Tournament:GENESIS 6


 * "GENESIX" redirects here. For the pre-tournament, see . For the Project M tournament, see . 

GENESIS 6 was a supermajor tournament and the 6th edition of the GENESIS tournament series. It took place in Oakland, California, from February 1st to the 3rd, 2019. The event featured singles and doubles tournaments for Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and was a major event for ' and '. GENESIS 6 also featured side events for Slap City, ', ', and . It was notably the first supermajor tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Official game lineup
A separate unaffiliated tournament for Project M players attending GENESIS 6, titled, was held on February 1st at a nearby venue.

Super Smash Bros. 64 Doubles
The rules for Super Smash Bros. 64 doubles differed from the usual doubles rules. There were two doubles tournaments, one in which Kirby and Pikachu were banned (ZPK) and one in which all characters were legal.

Game settings

 * Stocks: 3
 * Timer: 8:00
 * Team Attack: On

Stages

 * Dream Land
 * Final Destination
 * Duel Zone
 * Kongo Jungle (only ZPK doubles)
 * Hyrule Castle (only ZPK doubles)
 * Peach's Castle (only ZPK doubles)
 * Yoshi's Island (cloudless, only ZPK doubles)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Ruleset on Google Doc

GENESIS 6 used the patch that was currently live on January 18th, 2019, which is 1.2.1. Piranha Plant, who was updated into the game in the week prior to the tournament, is not available in the tounament.

Game settings

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

Stages

 * All Ω forms and Battlefield forms of all stages are allowed, with the following exceptions:
 * Dream Land GB
 * Duck Hunt
 * Flat Zone X
 * Fountain of Dreams
 * Gamer
 * Hanenbow
 * Mario Maker
 * Mute City SNES
 * Pac-Land
 * Windy Hill Zone

Super Smash Bros. singles
(98 entrants) Top 16 Bracket Top 6 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. doubles
(25 teams) Top 8 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. ZPK doubles
(13 teams) Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(1,113 entrants) Top 64 Bracket Top 8 Bracket

* Swedish Delight forfeited in Losers.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Melee Singles

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(220 teams) Top 6 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(2,105 entrants) Top 64 Bracket Top 8 Bracket * Zackray won 3-1 over Light in a tiebreaker set for Smash Ultimate Summit's auto qualifier.

GENESIS 6 Earnings - Ultimate Singles

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles
(392 teams) Top 12 Bracket

Super Smash Bros. J version Best-of-1 YOLO
(48 entrants) Bracket

Seeding Controversy
A week before the tournament, many people started to complain about the low seeding of many players, especially European players such as and. Even after GENESIS 6 announced bracket feedback, many still complained that the seeding was inaccurate and should be redone. In response to these complaints, had messaged GENESIS 6's seeders, telling them to change the seeds. The insuing discussion resulted in several statements which Leffen found rude or offensive and posted to Twitter. Seeder ALT messaged on Discord "so if 500 penguins entered a tournament in antarctica and i won it should i be a top 10 seed?" This created massive backlash on Twitter, with people complaining to GENESIS 6 to fire their seeders. In response to all this backlash, has stated that he was working on adjusting the seeding, and apologized for the rude behavior some seeders have shown. The seeding was subsequently redone by a new seeding team and ALT was removed from the seeding team in the PGStats discord, though the rest of the original seeding team went on to seed majors such as, , , , and  without controversy.

As a result of the drama, the penguins insult has since become an internet meme, with Smashers such as Leffen and Bear changing their profile picture into penguins, and Bear promising to wear a penguin onesie at GENESIS 6. Even Nintendo joined in, with the Nintendo UK VS Twitter account tweeting "Best of luck to all the European Super #SmashBrosUltimate players at @Genesis_Smash this weekend!" with a picture of four s on Battlefield form Summit.

Trivia

 * This was 's worst performance in over 13 years of Melee singles (without forfeiting), placing 33rd. This also marks the first time he has failed to make top 32 without forfeiting.
 * This was 's worst performance in any Smash game, discounting disqualifications. Armada placed 97th in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at this tournament.
 * This was also Armada's first time attending a GENESIS event without entering Melee singles.
 * This stands as 's worst placing at a Melee tournament, placing 97th.
 * All 3 singles grand finals (Smash 64, Melee, Ultimate) featured one of the Electric Mouse Pokémon (Pichu and Pikachu).
 * This tournament also marked the highest ever placing of a main at a supermajor national with  placing 2nd, before 's first place finish at Smash Summit 8 four months later.
 * This is the only Melee tournament in 2019 to have over 1,000 entrants.