From: FateStayAlbion | #004
PW got like 42% on Gordon back when PW games were relevant
Wrong.
New=/=relevant. The first Phoenix Wright match was back before the first game really took off commercially (in fact, the year after the game's sales increased several times in the US) and before the release of the rest of the series. Since then he's had an entire series of popular, well-received games, the latest of which coming out just last year. To top it off, Phoenix has quite a lot of UMvC3 hype. Gordon, on the other hand, was just coming off of Episode 1 during his match with Phoenix, and has had no games at all since 2007. Gordon's the one who's no longer relevant, and if anything Phoenix would be expected to do better now. Gordon's the only one likely to have weakened, Phoenix may well have gotten stronger.
Of course, there are other factors why Phoenix vs. Edgeworth will win, perhaps most notably that this is a competition of rivalries and voters aren't stupid. But your logic is completely backwards: Gordon isn't relevant, Phoenix still is.
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