Tournament:Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game
| Smash Bros. Fighting Battle: Smash Bros. Meijin Deciding Game | |
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| Dates | August 27th-29th, 1999 |
| Venue | Makuhari Messe Expo Hall |
| Address/City | Tokyo, Japan 
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| Attendance | 10,000 |
| Entry fees | Free |
| Results | |
 winners
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Koichi Oikawa Hiroki Eguchi Nigaho Toru Matsuse Shinichi Hattori Yusuke Kourtaro Watanabe |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Nintendo |
| 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.
ResultsEdit
Day 1Edit
MorningEdit
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Koichi Oikawa |  |
Game Boy Color |
| 2nd | Kota Kajiwara | |
AfternoonEdit
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiroki Eguchi |  |
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| 2nd | Yasutaka Sakekawa | |
Day 2Edit
MorningEdit
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nigaho Toru | |
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| 2nd | Norio Shibata |  |
AfternoonEdit
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matsuse Shinichi |  |
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| 2nd | Ayada Yoshinari | |
Day 3Edit
MorningEdit
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
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| 1st | Hattori Yusuke | |
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| 2nd | Mizukoshi Yoshihiko | |
AfternoonEdit
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kourtaro Watanabe | |
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| 2nd | Hayao Kamitono |  |
GalleryEdit
The large crowd of 10,000 players.
The long queue to the main stage.
The main stage.
Masahiro Sakurai at the event.
TriviaEdit
- 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.