Tournament:GENESIS 3

GENESIS 3 (sometimes stylized as GEN3SIS) was the 3rd edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in San Jose, California, on January 15th to 17th, 2016. The event hosted both singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and in addition to a "Smash Draft Melee Crew Battle", as part of a community Compendium. With 3,592 attendees across six tournaments, GENESIS 3 currently stands as one of the largest overall Smash tournaments to date, with over 1,000 entrants for both Melee and Smash 4, as well as the first Smash 64 tournament with over 200 entrants (238). It was also the second

On December 28th, 2015, it was announced by the GENESIS 3 staff that a seeding system would be implemented for both Melee and Smash 4 singles tournaments, which would allow 64 seeded players from Melee, and 32 from Smash 4 to bypass the first round of pools, by floating these players further in the bracket. The announcement was followed by immediate backlash from the community and many known tournament organizers, which expressed concerns regarding tournament integrity and the criteria for seeding those players. On December 29th, the GENESIS 3 staff made a formal announcement on Facebook detailing the reasoning behind the decision to seed players from both tournaments, while also announcing that it would no longer seed players for Smash 4, but keep the decision to seed players for Melee.

On January 8th, 2016, it was announced on Twitter that GENESIS 3 was partnered with Nintendo of America.

Melee
GENESIS 3, like the two GENESIS events prior, featured another vs. grand finals. Mang0 arrived in grand finals following a lengthy losers' run; after losing to in winners' quarters, he defeated, , , Axe, and  to make it to losers' side of grand finals. After a 3-1 bracket reset, Armada emerged victorious in the second set 3-1, claiming his second GENESIS title.

was notably upset by in winners' quarters and by  in losers' round of 12, finishing 9th.

Smash 64 singles
(238 entrants) Top 16 Bracket

Smash 64 doubles
(47 teams) Top 16 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(1,828 entrants)

Top 64 Bracket Top 8 Bracket


 * PPMD opted not to play the 5th place tiebreaker.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(397 teams) Top 12 Bracket

Smash Wii U singles
(1,096 entrants) Top 32 Bracket Top 8 Bracket

Smash Wii U doubles
(272 teams) Round 2 Pool G41 Round 2 Pool G44 Top 8 Bracket

Melee Smash Draft crew battle
(8 crews, single elimination bracket) Bracket


 * HugS originally drafted . However, he was sick and was unable to participate. HugS chose Cactuar as a last-minute replacement.

Smash Wii U regional crew battle
(10 crews, single elimination bracket) Bracket

The Melee Games 4 Finals
(6 crews, single elimination bracket) Bracket

Salty Suite
The Super Smash Bros. Salty Suite was organised by, whereas the Super Smash Bros. Melee Salty Suite was run by ShowdownSmash.

Melee: S2J vs Abate
This portion of the Suite was played out because of losing to  at The Big House 5, with the set infamously ending with the ceiling glitch. S2J won the set 4–2.

A set between and  was also planned, but cancelled due to Nintendude opting to practice before facing  in bracket.

Additionally, a $1,000 money match between and  was planned, but was cancelled, as Leffen was unable to attend GENESIS 3.