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Supernova, known as Super Smash Con prior to 2024, is a tournament series and convention held annually in the MD/VA region. It's considered one of the largest and most prestigious tournament series in competitive Smash.
Description[edit]
Supernova is one of the only tournament series that hosts brackets for every single Super Smash Bros. title. While the tournament has always had large entrant numbers for both Melee and the newest Smash title, it has also become the most prestigious Smash 64 tournament series, and is one of the only annual majors for Brawl and Smash 4 following the release of their respective successors.
Outside of the usual events, the tournament also holds several side events often not found at other events. One of the tournament’s most well-known events is the annual Smash 64 Combo Contest, first hosted in 2016. Contestants showcase their combos in front of a panel of judges, aiming to score the highest number of points. Prince has won the contest four times out of five events total. Another well-known event was the "Smash Masters", where invited players compete across multiple Smash titles to determine the "best overall Super Smash Bros. player". The side event was held from 2016 to 2019.
Supernova is uniquely branded as both a tournament and a convention, and shares many features commonly found at gaming and anime conventions, including cosplay contests and a large array of gaming-related vendors. It also hosts the "Smashies Awards", an annual ceremony dedicated to recognizing the achievements and contributions of Smash community members.
Likely as a result of the Nintendo Community Tournament Guidelines disallowing events from having "Super Smash Bros." in its title, the tournament was rebranded from "Super Smash Con" to "Supernova" in 2024, with "nova" specifically referring to the scene where the tournament is held (North Virginia, or NoVa). On September 26, 2025, it was announced that the original venue location, Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA, will be restructured into an IKEA store.[1] As such, Supernova moved to the Baltimore Convention Center for its 2026 iteration.
List of tournaments[edit]
| Event |
Date |
Attendance |
Games
|
| Super Smash Con 2015 |
August 6th-9th, 2015 |
1,000+ |
   
|
| Super Smash Con 2016 |
August 11th-14th, 2016 |
2,225 |
|
| Super Smash Con 2017 |
August 10th-13th, 2017 |
2,615 |
|
| Super Smash Con 2018 |
August 9th-12th, 2018 |
2,698 |
|
| Super Smash Con 2019 |
August 8th-11th, 2019 |
3,492 |
|
| Super Smash Con 2022 |
August 11th-14th, 2022 |
3,935 |
|
| Super Smash Con 2023 |
August 10th-13th, 2023 |
4,375 |
|
| Supernova 2024 |
August 8th-11th, 2024 |
3,204 |
|
| Supernova 2025 |
August 7th-10th, 2025 |
3,962 |
|
| Supernova 2026 |
August 6th-9th, 2026 |
2,408 |
|
Champions[edit]
Smash 64 Winners [edit]
Melee Winners [edit]
(2015-2025)
winners
SuPeRbOoMfAn (2015, 2016, and 2018)
Fukurou (2017)
winners
Leffen (2015 and 2019)
winners
winners
ZeRo (2015)
MkLeo (2018) 
winners
Alvin
