Editing Smasher:NinjaLink

{{Infobox Smasher
| name         = NinjaLink
| mainssbb     = Diddy Kong
| 2ndmainssbb  = Ice Climbers
| retiredssbb  = R.O.B.
| mainssb4     = Mega Man
| 2ndmainssb4  = Greninja
| moremainssb4 = {{SSB4|Bayonetta}}
| mainpm       = Link
| 2ndmainrpm      = Diddy Kong
| otherpm   = Marth
| retiredpm    = Roy
| crew         = [[Deadly Alliance]]
| realname     = Randall Simon
| location     = Brooklyn, New York
| country      = United States
}}

'''NinjaLink''' is a [[smasher]] from Brooklyn, New York. He is mostly known in ''[[Brawl]]'' for being considered one of the best {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}}, {{SSBB|R.O.B.}}, and {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} players in the 2008-2010 era, and was the first player to ever defeat {{Sm|Mew2King}}'s {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} in a tournament, defeating him in winners bracket at [[XII.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.]] using Diddy Kong. However, despite being known for using Diddy Kong, NinjaLink has expressed that he does not strictly main a single character in the game, having a wide variety of characters at his disposal that he has used in tournament at a high level.

He was later known for using {{SSB4|Greninja}} in ''[[Smash 4]]'', and is widely known by other Greninja players for being a pioneer in the character's playstyle fundamentals, as well as being a "sensei", with top Greninja players such as {{Sm|Elexiao}}, {{Sm|iStudying}} and {{Sm|Venia}} going through him and becoming well known in the ''Smash 4'' community under his knowledge. NinjaLink was also among the Greninja players to be voted in for going to [[2GGC: Greninja Saga]], and was featured as one of the judges in the event's combo contest. Like in ''Brawl'', he has a wide variety of characters to his disposal that he uses at a high level, namely {{SSB4|Mega Man}} and {{SSB4|Bayonetta}}, the former of which he used to great success at [[Apex 2015]], placing 13th at the tournament, and would later become his most used main. NinjaLink was formerly ranked 13th on the [[Tristate Power Rankings|Tristate Smash 4 Power Rankings]].

In ''[[Project M]]'', NinjaLink mained {{PM|Diddy Kong}} for most of his career, but would go on to main {{PM|Link}} shortly before his retirement, but like in the other two games, he also uses a variety of other characters at a high level such as {{PM|Marth}}. He has taken sets off of players such as {{Sm|ZeRo}} and {{Sm|Emukiller}} in tournament.

==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[MLG New York Playoffs 2006]]||October 13th-14th, 2006||97th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Critical Hit 3|g=SSBB}}||July 5th, 2008||25th||7th||{{Sm|Shadow}}
|-
|{{Trn|XII.E.S.T.I.C.L.E.|g=SSBB}}||August 9th, 2008||3rd||||
|-
|{{Trn|C3 ECRC|g=SSBB}}||November 22nd, 2008||3rd / 97||7th / 37||{{Sm|Korn}}
|-
|{{Trn|Clash of the Titans IV|g=SSBB}}||February 7th-8th, 2009||5th||13th||{{Sm|Malcolm}}
|-
|{{Trn|Road To Viridian City 2|g=SSBB}}||March 7th, 2009||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2009|g=SSBB}}||May 9th-10th, 2009||9th||7th||{{Sm|Boss}}
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=245325 Gauntlet]||August 15th, 2009||5th||3rd||Malcolm
|-
|{{Trn|S.N.E.S.|g=SSBB}}||August 21st-23rd, 2009||13th||7th||{{Sm|Wes}}
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=247963 Gauntlet]||September 5th, 2009||7th||3rd||Malcolm
|-
|{{Trn|Viridian City 6|g=SSBB}}||October 24th, 2009||13th / 100||5th / 31||Malcolm
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=261043 Paradigm Presents: WAIT, AGAIN?!]||January 9th, 2010||4th||4th||{{Sm|ADHD}}
|-
|{{Trn|Pound 4|g=SSBB}}||January 16th-18th, 2010||9th||5th||Malcolm
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=264323 Gauntlet]||February 6th, 2010||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|ANTi}}
|-
|[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=265367 BUM Presents: Gamers Tournament]||February 13th, 2010||3rd||3rd||ADHD
|-
|{{Trn|Viridian City 7|g=SSBB}}||February 27th, 2010||5th / 121||13th / 43||{{Sm|Lain}}
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR 2|g=SSBB}}||March 20th, 2010||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=274931 Player's Bowl 2010]||May 15th, 2010||4th||3rd||{{Sm|Ally}}
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Columbus 2010|g=SSBB}}||June 4th-6th, 2010||25th||33rd||Malcolm
|-
|{{Trn|Apex 2010|g=SSBB}}||August 6th-8th, 2010||17th||13th||Malcolm
|-
|{{Trn|MLG Raleigh 2010|g=SSBB}}||August 27th-29th, 2010||12th||17th||{{Sm|E-Tigre}}
|-
|{{Trn|MLG DC 2010|g=SSBB}}||October 15th-17th, 2010||25th||17th||{{Sm|Captain Fire}}
|-
|{{Trn|KTAR 4|g=SSBB}}||January 5th, 2011||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[https://smashboards.com/threads/uprise-of-long-island-5.305520/ Uprise of Long Island #5]||June 18th, 2011||&mdash;||3rd||{{Sm|Will}}
|-
|{{Trn|Concentrate II|g=SSBB}}||October 30th, 2011||13th||9th||{{Sm|Pane}}
|-
|{{Trn|IMPULSE|g=SSBB}}||June 30th-July 1st, 2012||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}

==={{forwiiu}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kawaii Kon 2015]]||March 27th-29th, 2015||3rd||1st||{{Sm|Jtails}}
|-
|[[Nebulous Prime 1]]||August 14th-16th, 2015||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_26_singles Nebulous Prime Sm4sh #26]||February 7th, 2016||2nd||9th||{{Sm|Snakeee}}
|-
|[http://nebulous.challonge.com/nebulous_prime_sm4sh_27_singles Nebulous Prime Sm4sh #27]||February 14th, 2016||1st||1st||{{Sm|Freelancer Leo}}
|-
|{{Trn|Kawaii Kon 2016|g=SSB4}}||April 8th-10th, 2016||9th||1st||{{Sm|6WX}}
|-
|[[YEG Open 2016]]||September 23rd-24th, 2016||7th||5th||{{Sm|Dezmu}}
|-
|[[Canada Cup 2016]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||17th||13th||Dezmu
|-
|[[2GGC: Greninja Saga]]||May 20th, 2017||65th||17th||{{Sm|Venia}}
|}

===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[KTAR 9]]||March 22nd, 2014||9th||4th||{{Sm|DJ Nintendo}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=352645/ Smash Brothers University 2.5]||April 12th-13th, 2014||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||97th||9th||{{Sm|Wes}}
|-
|[[Zenith 2014]]||August 2nd-3rd, 2014||5th||5th||DJ Nintendo
|}

==External links==
*[https://twitch.tv/NinjaLink Twitch channel]
*[https://twitter.com/ninjalink Twitter account]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/mariorqs YouTube channel]
*[https://ssbworld.com/players/2984/ninjalink SSBWorld profile]

[[Category:Retired players]]
[[Category:New York smashers]]
[[Category:Link players (PM)]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong players (PM)]]
[[Category:Roy players (PM)]]
[[Category:Diddy Kong players (SSBB)]]
[[Category:R.O.B. players (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Ice Climbers players (SSBB)]]
[[Category:Greninja players (SSB4)]]
[[Category:Bayonetta players (SSB4)]]
[[Category:Mega Man players (SSB4)]]
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 |{{Trn|Kawaii Kon 2016|g=SSB4}}||April 8th-10th, 2016||9th||1st||{{Sm|6WX}}
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 |[[YEG Open 2016]]||September 23rd-24th, 2016||7th||5th||{{Sm|Dezmu}}
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+|[[2GGC: Greninja Saga]]||May 20th, 2017||65th||17th||{{Sm|Venia}}
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-|[[2GGC: Greninja Saga]]||May 20th, 2017||65th||17th||Venia
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