Smasher:Dan Salvato

Dan Salvato, previously known as Internet Explorer, is a former professional smasher from New Jersey. He was known as one of the best Melee Link players in the United States, and was also considered one of the best Project M players in the world. He is known for his high technical precision and development of a new Link metagame. He was one of the founding members of Rutgers Maylay as an undergraduate. Salvato was also a developer on the Project M Development Team and he is currently the lead developer of 20XX Tournament Edition.

Dan Salvato retired from playing Smash in 2015, though he has infrequently attended tournaments for Melee since, still using Link; he has since continued to work on 20XX Tournament Edition, adding in additional features such as Universal Controller Fix.

Outside of Smash, he is best known as the creator of , a 2017 visual novel that quickly gained mass popularity upon release.

Trivia

 * Dan Salvato also speedruns various games, and currently holds three world records for Yoshi's Story.
 * There is an Easter egg in Doki Doki Literature Club! referencing Project M. When the game is loading, the warning screen may say "PM died for this."
 * Dan Salvato is also the creator of FrankerFaceZ, an external Twitch emote provider.