Well who knows, with UMvC3 out with Nick in, and AA5's announcement, there could be enough outcry to get AAI2 localized down the line. I'm not that into AAI, so I'm not that concerned about it as long as we get AA5.
And I understand WHY Apollo won like he did in Case 4 and how important that was. I just wish he did it against anyone other than Kristoph who was already serving a Life Sentence, or make it so Kristoph got a lighter sentence or something the first time we got him. It made his breakdown...stupid. I understand the motivations for it but he was never practicing law again, so I doubt it would've been as personal. And I think it's less about the new characters and more about Nick just being so jaded (even though we eventually find out he's pretty much the same on the inside). It seemed so out of character for Nick, even being in his somewhat depressed state, to be a bit of a douche to Apollo and to be so vague so often. I got used to it but I can still see the problems.
And no I don't consider Case 5: Turnabout Substitution to be fanon. I just really liked the case and thought it was well done for the most part. It's obviously not fanon for a couple of reasons, to which I won't disclose in case you'd want to see for yourself but yeah. It just gave a great idea on the possibility of what would happen if Apollo had to ride solo through huge cases, no help from Nick (except random messages by phone), Trucy or Klavier. Keeps you nice and sharp for AA5.
As for the trials, not having done anything like it isn't much of an excuse honestly. It takes 5 seconds to see other Trial Modes, see what the fans didn't like, and how to adapt it to your game. Okay, maybe not 5 seconds but it's not a hard thought process. Marvel could've tried harder in Ultimate, but again Marvel is the one franchise known for having so much shit change over the course of a lifespan, even something as...abrasive as Marvel 3. I didn't mind their trials too much, the only problem I had with them were the trials that used OBVIOUSLY useless assists. Seeing combos having to use Wesker's Jaguar Kick assist makes my head hurt.
In any case, I'm certain they'll have the tutorial downpat, I'm just wondering if it will do good for those actually trying to learn.
Anyway, off to bed...I need sleep.