Phoenix Wright (Nintendo vs. Capcom)

Phoenix Wright is the protagonist of the Ace Attorney series, beginning with his debut in the 2001 Nintendo DS title of the same name. As a child, Phoenix grew up alongside his two friends, Larry Butz and Miles Edgeworth; the trio forming after a civil classroom incident in which Miles defended the scapegoated Phoenix for a crime he didn't commit. Despite this, Miles was fatefully stripped from the group after the horrific events of the DL-6 incident took the life of his father and led to his adoption by the feared district prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma. With his friend now enslaved in Karma's estate, Phoenix moved on with his life secretly wishing for another chance to confront Miles, the opportunity finally arriving during his later college years. Seeing in headline articles that his childhood friend was slowly transfiguring into a corrupt prosecutor under Von Karma's unorthodox and illegal methods, Phoenix resolved to drop his art major and attend Law School to become a defense attorney. During the short time he trained under Mia Fey and partnering with her sister Maya Fey, Phoenix's growth as a lawyer proved to be an exceptional beacon for his prosecuting rivals and defendants alike; keeping a perfect record of victories against seemingly impossible cases. Becoming a legend around the time of Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, Phoenix had become renowned as a mastermind of the law: utilizing the aid of spirit mediums alongside physical, hardcore evidence; his combination of tactics provided little leeway for the truly guilty. In the events of Apollo Justice, it was shown Phoenix was disbarred from his law practices due to a malicious, grand-scale scheme by former defense attorney Kristoph Galvin; and though he was no longer permitted to practice law, found loopholes to re-introduce the jurist system; completely revolutionizing the current law and reinstating his attorney license.