Phoenix Wright's First Case: You must defend your childhood friend who has been accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend
Mia Fey's First Case: You must defend a man on death row who is being framed by your estranged cousin
Apollo Justice's First Case: You must defend a man who was previously a legendary defense attorney by accusing your own mentor of murder
Athena Cykes's First Case: You must defend your best friend who has been accused of bombing a courthouse
Naruhoudou Ryunousuke's First Case: You have been accused of being a assassin who killed a member of of the British Exchange Program,and the Japanese government is more than willing to throw you under the bus in the hopes of stopping an international scandal. You are ultimately forced to defend yourself, despite having no knowledge of law whatsoever, because your prodigy defense attorney friend will lose his job if he loses a case like this