Tournament:Tamisuma (series)

Tamisuma (タミスマ) was an online tournament series run by on Smashmate and was considered to be among the most prestigious online tournament series in Japan. Footage of the tournaments are maintained on YouTube, and re-streamed the tournaments from the 157th iteration onwards. The tournaments frequently featured high-level players from Japan, such as and.

On June 17th, 2023, sameki announced that the series would end after its 568th iteration.

Overview
Tamisuma's tournaments were run very frequently — at least once a week — in a single-elimination, live tournament format. Signups were often up for around an hour and had extremely high participation rates, frequently an upwards of 200 players. Tournaments were region-locked to Japan and required a decently strong connection for participation.

As of August 2022, Tamisuma's stagelist is as follows, using a 2-1 strike system:
 * All matches are best-of-3, except for Finals which is best-of-5.
 * In Game 1, Omega Wily Castle, Battlefield or Dream Land (SSB), Pokémon Stadium 2, and Small Battlefield are available. (Battlefield and Dream Land (SSB) function as one stage.)
 * In Game 2 onwards, Smashville, Town and City, and Hollow Bastion are added to the stage pool and Dave's Stupid Rule is applied.
 * In Game 5, Final Destination may be selected instead of Omega Wily Castle.