Tournament:Riptide

Riptide was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor and Super Smash Bros. Melee major that was held in Sandusky, Ohio from September 10th-12th, 2021. In addition to Super Smash Bros., the event also ran tournaments for Rivals of Aether and Splatoon 2.

The event was originally intended to be held from September 11th-13th, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed to the current date. A Project+ event was also planned, but was removed after the team receiving a cease and desist from Nintendo. A separate Project+ event was held in its place.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(738 entrants) Top 8 Bracket Top 24 Bracket 1 Top 24 Bracket 2

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(104 teams) Top 24 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(1,024 entrants) Top 8 Bracket Top 24 Bracket 1 Top 24 bracket 2

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles
(121 teams) Top 32 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee Aiden's Stage Rule Singles
A singles bracket, but with a ruleset proposed by Aiden "" McCaig. Players who lost on a counterpick are no longer allowed to return to the same counterpick in the next match. (109 entrants) Top 32 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Squad Strike
(376 entrants) Top 48 Bracket * DQ'd in Losers

Controversy
Following the second day of the tournament, players in the fifth pool noticed that one of the setups was set to .9x knockback, which allegedly affected players such as, , , and.

Trivia

 * Less than 4 hours after the tournament's announcement, the tournament reached its entrants cap, locking out several notable players including,  , and . The speed at which the entrants cap was reached has since spawned a few jokes in the community. The registration from Riptide reopened on June 4th, 2021, with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate entrant cap increasing to 768, Super Smash Bros. Melee increasing to 512, and Project+ increasing to 256 entrants.
 * would have missed registration for the event if not for contacting him prior to it filling its cap.
 * This tournament is the first offline tournament to have 1,000 entrants in a singles event since.
 * At 65th, this tournament marks the worst placement for at major Ultimate tournament.
 * This tournament marks the first time a and  player placed in top 64 in a supermajor, with  placing 33rd and  placing 49th, respectively.
 * This tournament marks 's first Melee major tournament win.
 * This is the first offline open bracket major since in 2007 to not have any of the Five Gods in Grand Finals.
 * The top 3 players in Ultimate singles (MkLeo,, and ) were the same as two weeks prior.
 * Due to Marss's 33rd placement, his result graphics became a meme due to the contrast between his pose and placement compared to his usual performance.