History Characters / UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3

* AssistCharacter: Maya Fey is an assist character available as a Lv.1 super and during Investigate mode. Missile appears in grabs and one of his assists, and TheJudge appears as a Lv.1 super, available only during Courtroom Mode and Turnabout Mode.

* AssistCharacter: Maya Fey, Missile the dog, and TheJudge.
** To be more specific, Maya Fey is an assist character available as a Lv.1 super and during Investigate mode. Missile appears in grabs and one of his assists, and TheJudge appears as a Lv.1 super, available only during Courtroom Mode and Turnabout Mode.

** His "Press the witness" attack(the one where he walks off while saying "Yes, Yes!") counts as well.

** More pronounced at "Courtroom mode", where each "good" evidence has its own properties as a projectiles. Flower Vase is an arc, knife is a 3-directional projectile, watch is a time-delayed projectile, camera is a 3-hit laser, a brown folder is an expansion melee attack where he slowly walks towards the enemy, juggling them.

* BananaPeel: Phoenix may actually slip on one.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Various evidence he can pick up and throw, such as a flower vase, a cell phone, watch, plunger, Servbot doll, bonsai, etc.

--> ''Ordering the court! '''OBJECTION OVERRULED!'''''

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''Pursuit - Cornered'' starts playing after he gathers enough evidence. You'd better start running.

* AdaptationalBadass: Given that he doesn't even fight in his home series and is a playable character in a fighting game.

* BadassPacifist: [[http://shoryuken.com/2011/09/19/umvc3-early-hints-at-phoenix-wrights-fighting-style/ According to Niitsuma,]] Phoenix fights without fighting. For example, his standing light attack has him showing the opponent some documents, while his crouching light attack has Nick looking for clues on the floor.

** More pronounced at "Courtroom mode", where each "good" evidence has its own properties as a projectiles. Flower Vase is an arc, knife is a 3-directional projectile, watch is a time-delayed projectile, camera is a 3-hit laser.

* LethalJokeCharacter

-->'''''Let's bring it! POWER OF THE NOVA CORPS!'''''

** To be more specific, Maya Fey is an assist character available as a Lv.1 super and during Investigate mode. Missile appears in grabs, and TheJudge appears as a Lv.1 super, available only during Courtroom Mode and Turnabout Mode.

** More pronounced at "Courtroom mode", where each "good" evidence has its own properties as a projectiles. Flower Vase is an arc, cellphone is a 3-directional projectile, watch is a time-delayed projectile.

-->'''''ENERGY PELLET!'''''

* DeathFromAbove: He can fire his Energy Pellet upward and then it falls onto the enemy.

While not the most adept fighter in the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' universe, Phoenix Wright is nonetheless an expert defense attorney, who only wants to free the innocent and sentence the guilty. Nick's fighting style mirrors his home game: in Investigation Mode you gather evidence, and in Courtroom Mode you throw documents (and evidence you don't think is useful). If you have three useful pieces of evidence and connect with an "[[CatchPhrase Objection!]]", Nick enters "Turnabout Mode" where his moves are powered up and he can use his Level 3 Hyper Combo, accusing his opponent of being the real culprit.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Various evidence he can pick up and throw, such as a flower vase, a cell phone, etc.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Maya. She runs onto the screen, trips, and knocks Phoenix's opponent off his feet in one of his specials.

* GenkiGirl: Maya. She charges the enemy while [[HumanHummingbird flailing her arms in a tantrum]] at them for Phoenix's level 1 hyper, and bounces around Phoenix in complete admiration when he wins.

* CourtroomAntics / CourtroomDrama: The gist of both the theme of his fighting style, as well as his Level 3 Hyper Combo.

* HealThyself: some of the things Phoenix can pick up will heal him.

** One particular example: In one of his hypers, the Judge appears behind him, smashing both the enemy and ''Phoenix Wright himself'' with his gavel.

While not the most adept fighter in the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' universe, Phoenix Wright is nonetheless an expert defense attorney, who only wants to free the innocent and sentence the guilty. Nick's fighting style mirrors his home game: in Investigation Mode you gather evidence, and in Attorney Mode you throw documents (and evidence you don't think is useful). If you have three useful pieces of evidence and connect with an "[[CatchPhrase Objection!]]", Nick enters "Pursuit Mode" where his moves are powered up and he can use his Level 3 Hyper Combo, accusing his opponent of being the real culprit.

* FingerPokeOfDoom: One of his attacks in Objection mode.

* StanceSystem: He can switch between three, Investigation (normal), Defense (possibly a zoning style), and Objection (super mode).

* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger

* AwesomenessIsVolatile: His Level 3 Hyper Combo ends with an explosion behind whoever is by it.

* AssistCharacter: Maya Fey, Missile the dog, and the Judge.

* ConfettiDrop: courtesy of Maya in his win animation.

* SneezeOfDoom: His launcher attack. His sneeze is so powerful that it lifts him off the ground... and his opponent he bumps into.

* CrazyAwesome: His d-air is a sneeze, that is all.

While not the most adept fighter in the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' universe, Phoenix Wright is nonetheless an expert defense attorney, who only wants to free the innocent and sentence the guilty.