Tournament:The Big House 6

The Big House 6 was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee and tournament held in Dearborn, Michigan from October 7th-9th, 2016. It was the sixth edition of 's prestigious Midwest tournament series.

The competition was fierce for both games. In Melee, the four active Gods, , , and were present, as well as all the other American top players such as , , , , and. Europe was also well represented with, , and participating. The Big House 6 was notable for having high-level international attendees such as from Japan and  from New Zealand. It was also 's first tournament in the United States in over a year, although he ended up sandbagging.

In Smash 4, 27 of the 50 Panda Global Rankings v1 ranked players were in attendance, including the defending champion, the EVO 2016 champion , , , , , , , , and many others. Unranked threats such as (who had recently placed 2nd at EVO) and  (who had made his breakthrough in the top echelon of players at Collision XIV) were additional contenders for 1st place.

The Big House 6 is the thirteenth largest Smash tournament of all time. It currently stands as the fifth largest Melee tournament of all time as well as the fourteenth largest Smash 4 tournament.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(1,563 entrants) Top 64 Bracket

* Ka-master was DQed in losers.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(323 teams) Top 8 Bracket

singles
(777 entrants) Top 32 Bracket

* Ally felt ill and decided to forfeit in losers at the start of Top 32.

doubles
(195 teams) Top 8 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee regional crew battle
(8 crews, single elimination bracket) Bracket

regional crew battle
(4 crews, single elimination bracket) Bracket The finals pitted Japan against Midwest. and 's early efforts secured an advantage for Midwest throughout the battle, but in the last match, managed a three-stock comeback versus  and Japan emerged victorious.

Trivia

 * The Big House 6 is the first US tournament was able to enter since HTC Throwdown one year before due to issues receiving a worker's visa. As a result, he decided not to take singles seriously and opted to play Marth and Falco, getting 17th place.
 * This tournament is notable for the many upsets that occurred during Super Smash Bros. Melee's bracket, including 's victory over, 's victory over , and 's victory over.