Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018

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Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018
Dates	June 12th, 2018
Venue	The Belasco Theater
Address/City	1050 S Hill St Los Angeles, California
Attendance	8
Entry fees	—
Results
winners	ZeRo

The Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 was an invitational tournament held by Nintendo at E3 2018, that took place on the night of June 12th, 2018. The tournament was announced on March 22nd, 2018 via Nintendo's YouTube channel. Much like Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. 4, the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was showcased prior to its release at this tournament. The tournament was held following the conclusion of the Splatoon 2 World Championship.

Players

According to Nintendo's E3 website and a post from their What's New blog, top players from across the globe will be participating. A few people who are "dressed as their favorite Nintendo character" and other invited guests will be able to play on-stage in exhibitions.

Challengers

Smasher	Characters chosen
Leonardo "MkLeo" Perez
Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios
Adam "Armada" Lindgren
Yuta "Abadango" Kawamura
Justin "Plup" McGrath
Ramin "Mr.R" Delshad
Jose "Lucky" Aldama
Joseph "Mango" Marquez

• Both Nairo and Leffen were back-up contestants. Nairo would ultimately play as Snake in a 1v3 exhibition match against three guest stars, which he won, and Leffen played ZeRo in a set for Nintendo Treehouse Live.
• Mr.R and Lucky only played two matches, so were unable to use Little Mac and Fox respectively.
• No player included Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Ness, Ice Climbers, Zelda, or Mega Man in their character bank.

Guests

• Zelda Williams
• Alanah “Charalanahzard” Pearce
• Devin “devinsupertramp” Graham
• Andre “Black Nerd” Meadows

VIP Attendees

• ALLISTER
• ANTi
• Alpharad
• Aposl
• Axe
• Bear
• Champ
• Chillindude
• ChuDat
• Coney
• D1
• EE
• ESAM
• False
• GENESIS Head TO Team
• GimR
• HugS
• Hungrybox
• Husband
• INFILTRATION
• Isai
• Larry Lurr
• Mashumaro
• Mew2King
• Mike Haze
• Milktea
• MVD
• NAKAT
• Ndukauba
• PKLuv
• Prog
• RogersBase
• Salem
• SamuraiPanda
• Smash Studios
• Super Smash Con Team Members
• Tafokints
• Toph
• Toronto Joe
• Vayseth
• VoiD
• Wizzrobe
• Yoshiller

Announcers

• Jordan Kent
• Victoria “VikkiKitty” Perez
• Vish “Vish” Rajkumar
• Terrence “TKbreezy” Kershaw

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(8 entrants)
Grand Finals

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ZeRo
2nd	MkLeo
3rd	Plup
4th	Armada
5th	Abadango
5th	Mango
7th	Lucky
7th	Mr.R

Trivia

• ZeRo was the only invited player to return from the first Invitational, which he won.
• The match pitting MkLeo (Bayonetta) against Plup (Ridley) was controversial, as the match was hugely in MkLeo's favor. This is mostly due to him using Bayonetta, who is a highly controversial character in general, as people considered her to be broken in Smash 4. However, another crucial element was the fact that Plup was using Ridley, who is a new character that he wasn't very familiar with, and possessed a massive hurtbox that made him easy to juggle with a character like Bayonetta.
  • Reportedly, even Masahiro Sakurai was shaking his head in disappointment due to how Bayonetta dominated the match.

External links

• smash.gg page
• Trailer
• Introducing: The Players! trailer
• Nintendo at E3 2018