Phoenix Wright
Phoenix Wright is a protagonist from the Ace Attorney series. He is the primary main protagonist in the first three games, appeared as a playable character in the fourth and appear as the main protagonist again in the fifth game.
Story
In his childhood, he made friends with Larry Butz and Miles Edgeworth. Wright first decided to become a defense attorney in his school days when he was falsely accused of stealing his classmate Miles Edgeworth's lunch money, and the class held a mock trial. In that moment when he felt alone, he decided that he wanted to become a defense attorney so that he could help people like himself who at that time had nobody to defend or believe them.
At the start of the series, he has recently acquired his attorney badge. While studying to become a defense lawyer, he was defended by Mia Fey and subsequently worked at her Fey and Co. Law Office. Wright took over the office and renamed it the Wright and Co. Law Office, with Maya Fey (Mia's younger sister) as his assistant, after Mia was murdered in the second case in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
The fourth Ace Attorney game, Apollo Justice, is set seven years after a case where Wright is incriminated for accidentally falsifying evidence due to a miscommunication and loses his defense attorney's badge. In the game he is a (not so good) piano player and a undefeated poker player.
In the fifth game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright is once again the main protagonist, having regained his defence attorney badge.
Profile
Wright is known in the courtroom for wildly guessing at the real truth and the ability to "turnabout" the court to his favor. He also has an adopted daughter in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Trucy Wright, who is a professional magician. He converted the Wright & Co. Law Offices into the Wright Talent Agency. Shortly after Apollo Justice joins his firm in the fourth Ace Attorney game, he changes it again, this time to the Wright "Anything" Office.
Other Appearances
Phoenix Wright appeared as a playable character in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. He was confirmed when a character profile image of him was accidentally uploaded onto the game's website. On October 13th 2011, Wright was officially revealed and three video trailers featuring in-game footage of the defense attorney were released.
Phoenix Wright also appears in Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney where he co-stars with Hershel Layton.
Phoenix and Maya will also appear in Project X Zone 2 as playable characters.
Trivia
- Phoenix's first name is a reference to the mythical sacred fire bird "Phoenix", known for reviving itself from the dead. Phoenix Wright himself is famous for his almost impossible comebacks during trials, and eventually, his comeback from disbarment.
- Phoenix, Franziska von Karma, Mia Fey and Miles Edgeworth appears as cards in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS.
- Phoenix made a cameo appearance, along with Maya, in Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and its sequel, Gyakuten Kenji 2.
- Phoenix Wright and Franziska von Karma were originally supposed to be playable characters in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. However, the idea was scrapped due to problems with game mechanics for Phoenix's specials using the text bubbles (such as his famous "Objection!"), due to the fact that the regional differences would cause the size of the bubble to vary in text, forcing an unbalanced game.
- In addition, this is what caused fans to want Phoenix to be in a fighting game. Despite it being "silly", even Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney series, supported it. As mentioned above, Phoenix would later become a playable character in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
- Both Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth appeared in the original Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 as a cameo in She-Hulk's ending.
- Phoenix Wright appeared alongside other Capcom characters in the social game, Minna to Capcom All Stars.
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