Phoenix Wright

Get Miles Edgeworth a not guilty verdict and expose Manfred Von Karma as the murderer of Gregory Edgeworth and indirect murderer of Robert Hammond.
Save Maya from Shelly de Killer and expose Matt Engarde.
Defeat Dahlia Hawthorne once and for all.
Get his attorneys badge back and expose Kristoph Gavin.
Continue his career with Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes.
Defeat and expose the Phantom.
Save Trucy Wright and expose Roger Retinz.
Defeat queen Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in with Apollo Justice and liberate Khrua'in. (all succeeded)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Fans disliked his characterisation in *Apollo Justice* as they believe it ruined Phoenix's character arc in the original trilogy, plus they dislike the fact that he keeps returning and making major appearances when there is nothing else to do with his character

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

Fans find him the best protagonist in the series with his combination of humorous dialogue, intelligence and fun character interactions with Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Maya

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Overexposed Main Protagonist

**Phoenix Wright** (Japanese, **Ryuuichi Naruhodo**) is the main protagonist of the *Ace Attorney* franchise. He is a defense attorney that protects his clients in murder cases that range from simple to complex, with him often going through many stressful trials before he can eventually uncover the truth and get the right person arrested.

He was voiced by Takayuki Kondo, Shu Takumi, Kosuke Torumi, Hiroki Narimiya and Yuki Kaji in the Japanese version, and Ben Judd, Sam Riegel, Trevor White, Zach LeBlanc and Eric Vale in the English version.

## What Makes Him Base-Breaking?

### What Do People Love About Him?

* Many fans consider him as the series best protagonist due to his combination of funny dialogue, intelligent moments, good character interactions with Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Maya, as well as some other minor characters and having his own share of cool moments.
* Fans enjoy it when he and Edgeworth go against each other or work with each other in court due to them working well each other and often creating some of the best moments in the series such as the two of them defeating Damon Gant through their combined power or pulling off the miracle in Farewell, My Turnabout to save Maya and defeat Matt.
* Some fans enjoyed his characterisation in *Apollo Justice*, thinking that the idea to turn Phoenix into a chessmaster who has everything under control and is one step ahead of his opponents as a good way of showing how much he had grown since the first game, plus finding him more interesting then how he was characterized in the original trilogy.
* Fans enjoyed him returning to his old defense attorney self in *Dual Destinies* after being disbarred in *Apollo Justice* and getting the chance to play as him again.

### What Do People Hate About Him?

* Some fans dislike how he tends to overshadow other characters when they are supposed to have the spotlight, an example being when *Apollo Justice* was less about Apollo and more about Phoenix despite Apollo being the playable character and having his name in the title, and another example being when he overshadowed Athena in *Dual Destinies* when the game was meant to be primarily about her and Simon Blackquill.
* Fans dislike his character regression after *Apollo Justice*, believing it to be a cop-out by CAPCOM after he was poorly received in *Apollo Justice* and instead of keeping his more developed self at the end of *Trials & Tribulations*, opted for the more easily flustered and incompetent version of Phoenix from the first two games.
* Fans believed that him getting so easily manipulated into presenting the forged diary page to be a huge moment of character assassination after all he had managed to achieve at that point.
* Some fans believe he has overstayed his welcome in the series and should have had his arc end at *Trials & Tribulations,* becoming a mentor character for Apollo and Athena at best rather then becoming a playable character. The fact he had to have his character regressed further proves this point.

## External Links

* Phoenix Wright on the Heroes Wiki
* Phoenix Wright on the Near Pure Good Wiki
* Phoenix Wright on the *Ace Attorney* Wiki