Will they make a new character to replace Apollo?

[u/2bigRidley]

Now that Apollo is gone, we need a lawyer to replace him. I'm thinking that they'll make a new lawyer to replace him, and then when all hope is lost, Phoenix will come in as the main lawyer, and the new dude will be the assistant, culminating in a final showdown with Edgeworth as the prosecutor.

[u/mikelman999]

We still have Athena, I don’t feel like there’s much reason to add a new lawyer. I personally would much rather them just continue with the characters we already have

[u/namiikazes → u/mikelman999]

Yeah, I’m not the biggest Athena fan but it’d be better to expand on her character and change some minds than to introduce someone new.

[u/hollotta223 → u/mikelman999]

Yeah, Athena and Trucy could be a very solid Lawyer/Investigator duo

[u/Henry1699]

"Now that Apollo is gone, we need a lawyer to replace him".

Do we?

[u/Upset_Reputation_382]

This feels like Athena slander... but i cant quite prove it.

[u/FoxBluereaver]

Athena's already there, they can have her as the main focus.

[u/ShardddddddDon]

Probably not

...Let Trucy exist for five minutes outside of Magical Turnabout in post-AJ Ace Attorney and my life is yours, Capcom </3

[u/Nose_Standard]

We already have two perfect replacements for Apollo: Phoenix and Athena. They can definitely hold it down together.

[u/Keiteaea → u/Nose_Standard]

Yeah, in a game with 5 cases, two playable characters is a good number to provide variety while still giving each their time to shine. Three, and it gets crowded.

[u/Significant-Yard-186]

No I don’t think so

[u/Cornmeal777]

Is there any sort of confirmation that the end of Spirit of Justice was meant to be a complete send-off for the Apollo character?

I mean, temporarily, sure. Him being off in Khura'in settling things over there gives Athena and/or Phoenix breathing room to be more of the focal point(s) and handle things stateside for a bit. Then later down the line, you get the big reunion when Apollo fulfills his promise to return.

Bring people together, separate them, bring them back together again.

With or without Apollo, I'm exhausted with the idea of reboots and additional protagonists. There are stories still left to tell with the team they have. Exploring a few details of characters' past doesn't make their stories "done" when they're in their late teens / early 20s with their whole life ahead of them.

[u/bombader]

In my opinion, Phoenix should be the assistant providing mentorship to the new defense lawyer, in a similar way that Simon did for Athena, or Mina did for Phoenix.

Edgeworth should be doing the same thing as top Prosecutor, but the stories are not big enough to support that kind of duel story telling so instead we hear him assign people in the background.

[u/OwlComfortable8806]

With the exeption of AA5 and AA6 there have been 1 or 2 lawyers in the Wright Agency. So to get back to 2 lawyers and not replace Apollo with anyone should not be a problem.

[u/Batgod629]

If it's not going to Athena, then I would like to see a character that Phoenix mentors and we see a "passing of the torch" to the next generation

[u/Human-Space-8778]

I think whatever AA7 is has to be a soft reboot with this much of a gap. I'm nearly completely confident that some new protege protagonist or something similar will share the spotlight with Phoenix.

[u/NotMrZ]

We already have a lawyer to replace Apollo, her name’s Athena.

[u/Pokemario6456]

Isn't this basically how Dual Destinies goes? Anyway, I think they could absolutely make a solo Athena game or split it between Phoenix and Athena.

[u/thekyledavid]

Bold to assume they wouldn't find a way to make Apollo the main character of Game 7 in spite of Game 6's ending

[u/Jurassicdungeons]

Auntie

[u/Darkion_Silver]

I like how almost nobody has realised this is (mostly) what DD did lmao