Even with the name change , he is still the best
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 : Prosecutor ’s Gambit will see an English releasefor the first clip on September 6 , 2024 , 13 long eld after it was first made . But that does n’t mean fans have n’t been aware of it or had no way of playing it . Ace Attorney Investigations 2 has a well - do it fan translation ; eventhe Ace Attorney Wikiused the fan translation ’s theatrical role names in berth of their prescribed Japanese names on their varlet . While they ’re now slowly being phase out by the prescribed English figure as they ’re revealed , fans are n’t on plug-in with all of them .
One of the new epithet we know is of Prosecutor Edgeworth ’s recurring rival throughout Ace Attorney Investigations 2 , called Sebastian Debeste in the lover translation . Debeste is a phenomenal pun worthy of the Ace Attorney series , and it fit nicely with the jokes made in the original playscript . His Japanese name , Ichiyanagi , can also be interpret as “ Ichiryuu , ” or “ first class , ” which he frequently call himself . This is treat as him calling himself “ the best ” in the fan translation .
What is his name now ? In a screenshot show onthe prescribed website , we have it off his name is officially “ Eustace Winner . ”
Some fans have been taking this goofy name considerably than others , but many are not proud of with the change . Eustace is an incredibly pop graphic symbol , even appearing as one of only two Investigations characters on theAce Attorney 20th Anniversarycelebration illustration made by Kazuya Nuri in 2021 . His popularity combine with the canny entreaty of his fan - given name has leave alone a lasting mental picture on players . Familiarity is comforting , and “ Eustace ” is not a change many want to see .
But honestly , it ’s a good name . “ Eustace Winner ” sounds like a pun of “ useless grumbler , ” which ties back to how his full Nipponese name is also one interconnect punning . “ Ichiyanagi Yumihiko ” is a paronomasia on the phrase “ isshi naki yumi type O hiku , ” or “ to draw a bow without an arrow , ” a useless action . “ Winner ” is also an appropriate new nickname for himself , which is still in fiber with “ the best ” and “ first class . ”
A alike seismic disturbance was feel back in 2021 when the character Sherlock Holmes in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles was revealed to have been rename “ Herlock Sholmes ” in English . But this name has historical relevance as the variant of the great investigator look by the great thief Arsène Lupin , and its silliness matched the character utterly — and fans terminate up loving it after the initial shock had tire off . It would n’t be surprising if this turned out the same way for Eustace , who realistically would n’t have kept his fan name in the official interlingual rendition anyway . It ’s a whacky name to fit his own initial goofiness , and it is n’t out of line compared to the other puns in Ace Attorney ’s chronicle . After all , one of the murder victims of the first Ace Attorney Investigations secret plan is named “ Deid Mann . ”
