Tournament:Apex 2013

Apex 2013 was the fourth tournament in the tournament series, held by. It was held from January 11th-13th, 2013. It was the fourth-largest Smash 64 tournament in the United States with 96 entrants, and the third-largest Brawl tournament of all time with 338 entrants. Like the preceding Apex tournaments, Apex 2013 had a fair amount of international competition.

The most notable event at this tournament was coming out of nowhere to win Brawl singles using only. Not only had he won one of the largest Brawl tournaments using a character that wasn't top tier, but Salem had not even won any of the Tristate local tournaments he had attended earlier. The results of this tournament, along with Salem's demonstration of Zero Suit Samus' techniques, caused her to rise up on the next tier list and made many players think that she belongs in the top tier. also won the Smash 64 singles tournament, defeating in grand finals, and  became the first player to win Apex more than once, winning Melee singles in both  and Apex 2013.

List of games

 * Super Smash Bros.
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Soulcalibur V
 * Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Version 2012)
 * Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
 * Tekken Tag Tournament 2
 * King of Fighters XIII
 * Persona 4 Arena
 * Persona 4 Arena

List of partners

 * Local Battles
 * CLASH Tournaments
 * Bifuteki
 * Dominion Method Games (DMG)
 * 8WAYRUN
 * Screw Attack
 * Namco

List of sponsors

 * Overclocked Remix (OCRemix)
 * Saber Gaming
 * VideoXGames (VXG)
 * Mad Catz

Qualifiers
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * CLASH of the Titans 6
 * Phoenix Saga 4
 * E4U: CHAMPION
 * Brawl in Berlin 3
 * L.I.R.R #2
 * Sun Rise Tournament
 * Bushido Brawl Impact 2
 * Showdown in Downtown 8
 * K.U.B.
 * Game Underground Tournament Spectacular
 * Frag For Cancer
 * Nst7
 * WABA
 * NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP (NEC XIII)
 * NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP (NEC XIII)

Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * Zenith 2012
 * IMPULSE
 * Smashers' Reunion: Melee Grande
 * Mass Madness 5A
 * K.U.B.
 * Game Underground Tournament Spectacular
 * King Funk's Castle II: Måske
 * The Big House 2
 * Nst7
 * Kings of Cali
 * Revival of Melee 5
 * NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP (NEC XIII)

Results

 * See also: Results thread on Smashboards

Smash 64 singles
(96 entrants) Bracket

Smash 64 doubles
(16 entrants) Bracket

Melee singles
(336 entrants) Bracket

Melee doubles
(106 teams) Bracket Archive

Brawl singles
(338 entrants) Bracket

Brawl doubles
(110 teams) Bracket Archive

Project M singles (side event)
(16 entrants) Bracket

Melee The Links vs The Stinks crew battle
Before the main exhibition event, a team of seven Links challenged team of six well known low tier mains (joined by "The Final Boss" ) to a crew battle. Unfortunately, the Links were utterly outplayed, losing by nine stocks and failing to even get one Link to fight Kage. The battle was streamed by 8WAYRUN and can be viewed here on YouTube.

Melee USA vs The World crew battle
The main Melee exhibition event of Apex featured a rematch pitting the best available Melee players of the United States against the best available players of the rest of the world. The teams differed slightly from the previous year's crew battle, as The World added the new threats and. The USA ended up taking the crew battle, overwhelming The World by a large margin. This time The World did not make it to the final member of the USA crew, who remained undecided between and. Had The World made it to the end however, the final USA player would have likely been Mew2King, given Mango initially refused to play, opting to watch a soccer game before coming back mid-crew battle to coach the USA. The battle was streamed by 8WAYRUN and can be viewed here on YouTube.

Brawl USA vs The World crew battle
This year, crew battles were extended to Brawl as well, since the Brawl crew battle at the previous year's Apex was cancelled due to time constraints. The World managed to win the crew battle, as and  managed to pull a comeback from the damage done by  and. Near the end of the crew battle, was dropped out due to the USA's decision not to send him against Ally, who has held winning records against Ice Climbers players around that time;  was sent to fight as a substitute, but ended up losing to Ally anyway. Due to time constraints, the battle was streamed by CLASH Tournaments instead of 8WAYRUN, and can be viewed here on YouTube.