Apex 2015 Becomes Largest Melee Event Of All Time, Approaching 1024 Cap

[TheTantalus]

Yesterday evening at BEAST V, before the Grand Finals between Leffen and Armada, the Apex 2015 trailer was shown and it was also announced that Apex 2015 registration would be extended for one day after the surrounding hype when it was announced Nintendo would be partnering directly with Apex 2015 as a sponsor.

Papapaint has such a way of conveying "EPIC" in his videos.
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With this announcement, Apex registration imploded (including creating site issues last evening) and has now exceeded the EVO 2014 record of 970 entrants for Melee, becoming the largest Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament of all time. Additionally, Super Smash Bros for Wii U has far exceeded the turnout of the largest Brawl and Project M tournaments by 50%, currently sitting over 670 entrants, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64 has also exceeded last years count at Apex. Needless to say, this is easily far and beyond the largest Super Smash Bros. Tournament of all time.

Did you register yet?
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With the cap limit of 1024 quickly approaching for melee, this may be your last chance to register for the largest Super Smash Bros. Tournament of all time. An all star line-up of sponsors, broadcasters, streamers, players, and gamers in general, you will not want to miss this event. The registration deadline is this evening, 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time/8:59pm Pacific Time, but Melee will likely be capped by then, so don't wait.

To register, visit http://register.apex-series.com/.

EDIT: As of this moment, Melee has hit the cap! You have 2 hours left to register for other games!

TheTantalus couldn't be more excited to be competing (once again) in the largest smash bros. tournament of all time. He also couldn't be more excited to be part of the lead stream by VGBootcamp. Those excited about Apex 2015 should tweet @ TheTantalus with the hashtag #Apex2015.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

And people said Sm4sh was hurting Melee

 

[Diamond DHD]

I expected this after seeing B.E.A.S.T. 5 and seeing Nintendo's endorsement, Melee is back in full blast everyone.

 

[DrizzyDrew]

crazy how people still gushing over melee even after smash 4 is out now. I do expect smash 4 to be pretty hype though.

 

[Pickledpotatoes]

I'm just going to guess despite the fact this has nothing to PM that these comments will devolve into arguing about that like all the other APEX articles.

Anyways, conglaturations!

 

[Heero Yuy]

So many more passionate competitive players than ever. Take note, Nintendo.

 

[hype machine]

And people said Sm4sh was hurting Melee

Nobody said that.

 

[---]

Don't care about Melee myself, but I'm definitely impressed.

I can tell it's going to be a great tournament for Melee (and probably PM) fans. Congrats.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

You could say that Melee's tournament scene has reached its...



Apex.

 

[Galespark]

Imagine Melee getting 1024 entrants and Nintendo unveiling Melee HD at the end of the event.

The dream.

 

[C-SAF]

Nobody said that.

Lots of people said that. Mostly noobs, but it still has been said.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Imagine Melee getting 1024 entrants and Nintendo unveiling Melee HD at the end of the event.

The dream.

With added online support! ^_^

The ULTIMATE DREAM!!!!!

 

[Diamond DHD]

Imagine Melee getting 1024 entrants and Nintendo unveiling Melee HD at the end of the event.

The dream.

"We would like to announce Melee HD, wavedashing, L cancelling, Battlefield and Fox has been removed. Please understand."

 

[SuaveChaser]

Glad to see melee doing so well. It just proves great timeless gameplay like melee's goes a long way.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

"We would like to announce Melee HD, wavedashing, L cancelling, Battlefield and Fox has been removed. Please understand."

Fine!!! We still have Falco! ^_^

 

[C_Mill24]

 

[Diamond DHD]

Fine!!! We still have Falco! ^_^

Plot twist: It's Sm4sh Falco.

 

[Engage]

Smash 4 almost has 700 Entrants?

Melee has hit almost the cap amount of players?

Nintendo Partnering up causing super hype?

This is the dream:

 

[Johnknight1]

EVO are you watching=???

Mr. Wizard are you there=???

Melee needs to be at EVO this year YET AGAIN.

Competitive Melee never dies. In fact, all it does is grow.

It's the 2nd biggest fighting game on the planet right now behind only Ultra SF IV.

Ultra has 6 digits of developer pot bonuses. Melee so far has $0 of developer pot bonuses.

That's truly something spectacular. A game only lasts that long and gets that big off pure love.

Given how old Melee is and how big it remains, it is one of the few games where you can say the scene truly loves it. That's one of the greatest accomplishments in competitive gaming history.

Competitive scenes are born and die in a flash, but to see something last 5 years let alone 10 let along 13 years competitively is something you just don't see often. Seeing a game grow to this level after 10 years has never happened to this extent before.

Back when Melee kicked off competitively Star Craft, Street Fighter 3, MvC2, Halo 2, and like Madden '03 were the competitive games. Those scenes are microscopic now compared to Melee, as are many of those games' sequels.

It's freaking insane to think about. My first regional for Melee in like '06 or '07 had about 25 people show up, and there were about 3 regionals in my region that year. My last one had almost 200, and there were 3 more regionals that month, 2 of which drew better.

 

[LunarWingCloud]

"Prease undahstahnd that space is dwinduruing."

 

[Engage]

"Prease undahstahnd that space is dwinduruing."

 

[Coolwhip]

Melee is forever. As a Brawl/Wii U smash player, I do enjoy high level Melee tourney & money matches!

 

[Zoa]

Holy ****. This is gonna be hype.

 

[Scraptor]

I am excited to see Smash 4 start so strong. That's cool that Melee is still so big. I look forward to seeing all the matches even n64. I am just not interested in them remaking Melee. I want the best players playing the best game. I want this community to show these other SF of MvC or CoD people that not only can we champion an old game but show and grow the new version. Why you ask? If the Smash 4 tourneys/community became larger than the other esports games to force Nintendo to do what they didn't do for Melee and continue to support the game! Lets not let Melee happen again we have a game that everyone says is great "but not Melee" so lets push the community forward while paying homage to the classics like Melee.

 

[Road Death Wheel]

wow im exited for every turnament thats smash related.
this is gunna be awsome.

 

[shapular]

At least we can definitively say Smash 4 is bigger than Project M for those who still don't think that's the case.

 

[GameWatching]

Nintendo pls patch out diddy before the event. would be the best thing ever.

 

[Choocheese]

wish i was still in the tristate area so i could attend but i still cant wait to watch the stream

 

[The 0ne]

Nobody said that.

People said that.

 

[YorKeY]

.............................

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

That Melee elitist mind set is dying, people are learning to accept ALL Smash games, even Brawl for what it was.

I wish THAT part was true

Seriously, take a visit to YouTube comments. Nothing changed, these guys simply moved somewhere else

 

[T0RN]

brawl lol

 

[Will-O-Wisp]

Any numbers for Brawl entrants?

 

[C-SAF]

This is crazy, ever since EVO 2013, and the year twitch hit main stream officially (2013, Twitch started in 2011) Melee and Smash in general has blown the **** up. Then with EVO 2014, the Smash invitational happening last year, and the actual release of Smash Bros 4, it shot through the roof. Lots, and lots of casuals are now getting into at an alarming rate, cause they are tuning into Twitch and saying "oh ****, i didn't know people played Smash like this, damn i'm not as good as i thought i was for beating level 9 CPU's, i want in this." Finally, the final factor is, the maturing of the Smash community. That Melee elitist mind set is dying, people are learning to accept ALL Smash games, even Brawl for what it was.

I really don't think melee elitism existed. Only a lot of people who were self conscious about the flaws brawl obviously had. You would point out things like "its slow", or "I don't like tripping", and the immediate response was you would be called an elitist. Not to mention lame ass chain grabs galore which are hated in melee too.

 

[smashbroskilla]

[/U] Lets not let Melee happen again we have a game that everyone says is great "but not Melee" so lets push the community forward while paying homage to the classics like Melee.

What do you mean "happen again"?

 

[Chukkaque]

God I wish i couldve been able to make this trip work! I wanted to go so badly, but just couldnt get the money around for flying and hotel.

 

[Smash_Veteran_Amtoj]

Looks like Nintendo supporting the competitive scene is a good thing after all.

 

[Sp1nda]

There is no point to a "Melee HD." We just got a new Smash game, and Melee HD would add nothing to the franchise except just a remake. It would take lots of hard work for nothing, seeing as people will still be upset for the choices the developers make to polish the game.
Plus, why would Sakurai do this at all? He said focusing only on competitive would make the series have no future, so really, it'd be a big loss for Nintendo.
Why ask for a new game that's Melee, when you already have Melee?
(Online is the only reason. That's all I can think of, but you can just hit up your friends to play it with you.)
It's not gonna happen.
Finally, remember Project M? It's essentially MELEE, mechanics and all, even some old characters. Elitists still hate it, for absolutely no reason at all.

 

[Chukkaque]

There is no point to a "Melee HD." We just got a new Smash game, and Melee HD would add nothing to the franchise except just a remake. It would take lots of hard work for nothing, seeing as people will still be upset for the choices the developers make to polish the game.
Plus, why would Sakurai do this at all? He said focusing only on competitive would make the series have no future, so really, it'd be a big loss for Nintendo.
Why ask for a new game that's Melee, when you already have Melee?
(Online is the only reason. That's all I can think of, but you can just hit up your friends to play it with you.)
It's not gonna happen.
Finally, remember Project M? It's essentially MELEE, mechanics and all, even some old characters. Elitists still hate it, for absolutely no reason at all.

If people really want a texture update, dont most people play on 20XX or dolphin anyway? Should be simple enough to add this if some fan made it.

 

[Latkes]

Dear lord the hype is so real! Hoping that it passes the 1000 entrants mark for Melee. That would be awesome.