I rank the games that way, too. I don't know why people like AA more than JFA. 2-4 alone makes it better IMO.

Top Tier

3-5 - Favourite case of all time.
2-4 - Loved the characters, loved the areas, loved everything.
1-4 - Von Karma. End of.
3-4 - Best trial-only case by a mile.

Good Tier

3-2 - Mainly because of the characters. Wasn't terribly keen on the areas, but I liked Ronnie and Dessie, and Luke was just great.
3-3 - Good fun, Tigre was a good villain, trial stages were particularly good, and it had some depth to it.
2-3 - Again, characters were particularly good, especially Moe. One of my favourites in this tier.
3-1 - Brilliant introduction case, best of the lot.
1-3 - Mostly for the characters. Again. But I liked how the case unfolded as well.
1-5 - Wasn't bad, but I couldn't really get into it. Gant was great, but most of the characters were uninteresting.
4-3 - Probably the strongest AJ case. Characters weren't bad, quite liked the areas.

Average Tier

2-2 - Weakest JFA case. Didn't really like the areas, and Morgan really got on my nerves.
2-1 - Good introduction. It's better than AA's beginning mostly because of Wellington's awesomeness.
1-2 - Nothing really interesting enough in this to warrant anything higher.
4-2 - Good enough, I guess.

Bad Tier

1-1 - Boring.
4-4 - Even more boring.

I replayed all the cases, gave this some serious thought, and re-ranked them.
Amazing:
1-5 Gant and Marshall owned. Very well thought out plotline.

3-5 Godot's plan was a great plot twist.

1-4 Edgey actually showed emotions. Larry's "HOLD IT!" was the most epic moment ever. And there was such a good murder plot.

2-4 Epic

Spoiler:

defendant=accomplice

twist as in every final case.

Great:
3-2 Atmey and Ronnie made it for me. Awesome to have a non-muder trial.

1-3 Cody was awesome, and I'm glad there was at least one accidental murder in the series

2-3 Moe's jokes own all! Way too many haters of this case, and I am standing up for it!

Games: I really can't choose between AA and T&T for best. All I know is JFA is the worst.

Good:
3-3 Tigre and Armstrong were kind of annoying, but Kudo was cute (in an old man sort of way) and funny.

3-4 Pretty good, but how good can an only-trial case be?

Okay:
3-1 Definitely the best first case. But still kind of boring.

1-2 Waaaay too short. Ending was abrupt and too easy. But the Bellboy was cool.

Bad:
1-1 Well... it was the first case. Only good parts were and

2-2 Goddamn it why does everybody love this case??? Morgan + Ini + Lotta + Dr. Grey + Bad Murder Plot = Failure
2-1 ... I don't know. Just bad. Seriously... amnesia??? But Wellington saved me from severely hating it.

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Perfect Tier

1-5 Rise From The Ashes - I don´t remember why, but I think I cried while playing this case... Gant scared the crap out of me. Amazing plotline, too. Favourite case of all time.
2-4 Farewell, my Turnabout - I´m so in love with this case. I felt like an idiot when I discovered that... Well, you know.
3-5 Bridge to the Turnabout - Godot IS made of win. And I was so sorry for Maya and Misty.
4-4 Turnabout Succession - Poor Phoenix. Great plot twist, too. And...



Very Good Tier

1-4 Turnabout Goodbyes - von Karma. That´s all.
4-3 Turnabout Serenade - I´m still investigating why I like this case so much. Can´t explain.
4-1 Turnabout Trump - Best first case ever. Loved Hobo Phoenix.
2-2 Reunion, and Turnabout - We actually met the victim. And Pearls.
3-4 Turnabout Begginings - Oh, Terry.
3-2 The Stolen Turnabout - Loved the characters.



Good Tier

1-3 Turnabout Samurai - The end was an excellent surprise. But I felt kinda bored sometimes.
1-2 Turnabout Sisters - Like it, but: too short, too easy, too... Sad.
1-1 The First Turnabout - A bit weak, but unforgettable.
2-1 The Lost Turnabout - Haha. Bananas. But it´s a bit weak too.
3-1 Turnabout Memories - Like it too, but I don´t like young Phoenix.
4-2 Turnabout Corner - Forensics, Ema. And that´s it.
3-3 Recipe for Turnabout - Viola made this one.


Average Tier

2-3 Turnabout Big Top - I can´t stand Trilo at all. Everything else is ok.

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Perfect Tier
3-5

Great Tier
2-4
1-5
4-4
1-4

Good Tier
2-2
2-1
3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4
4-1
4-2
4-3
1-3
1-2

Bad Tier
2-3
1-1

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1-1: 1/10. Too easy an introductory case imo.
1-2: 4/10. Interesting story but way too easy.
1-3: 3/10. Annoying and irrelevant. Points for Will Powers though
1-4: 7/10. Challenging and the story is interesting.
1-5: 7/10 Idem.

2-1: 1/10. Annoying and too farfetched. Polar opposite to 1-1.
2-2: 8/10. Amazing story, introduced Pearl and relatively challenging.
2-3: 9/10. 9 points for Moe only.
2-4: 10/10. Best case ever bar none, extremely interesting story that manages to hold you for ages.

3-1: 6/10. One of the better introductions. Leads in to the whole story which is great.
3-2: 3/10. Zetta annoying.
3-3: 3/10. Idem
3-4: 9/10. Amazing story, challenging and good introduction to 3-5.
3-5: 9.5/10. Amazing story, again, challenging and has a lot of great gimmicks. It's not as good as 2-4 though.

4-1: 3/10. Farfetched.
4-2: 1/10. OHAI APOLLO U DONT SEEM 2 HAV A CASE YET PLZ DO A FEW OF THESE OH HAY WHAT A COINCIDENCE YOU GOT A CASE LOLOLOL
4-3: 1/10. The whole bloody thing has more plotholes than any good cheese.
4-4: 5.5/10. Interesting story, but the whole system kind of ruined it.

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1-4
2-3
3-5
1-3
2-4
1-5
3-3
4-4
3-2
3-4
4-4
4-2
3-1
1-2
4-1
4-3
2-2
1-1
2-1

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Cases:

3-5
1-5
2-4
1-4
3-3
4-1
3-2
1-3
3-4
3-1
4-2
2-3
2-2
2-1
1-1
1-2
4-4
4-3

Games: GS3 > GS1 > GS2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GS4. I bet GK1 will be better than all of them, though.

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Last edited by Marche Tobaye on Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:01 am, edited 1 time in total.

No, I haven't played T&T yet (;___;), but heck, here's my ranking for the other cases...

I can't be asked with the ratings system, so i'm just gonna rank 'em from 18th to 1st.

18. The Lost Turnabout
17. The First Turnabout
16. Turnabout Big Top
15. Turnabout Memories
14. Turnabout Serenade
13. Turnabout Beginnings
12. Turnabout Sisters
11. Turnabout Trump
10. Turnabout Samurai
9. The Stolen Turnabout
8. Recipe For Turnabout
7. Turnabout Corner
6. Turnabout Goodbyes
5. Farewell, My Turnabout
4. Reunion, And Turnabout
3. Rise From The Ashes
2. Bridge To The Turnabout
1. Turnabout Succession

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First Cases:

1: Turnabout Trump
2: Turnabout Memories
3: The Lost Turnabout
4: The First Turnabout

Second Cases:

1: The Stolen Turnabout
2: Turnabout Sisters
3: Turnabout Corner
4: Reunion and Turnabout

Third Cases:

1: Turnabout Samurai
2: Recipe for Turnabout
3: Turnabout Big Top
4: Turnabout Serenade

Final/Bonus Cases:

1: Farewell My Turnabout
2: Turnabout Beginnings + Bridge to the Turnabout
3: Rise From the Ashes
4: Turnabout Goodbyes
5: Turnabout Succession (mind you I LOVE Turnabout Succession, I just love the other 4 more)

Case that caused the most nightmares:

Turnabout Beginnings

Case that caused the most frustration:

Turnabout Succession (oh god... Brushel...)

Case that caused the most laughs:

Turnabout Big Top

Case that caused the most tears:

Bridge to the Turnabout (that ending was the only thing that brought me to tears..)

Case that was most surprising:

Again, Bridge to the Turnabout (I would NEVER have suspected the real killer until the final testimony)

I'm too lazy to rank all the cases indivudually because it's too hard because nearly all of them are so great, so I'll steal DynomiteObjection's method:

First Cases:

1: Turnabout Memories
2: Turnabout Trump
3: The Lost Turnabout
4: The First Turnabout

Second Cases:

1: The Stolen Turnabout
2: Turnabout Corner
3: Turnabout Sisters
4: Reunion and Turnabout

Third Cases:

1: Turnabout Samurai
2: Turnabout Serenade
3: Turnabout Big Top
4: Recipe for Turnabout

Final/Bonus Cases:

1: Turnabout Beginnings + Bridge to the Turnabout
2: Farewell My Turnabout
3: Rise From the Ashes
4: Turnabout Goodbyes
5: Turnabout Succession

Winners:

1. Bridge to the Turnabout
2. The Stolen Turnabout
3. Turnabout Memories
4. Turnabout Beginnings
5. Turnabout Samurai

Games:

1. Trials and Tribulations
2. Apollo Justice
3. Ace Attorney
4. Justice for All

Case that caused the most nightmares:

Turnabout Succession (Percieve Brushel when he's smiling widely. No, seriously, try it.)

Case that caused the most frustration:

Rise from the Ashes (Angel.)

Case that caused the most laughs:

Turnabout Samurai. Vasquez's testimony, Edgeworth...

Case that caused the most tears:

A Christ- wait, no, Turnabout Beginnings

Case that was most surprising:

Farewell, my Turnabout. 3-5 would take this posistion if I wasn't spoiled.

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Clint Eastwood Tier:

Farewell, My Turnabout (2-4): Do I even need to explain?

Epic tier:

Turnabout Goodbyes (1-4): Manfred von Karma and a pretty cool case to go with it.

Turnabout Corner (4-2): Screw you guys, I loved this case. A lot. It was awesome how everything just tied in together.

Top tier:

The Stolen Turnabout (3-2): Excellent cast, excellent case, I don't have much to say.

Turnabout Serenade (4-3): Definitely tossed a lot of oddballs at you, and it was a weird case as well. The blind pianist did it, and he can't speak English. That was really nerve-wracking.

Turnabout Samurai (1-3): It was pretty damned awesome if you look back.

Turnabout Trump (4-1): Them tutorial cases keep getting better and better. This one in particular threw a ton of curveballs, especially for an intro case...

High tier:

Recipe for Turnabout (3-3): Pretty great overall. Ugh at Armstrong though...

Rise from the Ashes (1-5): Another tricky one...and yay for AJ mechanics.

Turnabout Memories (3-1): ...This started the trend of truly epic tutorial cases.

Underrated Tier:

Reunion, and Turnabout (2-2): Honestly, it's not that bad. It's not that good either, but...eh.

Overrated Tier:

Bridge to the Turnabout (3-5): Yeah, that's right, bite me. Maybe it's just because I can't stand Godot and I feel every single thing pertaining to him is overrated, but I just didn't see what everybody else saw in this one.

Good tier:

The Lost Turnabout (2-1): I thought it made a good case. Wellington was funny, and worse have slided than the whole neck thing. The amnesia thing was cool too.

Turnabout Beginnings (3-4): Eh...I guess it was alright. Rather brief, though.

Turnabout Sisters (2-2): Redd pulling out Phoenix did it out of nowhere and Mia getting killed off prematurely [I know, not an issue for obvious reasons, but it could have been done much better] sucks more than anything else.

Ruined tier:

Turnabout Big Top (2-3): Could have been a great case, everything fell into place fine...except the actual murder. Moe mistaking a statue of Max for Max himself? The statue snagging Russel's cloak? PLEASE.

Bad, but expected to be tier:

The First Turnabout (1-1): Well come on, this is the introductory case to the series. Of course it's not gonna be epic, but hell, it did the job to interest us. We only noticed how badly it sucked after looking back, I bet you guys thought it was pretty cool the first time.

Holy SHIT that was anticlimatic tier:

Turnabout Succession (4-4): Wow, this case sucked the big one in just about every way imaginable. The game keeps chucking all these distractions to us (When all they had to do was just summarize State vs Gramarye and we wouldn't need to waste all that time digging through the case to come to the conclusion that Magnifi SUICIDED, yeesh): and the whole thing is ridiculously farfetched, Drew knew his daughter valued the stamp, so why did he send it off? Why was Vera so taken in by Kristoph's generous gift of...Nail polish? Why is Kristoph the first one to pull out the "Oh this is Vera's trial, can't question me, lol) card? Not to mention it's 75% buildup for one very underwhelming outcome, pretty unforgivable. Yeah. I hate this case.

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