Power ranking

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Power Rankings, often shortened to PRs, are lists that rank the best competitive smashers in a particular region, be it a state, country or world, in order of perceived skill level. They are designed to showcase and honour skilled players, and to encourage competitors to improve. The judgement and presentation of each area's Power Rankings is usually determined by panels of active players in the region's community, who are familiar with each person's abilities. However, the accuracy of the rankings is limited to the knowledge and understanding of the people in these panels. Separate sets of Power Rankings exist for separate games in the Smash Bros. series.

Super Smash Bros.

Ontario is currently the only place in the world to hold a power ranking panel similar to that of other Smash games in North America. However, many of the top professionals of the three regions where Smash 64 is most popular in can be found below.

North America

•  SuPeRbOoMfAn , Canada's strongest player, currently the best player in North America, and top Captain Falcon player (as well as a top Pikachu/Kirby/Fox).
•  Isai , widely regarded as the greatest Smash 64 player of all time, and ex-Melee top professional from San Jose, California. He is strong enough to place high in top level tournaments with random characters.
•  Mariguas , often considered the next best Captain Falcon after SuPeRbOoMfAn, and Mexico's top player
•  KeroKeroppi , from New York, now widely considered East Coast's top player
•  tacos , a technical player from Houston, Texas, got 2nd at Apex 2015, best Yoshi along with Wizzrobe.
•  Wizzrobe , one of the best Yoshi players in the continent along with Tacos, hailing from Florida
•  LD , top Fox in the USA, got top 5 at Apex 2015, top alternative controller player (uses an Xbox 360 controller in tournament)
•  The Z , Canada's second best player and top Canadian Fox player (as well as the 2nd best Fox)
•  JaimeHR , Mexico's 2nd best, used to be considered to be the 3rd best in North America after Boom/Isai, still considered top 10.

Japan

• wario , Japan's strongest player and the top Pikachu main in the world. He is currently considered to be the World Champion of Smash 64 after winning GENESIS 3.
• Jouske , One of the top two players in Japan and the top Samus main in the world. Also uses all other characters, rumored to be the best Kirby in Japan as well.
• wangera , The best Jigglypuff player in Japan and the first player to ever beat Isai's Pikachu in a tournament set, defeating him at GENESIS 3.
• Fukurou , Japan's best Kirby player
• Prince , an extremely proficient Yoshi player.
• Moyashi , Japan's second best Kirby player
• Kikoushi , Japan's third best Kirby player, defeated Isai's Mario to win Apex 2013
• Red , Japan's main tournament host and the top Mario and the 2nd best Luigi (after FAUST.)
• Ruoka Dancho  Japan's top Falcon along with SIN.

Peru

• Gerson , known for going head-to-head with Isai's Pikachu
• Alvin , one of the best Fox mains in the world
• Marka , defeated SuPeRbOoMfAn twice in a Tacna tournament
• Capitan Tavo , a top Captain Falcon player known for his innovative combos
• Gohan (Peru) , one of the country's three best Pikachu players

Melee and Brawl

A number of state, regional and national Power Rankings exist for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Regional and National Power Rankings

United States

• Smash Panel Power Rankings - discontinued, ranked players according to their performance in U.S. tournaments, last updated February 6th, 2010
• Hawaii Melee Power Rankings - last updated July 11th, 2010
• Mid-South Power Rankings - last updated May 27th, 2007
• Midwest Power Rankings - last updated January 14th, 2007
• North Atlantic Power Rankings - last updated July 4th, 2007
• New York Power Rankings - last updated April 28, 2012
• Pacific Northwest Power Rankings - last updated July 26, 2010

Canada

• CCSC Power Rankings - discontinued, last updated October 24th, 2007
• East Coast Canada Power Rankings - last updated September 1st, 2007
• Alberta Power Ranking - last updated January 5, 2009
• B.C. Power Rankings - last updated February 27, 2016

Europe

• Dutch Power Rankings - last updated May 6th, 2007
• Norwegian Power Rankings - last updated May 25th, 2007
• German-speaking Power Rankings - last updated August 2nd, 2008
• Finnish Power Rankings - last updated July 1st, 2012

State Power Rankings

• Maine Power Rankings - last updated August 30th, 2015
• Arizona Power Rankings - last updated November 27th, 2013
• Hawaii Melee Power Rankings - last updated July 11th, 2010
• Minnesota Power Rankings - last updated April 28th, 2014 (Melee),(Smash 4),(Project M), and September 4th, 2014 for (Brawl)
• NorCal Power Rankings - last updated September 22, 2013 (Melee)
• North Carolina Power Rankings - last updated March 29, 2016 (Melee), (Smash 4), (Project M)
• Oklahoma Power Rankings - last updated July 4th, 2007
• Queensland Power Rankings - last updated December 29th, 2009
• SoCal Power Rankings - last updated December 29, 2013 (Melee)
• Tristate Power Rankings - last updated June 4th, 2014 (Melee), December 2013 (Brawl), March 2015 (Smash 4)
• Utah Power Rankings - last updated November 13th, 2007
• Washington Power Rankings - last updated April 29th, 2007

External links

• The Brawl Power Rankings directory on SmashBoards
• Summer 2015 Regional Power Rankings directory compiled by roboticphish
• Smash 4 Power Rankings Directory thread on SmashBoards