Why are the Ace Attorney games arbitrarily set like 20 years

>>381554654
>>/tv/

>>381554654
I always wondered of this too

>>381555718
what the fuck

because this is where the justice system is headed

>>381554654
Why not? What differences does it make?

>>381556071
It doesn't make a difference, hence arbitrarily

>>381556071
OP asked why, not if makes a difference. Not much into trying to understand stories, are you?

>>381556172
And?
>>381556225
If it doesn't make a difference, why worry about it?

>>381556071
>>381556339
Are you pretending to be retarded?

Well, not anymore.

>>381556339
>game with 1970s fashion, culture and technology
>is actually set in 2000
What difference does it make?

>>381556540
Next case in real time is December 27, right?

File: spiderman raimi dvd.jpg (163KB, 690x369px) Image search: [Google]

163KB, 690x369px

>>381556540
The latest games are set in like 2030

File: 1374864678289.gif (481KB, 127x160px) Image search: [Google]

481KB, 127x160px

>>381556478
No, I'm just wondering why somebody would ask such an asinine question.

It's a fucking fictional story about ghosts that sometimes solve murders for you. And you worry about the date on the calender? Who gives a shit?
Is this what you spend your weekends on? Wondering why Ace Attorney is set in the 21th century instead of the 20th? And you're calling me retarded?

>>381556656
Those threads are always so embarrassing they just consist of
>I like that Miles Edgeworth guy haha!
>That lawyer with the big hair always just guesses!!

>>381556778
>No, I'm just wondering why somebody would ask such an asinine question.
>
>It's a fucking fictional story about ghosts that sometimes solve murders for you. And you worry about the date on the calender? Who gives a shit?
>Is this what you spend your weekends on? Wondering why Ace Attorney is set in the 21th century instead of the 20th? And you're calling me retarded?
Was it autism?

The main games dont really have a reason, AAI has holograms and shit.

File: 3mLydMU.jpg (42KB, 600x494px) Image search: [Google]

42KB, 600x494px

>>381556778
You''re the one obsessing about not giving a shit. People just wanna talk about games they like and what implications certain aspects of it can mean.
Just go into your shed and fuck your chained up cousin.

>>381554654
So they can do bullshit like holographic crime scene recreation from a portable handheld device and not 100% kill your suspension of disbelief

File: ace attorney police station.jpg (58KB, 768x576px) Image search: [Google]

58KB, 768x576px

>>381557243
That didn't happen till later in the games, they just fucked up. This is the equipment a police station is using in 2016 apparently

To justify it having different court procedure while still being set in Japan/Japanifornia. I thought that was clear.

File: ini_dance.gif (16KB, 256x192px) Image search: [Google]

16KB, 256x192px

>>381554654
I think the bigger question is, why do these games have such top-tier waifus?

Also... Ini Miney a cute

>>381558436
>ini

File: ace attorney bonny de famme magic trick.webm (2MB, 400x240px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 400x240px

>>381558436
futaBonny a cute

>>381557761
I mean to be fair in some cases it's not that far off but I'd imagine Japanifornia is not one of those places

File: 1461444004373.png (127KB, 255x375px) Image search: [Google]

127KB, 255x375px

>>381554654
That because their court system, They decide a verdict in only 3 days, If you can't probe you innocence in just 3 days, then you're guilty or something like that, but just in 3 days, such court system only could be allowed in the "future", At least, they explained it on the first game.

>>381559008
>they explained it on the first game.
where?

>>381554654
That way they can include neat game mechanics like the stupid emotion sensing robot from dual destiny and hand wave it away as "it's da fyoooture!"
It's for the sake of gameplay and that's the only reason.

>>381559195
But that was the 5th game, the 1st games has no sci-fi elements like that, it does have a lot of ghosts and magic though, so it' strange they'd strive for a "realistic" explanation for advanced technology but also just be like "fuck it psychics are real"

>>381557761
To be fair, Japan (or "California") is still behind the times on some stuff, even if they're practically in the future in others
it wouldn't surprise me if they were still using those ancient 2000-2002 computers in police stations, still

>>381559574
The first games also don't explicitly say or allude to it being the future either.Only the bonus mission from I think the first game alludes to it and it was made after the fact, way after the original trilogy had already been made for GBA. And same thing, it was to explain away gameplay conventions used by your assistant in that case.

>>381554654
They do this so they can be less accurate with reality