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|format = Double Elimination
|format = Double Elimination
|ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|VoiD|USA}} (Glitch)<br>{{Sm|Mr E|USA}} (Glitch 2)<br>{{Sm|WaDi|USA}} (Glitch 3)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (Glitch 5)
|ssb4uwinner = {{Sm|VoiD|USA}} (Glitch)<br>{{Sm|Mr E|USA}} (Glitch 2)<br>{{Sm|WaDi|USA}} (Glitch 3)<br>{{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4)<br>{{Sm|Lima|USA}} (Glitch 5)
|ssbuwinner = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 6, Glitch 8)<br>{{Sm|ESAM|USA}} (Glitch 7, Glitch 8.5)
|ssbuwinner = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 6, Glitch 8)<br>{{Sm|ESAM|USA}} (Glitch 7, Glitch 8.5)<br>{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}} (Infinite)<br>{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}} (Regen)
|player(s) with most wins = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4, Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
|player(s) with most wins = {{Sm|Tweek|USA}} (Glitch 4, Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
|director = {{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}, [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]]
|organizer = {{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}, [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]]
}}
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'''Glitch''' is a tournament series hosted by {{Sm|Tantalus}} and [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]] in Laurel, Maryland. The series began as a regional for {{forwiiu}}, but grew larger following the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' and eventually became one of the largest ''Smash'' tournament series on the East Coast. Outside of the main events, the series also holds unconventional side events at every tournament, much like how glitches are unconventional. Some of the events included are low tier singles, mid tier singles, [[Character customization|custom]] singles, [[8-Player Smash|triples]], ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles, ''[[arms:ARMS (game)|ARMS]]'' singles, [[amiibo]] singles, speedrun brackets, [[Squad Strike]], and [[Stage Morph|Morph]]-[[Final Smash Meter|Meter]].
'''Glitch''' is a tournament series hosted by {{Sm|Tantalus}} and [[Xanadu|Xanadu Games]] in Laurel, Maryland. The series began as a regional for {{forwiiu}}, but grew larger following the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' and eventually became one of the largest ''Smash'' tournament series on the East Coast. Outside of the main events, the series also holds unconventional side events at every tournament, much like how glitches are unconventional. Some of the events included are low tier singles, mid tier singles, [[Character customization|custom]] singles, [[8-Player Smash|triples]], ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles, ''[[arms:ARMS (game)|ARMS]]'' singles, [[amiibo]] singles, speedrun brackets, [[Squad Strike]], and [[Stage Morph|Morph]]-[[Final Smash Meter|Meter]].


==History==
==History==
===2016-18: ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===
===2016-2018: ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===
{{Main|Tournament:Glitch|Glitch 2|Glitch 3|Glitch 4|Glitch 5}}


The first {{Trn|Glitch}} tournament will happen on March 12th, 2016, and will be hosted by [[Tantalus]] and [[VGBC|VGBootCamp]]. It will solely focus on {{forwiiu}} singles and doubles, but it will also start the trend of Glitch tournaments having unique side events, in the case being low tier singles (which followed the first ''Smash 4'' tier list shown by {{Sm|VoiD}} and {{Sm|Snow}} using {{SSB4|Mewtwo}} and {{SSB4|Lucina}}, both of which being ranked much higher in later iterations) and custom singles. Glitch will also be the largest Glitch ''Smash 4'' tournament, being the only one to have over 200 attendees.
The first {{Trn|Glitch}} tournament took place March 12th, 2016 as a {{forwiiu}} event, and not only featured many of [[MD/VA]]'s best players, including {{Sm|Pink Fresh}}, {{Sm|Seagull Joe}}, and {{Sm|Remzi}}, but also featured talent from outside the region, most notably {{Sm|VoiD}} and {{Sm|Mr.R}}, the former eventually winning the event. Subsequent Glitch events also regularly featured top-level invaders, and despite competition from in-region players, the invaders were often the event winners. The sole exception was at {{Trn|Glitch 3}}, where MD/VA's then-#1 player {{Sm|WaDi}} eliminated {{Sm|Darkshad}} and prevented {{Sm|CaptainZack}} from winning the event.  


{{Trn|Glitch 2}} will start a side event for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles, start hosting triples as a side event, and continued to host custom and low tier singles (this time following the second iteration of ''Smash 4'''s tier list).
The first Glitch also started the trend of Glitch tournaments having unique side events, in this case being low tier singles and custom singles. Subsequent Glitch events began adding newer side events, with Glitch 2 holding ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' singles and a ''Smash 4'' triples bracket and Glitch 3 holding an [[amiibo]] singles event. No events had a similar lineup of side events; for example, ''Brawl'' was eventually dropped by Glitch 4 while custom singles was removed from the Glitch 3 lineup.  


{{Trn|Glitch 3}} will keep ''Brawl'' singles, but many of the other side events were overhauled: keeping triples, removing custom singles, changing low tier singles to mid tier singles, and added amiibo singles, the former in which is currently the final time this event was hosted at a Glitch tournament. This will be the last Glitch tournament hosted by VGBootCamp until Glitch 7. The next three Glitch tournaments will be directed by [[Tournament:Smash @ Xanadu|Xanadu Games]], which was also the venue every Glitch tournament takes place in.
Despite regularly being at superregional-levels, the total attendance at ''Smash 4'' Glitch events in slowly decreased as the series progressed, with the first Glitch being the only event to surpass 200 entrants. This culminated in {{Trn|Glitch 5}} only featuring 122 entrants, making it the smallest event in the series. The low entrants count was attributed to declining interest in ''Smash 4'', as ''Ultimate'' was only a few months away, leading many top players to retire during these last few months.


{{Trn|Glitch 4}} will drop ''Brawl'' singles, but bought back custom singles and keep amiibo singles as side events.
===2019-2023: ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===


{{Trn|Glitch 5}} currently has the lowest amount of attendees of all entries, with only 122, and the only Glitch entry to have no additional ''Smash 4'' side events, instead being replaced with speedrun brackets and  ''[[arms:ARMS (game)|ARMS]]'' singles. This is so far the last Glitch tournament to primarily focus on ''Smash 4'' as [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]] will later be released nearly three months later, and all future entries in Glitch will use that installment.
With the release of ''Ultimate'', the Glitch series entirely switched its focus to that game. The attendance for {{Trn|Glitch 6}} singles was noticeably larger compared to the previous five, with a staggering 551 attendees (a 429 increase from Glitch 5). There were two side events, both being completely unique to Ultimate: [[Squad Strike]] and Morph-Meter. In addition, Glitch 6 became the first tournament in the series to reach major status, and subsequent Glitch events up to {{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} would become majors or supermajors. Thus, Glitch became one of the biggest ''Ultimate'' tournament series on the east coast, and was one of MD/VA's premier tournament series alongside {{Trn|Super Smash Con|series}}.


===2019-present: Beginning of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' at Glitch===
{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World}} became the first event to have a "theme", in this case being the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series. A notable controversy took place during this tournament, where {{Sm|Stroder}}'s dropout from the event demoted it from S-tier to A-tier on the [[Fall 2019 PGRU]], upsetting many players. This incident was later dubbed "GlitchGate", and despite its demotion, the event is still considered a supermajor. {{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}} followed months later, becoming the largest event in the series.
{{Main|Glitch 6|Glitch 7 - Minus World|Glitch 8 - Missingno}}


With the release of ''Ultimate'', the Glitch series switched its focus to that game, completely abandoning ''[[Smash 4]]''. The attendance for {{Trn|Glitch 6}} singles was noticeably larger compared to the previous five, with a staggering 551 attendees (a 429 increase from Glitch 5). There were two side events, both being completely unique to Ultimate: [[Squad Strike]] and Morph-Meter.  
{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}} was later announced to be part of the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2020}} as a Gold stop. However, the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] led to the event's postponement, with the date being repeatedly pushed back as the pandemic worsened, eventually being held in February 2022. Instead, the next event in the series became {{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}, which acted as Glitch's main event in the time period immediately following offline's return. Due to the remaining threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first event to feature an entrants cap.  


{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World}} had a slight increase in attendees and is now the largest Glitch tournament to date. Squad Strike remained one of the two side events of the tournament and Morph-Meter was replaced with amiibo singles. This tournament was mainly themed around the [[Mario (universe)|Super Mario]] franchise: the "Minus World" part of its name was a reference to "World -1", a infamous glitch that appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and its banner was themed after ''[[Super Mario World]]''. However, there was controversy involving its demotion from S-Tier to A-Tier. This event, commonly dubbed as "GlitchGate", was the result of {{Sm|Stroder}}'s disqualification from the tournament, causing Glitch 7 to go below the typical 2,400 point threshold of an S-Tier. Many people were confused by the decision, as {{Trn|MomoCon 2019}} remained an S-Tier despite having over 50 smashers dropping out of the tournament.
The series' final event was {{Trn|Glitch - Regen}}, held months after Glitch - Infinite as a Gold stop on the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2022}}. However for the first time since {{Trn|Glitch 5}}, the tournament failed to reach major status despite reaching Category 4 on [[OrionRank 2022]]; the event became part of a trend in the second half of 2022 where a tournament's tier on OrionRank did not properly reflect its actual talent size.
 
An additional Glitch event, [https://www.start.gg/tournament/glitch-duel-of-fates/details Glitch: Duel of Fates], was set to take place from January 13th-15th, 2023 and was themed around ''Legend of Zelda'' and ''Fire Emblem''. However, {{Team|VGBootCamp}}'s financial future became uncertain following the [[Cancellation of Smash World Tour 2022]], and the event was cancelled. Since then, no new Glitch event has been announced, effectively ending the series for the time being.


==Champions==
==Champions==
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|January 19th-20th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 6}}||551||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}||{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|January 19th-20th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 6}}||551||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Young Link|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Nairo|USA}}||{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|September 14th-15th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 7}}||566||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|September 14th-15th, 2019||{{Trn|Glitch 7 - Minus World}}||566||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|January 18th-19th, 2020||{{Trn|Glitch 8}}||729||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy|USA}}||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|January 18th-19th, 2020||{{Trn|Glitch 8 - Missingno}}||729||Gavin Dempsey||{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}||{{Head|Wario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Dark Wizzy|USA}}||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|September 24th-26th, 2021||{{Trn|Glitch 8.5}}||421||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Mii Brawler|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||{{Head|Byleth|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|September 24th-26th, 2021||{{Trn|Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code}}||421||Eric Lew||{{Sm|ESAM|USA}}||{{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Mii Brawler|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|MkLeo|Mexico}}||{{Head|Byleth|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|-
|February 18th-20th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}}||615||||||||||  
|February 18th-20th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Infinite}}||615||Brian Kalu||{{Sm|Cosmos|USA}}||{{Head|PyraMythra|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Zomba|USA}}||{{Head|R.O.B.|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Roy|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=20px}}{{Head|Wii Fit Trainer|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|-
|September 23rd-25th, 2022||{{Trn|Glitch - Regen}}||422||Paris Ramirez Garcia||{{Sm|Light|USA|p=Connecticut}}||{{Head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Kameme|Japan}}||{{Head|Sora|g=SSBU|s=20px}}
|}
|}


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|May 6th, 2017||{{Trn|Glitch 3}}||24||David Silberberg||{{Sm|Seibrik|USA}}||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}
|May 6th, 2017||{{Trn|Glitch 3}}||24||David Silberberg||{{Sm|Seibrik|USA}}||{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=20px}}||{{Sm|Tantalus|USA}}||{{Head|Meta Knight|g=SSBB|s=20px}}{{Head|King Dedede|g=SSBB|s=20px}}
|}
|}
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Glitch_Smash Twitter]


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Latest revision as of 19:53, June 11, 2024

This article is about the tournament series. For the video game term for oversights in video game programming, see Glitch.
Glitch
Info
Founded 2016
Region United States
Format Double Elimination
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners USA VoiD (Glitch)
USA Mr E (Glitch 2)
USA WaDi (Glitch 3)
USA Tweek (Glitch 4)
USA Lima (Glitch 5)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA Tweek (Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
USA ESAM (Glitch 7, Glitch 8.5)
USA Cosmos (Infinite)
USA Light (Regen)
Most successful player(s) USA Tweek (Glitch 4, Glitch 6, Glitch 8)
Staff
Organizer(s) USA Tantalus, Xanadu Games

Glitch is a tournament series hosted by Tantalus and Xanadu Games in Laurel, Maryland. The series began as a regional for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, but grew larger following the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and eventually became one of the largest Smash tournament series on the East Coast. Outside of the main events, the series also holds unconventional side events at every tournament, much like how glitches are unconventional. Some of the events included are low tier singles, mid tier singles, custom singles, triples, Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles, ARMS singles, amiibo singles, speedrun brackets, Squad Strike, and Morph-Meter.

History[edit]

2016-2018: Super Smash Bros. 4[edit]

The first Glitch tournament took place March 12th, 2016 as a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U event, and not only featured many of MD/VA's best players, including Pink Fresh, Seagull Joe, and Remzi, but also featured talent from outside the region, most notably VoiD and Mr.R, the former eventually winning the event. Subsequent Glitch events also regularly featured top-level invaders, and despite competition from in-region players, the invaders were often the event winners. The sole exception was at Glitch 3, where MD/VA's then-#1 player WaDi eliminated Darkshad and prevented CaptainZack from winning the event.

The first Glitch also started the trend of Glitch tournaments having unique side events, in this case being low tier singles and custom singles. Subsequent Glitch events began adding newer side events, with Glitch 2 holding Super Smash Bros. Brawl singles and a Smash 4 triples bracket and Glitch 3 holding an amiibo singles event. No events had a similar lineup of side events; for example, Brawl was eventually dropped by Glitch 4 while custom singles was removed from the Glitch 3 lineup.

Despite regularly being at superregional-levels, the total attendance at Smash 4 Glitch events in slowly decreased as the series progressed, with the first Glitch being the only event to surpass 200 entrants. This culminated in Glitch 5 only featuring 122 entrants, making it the smallest event in the series. The low entrants count was attributed to declining interest in Smash 4, as Ultimate was only a few months away, leading many top players to retire during these last few months.

2019-2023: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

With the release of Ultimate, the Glitch series entirely switched its focus to that game. The attendance for Glitch 6 singles was noticeably larger compared to the previous five, with a staggering 551 attendees (a 429 increase from Glitch 5). There were two side events, both being completely unique to Ultimate: Squad Strike and Morph-Meter. In addition, Glitch 6 became the first tournament in the series to reach major status, and subsequent Glitch events up to Glitch - Infinite would become majors or supermajors. Thus, Glitch became one of the biggest Ultimate tournament series on the east coast, and was one of MD/VA's premier tournament series alongside Super Smash Con.

Glitch 7 - Minus World became the first event to have a "theme", in this case being the Super Mario Bros. series. A notable controversy took place during this tournament, where Stroder's dropout from the event demoted it from S-tier to A-tier on the Fall 2019 PGRU, upsetting many players. This incident was later dubbed "GlitchGate", and despite its demotion, the event is still considered a supermajor. Glitch 8 - Missingno followed months later, becoming the largest event in the series.

Glitch - Infinite was later announced to be part of the Smash World Tour 2020 as a Gold stop. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the event's postponement, with the date being repeatedly pushed back as the pandemic worsened, eventually being held in February 2022. Instead, the next event in the series became Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code, which acted as Glitch's main event in the time period immediately following offline's return. Due to the remaining threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first event to feature an entrants cap.

The series' final event was Glitch - Regen, held months after Glitch - Infinite as a Gold stop on the Smash World Tour 2022. However for the first time since Glitch 5, the tournament failed to reach major status despite reaching Category 4 on OrionRank 2022; the event became part of a trend in the second half of 2022 where a tournament's tier on OrionRank did not properly reflect its actual talent size.

An additional Glitch event, Glitch: Duel of Fates, was set to take place from January 13th-15th, 2023 and was themed around Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem. However, VGBootCamp's financial future became uncertain following the Cancellation of Smash World Tour 2022, and the event was cancelled. Since then, no new Glitch event has been announced, effectively ending the series for the time being.

Champions[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Winners Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
March 12th, 2016 Glitch 255 James Makekau-Tyson USA VoiD SheikHeadSSB4-U.png Netherlands Mr. R SheikHeadSSB4-U.png
September 24th-25th, 2016 Glitch 2 198 Eric Weber USA Mr E MarthHeadSSB4-U.png USA Pink Fresh BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
May 6th, 2017 Glitch 3 158 Chris Boston USA WaDi MewtwoHeadSSB4-U.png USA CaptainZack BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngWiiFitTrainerHeadSSB4-U.png
April 28th, 2018 Glitch 4 171 Gavin Dempsey USA Tweek CloudHeadSSB4-U.pngDonkeyKongHeadSSB4-U.pngBayonettaHeadSSB4-U.pngBowserJrHeadSSB4-U.png USA CaptainZack BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png
September 29th, 2018 Glitch 5 122 Bharat Chintapall USA Lima BayonettaHeadSSB4-U.png USA Mr E LucinaHeadSSB4-U.png

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Winners Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
January 19th-20th, 2019 Glitch 6 551 Gavin Dempsey USA Tweek WarioHeadSSBU.pngYoungLinkHeadSSBU.pngDonkeyKongHeadSSBU.png USA Nairo PalutenaHeadSSBU.pngLucinaHeadSSBU.png
September 14th-15th, 2019 Glitch 7 - Minus World 566 Eric Lew USA ESAM PikachuHeadSSBU.png USA Light FoxHeadSSBU.png
January 18th-19th, 2020 Glitch 8 - Missingno 729 Gavin Dempsey USA Tweek WarioHeadSSBU.pngWolfHeadSSBU.pngRoyHeadSSBU.png USA Dark Wizzy MarioHeadSSBU.png
September 24th-26th, 2021 Glitch 8.5 - Konami Code 421 Eric Lew USA ESAM PikachuHeadSSBU.pngMiiBrawlerHeadSSBU.png Mexico MkLeo BylethHeadSSBU.pngPyraMythraHeadSSBU.png
February 18th-20th, 2022 Glitch - Infinite 615 Brian Kalu USA Cosmos PyraMythraHeadSSBU.png USA Zomba ROBHeadSSBU.pngRoyHeadSSBU.pngCloudHeadSSBU.pngWiiFitTrainerHeadSSBU.png
September 23rd-25th, 2022 Glitch - Regen 422 Paris Ramirez Garcia USA Light FoxHeadSSBU.png Japan Kameme SoraHeadSSBU.png

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl Winners Super Smash Bros. Brawl (side event)[edit]

Date Event Entrants Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
September 24th-25th, 2016 Glitch 2 32 Daniel Rodriguez USA ChuDat KirbyHeadSSBB.png USA Seagull Joe WolfHeadSSBB.png
May 6th, 2017 Glitch 3 24 David Silberberg USA Seibrik KingDededeHeadSSBB.pngWarioHeadSSBB.png USA Tantalus MetaKnightHeadSSBB.pngKingDededeHeadSSBB.png

External links[edit]