I cannot bring myself to not think that Phoenix Wright was inspired by Battler

Tong said:
I cannot bring myself to not think that Phoenix Wright was inspired by Battler

Maybe this will help.

Wikipedia said:
[Phoenix Wright] was first released in Japan exclusively for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, and was re-released for the Nintendo DS as an enhanced remake in 2005

Wikipedia said:
The first game in the [Umineko] series, Legend of the Golden Witch, was first released at Comiket 72 on August 17, 2007

oh really?
I thought Umineko was something old like touhou

Sarcasm, your pleasure.

It's not impossible for it to be vise-versa though.