The following opinionated post is opinionated.
I actually think Emma gets worse and worse every time you see her; the only character morer annoying than her is Trucy. I'm also confused about the praise Capcom got for their translation since 6th graders have better spelling, grammar, punctuation, and proof reading skills then the Capcom team who does these games. AAI was significantly better, though, and had just a few errors that were very forgivable.
Has it been confirmed if Phoenix will be the MC of 5? To be honest, I found Apollo Justice to be so bad I couldn't even give a second play through because there wasn't a single character I liked, their designs were ugly, and the cases just made me want to bang my head against the wall.
Also, who really just believes someone when they say their wife is dead and there's no body? How on earth did they fake a cremation or burial? That "twist" of Apollo and Trucy being brother and sister with that singer being their mother almost made me throw my DS against a wall. It has nothing on the whole "Holy shit, the dude who took me in killed my father!" like with Edgeworth.
I'm also scared to death that maybe Capcom will give us another punch in the gut. I refuse to get excited about this because of how absolutely devastated I was over AAI2. AAI renewed my hope in the series with how fun it was from the cases, game play, and humor.
Sorry if I sound like such a negative Nancy but this series is serious business to me.