Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational

Super Smash Bros. Invitational
Dates	June 10, 2014
Venue	NOKIA Theatre
Address/City	Los Angeles, CA
Attendance	16
Entry fees	—
Pot size(s)	—
Results

To commemorate the release of Super Smash Bros. 4, and the Super Smash Bros. series as a whole, Nintendo hosted an invitational tournament during E3 2014, at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

The game played was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. 16 "highly skilled" players were invited to participate. The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators with costumed fans receiving priority seating,^[1] and there event was streamed live with commentators.

A video contest was held, the winner of which would be awarded a VIP trip to the event and have the opportunity to play one of the tournament winners. The winner was revealed to be justinanthonylennox.

The host of the event was Geoff Keighley.^[2]

Players

The following players participated in the tourney, listed in the order in which characters were selected.^[3]

Smasher	Character played
Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton	Villager
Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma	Kirby
Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar	Bowser
Lilian "milktea" Wei	Pikachu
Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios	Zero Suit Samus
Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez	Mega Man
Kevin "PPMD" Nanney	Fox
Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer	Pit
Cristin "Crismas" DesSaro	Zelda
Ken "Ken" Hoang	Marth
Kevin "PewPewU" Toy	Mario
McCain "MacD" LaVelle	Greninja
Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto	Olimar
Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung	Rosalina
Neha "Lilo" Chhetri	Wii Fit Trainer
Dakota "Rapture" Lasky	Little Mac

Announcers

Matches were announced by the following commentators.^[4]

D'Ron "D1" Maingrette
Wynton "Prog" Smith
Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman

Available characters

Most characters that were revealed at the time of the tournament's original announcement at the end of April will be playable, including all six confirmed newcomers, though several confirmed veterans were omitted.

Rules

The following rules were in effect:^[5]

Before the tournament begins, the players will choose characters in random order. Characters may not be chosen by multiple players, and players cannot switch characters at any time.
Each match will have 4 players. Matches will have 4 stock with a 5-minute timer. The top 2 players in terms of score advance; if there is a tie between 2 and 3, the number of KOs is the tiebreaker, and a further tie is broken by fan vote.
The final match will take place on Battlefield, and have a timer of 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
Items will be on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.
Stages are to be revealed at the tournament.

Announcement Trailer

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Results

Fan-Favorite Tournament

Between matches, the audience chose a fighter of the previous round that came in 3rd or 4th place, and the fighter with the most votes was transferred to the Fan-Favorite Tournament. The winner of the tournement was Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, who played as Fox.

Full results:
1. Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
2. Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
3. Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
3. Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung
5. McCain "MacD" LaVelle
5. Ken "Ken" Hoang

Invitational Tournament

The winner of the actual Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as Zero Suit Samus. His trophy was presented by Reggie Fils-Amie, president of Nintendo of America.

Full results:
1. Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios
2. Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma
3. Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto
3. Neha "Lilo" Chhetri
5. Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
5. Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton
5. Dakota "Rapture" Lasky
5. Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung
9. Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar
9. Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer
9. Lilian "milktea" Wei
9. Cristin "Crismas" DesSaro
9. Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
9. Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
9. McCain "MacD" LaVelle
9. Ken "Ken" Hoang