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 The ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has seen a large devoted competitive community since {{Sm|Matt Deezie}} established the fundamentals of competitive Smash with the [[Tournament Go]] series in April 2002 with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. The game had an active tournament scene in the years following its release, being featured at both grassroots tournaments and events run by [[Major League Gaming]] and other large e-sports groups. After entering a recession following the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the ''Melee'' scene eventually rebounded, and began an explosive growth in popularity in 2013, fueled by the success of [[EVO 2013]] and the documentary, ''[[The Smash Brothers]]''. Although it was released on the retired GameCube platform, ''Melee'' remains extremely popular among competitive players, with a large and thriving tournament presence far exceeding that of the pre-''Brawl'' days; these players prefer the older iteration due to its faster and more combo-oriented gameplay compared to newer ''Smash'' titles.
-''Brawl'' also had a large tournament scene for its first five years, though most former ''Melee'' players disliked its slower gameplay, and even following its release, a sizeable number of players continued to stick with the faster-paced and combo-oriented gameplay of ''Melee''. Although ''Brawl'' developed its own vibrant tournament scene after its release, beginning in 2013, the ''Brawl'' scene began a steady decline, following the explosion in popularity of ''Melee'' due to EVO 2013, the imminent release of ''Smash 4'', and the rise of ''Project M''; since the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', ''Brawl'' currently maintains a very low tournament presence. While very few players play the game at a serious level, several large ''Smash'' tournaments, such as [[Super Smash Con]], have featured the game and attracted a sizeable amount of entrants, who generally enter the event in addition to ''Smash 4'' or ''Melee.''
+''Brawl'' also had a large tournament scene for its first five years, though most former ''Melee'' players disliked its slower gameplay, and even following its release, a sizeable number of players continued to stick with the faster-paced and combo-oriented gameplay of ''Melee''. Although ''Brawl'' developed its own vibrant tournament scene after its release, beginning in 2013, the ''Brawl'' scene began a steady decline, following the explosion in popularity of ''Melee'' due to EVO 2013, the imminent release of ''Smash 4'', and the rise of ''Project M''; since the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', ''Brawl'' currently maintains a very low tournament presence. While few players play the game at a serious level, several large ''Smash'' tournaments, such as [[Super Smash Con]], have featured the game and attracted a sizeable amount of entrants, who generally enter the event in addition to ''Smash 4'' or ''Melee.''
-''Smash 4'' has become overall more successful than ''Brawl'' was in competitive play, due in part to the game removing many of ''Brawl''{{'}}s criticized and unpopular gameplay mechanics such as the relative lack of hitstun, and having faster and more competitively-suited gameplay. ''Smash 4'''s tournament scene took off immediately upon its release, due to availability of well-developed streaming technology, social networking, and other tournament infrastructure, in addition to an already-existing ''Brawl'' fanbase that eagerly moved onto the newer game. Like ''Melee'', the title has been featured prominently in large fighting game tournaments such as [[EVO]]; it has also attracted casual players into the competitive ''Smash'' scene to a much greater extent than any of the previous ''Smash'' games. However, similar to ''Brawl'', the competitive scene for the game has all but disappeared as players moved onto ''Ultimate''.
+''Smash 4'' has become overall more successful than ''Brawl'' was in competitive play, due in part to the game removing many of ''Brawl''{{'}}s criticized and unpopular gameplay mechanics such as the relative lack of hitstun, and having faster and more competitively-suited gameplay. ''Smash 4'''s tournament scene took off immediately upon its release, due to availability of well-developed streaming technology, social networking, and other tournament infrastructure, in addition to an already-existing ''Brawl'' fanbase that eagerly moved onto the newer game. Like ''Melee'', the title has been featured prominently in large fighting game tournaments such as [[EVO]]; it has also attracted casual players into the competitive ''Smash'' scene to a much greater extent than any of the previous ''Smash'' games. However, the competitive scene for the game has all but disappeared as players moved onto ''Ultimate''.
 In a similar vein to ''Smash 4'', ''Ultimate''{{'}}s competitive scene exploded in popularity, with many people, including ''Melee'' players, praising the game's mechanics, both returning and new. The speed and pacing has also been substantially increased, and changes to mechanics such as air dodging and perfect shielding allow ''Ultimate'' to be better-suited for competitive play in the eyes of many smashers. The growth in the scene was also unprecedented, and by the end of the first month there were many tournaments that had a higher attendance than the highest-attended ''Smash 4'' tournament in the same time period. Currently, the scene is still young and growing, however its popularity had not decreased in the slightest.