chapter is dealing with, i.e. there's a turn-based card battling minigame, a rock-paper-scissors car-racing mini-game and a final-fight-esque beat-em-up minigame. While they are competently implemented and a neat little distraction on paper, they were sadly neither fun nor challenging to me, but I appreciate the effort. There's a "Challenge" and a "Story" option for these, and since there are no achievements linked to these minigames, I personally recommend going with the Story option (or try it out and find out for yourself of course) - as with all fiction, you have to suspend your disbelief at certain points to some extend; in chapter 4 there are two particularly egregious examples where I was a bit flabbergasted (again, mild spoilers) and I can imagine that they can ruin the enjoyment of that case in particular a bit for some people; 1. one is the fact that the victim is allegedly 100% incinerated by some special device, as in, there are absolutely no remains whatsoever; and even if you buy that, nobody mentions anything about the horrid smell that (I personally assume) must be created by such an action; but not only does nobody in the game think that burning up a human person whole-sale would create a horrid smell, there's an entirely separate piece of smell-related evidence that makes it even weirder, that nobody is confused by the lack of burned of flesh and hair smell; 2. The other I cannot go into detail really, because even naming the piece of evidence and the fact that there is something obviously weird with it, will spoil the reveal which comes pretty late into the chapter; suffice it to say, you find a piece of evidence that the game tells you is one thing, and I IMMEDIATELY though "oh, hopefully this [ITEM] is not revealed to be a [DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR ITEM], because that's NOT what a [DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR ITEMS] looks like" and yeah, one of the big reveals at the end is just that, which felt kind of me ANYWAY: I still highly recommend these games to anyone who likes Ace Attorney. Looking forward to Chapter 5

Dopo anni il gioco usa ancora troppi sprite e musiche stock (addirittura ha solo 3 cg). Il secondo caso ha una risoluzione parecchio insoddisfacente.