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'''Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game''' was a series of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' tournaments held on August 27th-29th, 1999, by [[Nintendo]] at [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Space World#Space World 1999|Space World 1999]] in Tokyo, Japan. They were the first official ''Smash Bros.'' tournaments.
'''Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game''' was a series of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' tournaments held on August 27th-29th, 1999, by [[Nintendo]] at [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Space World#Space World 1999|Space World 1999]] in Tokyo, Japan. They were the first official ''Smash Bros.'' tournaments.


The morning of the first day was a series of qualifiers. These events were single-elimination four-player free-for-alls with items on. 10,000 players participated in the competition; after three rounds with 2,048 players per tournament, only 32 remained. These players were then invited to play in the quarterfinals, reducing the number to 8 players, then to 2, who would play in a 1-on-1 [[stock]] match for the finals. A final match was held twice per day: one for the morning, and one for the afternoon. Text descriptions of the matches were written for the Space World website, and the winners of the tournaments were interviewed after their matches ended.
The morning of the first day was a series of qualifiers. These events were single-elimination four-player free-for-alls with items on. 10,000 players participated in the competition; after three rounds with 2,048 players per tournament, only 32 remained. These players were then invited to play in the quarterfinals, reducing the number to 8 players, then to 2, who would play in a 1-on-1 [[stock]] match for the finals. A final match was held twice per day: one for the morning, and one for the afternoon. Descriptions of the matches were written for the Space World website, and the winners of the tournaments were interviewed after their matches ended. Series creator [[Masahiro Sakurai]] was also present.


==Results==
==Results==
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Meijin crowd.gif|Photograph of the large crowd of 10,000 players.
Meijin crowd.gif|Photograph of the large crowd of 10,000 players.
Meijin queue.jpg|The long queue to the main stage.
Meijin stage.jpg|The main stage.
Spaceworld 99 Sakurai.jpg|Masahiro Sakurai at the event.
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Revision as of 23:26, November 27, 2020

Smash Bros. Meijin
Smash Bros Meijin.gif
Dates August 27th-29th, 1999
Venue Makuhari Messe Expo Hall
Address/City Tokyo, Japan Japan
Attendance 10,000
Entry fees Free
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners Koichi Oikawa
Hiroki Eguchi
Nigaho Toru
Matsuse Shinichi
Hattori Yusuke
Kourtaro Watanabe
Staff
Emcees Shiori Takei
Daisuke Nishikawa

Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game was a series of Super Smash Bros. tournaments held on August 27th-29th, 1999, by Nintendo at Space World 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the first official Smash Bros. tournaments.

The morning of the first day was a series of qualifiers. These events were single-elimination four-player free-for-alls with items on. 10,000 players participated in the competition; after three rounds with 2,048 players per tournament, only 32 remained. These players were then invited to play in the quarterfinals, reducing the number to 8 players, then to 2, who would play in a 1-on-1 stock match for the finals. A final match was held twice per day: one for the morning, and one for the afternoon. Descriptions of the matches were written for the Space World website, and the winners of the tournaments were interviewed after their matches ended. Series creator Masahiro Sakurai was also present.

Results

Day 1

Morning

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Koichi Oikawa KirbyHeadSSB.png
2nd Kota Kajiwara KirbyHeadSSB.png

Afternoon

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Hiroki Eguchi PikachuHeadSSB.png
2nd Yasutaka Sakekawa KirbyHeadSSB.png

Day 2

Morning

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Nigaho Toru PikachuHeadSSB.png
2nd Norio Shibata NessHeadSSB.png

Afternoon

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Matsuse Shinichi SamusHeadSSB.png
2nd Ayada Yoshinari NessHeadSSB.png

Day 3

Morning

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Hattori Yusuke KirbyHeadSSB.png
2nd Mizukoshi Yoshihiko NessHeadSSB.png

Afternoon

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st Kourtaro Watanabe KirbyHeadSSB.png
2nd Hayao Kamitono FoxHeadSSB.png

Gallery

Trivia

  • Following his victory in the day 1 morning finals, Koichi Oikawa would become a minor celebrity in the Japanese Smash scene. He would be referred to as Oikawa Meijin ("Master Oikawa") and was considered one of the best players in the very early Smash 64 metagame. He also played in a tournament held on the Japan-only children's variety show 64 Mario Stadium. Now, he commentates official Nintendo tournaments in Japanese, and maintains a blog and a YouTube channel.

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