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So I’m obsessed with the idea of a Mia game. I know it’s very unlikely to ever happen but one can dream. I adore the concept, but something I’ve always wondered is what would actually be the point ? Because we know Mia’s story and the story surrounding her. There isn’t much left to explore, right ? We know what her life story is, we know the Fey lore, etc.
But then I thought, that’s on the assumption that this hypothetical game is… only played when she’s alive.
This is just a ramble post not a serious analysis so this is gonna be messy, but bear with me. I think it could be very interesting for a Mia game to have sections from when she was alive and sections after her death. It could explore her character in more depth, seeing how she was as a living person in more detail and how she dealt with her own death, and also the grief her death caused to other characters. Something I’ve seen a lot of people talk about is how they wish Phoenix and Maya’s grief was explored more thoroughly, and this could be an opportunity for that. There could be scenes of Phoenix talking with us while Maya is channeling us outside of court, seeing through Mia’s eyes their reactions to her corpse, scenes of Mia and Maya communicating with their “writing on a notepad” technique, etc.
Now how would the death sections play ? Honestly I have no idea. As I said I’m just putting ideas down instead of thinking through the millions of factors involved in game design. Maybe it could be like investigation sections, where you listen in on conversations of relevant characters as a ghost and investigate the crime scene without being hindered by the police, since they obviously don’t know you’re there, then throw hints at the defence during trials ? There could be a mechanic of having to signal which evidence to look for, like subtly moving evidence on the desk so the relevant ones are most visible for the lawyer to notice. With ghost powers. Idk how ghosts would function in the ace attorney universe but hey this could be an occasion to explore that too.
I’m saying “lawyer” instead of just Phoenix because honestly idk how you could have Mia help Phoenix in new cases without messing with the trilogy story, so maybe it could be a new lawyer. Again i’m just spitballing here
In short, Mia game pls capcom