Everything in AAI2 pales compared to E2-3, that's the one top ten worthy case from that game (and is probably the best non-epic case in the series)
1-3 is a top ten caliber case
Lotta Hart is a good witness
Phoenix/Iris should be canon
Any case that doesn't feature the Judge or the Judge's Brother is lesser for it because all other judges are boring
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