Objection! His Lawyer Level is Over 9,000!

Would Vegeta make a decent prosecutor? Would you ever suspect Bart Simpson's dog, Santa's Little Helper, of committing a violent crime? Is Evangelion's Shinji Ikari capable of murder?

These are the pressing questions addressed in a gaming mash-up by Castor Troy of Video Game AMV Projects. The video tells the story of 14-year-old Shinji, who is framed for murder. With few options, he turns to Phoenix Wright, ace attorney. But it'll take all his skills, the help of some friends, and a little encouragement to get Shinji off the hook.

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loX76v8V_qY"

Beyond the hilarity of the cross-over and the not-so-subtle inclusion of Dragon Ball Z characters, the music of the video really caught my attention. If you're as much a fan of in-game music as I am, you'll certainly enjoy Video Game Project 4. Originally aired at Anime Weekend Atlanta in 2007, the project is an on-going, community-supported endeavor to combine the soundtracks of anime and video games into several catch medleys [via Video Game AMV Projects].

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Mike Minotti

January 08, 2010

That was pretty fantastic.

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Bryan Harper

Wouldn't have laughed nearly as hard had I not played Phoenix Wright beforehand, and I did groan at the lame Over 9000, felt tacked on.

Still giggly.

David Matos

That made my day. Wow that was awesome and the remix to the phoenix wright testimony theme was good.

January 09, 2010

@Bryan I think it would have been with the animation, but without the actual line. Or at least if it was better incorporated. Like:
"His bail is posted at $10,000."
"That's over 9000!"

Spencer Gregory

Best line of the video:

"They use guys like me as currency!"
:o

Mike: Totally woulda been ten times better that way, nice call.

McKinley Noble

Excellent music, but the real star here is the top-notch editing. Lip syncing was spot-on, was were the choices in character clips. Definite thumbs-up for using the Shifty-Eyed Dog so well.