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EVO 2016
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Dates July 15-17, 2016
Venue Las Vegas Convention Center &
Mandalay Bay Events Center
Address/City 3150 Paradise Rd
3950 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Attendance 4,497+
Entry fees Melee singles: $10
Smash Wii U singles: $10
Results

Evolution 2016, or simply EVO 2016, is the upcoming 15th edition of the Evolution Championship Series, a fighting game tournament held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is scheduled to take place in July on Friday the 15th to Sunday the 17th at the Las Vegas Convention Center, then at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to host finals.

It was announced on January 26th, 2016 by EVO's tournament director, Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar, that both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would be featured as official games on the EVO 2016 game lineup.[1][2] EVO 2016 is set to be the largest ever tournament for both games, surpassing the records set by its predecessor.[3]

Official Game Lineup

Finals Game Entrants Pot Size
Sunday Street Fighter V 5,107 $101,070
Sunday Super Smash Bros. Melee 2,372 $23,720
Sunday Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator 910 $19,100
Sunday Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 782 $7,820
Sunday Mortal Kombat XL 713 $57,130
Saturday Killer Instinct 546 $55,460
Saturday Pokkén Tournament 1,180 $21,800
Saturday Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2,662 $26,620
Saturday Tekken 7: Fated Retribution 549 $5,490

Ruleset

Super Smash Bros. Melee

  • Items are set to off and none. Pause disabled
  • 4 stocks and 8 minute time limit.
  • 2/3 games; 3/5 for Winner's, Loser's, and Grand Finals
  • Wobbling is allowed. The freeze glitch and infinite stalling are banned however.
  • First stage is decided by banning from the Starter Stages in P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
  • Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
  • In a Best of 3 match, a player can ban 1 stage upon winning a game. In a Best of 5 match however, there are no stage bans.
  • Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
  • Dave's Stupid Rule: A player cannot counterpick the last stage he/she won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.

Stage list

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield Pokémon Stadium
Dream Land
Final Destination
Fountain of Dreams
Yoshi's Story

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

  • Items are set to off and none. Pause and Handicap are disabled. Damage Ratio is 1.0.
  • 2 stocks and 6 minute time limit.
  • 2/3 games; 3/5 for Winner's, Loser's, and Grand Finals
  • Customs and Equipment are turned off.
  • Mii Fighters are legal (1-1-1-1 Default Miis only). Amiibo however are banned.
  • All Omega stages are banned.
  • First stage is decided by (Rock-Paper-Scissors) best of 1. Winner strikes, then loser strikes twice, then winner. (P1-P2-P2-P1)
  • Following stages decided by winner banning one stage from all stages and then loser choosing.
  • Winning player is not locked into the same character for the next match, but has to pick before loser selects character.
  • Maximum allowed time between games is 60 seconds. Any player violating this rule will be issued a loss.
  • Dave's Stupid Rule: A player cannot counterpick the last stage he/she won on unless mutually agreed to by both players.
  • You may not play on a stage that is not on the available stages list. This will result in a double disqualification.
  • Sudden Death with a tied percentage/stock count will NOT determine the outcome of a tied game. A playoff match with 1 stock/2 minutes will determine the winner.
  • There will be no loading anything on to the tournament consoles.

Stage list

Starter Counterpick
Battlefield (Miiverse) Dream Land 64
Final Destination Duck Hunt
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Town and City

Results

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(2,372 entrants)

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st $14,232.00
2nd $4,744.00
3rd $2,372.00
4th $948.80
5th $474.40
5th $474.40
7th $237.20
7th $237.20
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33rd
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33rd USA Captain Faceroll Sheik (SSBM)
33rd USA Squid Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA Fiction Fox (SSBM)
33rd USA Darkatma Sheik (SSBM)Peach (SSBM)
33rd USA Azusa Peach (SSBM)
33rd USA InfiniteNumbers Ice Climbers (SSBM)
33rd USA llod Peach (SSBM)
33rd USA KJH Fox (SSBM)
33rd Japan Kounotori Falco (SSBM)
33rd USA DJ Nintendo Fox (SSBM)
49th USA Darkrain Captain Falcon (SSBM)
49th USA dizzkidboogie Ice Climbers (SSBM)
49th USA Ken Marth (SSBM)
49th USA Tafokints Sheik (SSBM)
49th USA Tai Marth (SSBM)
49th USA Fly Amanita Ice Climbers (SSBM)
49th USA Crush Fox (SSBM)
49th USA Kalamazhu Peach (SSBM)
49th USA Fat Goku Fox (SSBM)
49th USA Zain Marth (SSBM)
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(2,662 entrants)

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st $15,972.00
2nd $5,324.00
3rd $2,662.00
4th $1,064.80
5th $532.40
5th $532.40
7th $266.20
7th $266.20
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33rd USA Angbad Olimar (SSB4)
33rd Japan RAIN Cloud (SSB4)
33rd USA Shaky Ness (SSB4)
33rd USA Wrath Sonic (SSB4)
33rd USA Seagull Joe Sonic (SSB4)
33rd USA Tweek Cloud (SSB4)
33rd USA Salem Bayonetta (SSB4)
33rd USA Anti Cloud (SSB4)Mario (SSB4)
33rd USA Zinoto Diddy Kong (SSB4)
33rd USA NAKAT Fox (SSB4)
33rd USA FOW Ness (SSB4)
33rd USA TLTC Palutena (SSB4)
49th USA Charliedaking Fox (SSB4)
49th USA TonySherbert Rosalina (SSB4)
49th USA NiTe Rosalina (SSB4)
49th USA DKwill Donkey Kong (SSB4)
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Side events

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(96 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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7th
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9th
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13th

Trivia

  • Ken, who won the first Melee tournament at EVO World 2007, was invited as a guest during the EVO 2016 lineup announcement to comment on Melee's history at EVO.
  • This is the first time in SSBM and SSB4 history that there are over 2,000 entrants in a tournament. EVO 2015 was originally the largest for both Melee & Smash 4.
  • PPMD was registered to enter Melee, but has dropped out due to health problems.
  • Leffen was registered to enter Melee, but was forced to drop out due to his visa going through additional processing resulted from his deportation from the US as he tried to attend The Big House 5.

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