Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Court Crossroads

**Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Court Crossroads** is the seventh entry in the Ace Attorney series and one of the games in the Legal Legends trilogy.

## Story

Phoenix Wright's quest to find the man who killed his father, leads him into a series of cases in which he has to solve a 20 year old mystery of two brothers, and find out that those closest to him may be the most dangerous.

30 years ago, there were two homeless brothers who lived on the streets of a sleepy valley city called Varanine. 14 year old Vladmir Daraca and his 6 year old brother Andre Daraca. The two brothers were best friends and were completely inseperable. The brothers cared deeply for each other and never let anything happen to each other, until one fateful night. During the moonless night, a man took Andre from his sleep and carried him off. Vladmir got up and tried to fight against this man, but was overpowered. The man left the older brother beaten and scarred on the side of the road. By the time Vladmir regained consciousness, his brother was long gone. The man who kidnapped Andre was a man by the name of Arnold Green. Mr Green's wife was infertile and wanted a child to care for, and Mr Green hearing about the many homeless children of Varanine, kidnapped one of them to raise as his own child.

As the years passed, Andre forgot about his brother and his life in Varanine. He grew up with the name Marcus Green. By the age of 18, Arnold confessed everything to his son, sending the boy into a fit of rage. From that day forth, Andre was a cold hearted boy, who ended up killing his adopted mother to prove his point, and forcing his adopted father to follow his orders in order to survive. As Andre was a strong young man now, Arnold was afraid to defy him, and he couldn't go to the police, because he knew he would be charged for his crimes so many years ago. Arnold had tried to kill his son, but each attempt failed, creating more torment from Andre. Eventually, Andre decided that to get revenge on the world that wronged him, he would kill, and get others to kill with him, so with the help of the Rivales Family, a criminal organization in Los Angeles, he created his own assassination group, with his father as his original employee. Going under the name Smith Artesan, the man would now front as a potter, but carry out assassinations by night. Andre also created the persona of "Scoop Newsly", a plucky foreign reporter who would do anything for a scoop. Over time, Andre hired a variety of mercenaries to do his bidding, ridding the world of anyone he deemed unfit for society.

One day, a man going by the pseudonym "Stan Lass" came to one of Scoop's assassins and hired a hit for a man who didn't exist. It was a set up for the police to try and track down the assassin they had been searching for for so long. The police had hired a man who was good friends with one of their best prosecutors. The man's true name was Franklin Wright. Due to Wright's undercover work, Andre's best assassin was arrested and hung for his crimes. Eventually, Andre discovered the true name of this "Stan Lass", and sent two assassins to take him out. A middle aged woman disguising as a maid named "Mille Toste", and his own father. Little did the two know that this was a trap to get rid of the only two people who knew his identity, as Toste accidentally stumbled upon him. Andre secretly took out Wright himself while Toste and Arnold (Now going by Smith Artesan) stood trial. Arnold was sent to jail for his crimes, and Toste was killed by another assassin after panicking and almost revealing Andre's true nature to the world on the witness stand. After these events, with his revenge taken and his identity once again safe, Andre went back to assassination, however after an incident where one of his sloppy assassins killed a young girl instead of his original target, Andre knew that his time was running out and he decided to soon retire from killing, and try to live a normal life as a reporter.

One day, while working as a reporter, Andre discovered that he had a brother named Vladmir. The man still lived in Varanine and was a foster father to all the homeless children of the valley. Learning this, Andre became enraged again, knowing his brother had moved on with his life without ever trying to find him. Knowing this, Andre decided to go out with a bang and carefully constructed what would be known as the VG-4 Incidents. Using one of the orphans who he found still living on the streets of Varanine, Andre brainwashed the girl into becoming a twisted killer, then planted her into the foster home in order to cause a mass murder and get his brother killed by execution. Unfortunately for Andre, Phoenix Wright, who had been following the clues he had left was there in order to solve the murders and eventually trace them back to Andre Daraca, aka Scoop Newsley, and bring the man to justice.

## Episodes

Court Crossroads is the largest game in the Ace Attorney franchise, having a whopping seven trials, as well as two DLC trials. It also has the most prosecutors of any game.

## Main Characters

**Phoenix Wright**

**Maya Fey**

**Dick Gumshoe**

**Bella Buttercup**

**Scoop Newsley**

**Miles Edgeworth**

## Case Specific Characters

### Case 1

* **Jenn Tal'man-**A rich man who was killed by an unknown person at his dinner party.
* **Ellie Gant Tal'man-**The mourning wife of Jenn Tal'man, who is accused of killing her husband.
* **Jeeves Batalir-**The butler to the Tal'man family, he has served the family for almost three generations
* **Dan Ergest-**A fast talking businessman and long time friend of the Tal'man family.
* **Mrs. Ergest-**The wife of Dan Ergest, who does not seem to like the Tal'mans.
* **Pete Ron-**Another friend of the Tal'man family. Was not present when Jenn Tal'man was murdered.

### Case 2

* **Maggey Byrde-**The goddess of misfortune is under arrest yet again, after discovering the museum curator's dead body.
* **Quincy Rator-**The victim in this case. The curator of a museum who was found impaled on the tusk of a stuffed mammoth.
* **Curt Stodian-**A grumpy custodian at the museum, he cleans the halls at night, and seemed to have a special connection with the curator
* **Arta Kytik-**An employee of the museum who works in the prehistory wing. She is very timid, but becomes confident when talking about her work.
* **Astro Naite-**A very famous astronaut from the Gyaxa Space Center and a frequent visitor of the museum.

### Case 3

* **Marie Wright-**The mother of Phoenix Wright, who is being accused of killing her husband.
* **Franklin Wright-**The father of Phoenix Wright. He was killed by an unknown assassin and died in his wife's arms.
* **Larry Butz-**Phoenix Wright's childhood friend who happened to be visiting his father's house at the same time as the Wright family, at the time of the incident. He witnessed Franklin's death from the window
* **Geraldo Butz-**An old friend of the Wrights and the father of Larry Butz. He gave Marie and Franklin Wright a place to stay when they visited their son.
* **Smith Artesan-**A pottery worker who lives across the street from Geraldo Butz. He was a witness to the murder of Franklin Wright.
* **Mill Toste-**A small and meek lady who worked as a maid at the hotel next to Geralto's house. She definitely seems to be hiding something.

### Case 4

* **Ffahri Reinn-**An 18 year old prince from the country of Rheemal who speaks no english. He is being accused of murdering the ambassador of a neighboring country
* **Abraham Bassador-**An ambassador from the country of Abahal. He was murdered after a meeting with multiple representatives from different countries
* **Anne Terpriter-**A young woman who has studied over 200 different languages. She acts as Ffahri Reinn's interpreter.
* **Darius Greyson-**A Canadian ambassador who is also attending the meeting along with Ffahri Reinn and the other ambassadors.
* **Pearl Fey-**The younger cousin of Maya Fey. She happened to be visiting the ambassador's meeting and witnessed the murder of Abraham Bassador

### Case 5

* **Kass App-**A 12-year-old teacher's pet who was murdered in her school's science room by an unknown killer.
* **Bill Yologi-**Phoenix's Client, although all signs point to him being Kass' killer, he claims he would never hurt a student or anyone for that matter.
* **Pen'hi Paal-**Kass' penpal from Khura'in who was brought to the US for questioning
* **Timmy Daytor-**A 14-year-old punk who bullied Kass at every chance he got.
* **Al Gerbra-**Kass' math teacher, he seemed to have a good relationship with her
* **Lisa Clavis-**An English teacher who works at Kass App's school. Witnessed her murder in the science room
* **Pah'rin Sybal-**The Khura'inian-American principal of Sunnyvale Junior High School. He speaks with a strong accent and doesnt understand too much english.

### Case 6

* **Gangas Kitaki-**
* **Calanga Rivales-**
* **Wocky Kitaki-**The 11-year-old son of the Kitaki Family wants to follow in his father's footsteps
* **Plum Kitaki-**
* **Winifred Kitaki-**The 48 year old leader of the Kitaki Family, the largest japanese crime organization in all of Los Angelas.
* **Nemo Rivales**
* **Alita Tiala-**A 13-year-old girl who seems to be a family friend of the Kitakis. She has a major crush on Wocky Kitaki.
* **Boris Rashyn-**

### Case 7

* **Petra Fyer-**A 17 year old girl who came under suspicion of the murder of Skella Bones while Phoenix was in Varanine. Her innocence was proven when she became the second victim of the Varanine Murders.
* **Skella Bones-**An 19 year old woman who helped to take care of children in the Varanine Foster Manor. She was the first victim of the Varanine Murders, prompting the case to begin.
* **Leo Cluse-**A very young boy who witnessed the murder of Ravena Crowman in the Varanine Foster Manor. He was protected by Phoenix Wright, who promised he would not die. Leo's testimony ended up leading to the reveal of the true murderer.
* **Solana Shrousbury-**A botanist who wants to bring happiness to the gloomy people of Varanine. She became the third victim of the Varanine murders after testifying in court.
* **Jinxie Tenma-**A girl from Nine Tales Vale who testified in the murder of Petra Fyer during a visit. After Shrousbury's death, she promptly returned to her home in order to avoid being killed.
* **Monique Unique-**A kind girl who lives in the foster manor with Leo, Skella and Petra. A twisted sense of humor is hiding behind her sweet exterior
* **Ravena Crowman-**An old lady who works as a gravedigger in the cemetery outside the foster manor. She became the fourth and final victim of the Varanine Murders after testifying in court.
* **Vladimir Daraca-**Despite his scary name and appearance, this kind man cares for the many orphaned children of the village.

### DLC Case 1 (Returnabout Big Top)

* **Regina Berry**
* **Lawrence "Moe" Curls**
* **Benjamin Woodman**
* **Flint Bolt**
* **Maximilian Galactica**
* **Ken Dingling**
* **Sean Dingling**
* **Tara Peetz**
* **William Dushaip**

### DLC Case 2 (Flames of the Turnabout)

* **Ami Fey II-**A woman with intense mystical powers who showed up in Kurain Village one day. She claims to be the reincarnation of Ami Fey but was murdered on Mt. Mitama.
* **Maya Fey**
* **Sister Iris**
* **Norman Fey**
* **Bikini**
* **Ornest Fey-**Khurain's first and only male spirit channeler, and Maya's third cousin. The origin of his powers are unknown. He died of mysterious circumstances during the investigation of Ami Fey II's death
* **Arthur Cavan-**A young man who got lost while hiking up in the mountains. He witnessed the murder of Ami Fey II

## Breakdowns (Spoilers)

### **Case 2-Arta Kytik**

* **Transformation-**When she is accused of murder by Wright, Arta begins to build an igloo around the witness's stand, trapping her inside. Her personality then changes as she starts yelling angrily from inside the igloo.
* **Breakdown**

### **Case 3-Mill Toste**

* **Breakdown-**Toste starts sweating and begins to admit it all. She tells Wright that she knows who killed his father. Suddenly, a red mark appears on her forehead, and she is shot to death by an unknown assassin, who quickly gets away.

### **Case 6-Boris Rashyn**

* **Transformation**
* **Breakdown**

### **Case 7-Monique Unique**

* **Breakdown-**Unique's eyes turn black and a vision appears in her mind. She appears in a dark room as thousands of spiders crawl around her. A much larger spider appears and shoots her into the air, landing on a spiderweb. The giant spider spins her into a cocoon, and drops her to the ground, letting her become devoured by the spiders. The screen fades to black and returns to the real world, where Unique closes her eyes, and falls over dead on the witness stand.

### **Case 7-Scoop Newsley**

* **Transformation-**
* **Breakdown**

## Trivia

* The game is the second game in the series to receive an M Rating, from the ESRB. This is due to more blood, violence, and strong language than previous installments.