Phoenix wright hobo11/9/2023 That Phoenix felt weird to me, even given his triumphs in AA123.īut "present-day" Phoenix in AA4 works fine dude. The Phoenix in AA4 that doesn't gel for me is him in his final trial before he loses his badge, where he's bursting with overconfidence and basically doesn't even give Klavier the time of day. Yo, if we're gonna be critiquing Phoenix's characterization in AA4, this ain't the part you wanna critique. I think it was too.Ĭapcom has a streak of turning around beloved characters for the worse but nothing struck me as nonsensical and nearly offensive as the hobo phase of Phoenix Wright. That entire phase of Phoenix was swept under the rug by Capcom. Even that new jury-based system was replaced with the old judge-verdict system with no explanation why by Ace Attorney 5. When he plays the role of the mature mentor to his younger lawyer protégés, he still comes off as the same dorky guy we knew him from the original trilogy. By the time of the events of that game, his aloof hobo demeanor is gone and back is the legal idiot savant goof he we mostly known him before. What's especially egregious about this phase of Phoenix Wright that as of the release of Dual Destinies/Ace Attorney 5, this literally became a phase in his life. Who the heck was this guy? Not the Phoenix Wright I knew in Ace Attorney, Justice For All, and Trials and Tribulations. This Phoenix Wright manages to upend the entire court system of the United States to adopt a new jury-based system that runs on computer software he personally oversaw its creation. He gives the rookie lawyer you play as the run-around by occasionally dropping cryptic hints and duping him into present forged evidence. Instead of bumbling his way to the truth, he's become this eerily competent chessmaster working in the background of the story. He's jaded, aloof, and more sarcastic than usual. ![]() His friendly, good-natured demeanor is all but gone. He didn't take the loss of his law license well. This Pheonix has spent around seven years working in a sketchy restaurant playing bad piano and cheating in poker games. affectionately coined Hobo Pheonix in Ace Attorney 4. This is the Phoenix Wright that became one of the most popular and beloved video game protagonists of all time.īut then we got the. We seen all of his highs and lows but most importantly we see him constantly go against all odds to defend his clients because of his ardent belief in justice and the truth. We seen enough of his inner monolouging to know that he carries a bit of a sarcastic wit too. ![]() We seen his good-natured attitude get constantly thrown back his face when he got roasted and chewed-out by almost every character he comes across. A lawyer who essentially bumbles his way through court proceedings and investigations. Three games where we knew him as this constantly flustered mess of a lawyer with a heart of gold. As some folks have humorously pointed out on Twitter: Pheonix Wright is disbarred from working in law on April 20th, 2019 in the Ace Attorney series' timeline.Īs the RL date wraps up west of the Pacific, let me make the case of why this fictional character got one of worst instance of character derailment that has ever happened in video games.īefore Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney/Ace Attorney 4, we had three games where we played as Phoenix Wright.
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