Phoenix Wright
Character » appears in 18 games
Phoenix Wright is the main protagonist of the the first three games in the Ace Attorney Series. His job is to defend his clients while also seeking the truth in the court of law.
Do you like what they did with Phoenix Wright?
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Depicted as a rookie lawyer eventually becoming an extremely talented defense attorney, his character was changed rather dramatically in Apollo Justice. Presumably because of Capcom wanting him to be included in the game with the new protagonist, Phoenix Wright was made into a passive and unmotivated individual, becoming known as "hobo Phoenix" by the fans.
My question is whether fans of the series were disappointed by this transformation. Do you think that this was uncalled for? That in the time skip from T&T to Apollo Justice, Wright should have been a different person compared to what he actually became? Or do you think that this transformation was a good one? Perhaps you thought that this was a natural evolution to his character?
I liked Apollo Justice, I really did. With that said, I did not like what they did with Mr. Wright. To me, he felt like a completely different character. I have to keep reminding myself : "That dude dressed like a hobo, is Phoenix Wright. That lovable dork from the other games." And it never clicked for me. They should just have named him something else. He's an interesting character but he doesn't "feel" like Phoenix Wright to me. I know the quite a few years passed since Phoenix's days as a lawyer and that people change with time but this is a bit much.
@FluxWaveZ said:
@Video_Game_King said:So, "other"?No, because I haven't played any of the games to develop an opinion on any of them.
Motherfucker.
Not really, no. I haven't played Apollo Justice since it came out (because I didn't like it for a multitude of reasons that include Hobo Phoenix), but I'm pretty sure he's kind of a bastard. If I recall correctly, he forges evidence in the first case as a way to get revenge against Kristoff and then basically spends the rest of the game being cryptic and generally unhelpful. It isn't until the last case of the game, which is mostly a flashback anyways, that he becomes likeable again.
I think when I first played the game, I was shocked at what they did with Phoenix. With how he was going in the previous trilogy, I was expecting him to be a kind of "nice guy Manfred von Karma" in the future, with a reputable law firm where everyone wanted to go to to be defended. However, now I've come to appreciate his new character. I like the "downfall" concept they took with him while still portraying him as someone who is much wiser than he looks (especially with how he handled the last case).
@Video_Game_King said:
No, because I haven't played any of the games to develop an opinion on any of them.
So why the fuck are you posting?
@Video_Game_King said:
@TheKramer89:
He had a question; I had an answer.
So your opinion is "No" even though you don't have an opinion? You don't have to post in every goddamn thread, is what I'm getting at.
@JusticeJanitor said:
I liked Apollo Justice, I really did. With that said, I did not like what they did with Mr. Wright. To me, he felt like a completely different character. I have to keep reminding myself : "That dude dressed like a hobo, is Phoenix Wright. That lovable dork from the other games." And it never clicked for me. They should just have named him something else. He's an interesting character but he doesn't "feel" like Phoenix Wright to me. I know the quite a few years passed since Phoenix's days as a lawyer and that people change with time but this is a bit much.
i could not say it any better myself. In other words "this".
@TheKramer89:
You seem to think that my not liking something automatically means I dislike it. The two are not the same at all.
@Video_Game_King said:
@TheKramer89:
You seem to think that my not liking something automatically means I dislike it. The two are not the same at all.
Hey you're almost at 20,000 posts!! Think of how cool you'll be when you get there!!!
@Video_Game_King said:
@TheKramer89:
Actually, I do want to reach 20,000 posts just to get it over with.
yeah, we can tell.
He wasn't bad exactly but it didn't really even feel like Phoenix Wright. They should have just made him a separate character than trying to tie it into the last trilogy.
I count Apollo Justice as the low point of the series for me personally. That's not saying it's a bad game, I just felt like the game wasn't as interesting to me than the previous three installments, and Investigations was better. That said, I'm kind of inbetween of what they did with Phoenix's character, but I'll have to go with no, I don't like what they did. Phoenix was always a somewhat insecure person in the first three games, but confident and outgoing when he needed to be. In Apollo Justice, I felt like they played up the "mysterious and scarred" aspect a little too much.
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