Tournament:Shine

Shine
Info
Founded	2016
Region	United States
Format	Standard double elimination
winners	SuPeRbOoMfAn (2016, 2018)  Wizzrobe (2017)  Robert (2019)
winners	Mew2King (2016)  Hungrybox (2017, 2019)  Zain (2018, 2022)  Cody Schwab (2023)
winners	ZeRo (2016, 2017)  Salem (2018)
winners	Samsora (2019)  Cosmos (2022)  Light (2023)
Most successful player(s)	ZeRo (Smash 4 2016, 2017)  SuPeRbOoMfAn (Smash 64 2016, 2018)  Hungrybox (Melee 2017, 2019)  Zain (Melee 2018, 2022)
Staff
Organizer(s)	MattDotZeb, Bear, Rorec, Big Blue eSports

Shine was a national tournament series featuring Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate held in Boston, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2018 and Worcester, Massachusetts from 2019 to 2023. The series used a standard double elimination format for all four of its featured games.

Shine was New England's premier tournament series and its largest tournament series from 2016 to 2023, with total entrants count frequently surpassing 1,000 entrants. The series hosted major-level events for all its Smash events, with several of each game's best players always in attendance; as such, it was often considered the final major Smash event of the summer, as it takes place at the end of August, although later iterations were smaller for Smash 64 and Ultimate.

Despite its success, the Shine tournaments were often run on a deficit. This, alongside the poor esports environment of the post-pandemic competitive scene, led to the decision to end the series after Shine 2023.

List of tournaments

Event	Date	Attendance	Games
Shine 2016	August 26th-28th, 2016	1,743
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	1,866
Shine 2018	August 24th-26th, 2018	1,399
Shine 2019	August 23rd-25th, 2019	1,448
Shine 2022	August 26th-28th, 2022	896
Shine 2023	August 25th-27th, 2023	1,054

Champions

Super Smash Bros. Winners

Year	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2016	Daniel Hoyt	SuPeRbOoMfAn		tacos
2017	Justin Hallett	Wizzrobe		Alvin
2018	Daniel Hoyt	SuPeRbOoMfAn		Lowww
2019	Robert	Robert		Shalaka

Super Smash Bros. Melee Winners

Year	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2016	Jason Zimmerman	Mew2King		SFAT
2017	Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox		Mango
2018	Zain Naghmi	Zain		Hungrybox
2019	Juan Debiedma	Hungrybox		S2J
2022	Zain Naghmi	Zain		Jmook
2023	Cody Schwab	Cody Schwab		Zain

Super Smash Bros. For Wii U Winners

Year	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2016	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		ESAM
2017	Gonzalo Barrios	ZeRo		Tweek
2018	Saleem Akiel Young	Salem		Mistake

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Winners

Year	Player	Tag	Character(s)	Runner-up	Character(s)
2019	Ezra Morris	Samsora		MkLeo
2022	Brian Kalu	Cosmos		Light
2023	Paris Ramirez Garcia	Light		Zomba