A weird, weird game. I have always called it the Final Fantasy VIII of Ace Attorney. It's ambitious yet profoundly strange and tends to miss the mark a bit in regards to what it originally set out to do. Some of this is a result of Capcom forcing Takumi to put Phoenix in the game, some of it is not. It's a game that should have started its own arc but instead became a sequel in a long-running narrative. I think it's a bit overhated and I did enjoy it (aside from 4-3), especially the last case, but I do understand the criticism.