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Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational

Super Smash Bros. Invitational
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Dates June 10, 2014
Venue NOKIA Theatre
Address/City 777 Chick Hearn Court
Los Angeles, California USA
Attendance 16
Entry fees
Pot size(s) $500
Results
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo

The Super Smash Bros. Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament hosted by Nintendo. To commemorate the release of Super Smash Bros. 4, and the Super Smash Bros. series as a whole, Nintendo announced and subsequently hosted the 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 top professional 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" Chen     Pikachu
  Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios       Zero Suit Samus
  Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez     Mega Man
  Kevin "PPMD" Nanney       Fox
  Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer     Pit
  Cristin "Crismas" DeSaro     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

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

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

No player picked Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, or Sonic.

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" DeSaro
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 match took place at Town and City. The competitors included:

Celebrity Rumble
  Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars) Winner
  Zelda Williams (several Nintendo commercials) Runner-up
  Stephen Lunsford (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight) Third place
  Erin Sanders (Zoey 101) Fourth place

Full results:
1. Keegan Allen
2. Zelda Williams
3. Stephen Lunsford
4. Erin Sanders

References

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