and even lawyer phoenix is secretive to a degree!!Īnd i can’t help but think that dahlia’s last words to phoenix before she was arrested contributed to that change at least partially.

My point is, there’s such a stark contrast between the bubbly, emotional, and forthcoming college student phoenix wright and the mysterious, closed-off poker player phoenix wright.

all when he’s trying to enact generally positive legal reforms!! it’s as if he’s keeping up this poker face throughout the game, and it only makes him even more secretive and cryptic. and even throughout the game, he never tells anyone about his work on the mason system and he doesn’t tell apollo and trucy about their mother.Īnd not only that, but he works as a poker player!! the entire point of poker is to be secretive and misleading!!! and he keeps up this facade throughout the game, projecting this character of a sleazy, shady poker player, even leaning into the rumors of him forging evidence. right out of the gate in 4-1, phoenix is very selective with the information he discloses, like when he chooses to plead the fifth and refuses to elaborate on his game with shadi, or when he lies to the judge about his locket (through omission, but a lie nonetheless). and he didn’t say anything about his involvement with iris at the beginning of 3-5.Īnd in aa4, that secretiveness is only exacerbated after not only his client but the entire legal system suddenly turned on him. and he didn’t tell maya about miles’s disappearance.

and he doesn’t tell maya either until she literally stops him and forces him to tell her. just doesnt tell anyone anything? he never did get to tell mia about larry and miles and why he became a lawyer.

Guts berserk poker face