Changes from the Original Games

Apollo: What a huge mansion... Feels like Chinatown.

Apollo: What a huge mansion...

"Feels like Chinatown" was removed in Trilogy, presumably because it felt out-of-place here.

Stickler: Yes... it was a severe blow to the progress of science, but one that had to be born.

Stickler: Yes... it was a severe blow to the progress of science, but one that had to be borne.

Typo fix ("born" to "borne").

Apollo: (But when we got to the top, I felt every one of those 20 feet down.)

Apollo: (But when we got to the top, I felt every one of those fifteen feet down.)

The height is supposed to be fifteen feet, not twenty.

Apollo: Troupe Grammarie... huh?

Apollo: Troupe "Gram-uh-ree"... huh?

The original line could easily be mistaken for a typo; the new one makes it more clear that Apollo is mispronouncing "Gramarye" because he hasn't heard of them.

Apollo: You have to be more goal oriented. If he's not guilty, we win.

Apollo: You have to be more goal-oriented. If he's innocent, we win.

The terms "innocent" and "not guilty" were swapped so Trucy's line would be accurate.

Valant: I am inspecting my equipment of illusion to make sure naught is amiss, Miss.

Valant: I am inspecting my equipment of illusion to make sure naught is amiss.

Possibly felt odd for someone to use "Miss" when referring to Trucy.

Trucy: Why? We'd just be waiting. Quietly. So he didn't notice.

Trucy: Why? We'd just be waiting. Quietly. So he won't notice.

Past tense doesn't make sense here, since "he" (i.e. Klavier) hadn't noticed them yet.

Apollo: Yes, they might think it was an otherwise tasty, white lump of plastic.

Apollo: Yes, they might think it was an otherwise tasty, multi-colored lump of plastic.

The "lump of plastic" is shown to be multi-colored, not white.

Apollo: ...Valant Gramarye! (...Using the door like an average muggle, no less.)

Apollo: ...Valant Gramarye! (...I exclaimed as he walked in through the door. Normally.)

Likely changed to both remove the blatant Harry Potter reference and continue a running gag where Apollo continually refers to Valant's actions as "normal" during the case.

Magnifi's Letter 2 added to the Court Record.

Magnifi's Second Letter added to the Court Record.

Phrasing was made more natural.

Transferal of rights

Transferral of Rights

Typo fix ("Transferal" to "Transferral" - both are correct spellings, but the latter is more common).

Brushel: He died in an accident on stage.

Brushel: Apparently, he died during some gig.

Interestingly, these lines seemed to become more ambiguous in Trilogy. That being said, it's fairly obvious that they were changed in order to align better with what happens in Spirit of Justice.

Judge: Being a bomb squad specialist, do you have any relation to the defendant?

Judge: Being a bomb squad specialist, do you have any relation to the victim?

The relation that's relevant in this case is with the victim, not the defendant.

Athena: That's the whole point of special editions, isn't it? To be the first to get the scoop? Rapido!

Athena: That's the whole point of special editions, isn't it? To be the first to get the scoop? ¡Rápido!

Spanish correction (changed "Rapido" to "Rápido", an upside-down exclamation point was added).

Apollo: The blackmailer must've taken it with them after they killed the alderman. Well, at least we've clearly established the killer's motive.

Apollo: The blackmailer must've taken it with them after they killed the alderman. (Well, at least we've clearly established the killer's motive.)

It doesn't make sense for Apollo to say the second sentence out loud; the parenthesis in the revision clarifies that it's a thought.

Blackquill: And would that using some silly fairy tale so easily expose the culprit.

Blackquill: And would that using some silly fairy tale could so easily expose the culprit.

Original sentence dropped the word "could" by mistake.

Phoenix: But at least you figured out how someone could have escaped the Forbidden Chamber.

Phoenix: But at least you figured out how someone could have escaped that locked room.

The culprit only had to escape from the locked room, not the Forbidden Chamber.

Apollo: There's... gotta be a hole in that testimony somewhere... But I don't even know where to start.

Apollo: (There's... gotta be a hole in that testimony somewhere... But I don't even know where to start.)

Like before, it makes little sense for this sentence to be spoken out loud and more sense for it to be a thought.

Athena: Oh, great idea! And I have just the thing to offer her, too!

Athena: Oh, great idea! And I have just the thing to present her, too!

You can only "present" items in the game, so the revision is more accurate.

Phoenix: We just learned that there's 300 of these, weighing about seven pounds all together.

Phoenix: We just learned that there's three hundred of these, weighing about seven pounds in total.

While the phrase "all together" does work for these lines, it's commonly discouraged to use it when referring to numerical values.

Phoenix: But are they REALLY that bizarre...?

Phoenix: But is it REALLY that bizarre...?

Phoenix is only referring to one thing here, not multiple.

Phoenix: In it, you can see Ms. Buckler and Orla singing together.

Phoenix: In it, you can hear Ms. Buckler and Orla singing together.

Singing is something you hear, not something you see.

Trucy: 3, 2, 1...... Ta-da!

Trucy: 3, 2, 1... Ta-dah!

Possibly changed to place less emphasis on the buildup and more on the last syllable of the sentence.

Phoenix: (Quite a name... I wonder if it’s super admin restricted desktop access pass-protected.)

Phoenix: (Okaaay... But is it SuPer-Admin Restricted Desktop Access password-protected?)

Reference to "Recipe for Turnabout" from Trials and Tribulations was made more accurate.

Rimes: Orla killed the captain by bashin' him 30 feet high and makin' him slam down on the water!

Rimes: Orla killed the captain by bashin' him thirty feet high and makin' him slam into the water!

Using "on" suggests that the captain only hit the water's surface; this would be physically impossible unless the water was frozen over (it wasn't).

Phoenix: The pool is about 65 feet deep and there's about 30 feet between the water and ceiling.

Phoenix: With the pool being sixty-five feet deep, there's only thirty feet between the water and ceiling.

Original line was a run-on sentence, along with being somewhat awkwardly worded.

Phoenix: It might be the cause of his out-of-control emotions. Point to the spectators.

Phoenix: It might be the cause of his out-of-control emotions. Let's try pointing to the spectators.

Original line was written from Athena's perspective, not Phoenix's.

Blackquill: I'll present the correct evidence this time!

Blackquill: Now, if the defense is ready to inspire more than abject revulsion...

Another line originally from the wrong character's perspective (in this case, Phoenix's). Blackquill is the case's prosecutor, so the mistake was very noticeable.

Judge: What did he remove? This is what Mr. Rimes removed in an attempt to kill Orla!

Judge: He did what now? Mr. Wright! What did Mr. Rimes remove in an attempt to kill Orla?!

Yet another line originally from the wrong character's perspective (Phoenix's, again). Since the judge is the speaker, this mistake was somehow even more noticeable than before.

Phoenix: But Ms. DePlume said this song is different from the one sang a year ago.

Phoenix: But Ms. DePlume said this song is different from the one that was sung a year ago.

Because the sentence is comparing when two events occurred, the grammatically correct form of "sing" must be in the past perfect tense ("was sung", in this case).

Athena: Thanks, Myriam. You've revealed who you truly are: As someone who's never had Junie's best interest in mind.

Athena: Thanks, Myriam. You've revealed who you truly are: Someone who's never had Junie's best interests in mind.

The original line using "As someone" made it sound like Athena was referring to herself, which doesn't make sense here.

Newman: L-Like I'd be into that kinda thing! I'm a dude! I'm into braces, not dresses!

Newman: L-Like I'd be into that kinda thing! I'm a dude! And I'm into braces!

Possibly the most well-known text changes in Trilogy are the ones related to Athena & Apollo assuming that Newman was a boy who liked dressing as a girl. The lines from the original game made Athena & Apollo seem like they thought Newman being gender nonconforming was in and of itself suspicious; Trilogy changed the offending lines to make it clear that the two saw Newman as suspicious specifically for wearing Juniper's clothes.

Athena: And you really DO like frilly clothes, don't you?

Athena: And you really DO like Ms. Woods's clothes, don't you?

Apollo: Bigger than the fact that he likes to wear girls' clothes?

Apollo: Bigger than the fact that he's secretly jealous of Juniper's looks?

Athena: Mr. Newman! You like to dress like a girl!

Athena: Robin Newman! You want to be as pretty as you feel!

Apollo: Well, no offense, but for one thing, he's a guy -- and a real hothead at that.

Apollo: Well, no offense, but his habit of shouting at the top of his lungs... doesn't exactly help...

While the original line was a more accurate translation of the original Japanese, its context (Newman crying about not feeling pretty in girly clothes) caused Apollo to look insensitive at best.

Athena: The voice on the tape recorder never was "You're a goner!"

Athena: The sound on the tape recorder never was the phrase "You're a goner!"

The characters don't really know if the "sound" is actually a voice or not.

Fulbright: Sure, it looks like a nice drawing of a crescent moon.

Fulbright: Sure, a nice crescent one -- like something out of a picture book.

Fulbright shouldn't know that it's supposed to be a drawing yet.

Fulbright: Yup. Thinking he'd sabotage the bombing, the defendant attacked and killed the victim.

Fulbright: Yup. Thinking he'd sabotage the bombing, the defendant killed him right there in the rocket.

Clarifies the location of the murder.

Phoenix: Apparently. This is an important fact. Do you see a bullet anywhere?

Phoenix: Apparently. This is an important fact. Do you see a bullet around somewhere?

Possibly changed to clarify that the bullet would be somewhere very close by.

Phoenix: (And, after that, there was always someone by my side.)

Phoenix: (And then, for a while after that, she was always by my side.)

Clarifies that Phoenix is talking about Maya.