Tournament:EVO 2015

EVO 2015
Dates	July 17th-19th, 2015
Venue	Bally's/Paris Hotel and Casino
Address/City	3655 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	3,280
Results
winners	ZeRo

The Evolution Championship Series 2015, or simply EVO 2015, is an upcoming fighting game tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, scheduled to take place on July 17th to 19th, 2015 at the Bally's Las Vegas / Paris Las Vegas Casino. Notably, EVO 2015 will include two Smash games, with the return of Super Smash Bros. Melee alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, after continued interest in the game was noted by the staff following EVO 2014.

EVO 2015 allowed custom special moves in SSB4 by utilizing the Official Custom Moveset Project, while several of the game's DLC characters, Lucas, Roy, and Ryu, were not allowed due to how soon before the tournament they became available.

On July 1st, 2015, Joey Cuellar, EVO's tournament director, revealed the final registration numbers for this year's tournament, confirming EVO 2015 as the largest Smash tournament to date, with 1,926 entrants for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 1,869 for Super Smash Bros. Melee, breaking the previous record for both games set by Apex 2015. Contrary to popular belief that a large number of players would be entering both games, Cuellar confirmed on Twitter that of the 3,280 unique Smash players, only 516 entered both games, amounting for a 16% overlap.

Official Game Lineup

• Ultra Street Fighter IV
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Mortal Kombat X
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Guilty Gear Xrd
• Killer Instinct
• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
• Tekken 7

Results

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(1,926 entrants)

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	ZeRo		$11,556
2nd	Mr. R		$3,852
3rd	Nairo		$1,926
4th	Abadango		$770.40
5th	Dabuz		$385.20
5th	Ally		$385.20
7th	ESAM		$192.60
7th	FOW		$192.60
9th	Larry Lurr		-
9th	RAIN		-
9th	SS		-
9th	StaticManny		-
13th	False		-
13th	Dapuffster		-
13th	Regi		-
13th	Mocha		-
17th	8BitMan		-
17th	John Numbers		-
17th	Tyrant		-
17th	MJG		-
17th	Angel Cortes		-
17th	Bloodcross		-
17th	CaptAwesum		-
17th	MVD		-
25th	Trevonte		-
25th	Shaky		-
25th	Salem		-
25th	Mr. ConCon		-
25th	falln		-
25th	Vinnie		-
25th	Christian Rendon		-
25th	Tweek		-

Side events

SSB4 East Coast vs. West Coast crew battle

EC Player	Character	Stocks Taken	WC Player	Character	Stocks Taken
Nakat		8	Larry Lurr		1
Jtails		5	Xzax		1
Shaky		3	VoiD		2
Dabuz		2	Tyrant		1
Vinnie		2	AeroLink		2
Ally		3	FOW		4
False		1	ZeRo		5
Nairo		-	Mr. ConCon		2
Total		24	Total		20

Trivia

• This is the 14th edition of the EVO tournament series and the 5th to feature a Smash game on the official lineup.
• This is the first time two Smash games are featured at an EVO tournament.
• Nintendo of America marketing manager and translator Bill Trinen registered to participate in the SSB4 tournament, under the tag "Th | trintroll", with the "Th" crew tag apparently standing for Treehouse. However, due to the passing of Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, Trinen changed his plans and did not attend, as EVO was on the same day as Iwata's funeral.
• MadCatz will once again be giving gold FightSticks for EVO winners this year. The top 3 of each official EVO game, including both Smash games, will be recieving one.

External links

• Official website
• List of available custom move combinations