Godot (Ace Attorney)
| Phoenix Wright | |
|---|---|
| 'Ace Attorney' character | |
 Phoenix Wright | |
| First game | Gyakuten Saiban 3Remade as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations for the Nintendo DS |
Godot (Godō) is a fictional character in the Ace Attorney series. He is a prosecutor, appearing only in the third game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations. He has tanned skin, white hair, and an electronic visor. He drinks a large quantity of coffee, often drinking 17 cups in a day.
Design
Godot is said to be based on the eponymous character from Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot.[1] In his Godot design, he wears a white tie with a striped vest over a green suit. He also wears black slacks and black shoes as well. Most noticeable of his attire is an electronic visor adorned over his eyes, with a silver shell and three red lines going across it. He has tanned skin, white hair, and light facial hair.
Appearances
Godot appears in the second episode of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations as the prosecuting attorney, swearing revenge against protagonist Phoenix Wright. He is defeated twice in this episode, and again in the third episode. In the fourth episode, a defense by the name of Diego Armando (神乃木 荘龍, Kaminogi Sōryū) accompanies defense attorney Mia Fey as she defends a person accused of murder. He has brown hair and drinks coffee. Mia and Armando developed a short-lived romance together. He is eventually revealed to be Godot, and that he went into a coma by Dhalia Hawthorne, who poisoned him. When he awoke from his coma five years later, he was nearly blind, his hair pure white, and Mia Fey was deceased. He donned the visor that he wears as a result, changing his name to Godot, and becoming a prosecuting attorney in order to get revenge on Phoenix for failing to protect her as well as protect Mia's younger sister, Maya Fey. In the fifth episode, his identity is revealed as Armando, and it is revealed that he killed the children's book author Elise Deauxnim, the name Mia and Maya's mother, Misty Fey, adopts, in order to save Maya from Dahlia, who was channeled into Misty's body.
Reception
Godot's appearance in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations has been met with highly positive reception. GameDaily listed him as the 21st best Capcom character, stating that he is one of Phoenix's "most feared opponents," citing his "high level of confidence" and his "electronic Cyclops-ish visor."[2] NGamer UK editor Matthew Castle praised Godot as "brilliant," stating that his "quiet coffee sipping approach and woozy jazz theme" was a "breath of fresh air" compared to the prosecutor from the previous game, Franziska von Karma.[1]