Apollo Justice

Apollo Justice, known in Japanese as Hōsuke Odoroki (Japanese: 王泥喜 法介, Hepburn: Odoroki Hōsuke) is the protagonist of the 2007 video game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. He was created by Shu Takumi as a new protagonist, meant to be "aggressive, passionate, and youthful" in contrast to fellow defense attorney Phoenix Wright, the protagonist of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, whose events takes place seven years before the story of Apollo Justice. Apollo's first case, under mentor Kristoph Gavin, is to defend Phoenix against accusations of murder. Apollo has the power to detect tells using a special bracelet and in Apollo Justice, faces off against prosecutor Klavier Gavin. He subsequently appears in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice as one of three playable protagonists, alongside Phoenix Wright and Athena Cykes. Apollo was designed by Kazuya Nuri. His design in Dual Destinies was meant to make players question what happened to him between Apollo Justice and this. His English name comes from the god Apollo and his belief in justice.

Apollo received generally mixed reception. Critics felt that Apollo was overshadowed by Phoenix in his own game, which prevented him from having time to develop his own character. A writer from Waypoint attributed Phoenix's return as a playable character in Dual Destinies to fan response. Apollo's role in the subsequent entries was met with more positive reception: some critics felt that he was given more time to shine, others that he should have had more time to develop.