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1. Rate each case on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. Anything above 10 gets rounded down to a 10, and anything below a 1 gets rounded up to a 1.
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Previous Results:

Bridge to the Turnabout (3-5) - 9.8 (37 votes)
Farewell, My Turnabout (2-4) - 9.7 (30 votes)
Turnabout Goodbyes (1-4) - 9.2 (32 votes)
Turnabout Beginnings (3-4) - 8.4 (26 votes)
Rise from the Ashes (1-5) - 8.2 (28 votes)
The Stolen Turnabout (3-2) - 8.2 (24 votes)
Turnabout Samurai (1-3) - 7.4 (29 votes)
Turnabout Memories (3-1) - 7.4 (30 votes)
Turnabout Target (E2-1) - 7.1 (17 votes)
Turnabout Trump (4-1) - 6.9 (25 votes)
Recipe for Turnabout (3-3) - 6.6 (27 votes)
Reunion, and Turnabout (2-2) - 6.5 (25 votes)
Turnabout Ablaze (E1-5) - 6.0 (19 votes)
Turnabout Sisters (1-2) - 5.7 (25 votes)
Turnabout Reminiscence (E1-4) - 5.6 (22 votes)
The Imprisoned Turnabout (E2-2) - 5.3 (16 votes)
Turnabout Visitor (E1-1) - 5.0 (20 votes)
The First Turnabout (1-1) - 4.9 (25 votes)
The Kidnapped Turnabout (E1-3) - 4.6 (22 votes)
Turnabout Airlines (E1-2) - 4.2 (22 votes)
Turnabout Corner (4-2) - 4.0 (25 votes)
Turnabout Big Top (2-3) - 3.7 (25 votes)
Turnabout Succession (4-4) - 3.5 (24 votes)
The Lost Turnabout (2-1) - 3.3 (27 votes)
Turnabout Serenade (4-3) - 2.7 (24 votes)

Many considered this the weakest AAI2 case...and it still gets above a 5.0! The pacing is the huge killer here, with mostly everyone citing this to be the issue. Some of the characters were not entirely compelling either. On the other hand, mostly everyone liked the prison setting and the general conceit of the case.

Summary:

Eighteen years ago, Gregory Edgeworth took a case that would become the final case of his career. At the request of his father's former colleague and friend, Edgeworth rises to the challenge of solving the mystery that marred Manfred von Karma's perfect record, and cost his father his life.

Main Characters: Miles Edgeworth, Dick Gumshoe, Kay Faraday, Gregory Edgeworth, Raymond Shields, Tyrell Badd, Justine Courtney, Sebastian Debeste, Manfred von Karma
Other Characters: Jeffrey Master, Katherine Hall, Delicia Scones, Dane Gustavia, Larry Butz, Pierre Hoquet, Isaac Dover

My rating: 9.5/10. This is a contender for most epic and dramatic non-finale case in the entire series. Shields was fine in E2-2 but he really earned his mark here as Gregory's assistant. Playing as Gregory rules and I love the film noir design they gave him. Having one of the most influential background cases become reality and having it take place in a national dessert contest is wild and I feel like only Ace Attorney has the chutzpah to pull off. A case that switches between the past and the present is already a really cool idea and the pacing, while rough at times, feels decidedly earned. The cast is top notch too: Jeffrey and Katherine are both really compelling and sympathetic characters, Larry is a little less in the forefront which works for him, Gustavia's a giant question mark until he reveals himself to be an asshole, and Delicia is the rare quirky Ace Attorney witness that just works.