Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational: Difference between revisions

Super Smash Bros. Invitational
Dates	June 10, 2014
Venue	NOKIA Theatre
Address/City	Los Angeles, CA
Attendance	16
Entry fees	—
Pot size(s)	—
Results

Revision as of 20:51, June 14, 2014

To commemorate the release of Super Smash Bros. 4, and the Super Smash Bros. series as a whole, Nintendo announced and subsequently hosted an invitational tournament during E3 2014, at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The host of the event was Geoff Keighley^[1], while Reggie Fils-Aime made an additional appearance at the conclusion at the event to present the winner with a trophy.

The game played was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, marking the first time that the game was playable to the public. Sixteen "highly skilled" players, whose experience included Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and even Project M, were invited to participate. Intended to be more an exhibition of the game than a standard tournament, the event featured some non-standard rules, such as the inclusion of items in some matches, in order to demonstrate multiple aspects of gameplay that were previously unrevealed.

The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators, with costumed fans receiving priority seating;^[2] all spectators were given flipboards with the official art of all playable characters in order to vote on who their favourite player in a match was.

The entirety of the tournament was also streamed live on Nintendo's official Twitch account, with professional Smash commentators announcing and commentating both the live event and video footage.

A video contest was also held prior to the contest, where the winner of which would be awarded a VIP trip to the event and have the opportunity to play one of the tournament winners. The winner was revealed to be justinanthonylennox.

Players

The following players participated in the tournament, listed in the order in which characters were selected.^[3]

Smasher	Character played
Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton	Villager
Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma	Kirby
Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar	Bowser
Lilian "milktea" Wei	Pikachu
Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios	Zero Suit Samus
Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez	Mega Man
Kevin "PPMD" Nanney	Fox
Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer	Pit
Cristin "Crismas" DesSaro	Zelda
Ken "Ken" Hoang	Marth
Kevin "PewPewU" Toy	Mario
McCain "MacD" LaVelle	Greninja
Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto	Olimar
Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung	Rosalina
Neha "Lilo" Chhetri	Wii Fit Trainer
Dakota "Rapture" Lasky	Little Mac

milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.
Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.
Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.
Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.

Announcers

Between matches, host Geoff Keighley narrated previews to the various matches, as well as provided color commentary; the matches themselves were commentated by: ^[4]

D'Ron "D1" Maingrette
Wynton "Prog" Smith
Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman

Prog is revealed as a commentator.
D1 is revealed as a commentator.
Scar is revealed as a commentator.

Available characters

Most characters that were revealed at the time of the tournament's original announcement at the end of April were playable, including all six confirmed newcomers, though several confirmed veterans were omitted.

Mario	Rosalina	Bowser	Donkey Kong	Link	Zelda	Samus	Zero Suit Samus	Kirby	Fox
Pikachu	Greninja	Marth	Pit	Olimar	Little Mac	Villager	Wii Fit Trainer	Sonic	Mega Man

Ruleset

The following rules were in effect:^[5]

Before the tournament began, all competitors chose characters in random order. Characters could not be chosen by multiple players, and players could not switch characters midway through the tournament.
Each match was a four player free-for-all, with all players having four stocks, as well as a five minute timer. The top two players in terms of score advanced. A tie between two players was decided by which player KOed more players; if this was insufficient, the tie would then be broken by fan vote.
The finals took place on Battlefield, with both players having four stocks and the time at 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
Items were on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.

Results

Invitational Tournament

The winner of the Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as Zero Suit Samus.

Quarterfinal 1
	MacD	Eliminated
	aMSa	Advanced
	Crismas	Eliminated
	Rapture	Advanced

Quarterfinal 2
	DJ Nintendo	Eliminated
	ZeRo	Advanced
	KoreanDJ	Advanced
	PPMD	Eliminated

Quarterfinal 3
	PewPewU	Advanced
	Lilo	Advanced
	Toph	Eliminated
	Ken	Eliminated

Quarterfinal 4
	Peachyhime	Advanced
	milktea	Eliminated
	Hungrybox	Advanced
	HugS	Eliminated

Semifinal 1
	aMSa	Advanced
	Rapture	Eliminated
	ZeRo	Advanced
	KoreanDJ	Eliminated

Semifinal 2
	PewPewU	Eliminated
	Lilo	Advanced
	Hungrybox	Advanced
	Peachyhime	Eliminated

Final
	ZeRo	Advanced
	aMSa	Eliminated
	Hungrybox	Advanced
	Lilo	Eliminated

Grand Final
	ZeRo	Winner
	Hungrybox	Runner-up

Full results:
1. Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios
2. Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma
3. Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto
3. Neha "Lilo" Chhetri
5. Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
5. Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton
5. Dakota "Rapture" Lasky
5. Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung
9. Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar
9. Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer
9. Lilian "milktea" Wei
9. Cristin "Crismas" DesSaro
9. Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
9. Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
9. McCain "MacD" LaVelle
9. Ken "Ken" Hoang

Fan-Favorite Tournament

Between matches, the audience chose a fighter of the previous round, regardless of the match results, and the fighter with the most votes was transferred to the Fan-Favorite Tournament. The winner of the tournament was Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, who played as Fox.

Fan-Favorite Round 1
	MacD	Eliminated
	PPMD	Advanced
	Ken	Eliminated
	HugS	Advanced

Fan-Favorite Round 2
	PPMD	Advanced
	HugS	Advanced
	PewPewU	Eliminated
	KoreanDJ	Eliminated

Fan-Favorite Final
	PPMD	Winner
	HugS	Runner-up

Full results:
1. Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
2. Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
3. Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
3. Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung
5. McCain "MacD" LaVelle
5. Ken "Ken" Hoang

Celebrity Rumble

In addition to the aforementioned tournaments, four celebrities competed in a "celebrity rumble". The competitors included:

Keegan Allen, star of the television show Pretty Little Liars. Used Bowser.
Zelda Williams, actress in some Nintendo-related commercials, daughter of comedian Robin Williams and named after Princess Zelda. Used Greninja.
Erin Sanders, star of the television show Zoey 101 and recurring actress in The Young and Restless. Used Kirby.
Stephen Lunsford, star of Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight and recurring actor on Teen Wolf. Used Link.

Allen won the match; Williams, Lunsford, and Sanders took second, third, and fourth place respectively.

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m30s

[2] ttp://www.gonintendo.com/s/228622-nintendo-invites-public-to-super-smash-bros-invitational

[3] ttp://wiiudaily.com/2014/05/nintendo-announces-super-smash-bros-players/

[4] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m19s

[5] ttp://e3.nintendo.com/tournament/info/

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-To commemorate the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as a whole, Nintendo hosted an '''invitational tournament''' during [[E3 2014]], at the [[wikipedia:Nokia Theatre L.A. Live‎|NOKIA Theatre]] in Los Angeles, California.
+To commemorate the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as a whole, Nintendo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw announced] and subsequently hosted an '''invitational tournament''' during [[E3 2014]], at the [[wikipedia:Nokia Theatre L.A. Live‎|NOKIA Theatre]] in Los Angeles, California. The host of the event was {{s|wikipedia|Geoff Keighley}}<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m30s</ref>, while {{s|wikipedia|Reggie Fils-Aime}} made an additional appearance at the conclusion at the event to present the winner with a trophy.
-The game played was {{forwiiu}}. 16 "highly skilled" players were invited to participate. The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators with costumed fans receiving priority seating,<ref>http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228622-nintendo-invites-public-to-super-smash-bros-invitational</ref> and there event was streamed live with commentators.
+The game played was {{forwiiu}}, marking the first time that the game was playable to the public. Sixteen "highly skilled" players, whose experience included ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and even ''[[Project M]]'', were invited to participate. Intended to be more an exhibition of the game than a standard tournament, the event featured some non-standard rules, such as the inclusion of items in some matches, in order to demonstrate multiple aspects of gameplay that were previously unrevealed.
-[http://e3.nintendo.com/invitational/rules.html A video contest] was held, the winner of which would be awarded a VIP trip to the event and have the opportunity to play one of the tournament winners. The winner was revealed to be [http://instagram.com/justinanthonylennox justinanthonylennox].
+The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators, with costumed fans receiving priority seating;<ref>http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228622-nintendo-invites-public-to-super-smash-bros-invitational</ref> all spectators were given flipboards with the official art of all playable characters in order to vote on who their favourite player in a match was.
-The host of the event was {{s|wikipedia|Geoff Keighley}}.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m30s</ref>
+The entirety of the tournament was also streamed live on Nintendo's [http://www.twitch.tv/nintendo/ official Twitch] account, with professional ''Smash'' commentators announcing and commentating both the live event and video footage.
+[http://e3.nintendo.com/invitational/rules.html A video contest] was also held prior to the contest, where the winner of which would be awarded a VIP trip to the event and have the opportunity to play one of the tournament winners. The winner was revealed to be [http://instagram.com/justinanthonylennox justinanthonylennox].
 ==Players==
-The following players participated in the tourney, listed in the order in which characters were selected.<ref>http://wiiudaily.com/2014/05/nintendo-announces-super-smash-bros-players/</ref>
+The following players participated in the tournament, listed in the order in which characters were selected.<ref>http://wiiudaily.com/2014/05/nintendo-announces-super-smash-bros-players/</ref>
 {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
 !Smasher
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 | {{Flag|USA}} Dakota "{{Sm|Rapture}}" Lasky {{Head|Kirby|g=SSBB|s=20px}} || {{Head|Little Mac|g=SSB4-U|s=20px}} {{SSB4|Little Mac}}
 |}
+<gallery>
+File:InvitedPlayers1.png|milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.
+File:InvitedPlayers2.png|Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.
+File:InvitedPlayers3.png|Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.
+File:InvitedPlayers4.png|Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.</gallery>
 ==Announcers==
-Matches were announced by the following commentators.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m19s</ref>
+Between matches, host Geoff Keighley narrated previews to the various matches, as well as provided color commentary; the matches themselves were commentated by: <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m19s</ref>
 *D'Ron "{{Sm|D1}}" Maingrette
 *Wynton "{{Sm|Prog}}" Smith
 *Bobby "{{Sm|Scar}}" Scarnewman
+<gallery>
+File:Prog Speaks Up.png|Prog is revealed as a commentator.
+File:D1 Answers Call.png|D1 is revealed as a commentator.
+File:Scar Mic'd Up.png|Scar is revealed as a commentator.
+</gallery>
 ==Available characters==
-Most characters that were revealed at the time of the tournament's original announcement at the end of April will be playable, including all six confirmed newcomers, though several confirmed veterans were omitted.
+Most characters that were revealed at the time of the tournament's original announcement at the end of April were playable, including all six confirmed newcomers, though several confirmed veterans were omitted.
 {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto 1em auto;"
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 |}
-==Rules==
+==Ruleset==
 The following rules were in effect:<ref>http://e3.nintendo.com/tournament/info/</ref>
-*Before the tournament begins, the players will choose characters in random order. Characters may not be chosen by multiple players, and players cannot switch characters at any time.
+*Before the tournament began, all competitors chose characters in random order. Characters could not be chosen by multiple players, and players could not switch characters midway through the tournament.
-*Each match will have 4 players. Matches will have 4 stock with a 5-minute timer. The top 2 players in terms of score advance; if there is a tie between 2 and 3, the number of KOs is the tiebreaker, and a further tie is broken by fan vote.
+*Each match was a four player free-for-all, with all players having four [[stock]]s, as well as a five minute [[time]]r. The top two players in terms of score advanced. A tie between two players was decided by which player [[KO]]ed more players; if this was insufficient, the tie would then be broken by fan vote.
-*The final match will take place on {{SSB4|Battlefield}}, and have a timer of 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
+*The finals took place on {{SSB4|Battlefield}}, with both players having four stocks and the time at 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
-*[[Item]]s will be on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.
+*[[Item]]s were on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.
-*[[Stage]]s are to be revealed at the tournament.
-<!--==Results==
-Might as well list the results of each match, since it's a small event.
--->
-==Announcement Trailer==
-<youtube>eMQySEjyCUw</youtube>
 ==Results==
 ===Invitational Tournament===
-The winner of the Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as {{SSB4|Zero Suit Samus}}. His trophy was presented by Reggie Fils-Amie, president of Nintendo of America.
+The winner of the Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as {{SSB4|Zero Suit Samus}}.
 {|
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 *{{s|wikipedia|Keegan Allen}}, star of the television show ''{{s|wikipedia|Pretty Little Liars}}''. Used {{SSB4|Bowser}}.
-*{{s|wikipedia|Zelda Williams}}, daughter of comedian {{s|wikipedia|Robin Williams}} and named after [[Princess Zelda]]. Used {{SSB4|Greninja}}.
+*{{s|wikipedia|Zelda Williams}}, actress in some Nintendo-related commercials, daughter of comedian {{s|wikipedia|Robin Williams}} and named after [[Princess Zelda]]. Used {{SSB4|Greninja}}.
 *{{s|wikipedia|Erin Sanders}}, star of the television show ''{{s|wikipedia|Zoey 101}}'' and recurring actress in ''{{s|wikipedia|The Young and Restless}}''. Used {{SSB4|Kirby}}.
 *{{s|wikipedia|Stephen Lunsford}}, star of ''{{s|wikipedia|Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight}}'' and recurring actor on ''{{s|wikipedia|Teen Wolf}}''. Used {{SSB4|Link}}.
-Keegan Allen ultimately won the match.
+Allen won the match; Williams, Lunsford, and Sanders took second, third, and fourth place respectively.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-==Videos==
+==External links==
-===Highlights===
+*[http://e3.nintendo.com/tournament/ Official website for the event]
-<youtube>F7UQU7Jzc04</youtube>
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UQU7Jzc04 Highlight reel of the tournament released by Nintendo]
-===Full broadcast===
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK8En6dIdAg Full broadcast of the event]
-<youtube>AK8En6dIdAg</youtube>
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcVloLgoJHA People's Challenger Faceoff Recap]
-===People's Challenger Faceoff Recap===
-<youtube>lcVloLgoJHA</youtube>
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-File:InvitedPlayers1.png|milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.
-File:InvitedPlayers2.png|Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.
-File:InvitedPlayers3.png|Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.
-File:InvitedPlayers4.png|Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.
-File:Prog Speaks Up.png|Prog is revealed as a commentator.
-File:D1 Answers Call.png|D1 is revealed as a commentator.
-File:Scar Mic'd Up.png|Scar is revealed as a commentator.
-</gallery>
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 [[Category:American tournaments]]
 [[Category:National tournaments]]
-==External links==
-*[http://e3.nintendo.com/tournament/]

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Super Smash Bros. Invitational

Dates	June 10, 2014
Venue	NOKIA Theatre
Address/City	Los Angeles, CA
Attendance	16
Entry fees	—
Pot size(s)	—
Results