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Professional Super Smash Bros. competition involves professional gamers competing in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games published by Nintendo.Organized tournament competition began in 2002 with Super Smash Bros. Melee, released for the GameCube in 2001; however, in the series' native Japan, there have been tournaments as early as 1999 with the original Super Smash Bros ...
Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series has a large competitive community. While every title has been featured in high-profile tournaments, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are the most popular for high level competition as of 2018. [6]
Super Smash Bros. Melee [a] is a 2001 crossover fighting video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. It features characters from Nintendo video game franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pokémon, and Donkey Kong among others ...
The Renaissance of Smash 4 Varberg, Sweden July 3–6, 2007 Singles 132 Amsah Aldwyn Helios Armada [3] Doubles 64 Helios, Ek Amsah, Faab Masamune, Kriz Armada, Aniolas MELEE-FC Diamond South Bend, Indiana July 12–14, 2007 Singles 256 US$4,550 Mew2King: PC Chris: ChuDat Drephen [4] Doubles 123 US$4,050 PC Chris, Cort ChuDat, Chillin Xelic, Caveman
Games in the Super Smash Bros. series have been played competitively since the early 2000s, but the inclusion of Super Smash Bros. Melee at the 2013 edition of Evolution Championship Series (EVO), a major multi-game tournament, was seen as a turning point; after EVO 2013, competitive Smash saw an increase in tournaments, media coverage, and attention from Nintendo. [6]
The 2016 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2016 or EVO 2016) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas on July 15–17. Being hosted on the twentieth anniversary of the Evolution Championship Series, [1] the event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Pokkén Tournament.
Sasha Italia Sullivan [6] competed in Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game tournaments at a young age, during which she started to go by the handle "Magi". Her interest in playing the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee grew in January 2014 after she watched The Smash Brothers, a documentary series on the history of professional Melee competition. [7]
Since its release, Super Smash Bros. Melee has sold more than 7 million copies and was the best selling game on the GameCube. [29] Super Smash Bros. Melee features 26 characters, of which 15 are available initially, more than doubling the number of characters in its predecessor. There are also 29 stages.