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(SPOILER)Also, not really sure how much I like the Klavier Gavin as the prosecutor. I mean, I like him and all, just found something a bit lacking with the animosity not there between defense and prosecution. There's no real sense of rivalry there like there was with Phoenix and basically every prosecutor he went up against. Not necessarily a bad thing, but, I dunno. I guess I can understand the need to differentiate. Was extremely happy in the 4th case to take control of Phoenix and see Gumshoe again.
(SPOILER)Klavier definitely wasn't as detailed or as woven into the storyline as previous prosecutors (see: Godot), but the overall game wasn't meant to be a rivalry against the two attorneys or exploring the secret motives of the prosecutor. It was mostly about Kristoph and the events that happened seven years ago. Klavier's only importance was that he's Kristoph's brother, which in turn strengthens Kristoph's storyline, the true villian. On that note, I think that at the end of the last case has the most intense villiany breakdown ever. I liked the new direction the story took.

However, I do agree with you that Ema was a poor Gumshoe-replacement. She should have had a more important role. The detective and the prosecutor in this one had other professions that they held in higher regard. Oh, well. The game was fantastic anyhow.

Case 3 was the most complex case in the series, imo. And Case 4 was done in a very unique way, as well as answering every relevant question the game threw at you.
(SPOILER)Personally, I thought Ema was competent and interesting enough that I didn't mind her replacing Gumshoe, what I minded about her was that in the first game, Edgeworth is more or less broken by the fourth case, and in Justice for all, it's assumed he committed suicide. So the fifth bonus case just offends me to no end that he's back, and in fit enough mental shape to prosecute temporarily before resuming his mental and emotional breakdown, and that Ema was a character created to replace Maya for that fifth case. I considered that case to be, at best, a bit of fan fiction that took place outside of continuity, and at worst, an aberration to the main storyline. and her presence in the game Just certifies that this event somehow happened in the main storyline.

ALSO what I wish the writers had the stones to actually follow through on in Apollo Justice was (SPOILER)making Trucy Phoenix's biological daughter. Her being fifteen and him 33 would have placed Trucy's conception around the same time he was dating Dhalia, who was really Iris, who legitimately fell in love with Phoenix. Which would have explained why Maya and Pearls are no longer around, and put in a few more even more interesting plot points into this already quite tangled web.

One Last Thing

(SPOILER)And yeah, I do miss the sense of rivalry. Winning a case just isn't as satisfying when the prosecution is actually working with you to find the truth instead of against you to win the case and discredit you.