"Pleased to meet you, I just moved in. My name is Gerry Ford."
"Oh! Former president Gerald Ford?? Put 'er there. I'm Wonkyman."
"Say Wonk, do you like Phoenix Wright?"
"Do I ever!"
"Do you like the Wii?"
"Yes, Mr. Ford."
"Well, why don't you come over, and we'll play Pheonix Wright on the Wii. And then have some beer."
"Oooh!"

Germany had better not be yanking my chain!

Be warned ye gamers,
For these haiku have spoilers.
Tread at your own risk.

Phoenix Wright was great!
Then the sequel was alright.
The third rocked my socks.

Apollo Justice:
Higher production values
made me quite happy!

7 years later
Phoenix is a welfare case?
That's not cool, Capcom.

And then, where's Maya?
Not even in the flashback?
What is up with that?

I want to be told
What happened to Mia's sis
by Capcom themselves.

She's not a secret!
Phoenix has Kurain power
In the last chapter!

It would have been nice
To see her in the flashbacks.
That's all I'm saying.

Anyway, the game.
The first case set it all up
And was pretty good.

Wocky Kitaki
Stole the show in the second.
Wockyy! Bizzoyyyy, G!

Lost interest on 3.
Put the game down for a month.
It was quite farfetched.

But 4 saved the day
Made it interesting again
With several plot twists

It even cleaned up
The mess left in the 3rd case.
Quite a feat, I say.

In all, it was fine.
Crystal Skull of the franchise.
Which fits pretty well

My review is thus:
7.5 - A good try.
But I miss Maya.

Pros: Snackoos, Wocky
Very interesting last case.
Trucy is charming.

Cons: Mason System?
Case 3. Phoenix is a bum.
No Maya! Scandal!

Thank you for reading
Haiku can be difficult.
It's 5-7-5

So I'm not here to make any accusations or generally act like a dink. But I thought I'd share something unusual with you today. As you all know, I'm a big fan of the 2D platformer. And when one comes out for a system I don't own, it still catches my attention. So, today, I found myself clicking on a link to find out more about Lucidity for the 360.

Here's what Gamespot thinks as of the writing of this blog.

That sounds great, doesn't it? And nothing seems out of place until you realize one crucial detail. This game has yet to be reviewed. Look:

I found that odd, that they describe an upcoming game as "addictive" when they haven't reviewed it yet. And even moreso, that the average gamer and non-Gamespot critic response to this title is a mid-to-high meh. Isn't it a bit misleading for a gaming news site to be using opinion adjectives like "addictive" before they have even decided on a score for the game? It would be like if the defendant in a trial was referred to as guilty before the evidence was even presented. (THIS close to finishing Apollo Justice.)

But I didn't want to pick on Ludicity and find out that it's just something Gamespot does all the time. So I thought, let's be fair. What other downloadable, upcoming 2D platformers could I compare this to?

See that? That's a description that doesn't editorialize. .. Then again, it doesn't say much about the game at all. Action Adventure tells me butt. At least Lucidity's described the game. Let's try again.

Well that's even more terse! I'm really looking forward to Night SKY. Not only does this synopsis not do the game justice, nor contain any slanted adjectives to promote it before it's review, but the game page still has the working title. How insulting. Let's try one more time.

... Ugh. Come to whatever conclusions you'd like. I'm gonna climb into a hole and get back to playing niche games nobody cares about. Message me when gaming dies, hm?