Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies - Episode 23: Slap of Nostalgia
0In today's episode of the "Dual Destinies" playthrough, we investigate the orca pool, encounter a chill animal keeper and rude author, and reunite with the OG Narumayo shipper herself, Pearl Fey.
Since Apollo's Perceive has returned (albeit in a more background role), it only makes sense that Phoenix's first investigation in this game (in regards to the timeline) brings back the magatama. However, apparently, the magatama only has a charge time of ten years because right when we see some Psyche-Locks upon questioning a rude author, Norma DePlume, it runs out of energy. Thankfully, Pearl just so happens to be at the aquarium as part of a "summer camp", which I find hard to believe. After all, this is a girl who spent half of her life being raised by Maya, who I feel would do everything in her power to discourage her cousin from "wasting" her time with potentially-educational activities on the grounds that everything that you need to know can be learned from "The Steel Samurai" or a burger restaurant menu.
As such, I wouldn't be surprised if Pearl was really at the aquarium to come up with a list of places to potentially spark a romantic relationship between Phoenix and Maya once the latter returns from Khura'in. Speaking of which, I'm a little disappointed that both this game and "Spirit of Justice" dropped the running joke of Pearl aggressively shipping Phoenix and Maya together. Granted, it would make sense that Pearl's shipping tendencies would mellow out with age (plus, it would be a bit awkward to have her shipping Phoenix and Maya in this game when the latter's only briefly referenced), but that was part of the fun of her character. I mean, if it wasn't for Pearl being a very passionate Narumayo shipper I know, we wouldn't get to see her herculean feats of strength, which include her running from Kurain to L.A. (a two hour trip by train) like it's nothing and her knocking Phoenix unconscious with slaps that are 2.5 times more powerful than Franziska's whip.