Is it just me or... (HSFA related)

…are A1 characters much stronger than their A3 counter parts? I was playing HSFA recently with a friend, who used A1 Ken aLOT. We had 20 matches and I beat him once, when I bit and used A1 (or was it A3) Adon. Then the last match he finally changed to A3 Ken and I found it was alot easier to come close to victory.

is it just me or didnt you already ask this at gamefaqs a couple weeks ago.

A1 Characters >>> A3 Versions

Is it just me or it that blatantly obvious?