Tournament:EVO 2015

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'''Evolution 2015''', or simply '''EVO 2015''', was the 14th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on July 17th to 19th, 2015 at the {{s|wikipedia|Bally's Las Vegas}} / {{s|wikipedia|Paris Las Vegas}} Casino.

EVO 2015 currently stands as the [[List of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Melee'' and Smash 4'' tournament to date]], with 1,926 entrants for ''Smash 4'', 1,869 entrants for Melee, and 3,284 unique players across both games. Contrary to the popular belief that there's a large overlap on the player base for both games, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, confirmed that only 517 players entered both games, which is less than a 16% overlap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EvilMrWizard/status/616145092873596928 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, EVO 2015's tournament director |accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref>

EVO 2015 currently stands as the [[List of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' tournament to date]], with 1,926 entrants for ''Smash 4'', 1,869 entrants for Melee, and 3,284 unique players across both games. Contrary to the popular belief that there's a large overlap on the player base for both games, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, confirmed that only 517 players entered both games, which is less than a 16% overlap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EvilMrWizard/status/616145092873596928 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, EVO 2015's tournament director |accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref>

EVO 2015 allowed [[character customization|custom special moves]] in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' by utilizing the [[Official Custom Moveset Project]], while several of the game's [[DLC]] characters, {{SSB4|Lucas}}, {{SSB4|Roy}}, and {{SSB4|Ryu}}, were not allowed due to how soon before the tournament they became available<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EvilMrWizard/status/610484724033662976 |title=Why Roy, Ryu and Lucas are banned at EVO 2015 |publisher=Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, EVO 2015's tournament director |accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref>.

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 '''Evolution 2015''', or simply '''EVO 2015''', was the 14th edition of the [[EVO|Evolution Championship Series]], a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, which took place on July 17th to 19th, 2015 at the {{s|wikipedia|Bally's Las Vegas}} / {{s|wikipedia|Paris Las Vegas}} Casino.
-EVO 2015 currently stands as the [[List of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Melee'' and Smash 4'' tournament to date]], with 1,926 entrants for ''Smash 4'', 1,869 entrants for Melee, and 3,284 unique players across both games. Contrary to the popular belief that there's a large overlap on the player base for both games, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, confirmed that only 517 players entered both games, which is less than a 16% overlap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EvilMrWizard/status/616145092873596928 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, EVO 2015's tournament director |accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref>
+EVO 2015 currently stands as the [[List of largest Smash tournaments|largest ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' tournament to date]], with 1,926 entrants for ''Smash 4'', 1,869 entrants for Melee, and 3,284 unique players across both games. Contrary to the popular belief that there's a large overlap on the player base for both games, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, confirmed that only 517 players entered both games, which is less than a 16% overlap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EvilMrWizard/status/616145092873596928 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, EVO 2015's tournament director |accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref>
 EVO 2015 allowed [[character customization|custom special moves]] in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' by utilizing the [[Official Custom Moveset Project]], while several of the game's [[DLC]] characters, {{SSB4|Lucas}}, {{SSB4|Roy}}, and {{SSB4|Ryu}}, were not allowed due to how soon before the tournament they became available<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EvilMrWizard/status/610484724033662976 |title=Why Roy, Ryu and Lucas are banned at EVO 2015  |publisher=Joey "MrWizard" Cuellar, EVO 2015's tournament director |accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref>.