Tournament:Smash 'N' Splash 5

Smash 'N' Splash 5 was a supermajor tournament for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Project M, for both singles and doubles. It was held in Lake Delton, Wisconsin from May 31st-June 2nd, 2019.

Game settings

 * Stocks: 4 (singles) / 3 (doubles)
 * Timer: 8:00
 * Team Attack: On

Stages

 * Dream Land
 * Final Destination (doubles only)
 * Kongo Jungle (doubles only)
 * Metal Cavern (doubles only)
 * Yoshi's Island (doubles only)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Ruleset on Google Doc

Game settings

 * Stocks: 3
 * Timer: 8:00
 * Team Attack: On
 * Stage Hazards: Off
 * FS Meter: Off
 * All Miis, including move combinations, are legal

Stages

 * Most Ω forms and Battlefield forms of all stages are allowed, with some exceptions.

Format
On May 6th, 2019, it was announced that Smash 'N' Splash 5 would run a Waterfall Swiss bracket instead of Round Robin. Details about the Waterfall Swiss Bracket can be found here.

The change was met with some controversy. During the tournament, smashers such as complained that they were sent into Division 3, the lowest division, despite only dropping one set. Furthermore, and  both went 6-0 in their pools, however Lui$ went to Division 1 while Atomsk went to Division 2, causing some backlash on Twitter; Lui$ and Atomsk later agreed to have a Best of 3 match to see who would enter Division 1, with Lui$ securing the victory. Finally, some smashers were wrongfully disqualified due to complications that arose from the format.

As a result of the unpopularity and controversies surrounding the format, Smash 'N' Splash announced that they would be using double elimination for.

Super Smash Bros. singles
(92 entrants) Top 16 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. doubles
(27 teams) Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(838 entrants) Top 64 Bracket

* Shroomed was DQ'd in Winners for being late to his pool. He continued through Losers until he lost to Zain.

* Drephen defeated KJH (3-2) and Shroomed (3-1) in a tiebreaker for Smash Summit 8's auto-qualifier.

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(169 teams) Top 24 Bracket * Forfeited in Losers.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(1,610 entrants) Top 64 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles
(319 teams) Top 48 Bracket

Project M singles
(392 entrants) Top 32 Bracket

* DQ'd in Losers.

Project M doubles
(76 teams) Top 12 Bracket

Trivia

 * placed in top 8 for both Melee and Ultimate singles, making him the first player to do so for both respective games at a supermajor.
 * Interestingly enough, Wizzy defeated both TSM members ( and ) present in order to do so.
 * This tournament marks the first time a Captain Falcon main won a supermajor event since at  in 2005, and is only the second time where a Captain Falcon main had won a major event since then.
 * This tournament also marks Wizzrobe's first ever major tournament win.
 * This tournament ties as Tweek's lowest placement in an Ultimate tournament ever, placing outside of top 32 for a 33rd place finish.
 * Coincidentally, this placement is tied with the lowest placement of the other player in contention for the title of the best Ultimate player, (who placed 33rd at Umebura Japan Major 2019, which was also a supermajor).
 * and 's set lasted for 43 minutes, which included a literal tie during Game 4 (the match ended in a timeout in which both of their characters ended at 87% each at their final stock), which required a one-stock, 2 minute tiebreaker.
 * and were supposed to do a first-to-10 money match on stream, but Salem unexpectedly backed out (unbeknownst to Maister). He was criticized for this by  live on stream during 's interview with Grand Finals commentator . Numerous other players (including Maister) also criticized Salem on Twitter following the end of the tournament.