Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
21-4-2017 9:15 AM
End Date
21-4-2017 10:30 AM
Keywords
Japan, law, video games
Biography
Emmalee Ellison was born and raised in Texas and moved to Hurricane, WV in 2009. She attended Hurricane High School, where she was a member of the marching band. She graduated in 2013 and began attending Marshall University in the fall of 2013. She enjoys drawing and spending time with her friends.
Major
Japanese
Advisor for this project
Zelideth Maria Rivas
Abstract
The Ace Attorney video game series is a game series developed by Capcom since 2001 that can be described as an interactive visual novel in the criminal courts. Despite claims that the Ace Attorney video game series is inaccurate to court proceedings, these arguments are made in comparison to the American criminal justice system, and not the Japanese courts that the series was originally modeled after. The Ace Attorney series holds relatively true to the happenings of the Japanese criminal justice system, except some scenarios are localized and exaggerated for the sake of video game drama and suspense. Moreover, since its first release in 2001, procedures in Japanese courts have changed. This leads players to believe that the game is inaccurate.
Objection!: Ace Attorney and the Japanese Criminal Courts
The Ace Attorney video game series is a game series developed by Capcom since 2001 that can be described as an interactive visual novel in the criminal courts. Despite claims that the Ace Attorney video game series is inaccurate to court proceedings, these arguments are made in comparison to the American criminal justice system, and not the Japanese courts that the series was originally modeled after. The Ace Attorney series holds relatively true to the happenings of the Japanese criminal justice system, except some scenarios are localized and exaggerated for the sake of video game drama and suspense. Moreover, since its first release in 2001, procedures in Japanese courts have changed. This leads players to believe that the game is inaccurate.
