User blog comment:Supermorff/Sonic and Tails kick butt in the Video Game Olympics/@comment-1669199-20120808101614/@comment-1986314-20120808103951

@Gen: The deal with certain fanbases is that their opinions often stick to nostalgia (sound familiar?), which is probably why Snake and Boss have greater chances of winning an event. That, or they're simply more popular than Raiden.