Shine
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Info
Founded 2016
Region United States
Format Standard double elimination
Super Smash Bros. winners Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn (2016, 2018)
USA Wizzrobe (2017)
USA Robert (2019)
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mew2King (2016)
USA Hungrybox (2017, 2019)
USA Zain (2018, 2022)
USA Cody Schwab (2023)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo (2016, 2017)
USA Salem (2018)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners USA Samsora (2019)
USA Cosmos (2022)
USA Light (2023)
Most successful player(s) Chile ZeRo (Smash 4 2016, 2017)
Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn (Smash 64 2016, 2018)
USA Hungrybox (Melee 2017, 2019)
USA 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.[1]

List of tournamentsEdit

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   

ChampionsEdit

  Super Smash Bros. Winners  Edit

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  Edit

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  Edit

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  Edit

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  

ReferencesEdit