Japanese Ace Attorney fans vote on best characters and cases
Japanese magazine Famitsu recently conducted an online survey pertaining to the Ace Attorney series, with fans asked to vote on topics like the best characters and cases. This comes in celebration of the franchise’s 20th anniversary. A total of 1,394 responses were recorded.
Below are the notable excerpts from the survey:
Favorite Ace Attorney character
1. Miles Edgeworth – 537 votes
2. Phoenix Wright – 464 votes
3. Maya Fey – 264 votes
4. Kazuma Asogi – 194 votes
5. Apollo Justice – 161 votes
6. Godot – 143 votes
7. Barok van Zieks – 141 votes
8. Franziska von Karma – 133 votes
9. Herlock Sholmes – 107 votes
10. Ryunosuke Naruhodo – 99 votes
Favorite lawyer (main characters)
1. Phoenix Wright – 735 votes
2. Ryunosuke Naruhodo – 222 votes
3. Apollo Justice – 193 votes
4. Mia Fey – 128 votes
5. Athena Cykes – 61 votes
Favorite sub lawyer
1. Kazuma Asogi – 371 votes
2. Diego Armando – 292 votes
3. Gregory Edgeworth – 183 votes
4. Ryutaro Naruhodo – 180 votes
5. Raymond Shields – 142 votes
Favorite partner
1. Maya Fey – 558 votes
2. Herlock Sholmes – 188 votes
3. Trucy Wright – 136 votes
4. Susato Mikotoba – 134 votes
5. Kay Faraday – 87 votes
Favorite prosecutor
1. Miles Edgeworth – 547 votes
2. Barok van Zieks – 175 votes
3. Godot – 139 votes
4. Franziska von Karma – 137 votes
5. Sebastian Debeste – 83 votes
Favorite client
1. Larry Butz – 230 votes
2. Soseki Natsume – 228 votes
3. Iris – 130 votes
4. Gina Lestrade – 83 votes
5. Max Galactica – 82 votes
Favorite witness
1. Wendy Oldbag – 202 votes
2. Polly (parrot) – 88 votes
3. Larry Butz – 46 votes
4. Dick Gumshoe – 38 votes
5. Satoru Hosonaga – 35 votes
Favorite mascot
1. Blue Badger – 293 votes
2. Steel Samurai – 232 votes
3. Missile – 176 votes
4. Polly – 92 votes
5. Wagahai – 62 votes
Case that left the biggest impression
1. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations episode 5 – 660 votes
2. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney episode 4 – 331 votes
3. The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve episode 5 – 299 votes
4. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All episode 4 – 255 votes
5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney episode 5 – 167 votes
6. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 episode 5 – 159 votes
7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All episode 3 – 158 votes
8. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney episode 2 – 129 votes
9. The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures episode 2 – 128 votes
10. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice episode 5 – 115 votes
The latest part of the Ace Attorney franchise is The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles for Switch. While these titles appeared on 3DS previously, they were only made available in Japan. Both games are now on Switch and can be played in English.