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'''EVO Japan 2020''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' national held in Tokyo, Japan, from January 24th-26th, 2020. Initially, EVO Japan 2020 had 2,988 entrants, making it [[List of largest Smash tournaments|the second largest ''Super Smash Bros.'' tournament of all time]], the largest international tournament, and the only international tournament that had reached over 2,000 entrants. However, the tournament saw an estimated 1,169 disqualifications, placing the total entrants that showed up at around 1,819. <ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/juddy_96/status/1220690354556612618|title=Juddy's estimates}}</ref> This can likely be attributed to the tournament not having any entrance fee, causing many to sign up without knowing for sure if they would be able to attend, as pools were in the middle of a work day.

The top 8 players were congratulated by the director of the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'']] series, [[Masahiro Sakurai]], and were awarded a gift bag from the Nintendo Tokyo store. The winner, {{Sm|Shuton}}, won a limited edition [[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller]] with a gold ''Super Smash Bros.'' series symbol emblem.

(1,819 entrants<!--Please do not change this to 2,988 without discussion on the talk page.-->)<br>

[https://smash.gg/tournament/evo-japan-2020/events/evo-japan-2020-super-smash-bros-ultimate/brackets/677081/1104932 Top 24 Bracket]<br>

[https://smash.gg/tournament/evo-japan-2020/events/evo-japan-2020-super-smash-bros-ultimate/brackets/677082/1104933 Top 8 Bracket]

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|17th||{{Sm|Atelier|Japan}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Pokemon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|17th||{{Sm|HIKARU|Japan}}||{{Head|Pokemon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Ridley|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|25th||{{Sm|Masashi|Japan}}||{{Head|Cloud|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Lucina|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|25th||{{Sm|Natsu|Japan}}||{{Head|Pokémon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{head|Luigi|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Mr. Game & Watch|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|49th||{{Sm|supa|Japan|p=Japan}}||{{Head|Pokemon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|kenkenpa|Japan}}||{{Head|ROB|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Tamiflu|Japan}}||{{Head|ROB|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Noi|Japan}}||||

|65th||{{Sm|Fujita|Japan}}||||

|65th||{{Sm|Noluck|France}}||{{Head|Mega Man|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|65th||{{Sm|Hitachihazuki|Japan}}||||

|97th||{{Sm|Suehiro|Japan}}||||

|97th||{{Sm|Kurz|Japan}}||{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|97th||{{Sm|Unagi|Japan}}||||

|97th||{{Sm|ShiNe|USA}}||{{Head|Pokemon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=16px}}{{Head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|97th||{{Sm|Mosimosi|Japan}}||{{Head|Palutena|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|97th||{{Sm|Pastel|Japan}}||||

|97th||{{Sm|Ikaboze|Japan}}||{{Head|ROB|g=SSBU|s=16px}}||

|97th||{{Sm|Usao|Japan}}||||

|97th||{{Sm|Ne-gaki|Japan}}||||

On January 20th, 2020, {{Sm|PracticalTAS}} made a post on Twitter that listed all the prizes for every game at EVO Japan 2020.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/PracticalTAS/status/1219428549272227841|title=PracticalTAS's post}}</ref> He noted that, while every other fighting game had a pot prize for the players who made top 8, ''Ultimate'' only rewarded the champion a Nintendo Switch pro controller as the prize, with second place and below being rewarded nothing. This stirred up controversy in the ''Smash'' community due to the underwhelming prize pool - or lack thereof - in a tournament with almost 3,000 entrants, and further fueled ongoing debate on Nintendo's support of ''Smash Bros.'' prize pools.

*In a now-famous series of clips, the {{SSBU|Diddy Kong}} player, Rikuya, managed to get the enemy {{SSBU|Cloud}} player, Takoman, in a 70 second long {{b|Infinite|disambiguation}} string that ended in a KO at 616% damage. This was only made possible since Japan does not have any rules regulating the usage of infinites past a certain damage threshold.

**The infinite in question is referred to as the "Pyramid Scheme", in which Diddy Kong has to consistently trap the opponents on a platform above him with the {{b|Banana Peel|move}} down special move with very precise timing and execution. This is possible since, unlike stunning or jab resets, tripping can be reset an unlimited amount of times.

**A few hours later, across the other side of the ocean at the other major of the week-end, {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}, {{Sm|Dakpo}} used the exact same infinite to inflict a 0-to-death to {{Sm|Glutonny}} and upsetting him.

*[https://smash.gg/tournament/evo-japan-2020/details Smash.gg page]

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