Phoenix Wright's Contest History

Who is Phoenix Wright?
Phoenix Wright stars in the best damn lawyer simulation game ever made (of course, how many lawyer sims can you think of? <_<). He's a rookie lawyer right off the bar exam, and he finds himself involved with several seemingly unsolvable cases right off the bat. His mentor and friend, Mia Fey, helped him out with his first case where he defended his friend Larry Butz. Mia is unfortunately killed soon after that, and Phoenix finds himself alone except for Mia's sister Maya Fey, a spirit medium in-training. Maya is accused of her sister's murder, and Phoenix offers to defend her in court. But things get even worse. Miles Edgeworth, a lawyer infamous for altering evidence and controlling witnesses, is the prosecutor in the trial. Yet Phoenix is able to see through every lying witness that comes to the stand and ultimately puts Mia's murderer in jail. The game is filled with such a back and forth tension with a ton of plot twists, yet it's all easy to follow and possibly the most hilarious game ever made.

As for how it became such a fad, the allegorical humor paired with the game swinging wildly between being dead serious and laugh out loud funny were the big contributors. Phoenix will be the defense lawyer in some big murder case, up against his lifelong rival and friend Miles Edgeworth, but the game will still find time for the witness to embarrass the hell out of Edgey for asking the witness his or her name. Then came the famous Objection! site (http://objection.mrdictionary.net/index.php) and the fad was permanent. Thanks to Zen convincing that site to rally for Phoenix in 2006, Phoenix went from simple rallied Board 8 character to 4 seed.

Thanks for causing Phoenix to lose to Gordon Freeman, Zen. Ass.

"Objection!" - Phoenix Wright

Phoenix Wright's Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 1-2

Summer 2006 Contest - Destiny Division - 4 Seed
 * Destiny Round 1 --- Lost to (5) Gordon Freeman, 46204 [41.80%] - 64324 [58.20%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 44th Place [23.10%]

It was bad enough seeing Gordon Freeman finally win a match, but to do it against Phoenix Wright of all characters just... sucked. Phoenix is a Board 8 legend and stars in one of the best series ever made, and to see him go down like that was terrible. But the silver lining was that Phoenix had the lead early, so he wasn't *completely* embarrassed.

Maybe we'll see Phoenix back, maybe we won't. Maybe he'll even be put in a position to win a match. But he'll have to face someone *very* weak if he ever hopes to pull the ultimate turnabout a win a contest match on GameFAQs given how little-known he truly is.

Summer 2007 Contest - Division 3 - Fourth Group
 * Division 3 Round 1 --- 2nd place, 30548 [23.96%] - Magus, 39354 [30.87%] - Bomberman, 30467 [23.90%] - Crash Bandicoot, 27107 [21.26%]
 * Division 3 Round 2 --- 4th place, 14263 [10.71%] - Mario, 62062 [46.60%] - Big Boss, 33146 [24.89%] - Magus, 23700 [17.80%]

After ending the plight of GFNW, Phoenix Wright was put into a more promising situation. Many of his fans thought that the four-way character battle would be more advantageous for him. His fanbase was considered to be hardcore but small, so dividing up the votes would help him because he wouldn't be abandoned. When his match started, the board exploded in delight. Phoenix was beating Magus at the freeze. Fans decided to enjoy it since it wouldn't last. Then the next update came, and...he was still in the lead. He led the entire match for thirty minutes, and even after giving way to Magus, he managed to build a 1300 vote margin over Bomberman. It turned out that Phoenix would need nearly every vote in perhaps the slowest comeback attempt ever. Just when his fans thought it was over and Bomberman was poised to take the lead, he struck back with the fiercest of objections. Phoenix never gave up the lead and won by less than 100 votes. Once again, Mr. Wright had done the impossible.

The second round wasn't as kind for Phoenix. He couldn't even avoid last place until the freeze this time, and he struggled to stay above 10% by the end. Some speculate that Mario might have pulled some sort of SFF on him, but who knows? Perhaps his fanbase isn't quite as rabid as once thought, but for one day, it was enough for one of the best feel-good moments of the contest.