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| Mew2King "M2K" | |
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| Character info | |
| Smash 64 main | Kirby |
| Retired Smash 64 character | Donkey Kong |
| Melee mains | Marth, Sheik |
| Other Melee characters | Fox, Peach, Jigglypuff |
| Brawl main | Meta Knight |
| Other Brawl characters | King Dedede, Falco |
| Smash 4 main | Cloud |
| Retired Smash 4 characters | Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong |
| Ultimate mains | Pyra, Mythra |
| Retired Ultimate characters | Bowser, Wolf, Lucina |
| Project M mains | Fox, Marth, Sheik |
| Other Project M characters | Mewtwo, Captain Falcon, Falco, Mario |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | Most Valuable Gaming |
| Former sponsor(s) | vVv Gaming, CLASH Tournaments, Play-For-Keeps, F-Step, Empire Arcadia, Pastime Legends, COGnitive Gaming, Echo Fox |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2019 MPGR: 10th  Panda Global Rankings 100: 69th |
| Winnings | ~$205,016.80  ~$36,870.75 ~$19,908.34  ~$1,487.88  ~$17,132.48 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Jason Zimmerman |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Orlando, Florida 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Professional (retired) Top professional (semi-active) Top professional (retired) Top professional (retired) Professional Top professional (retired)
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Mew2King, commonly known as M2K, is an American smasher from Cinnaminson, New Jersey, who currently resides in Orlando, Florida. He started playing competitively and attending tournaments in 2005. Mew2King has earned the reputation of being both one of the greatest Melee and Brawl players in the world and of all time due to his extraordinarily acute chaingrabbing, camping, punishing, and comboing skills, as well as his extremely optimal, technical, and intelligent play style, earning him the nickname The Robot. He is also widely considered to be the greatest overall Smash player of all time, due to his proficiency at nearly every Smash title, while playing multiple Smash games for almost all of his tournament career.
Mew2King is considered to be one of the greatest Marth players of all time (alongside Ken) based off his results with the character, having won multiple national tournaments and consistently placing within Top 8 at the highest ranking events for over 12 years. Prior to his hiatus from the game, he was considered to be one of the two best Marth players in the world (along with Zain), one of the two best Sheik players in the world (along with Plup), one of best Melee Fox players in the world, one of the four best Melee Mewtwo players (alongside Taj, Leffen, and Zoma) and arguably the best Pichu player. He is also considered one of the best Brawl Meta Knight players of all time, was considered one of the best King Dedede players when he played him shortly after Brawl's release (whom he still uses along with Falco in MK-banned tournaments), considered to be one of the best Smash 4 Cloud players in North America (along with MkLeo, Tweek, Ned, and Javi), was one of the best SSB4 Diddy Kong players before he was nerfed in patch 1.0.8, a top 5 SSB4 Donkey Kong player on the PGR V3, and in Ultimate is currently a Pyra and Mythra player. He is currently 10th on the 2019 MPGR and 69th on the Panda Global Rankings 100. He was formerly ranked at the 0 position on the discontinued North Florida Smash 4 Power Rankings, 1st on the SoCal Project M and Smash 4 Power Rankings (right below ZeRo on the latter, who held the 0 spot), 1st on both the discontinued Tristate Melee Power Rankings and North Atlantic Regional Power Rankings, 2nd on the final Tristate Brawl Power Rankings, 3rd on the Central Florida Melee Power Rankings, 3rd on both the discontinued Smash Panel Power Rankings and SSBPD, and 12th on the 2016-2017 SSBBRank.
Mew2King was a major threat in Melee's tournament scene in the years before Brawl's release, consistently placing in the money at nationals. In 2007, Mew2King was indisputably the best player in the world and was widely considered to be one of the two best Melee players in the world in 2008 along with Mango. In the first few years of Brawl's lifespan, Mew2King dominated the national scene, rarely losing sets in tournaments, and remains one of the best players in both Melee and Brawl to date. During late 2013, after years of not winning a major Melee tournament, Mew2King went on a winning streak which saw him win The Big House 3 as well as almost every other singles event he entered, taking sets off of players who he had seldom defeated in that recent time, including Mango, Hungrybox, and PPMD. This is commonly referred to as "The Return of the King". In Smash 4, at Get On My Level 2016, Mew2King became the fifth player to take a set off of ZeRo in Smash 4 (after Mr. ConCon, Vinnie, Seagull Joe, and Nairo), and the first player to ever defeat ZeRo in a best of 5 set without losing a single game. Mew2King played Cloud for the whole set, while ZeRo played Diddy Kong game 1, and switched to Sheik for games 2 and 3. He also managed to defeat both Ally and ZeRo at Endgame, but ultimately lost to ZeRo in two sets of Grand Finals, including a JV-3 stock in the final game. He also placed 5th at Shine 2016, defeating Larry Lurr 3-0.
Mew2King has made many important discoveries about Melee on his own by testing several aspects of the game. This includes character weight, falling speed, attack knockback, priority, game physics, and so on. He stores this information here as a repository for Melee statistics, which, to this day, many casual and professional Smashers alike refer to for more information about their character's data and inner workings. Because of this, Mew2King is able to play the majority of the cast at a high level, exemplifying this by beating Mango in two 26-character battles at Smash the Record, having only had to use five characters the first time, and 15 characters the second time. He is also known for revolutionizing the Marth metagame to its modern state, as well first discovering and implementing many facets of the modern Sheik and Fox metagames.
Playing style
Melee
Mew2King is arguably the best defensive player in the world. He has one of the best powershielding abilities among all Smash players, and can effectively bait bad decisions from other players. Mew2King is a very punish-heavy player, and focuses on getting one crucial hit, then converting that hit into a position where he is primed to begin a combo and the opponent has limited options. Once he lands an opening move, he will usually land harsh punishes which tend to lead to a KO, due to his knowledge of character weights and KO percents. These punishes also usually encompass all of the opponent's tech and DI options, making them nearly impossible to escape. He also has arguably the best edgeguarding game, due to his aforementioned superb option coverage, as well as some of the best recovery mix-up tactics.
Mew2King is considered one of the top players on Final Destination; as Marth against fastfallers, he is extremely consistent in chaingrabbing and comboing them from 0% to a KO off of a single conversion, and as Sheik, he can lock down other characters, mostly mid-tiered characters, longer than he could than on stages with platforms. His character choices seem to be stage specific, particularly on the opponent's counterpick; he will usually pick Marth on Final Destination and Fountain of Dreams, Sheik on Dream Land, and Fox or Marth on Pokémon Stadium; he is more flexible on the remaining two stages.
Mew2King, however, has a weaker neutral game compared to other players of his caliber. His neutral game focuses on unorthodox approaches, which he employs to force his opponents into positions where they have limited options, usually reduced down to a 50/50 situation where he can exploit his superior knowledge of character hitboxes. While this strategy works well against Fox and Falco as he only needs one exchange win to convert into a KO, it is not as strong against floaty characters that are more difficult to combo, and can be exploited by clever baits from players of his caliber.[1]
Mew2King is also known for heavily counterpicking in specific matchups, sometimes with disappointing results. For example, he will only play Fox against Jigglypuff, as Fox is technically superior in that matchup, though he has seen mixed results against Hungrybox. He was the first top player to recognize the potential of Snowy, even teaming with him at Dreamhack Denver - a Puff player that Armada and Leffen train with for the Jigglypuff matchup. He will usually play Peach against Ice Climbers at high-level play just because she has a greater advantage against the Climbers than any of his mains, instead of learning the matchup with Marth or Fox, who are considered to also have winning matchups. Because his Peach is not practiced to the same level as his mains, he has lost at least once to almost every notable Ice Climbers player, and has even lost games to Nintendude's Peach and ChuDat's Jigglypuff. Occasionally, Mew2King has counterpicked Jigglypuff in certain games against other Jigglypuff players, such as Mango and Hungrybox, which generally lead to his defeat.
He is also easily unnerved while in a losing position, particularly when the crowd is cheering for the other player or when he starts making tech skill errors, as seen against aMSa at Kings of Cali 4 and against Armada at EVO 2013.
Mew2King has notably improved his game in 2016 such as at Smash Summit 2 where he 3-0d Armada as well as winning Clutch City Clash and Shine 2016, one of the largest Melee events of all time, as well as other smaller regional tournaments such as Endgame and Apex 2016. He also had one of the most legendary losers' runs in the history of the game at UGC Smash Open: after being knocked into the losers' bracket in round 1 of Winners' bracket by n0ne, he defeated Duck, Mango, Ice, SFAT, n0ne, Leffen, Hungrybox, and Armada before losing to Armada in Set 2 of Grand Finals. Other notable performances in 2016 include 2nd at CEO 2016, 3rd at Smash 'N' Splash 2, WTFox 2 (where he notably 3-0d Hungrybox), and Super Smash Con 2016, and 5th at EVO 2016. In 2017, he defeated Armada and Leffen at Canada Cup 2017, taking home the title. He also won CEO Dreamland, defeating Hungrybox in the process, and took 2nd at Super Smash Con 2017 under Mango. In 2018, M2K took home his first supermajor tournament in almost a decade at Smash Summit 6, where he defeated Armada twice. Later in the year, at Super Smash Con 2018, M2K found himself in yet another Grand Finals against Armada, 3-0ing Hungrybox to reach there. M2K would take Armada to Set 2 Game 10 in what is almost unanimously considered one of the greatest Melee sets of all time. Both players were at near peak performance, but Armada would edge it out to take home his final Melee trophy before retirement. After the release of Ultimate, M2K would focus largely on the new game, essentially "soft-retiring" from Melee. He briefly returned to the Melee scene in October at The Big House 9, defeating iBDW and Hungrybox before falling to Zain and Fiction.
Brawl
In Brawl, Mew2King possessed an extremely deadly punish game with his Meta Knight, able to exploit small mistakes into a huge advantage for him. To provoke opponents into making mistakes, he would often shark and drift to open holes, but will ensure he will not be too aggressive, lest he be punished by foes that capitalize on overextensions. He implements Shuttle Loop into his recovery often, mixing them up with multiple jumps and all of his other specials.
SSB4
In SSB4, with his use of Cloud, Mew2King retains his signature defensive playstyle, using Cloud's impressive reach to zone out his opponents while charging his Limit Break gauge, and punishing the opponent's mistakes should they approach him incorrectly. He is notorious for using Cloud's Limit Break specials very liberally, instead of saving them for more opportune moments or retaining Limit Break for the increase in movement stats, to the point he sometimes even garners an early KO with them. Mew2King is also a proponent of taking to the air rather than staying grounded for the majority of the match, and going for off-stage edgeguards, even in spite of Cloud's sub-par recovery without Limit Break.
However, his excessive Limit Charging can leave openings for other characters to either tack on damage, charge their respective special moves, or spawn an item that can completely change the matchup (such as Diddy Kong's Banana Peel). Like in Melee, Mew2King tends to go for risky, yet very rewarding options in certain situations, which may lead to either character or both characters losing a stock, such as in a match at Apex 2016 against Nietono.
Mew2King was initially a Diddy Kong main when the game first came out, heavily utilizing the character's powerful air game to net several great placings in tournaments. However, upon the release of update 1.0.6, which heavily nerfed Diddy Kong and removed his notorious "Hoo-Hah" combo, Mew2King was left unable to play Diddy to the same efficacy that he had before, with him stating he went from being the second best Diddy Kong player to being not even a top 10 Diddy. He tested with multiple characters in the game such as Captain Falcon, Mario, Rosalina & Luma, Mii Brawler, and Donkey Kong attempting to get a new main. Donkey Kong notably got him 3rd at PAX Prime 2015 and 5th at SKTAR 4. He popularized the "Ding Dong", a combo involving a cargo up throw into up aerial which can kill at low percentages. Despite his efforts, Mew2King did not feel confident in any character and was doubtful that he would achieve the same success from before the update. He would later go on to say because of this that he was not too fond of SSB4 as a competitive game but thought it was great casually, something he has also said about Smash 64.
Upon the release of Cloud as DLC however, Mew2King recanted his statement, picking the new character up as his main, and now being allowed to once again adopt his signature playstyle. Mew2King has commented that "Cloud makes [him] actually love Smash 4", reflecting in his newfound desire to practice the game heavily and better tournament placings in 2016. With Mew2King's resurgence using Cloud, he has taken sets off many top players, the most notable being the #1 and #2 players in the world at the time, ZeRo and Ally. He was considered to be one of the best SSB4 players in North America throughout 2016.
Mew2King is also notorious for dropping out of national SSB4 tournaments to focus on Melee, generally if he is sent to losers bracket early in pools.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith 2012 | May 26th-27th, 2012 | 9th | — | — |
| SWEET X | February 9th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Monthly - 2/23 | February 23rd, 2013 | 2nd | 2nd | Nintendude |
| Winter Brawl 7 | February 23rd-24th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Monthly - 3/16 | March 16th, 2013 | 2nd | 1st | Nintendude |
| SWEET XII | March 30th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Zenith 2013 | June 1st-2nd, 2013 | 5th | — | — |
| GUTS 2 | June 14th-16th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| KTAR 7 | July 6th-7th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| The Big House 3 | October 12th-13th, 2013 | 4th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| WHOBO 5 | October 19th-20th, 2013 | 1st | 2nd | Alex |
| Bar Wars | October 26th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | G$ |
| The Break Smash Weekly #03 | November 8th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Pound V.5 | November 9th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Brothers University 2.0 | November 10th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Rolex |
| Fight Pitt III | November 23rd, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Smashacre Frostbite | December 7th-8th, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Chibo |
| FORTE | December 21st-22nd, 2013 | 1st | 1st | Sethlon |
| KTAR 8 | December 28th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| McSmashter 3 | January 11th-12th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Toronto Joe |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Kumite in Tennessee 2014 | January 24th-26th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | PB&J |
| L@DU 2 | February 1st, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| S.L.Y.M.I. 3 | February 8th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Velocity |
| Lovely Sunday @ Xanadu Games | February 9th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Juice Monthly Circuit Melee Event #1 | February 15th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Shuffle V | February 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | Strong Bad |
| Polybash XIII | March 1st-2nd, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Ally |
| Smashing Grounds 3 | March 6th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Collision 9 | March 15th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smashing Grounds 5 | March 20th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| KTAR 9 | March 22nd, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Rolex |
| Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 1 | March 23rd, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| EXPosure 8 | March 29th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Rat |
| E2C | March 30th, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | Level 9 Mario |
| Oklahoma Invitational | April 5th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Denti |
| Smash @ Pew! Pew! 4/7/14 | April 7th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Brothers University 2.5 | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Rolex |
| Fighters' Edge | April 26th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Northwest Majors VI | May 2nd-4th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 5/6 | May 6th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Otafest: Assault II | May 16th-18th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Zigzagoon |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 2nd | 2nd | Armada |
| Super SWEET | June 7th-8th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| UGC Biweekly #11 | June 14th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 3rd | 2nd | ZeRo |
| Gameguys Intergalactic Kegger | July 26th-27th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | ZeRo |
| Zenith 2014 | August 2nd-3rd, 2014 | 4th | 1st | ZeRo |
| Fredericton Gaming Expo | August 9th-10th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Infinity and Beyond! 18 | August 14th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Low Tier City 2 | August 16th-17th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Infinity |
| Infinity and Beyond! 19 | August 22nd, 2014 | 1st | 3rd | Infinity |
| Smash @ Xanadu Tuesday 8/26 | August 26th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| S@X 61 | September 9th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Pastime Legends Presents: Final Battle | September 13th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Tipped Off 10 | September 20th-21st, 2014 | 3rd | 3rd | Hungrybox |
| CROSSFIRE 4 | September 27th, 2014 | 1st (Split) | 5th | PB&J |
| S@X 64 | September 30th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 3rd | 1st | ZeRo |
| Roll Tier X4 | October 11th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | MegaRobMan |
| Kings of the North 3 | November 8th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Kels |
| KTAR XI | November 22nd, 2014 | 1st (Split) | 1st | Rolex |
| Pacific Northwest Regional | December 20th-21st, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Kumite in Tennessee 15 | January 9th-11th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Great Revival | February 21st, 2015 | 1st | 2nd | Inui |
| Shots Fired | February 28th-March 1st, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | Rolex |
| MVG Sandstorm | April 18th-19th, 2015 | — | 1st | Armada |
| Revelation 2 | May 16th-17th, 2015 | 3rd | 2nd | Zhu |
| Shuffle VII | May 23rd-24th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Ally |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Ally |
| WTFox | July 10th-11th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Armada |
| Low Tier City 3 | August 1st-2nd, 2015 | 9th | 3rd | Denti |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 3rd | Top 6 | Ally |
| Smash Til Dawn '15 | September 26-27th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Frame Perfect Series | November 21st, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Super Bit Wars 4 | February 20th-21st, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Oracle |
| Tampa Never Sleeps 6 | February 27th-28th, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | MrLz |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 17th (Forfeit) | 1st | MrLz |
| Fusion 3 | April 16th, 2016 | 3rd (Forfeit) | — | — |
| M2Weekly | May 6th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash 2 | June 11th-12th, 2016 | 17th | 1st | MrLz |
| Endgame | August 20th-21st, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Smashadelphia 2017 | June 23rd-25th, 2017 | 7th | 1st | Vex Kasrani |
| Tipped Off 12 | November 11th-12th, 2017 | 81st | — | — |
Super Smash Bros.
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELEE-FC Diamond | July 12th-14th, 2007 | 5th | — | — |
| SWEET X | February 9th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Smashacre Gluttony | August 10th, 2013 | 2nd | 3rd | Vex Kasrani |
| Thanks for Playing 3 | August 17th, 2013 | 4th | 3rd | Bloodpeach |
| D.D.O.S. | September 27th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| WHOBO 5 | October 19th-20th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Smashacre Frostbite | December 7th-8th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Lovely Sunday @ Xanadu Games | February 9th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Polybash XIII | March 1st-2nd, 2014 | 3rd | 1st (Split) | Fireblaster |
| Super Smash Sundays East Coast # 1 | March 23rd, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Events2Compete (E2C) 2 | March 30th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Han Solo |
| Smashadelphia 2017 | June 23rd-25th, 2017 | 3rd | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipped Off 10 | September 20th-21st, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| CROSSFIRE 4 | September 27th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Roll Tier X4 | October 11th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Mayhem 10-18 | October 18th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| SSS Plus 4 3DS | October 19th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Do You Fox Wit It? | November 15th-16th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTAR XI | November 22nd, 2014 | 2nd | 4th | Vinnie |
| Events2Compete (E2C) 10 | November 29th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Inui |
| The Come Up | December 6th-7th, 2014 | 4th | 1st | Ally |
| Pacific Northwest Regional | December 20th-21st, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Kumite in Tennessee 15 | January 9th-11th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| MVG Super Smash Bros. Tournament | January 24th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 5th | 1st | ZeRo |
| 2 Fish | February 14th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Dark Wizzy |
| Great Revival | February 21st, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Inui |
| Shots Fired | February 28th-March 1st, 2015 | 4th | 1st | Ally |
| DVDA 8 | March 30th, 2015 | 4th | 5th | SK92 |
| MVG Sandstorm | April 18th-19th, 2015 | 3rd | 1st | ZeRo |
| Chokaigi 2015 | April 25th-26th, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | ZeRo |
| Revelation 2 | May 16th-17th, 2015 | 5th | 2nd | MVD |
| Shuffle VII | May 23rd-24th, 2015 | 3rd | 2nd | Ally |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 5th | 1st | Ally |
| EXP 2015 | June 28th-29th, 2015 | 5th | 1st | Ally |
| WTFox | July 10th-11th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Factor 4 | July 24th-26th, 2015 | — | 5th | Max Ketchum |
| Low Tier City 3 | August 1st-2nd, 2015 | — | 2nd | ZeRo |
| Smash Conference 37 | August 21st, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Day |
| SKTAR 4 | August 22nd-23rd, 2015 | 5th | 5th | Vex Kasrani |
| PAX Prime 2015 | August 28th-30th, 2015 | 3rd | 5th | Logic |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 49th (Forfeit) | — | — |
| Smash Conference 40 | September 11th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Conference 42 | September 25th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | — | 9th | Vinnie |
| MLG World Finals 2015 | October 16th-18th, 2015 | 17th | 17th | Wizzrobe |
| Frame Perfect Series | November 21st, 2015 | — | 5th | Nick Riddle |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 65th | 17th | Zinoto |
| PAX Arena | January 29th-31st, 2016 | 9th | 1st | ANTi |
| Smash Conference 51 | February 12th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Day |
| Super Bit Wars 4 | February 20th-21st, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | MJG |
| Tampa Never Sleeps 6 | February 26th-27th, 2016 | 1st | ? | ? |
| Smash Haven 29 | March 3rd, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 5th | 1st | Ally |
| Shuffle VIII | March 12th-13th, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | Ito |
| Come to Papa | March 19th-20th, 2016 | — | 2nd | Seibrik |
| OUTFOXX'D | March 26th, 2016 | 4th | 2nd | ANTi |
| Smash Conference 57 | April 1st, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Conference 58 | April 8th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Fusion 3 | April 16th, 2016 | 3rd | 4th | Day |
| Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo | April 29th-May 1st, 2016 | 3rd | 1st | Ally |
| Get On My Level 2016 | May 20th-22nd, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | Nairo |
| MomoCon 2016 | May 26th-29th, 2016 | 5th | 5th | ScAtt |
| Smash Conference 61 | June 3rd, 2016 | 1st | 3rd (DQ) | Sol |
| Smash 'N' Splash 2 | June 11th-12th, 2016 | 5th | 1st | Ally |
| Apex 2016 | June 17th-19th, 2016 | 4th | 2nd | VoiD |
| CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 97th | 1st | Ally |
| WTFox 2 | July 1st-3rd, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | Dabuz |
| Smash Conference 65 | July 8th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Clutch City Clash | August 6th-7th, 2016 | 5th | 1st | Ally |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 257th | — | — |
| Endgame | August 20th-21st, 2016 | 2nd | 2nd | Trela |
| Shine 2016 | August 26th-28th, 2016 | 5th | 1st | ANTi |
| Smash Conference LXVI | September 9th, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | dyr |
| Salt Ain't Pretty | September 10th-11th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Diablo |
| Smash Conference LXVII | September 23rd, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Salem |
| The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 25th | 2nd | Ally |
| Smash Conference LXVIII | October 14th, 2016 | 9th | 1st | Salem |
| Come to Papa 2 | October 22nd-23rd, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | Prince Ramen |
| Canada Cup 2016 | October 28th-30th, 2016 | 3rd | 2nd | Ally |
| UGC Smash Open | December 2nd-4th, 2016 | 33rd | 5th | Ally |
| Smash Conference LXIX | January 7th, 2017 | 4th | 2nd | Mr.E |
| GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | — | 13th | Mr.E |
| Tampa Never Sleeps 7 | February 24th-26th, 2017 | 9th | ? | Hungrybox |
| Frame Perfect Series 2 | March 18th-19th, 2017 | — | 4th | MkLeo |
| 2GGC: Civil War | March 24th-26th, 2017 | 49th | 5th | Salem |
| CEO Dreamland | April 14th-16th, 2017 | 129th | 7th | Salem |
| DreamHack Austin 2017 | April 28th-30th, 2017 | — | 7th | K9sbruce |
| Umebura Japan Major 2017 | May 6th-7th, 2017 | 33rd | 1st | MkLeo |
| MomoCon 2017 | May 26th-28th, 2017 | 33rd | 2nd | Ally |
| Battle of BC 2 | June 3rd-4th, 2017 | 4th | 1st | MkLeo |
| Saints Gaming Live | June 10th-11th, 2017 | 5th | 1st | saj |
| Smashadelphia 2017 | June 23rd-25th, 2017 | 4th | 2nd | Pelca |
| UNLOCKED | July 1st, 2017 | 5th | 1st | Salem |
| DreamHack Atlanta 2017 | July 21st-23rd, 2017 | 65th | 17th | Fatality |
| Shine 2017 | August 25th-27th, 2017 | 49th | 13th | Ally |
| GameTyrant Expo 2017 | September 29th-October 1st, 2017 | — | 9th | Ally |
| The Big House 7 | October 6th-8th, 2017 | — | 3rd | komorikiri |
| DreamHack Denver 2017 | October 20th-22nd, 2017 | — | 3rd | Javi |
| Canada Cup 2017 | October 28th-30th, 2017 | — | 1st | MkLeo |
| Tipped Off 12 | November 11th-12th, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | Salem |
| Frostbite 2018 | February 9th-11th, 2018 | 17th | 9th | Lima |
| EGLX 2018 | March 9th-11th, 2018 | 33rd | 3rd | Ally |
| Canada Cup Master Series | May 11th-14th, 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | SuperLoli |
| MomoCon 2018 | May 24th-27th, 2018 | — | 5th | Mr.R |
| Super Smash Con 2018 | August 9th-12th, 2018 | — | 25th | Tyroy |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash Conference United | January 5th-6th, 2019 | 25th | 3rd | ZeRo |
| GENESIS 6 | February 1st-3rd, 2019 | 97th | 33rd | Glutonny |
| Frostbite 2019 | February 22nd-24th, 2019 | 129th | 17th | Plup |
| Smash Ultimate Summit | March 8th-10th, 2019 | 9th | — | — |
| Pound 2019 | April 19th-21st, 2019 | 49th | 5th | MkLeo |
| Smashpoint | May 10th-12th, 2019 | 9th | 5th | Denti |
| Smash 'N' Splash 5 | May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 | 49th | 13th | MkLeo |
| EVO 2019 | August 2nd-4th, 2019 | 49th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2019 | August 8th-11th, 2019 | 33rd | 25th | Fatality |
| Shine 2019 | August 23rd-25th, 2019 | 33rd | 9th | Salem |
| Rising Stars at EGLX 2019 | October 18th-20th, 2019 | 9th | 5th | Riddles |
| Overlords of Orlando: OCTOBERLORDS | October 26th, 2019 | 33rd | — | — |
| Dakno Gaming eSports Day | November 2nd, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| Tampa Never Sleeps 8 | January 18th-19th, 2020 | — | 2nd | Epic_Gabriel |
| Frostbite 2020 | February 21st-23rd, 2020 | 129th | 9th | Epic_Gabriel |
VA Esports Online Open |
April 20th, 2020 | 5th | — | — |
| Pound Online |
April 24th-26th, 2020 | 129th | — | — |
| The Quarantine Series: Major Tournament 1 |
May 2nd, 2020 | 25th | — | — |
| King of WiFi Random Characters |
May 30th, 2020 | 97th | — | — |
| Juice Box 10 |
August 19th, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| Flat Realm 8 |
August 28th, 2020 | 33rd | — | — |
| M-Kolosseum 2 |
September 5th, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| M-Kolosseum 3 |
October 3rd, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| InfinityCON Tally 2021 | June 5th-6th, 2021 | 33rd | 9th | Epic_Gabriel |
| Juicy Monthly November 2021 | November 6th, 2021 | 5th | 1st | BeastModePaul |
| CEO 2021 | December 3rd-5th, 2021 | 33rd | — | — |
Controversies
Bracket manipulation controversies
Mew2King has been accused of harming the progression of multiple tournaments in the past, with much of the controversy focusing on three bracket manipulation infractions in Brawl tournaments:
- At MLG DC 2010, after losing to ADHD in the loser's finals, he accepted a $500 compensation from ADHD[2]. In response, MLG banned both players from the 2010 MLG finals under the grounds of "forfeiting or conspiring to manipulate Rankings or Brackets."
- In May of 2011, Mew2King, ADHD, and Anti all received yellow cards under the Unity infraction system for bracket manipulation in response to a situation at KTAR 5. Mew2King had forfeited to Anti in the Winners' Semifinals, defeated Dabuz in Losers' Quarters, then forfeited to ADHD in Losers' Semis. All of the players besides Dabuz agreed to split their winnings afterwards.
- At GENESIS 2 (July, 2011), Mew2King received a red card under the Unity infraction system for "intentional under-performance" by choosing Ganondorf in a pool match against Sade and allowing himself to lose, after dominating the rest of his pool with his usual Meta Knight.
In response to some of these splitting controversies, Mew2King has stated that he was either in a poor mood during the tournament sets, or that he agreed to split because splitting was extremely common at the time, with him believing that splitting money was considered acceptable behaviour; he has stated that he was also not aware that the MLG's ruleset banned splitting.
Revival of Melee 5
After some time without major controversy from bracket manipulation, Mew2King caused a significant stir-up at Revival of Melee 5's Melee singles event. Assuming that Dave's modified stupid rule was in effect, as it was with most other tournaments during that year, he counterpicked Final Destination, a stage he had already won on, for his game 5 against Ryan Ford in Winners' Semis. After M2K won the match, Ford expressed his skepticism to the TO, Alukard, who ruled that game 5 was to be replayed. Ford proceeded to win the replay, leading to the following chain of events:
- Mew2King forfeits from the tournament.
- He later re-enters the tournament after some convincing from Hax.
- KirbyKaze throws Winners' Finals against Ford, and M2K and Ford agree to split publicly.
- Ford refuses to play his main in Grand Finals and M2K wins the tournament, causing backlash from the community.
While this controversy started with Mew2King's mistake in his stage counterpick, it is not considered entirely his fault. Many place the majority of the blame on Alukard for forcing the players to replay the match, and some on Ford for not checking the rule until after the game.
Trivia
- Mew2King, being a very technical player, was initially an outspoken critic of Brawl, claiming that it lacked many of the elements that made Melee a fun game to play[3]. Later, he saw Brawl as an opportunity to get ahead of the curve, and began playing it competitively as well. During some time from 2008-2009, he was considered the undisputed best player for Brawl and one of the two best players for Melee alongside Mango.
- Mew2King has stated that he finds Melee more enjoyable than Brawl mainly because of the technical aspects of the game when compared to Brawl. Certain aspects of Brawl's mechanics contribute to his "love-hate relationship" regarding it, and he particularly voices his dislike of the Ice Climbers[4], claiming they "ruin" the game. On The Big House 3's livestream, he stated that he was thinking about quitting Brawl in favor of continuing Melee as well as pursuing the goal of being the best SSB4 player. He still attends various Brawl tournaments, but far less often than he used to.
- Mew2King is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome[5], an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many people with Asperger's syndrome struggle with empathy and being able to put themselves in other's shoes, thus they may occasionally come across as insensitive, despite not intending to.
- Mew2King, Hungrybox, and Armada share the distinction of having won more than $200,000 in a select Smash title, being Melee.
- Mew2King also holds the record for most total money won in Brawl tournaments.
- Mew2King is the only "God" of Melee to not hold a positive record over another god.
- Mew2King is also the only god not to have won a tournament with all the other gods present.
- He was featured in the Guinness World Records 2017 Gamer's Edition along with ZeRo for being the player with the Most eSports tournament results (at 339).
- People who triple-main Fox, Sheik and Marth in Melee are sometimes said to "main Mew2King". Smashers who are examples of this are DruggedFox, Ice, AbsentPage, Rudolph, KDJ, Tink, Azen, and Ek.
- Mew2King shares his birthday with WaDi.
- Mew2King can recite the first 82 digits of pi, and does so in ZeRo's EVO 2019 video.
- He repeated a similar feat in Hungrybox's famous "Hot Juans" parody series.
- Mew2King's top 3 favorite anime are Dragon Ball Z, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Hunter × Hunter.[6]
Gameplay videos
Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Version 2.0: A Mew2King Combo Video - Marth Edition
- Version 2.0: A Mew2King Combo Video - Sheik Edition
- Version 2.0: A Mew2King Combo Video - Fox Edition
- OC3 Crews Finals - Crazy Return vs East Coast
- Shiz(Falco) vs M2K(Marth) Revival of Melee Losers Finals 4
- APEX 2013 SSBM L11 Mango VS CT EMP Mew2King
- The Big House 3 - CT | Mew2King (Fox) Vs. CT | Hungry Box (Jigglypuff) SSBM Grand Finals
- SKTAR 3 - EMP | Armada (Peach) Vs. P4K EMP | Mew2King (Sheik, Fox) SSBM Losers Semis
- Mew2King vs PPMD - Losers Semis - #MLGAnaheim
- Smash @ PAX Prime 2015 - TSM | Leffen (Fox) Vs. CoG MVG | Mew2King (Fox, Sheik) SSBM Winners Finals
- Smash @ PAX Prime 2015 - CoG MVG | Mew2King (Sheik, Marth) Vs. TSM | Leffen (Fox) SSBM Grand Finals
- Armada vs Mew2King - Singles WB Semis - Smash Summit 2
- Shine 2016 SSBM - FOX MVG | Mew2king (Marth) Vs. CLG | SFAT (Fox) Smash Melee Grand Finals
- Mew2King vs Armada - Melee Singles: GRAND FINALS - Smash Summit 6
- SSC 2018 SSBM - Armada (Peach) Vs. FOX MVG | Mew2King (Marth) - Smash Melee Grand Finals
- Mew2King vs Hungrybox - Top 64 Winners' Semifinals: Melee Singles - TBH9 | Fox vs Puff
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Ally (Snake) v Mew2King (Meta) Evo2009 (1/3) Grand Final
- Ally (Snake) vs Mew2King (Meta Knight) 5
- Player's Bowl 2010 GF S2 Ally (Snake) vs. Mew2King (Meta Knight) 5 - SSBB - SSBB
- MLG Columbus 2010 GF Mew2King (MK) Vs. Ally (Snake) 4 - SSBB - SSBB
- GENESIS 2 - Ally (Meta Knight) Vs. Mew2King (Meta Knight) - Grand Finals - SSBB
- 9B (Ice Climbers) vs Mew2King (Metaknight) Set - (Japan vs USA)
- Collision V - Mew2King vs ADHD - Grand Finals - SSBB
- APEX 2013 SSBB LF CT EMP Mew2King VS Otori
- APEX 2013 CT EMP Mew2King VS Salem - Grand Finals - Brawl
- KTAR 8 - CT Mew2King vs CT ZeRo - Grand Finals - SSBB
- KTAR 8 - CT Mew2King vs CT ZeRo - Grand Finals Set 2 - SSBB
- Super Smash Con - COG MVG | Mew2King Vs. PG | ESAM Grand Finals - Brawl
Project M
- KTAR 8 - CT Mew2King vs Rolex - Winners Finals - Project M
- KTAR 8 - CT Mew2King vs Ally - Grand Finals - Project M
- Apex 2014 - CT EMP Mew2King vs Sethlon - Losers Quarters - Project M Top 8
- LTC2 - P4K EMP Mew2king (Fox, Mario, Mewtwo) vs. HF Neon (Lucas) SSBPM Grand Finals - Project M
- Paragon Los Angeles - COG MVG Mew2King vs Junebug-Top 8-Losers Quarters
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- Mew2King Cloud Montage II
- KiT 15 - CT | ESAM (Pikachu) Vs. PL MVG EMP | Mew2King (Diddy Kong) SSB4 Grand Finals
- OUTFOXX'D! Loser's Quarters - ANTi (Mario, Zero Suit Samus) vs. Cog/MVG Mew2King (Cloud)
- Top 32 - GOML 2016 - TSM.ZeRo vs FOX.MVG.Mew2King
- Endgame WINNERS SEMIS - C9 Ally (Mario) vs FOX MVG Mew2King (Cloud)
- Endgame WINNERS FINALS - FOX MVG | Mew2King (Cloud) vs TSM | ZeRo (Diddy Kong)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mew2King vs ZD - Singles Pool A: Round 2 - Smash Ultimate Summit
- SSC2019 SSBU - PG ESAM (DK, Incineroar) VS FOX MVG Mew2King (Bowser) The Rumble Quarterfinals
- SSC 2019 SSBU - FOX MVG Mew2king (Bowser) VS HTS Suarez (Yoshi) Smash Ultimate Round 2 Pools
External links
- Twitter account
- Mew2King's Twitch channel
- MVG League's Twitch channel
- Mew2King's YouTube channel
- SSBWorld profile
- MVG League's YouTube channel
- SmashBoards public profile
- The Robot - Episode 7 of The Smash Brothers, a competitive Melee documentary, which focuses primarily on Mew2King
- Old site for M2K's repository for Melee stats. (Stale link)
- Metafy profile
References
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/5bqk48/what_are_the_differences_in_playstyle_between/d9qnhpd/
- ^ http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/28yc4u/clearing_up_and_possibly_changing_my_smash_wiki/
- ^ M2K has played Brawl - Super Smash Bros. Melee Message Board for GameCube - GameFAQs
- ^ http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/1rluq5/ctemp_mew2kings_ama_and_lots_of_other_stuff/cdoltp5
- ^ http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/1rluq5/ctemp_mew2king_ama_and_lots_of_other_stuff
- ^ Is This Smash God a Spice God? - Hot Juans Ep5 ft Mew2King and Hungrybox | Team Liquid
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