Playing games with an emphasis on story.

Name: Nina Aquila
Status: Incomplete (episodic)
Site: https://tanuki-sama-studios.itch.io/nale
Pairing: Gen
Description: Pheonix Wright, with maybe a lot more pop references


 

Nina Aquila is a game where you're a one-eyed defense attorney who takes apart witness statements and sometimes does independent investigating while maintaining full faith in the innocence of your client. I have never played a Phoenix Wright game, so I don't know how closely Nina Aquila hews to that mold, but it seems from a couple reviews I've read that it takes quite a bit from the format. Including stuff like a three day court limit. Objections! And so on. I can't compare the two at all, but as it's own game I thought Nina Aquila was well written, had an interesting enough mystery and some fun references, and only a few minor issues.

While this isn't my favorite mystery game of the BLM Bundle (I think Dry Drowning still holds that title) It's one of the better ones, and was fun to play, even though as a "Visual Novel" it was restrictive.