Other Appearances

Phoenix has had a bit of a cultural impact, mainly in Japan, where the game originated from.

Manga

With the popularity of the Phoenix Wright series, a manga series was created, featuring many familiar characters and new ones alike.

I have not actually read the manga in its entirety, I've only read a bit of one of the cases. From what I can tell, the manga stays true to the Phoenix Wright series with the same characters and style of investigating cases. The cases themselves are all new (none are from the original games).

Musical

When things are popular, they tend to become musicals. This was true of Lord of the Rings, Legally Blonde, Prince of Tennis ... and the Phoenix Wright series is no different either. The first musical, entitled Resurrected Truth, is performed by an all-female troupe Takarazuka Revue (so everyone is played by a girl). There is also a second musical, the title of which I am currently unfamiliar with.

I've not seen the musical, but one can find various clips of it around the Internet. From what I understand, Phoenix's unrequited love, Leona (new character) is accused of murdering an important politician.

As you may have noticed from the tiny picture on the right, Phoenix Wright's hairstyle is apparently too wild and they had to change it to something more reasonable. Which is funny, because Larry Butz's hairstyle stays true to the original style in the musical.

Almost made it in

According to this article, Phoenix was considered to be part of the roster for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, a fighting video game for the Wii. It's a shame he didn't make it in, apparently yelling, "OBJECTION!" isn't enough. I would have loved to see our blue suit defense attorney fighting amongst the likes of Street Fighter characters!