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Last year, the Syndicate Tournament series proved itself to be a must-watch event, not only for the European Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Melee scenes, but to the whole world.

Hailing from the Netherlands, prominent Tournament Organizer Marc Hagen has been a part of this initiative since the beginning and has shared with Smashboards his thoughts on the relevance of Syndicate, and the impact it has made in his homeland and Europe.

The Big House is one of the cornerstone tournaments within the Super Smash Bros. community. It has been the home to many legendary moments and it has now settled as one of the biggest Super Smash Bros. Melee fall events to watch.

Who are the best Smash Wii U players in the world? Check out the second iteration of Panda Global's PGRank to find out!

After half a month of free agency, Smash Wii U titan Larry "Larry Lurr" Holland has been announced to be joining eSports organization Misfits.

2016 was a year full of surprises for Smash Wii U players. That is why we Smashboards are bringing you what we think were the most memorable moments of the year.

Learn more about the 'so unbalanced that it's balanced' Brawl mod with this primer from the developers themselves.

Fresh off a victory at the year-ending 2GGT: ZeRo Saga, Mexico's Leonardo "MKLeo" Lopez Perez is heading into the 2017 season under a new banner.

As a tournament staple, it shouldn't come as a surprise that players investigate the ins and outs of this nostalgic stage.

Erico of the Smash 4 Backroom gives the lowdown on Shulk in this exclusive interview.

VideoGameBootCamp's founder goes over the intricacies of an audio-based Smash Wii U tech chasing method in his latest video.

The Super Smash Bros for Wii U Back Room has a wide variety of personalities, including top players from around the globe, community leaders, and even some Staff Writers like myself and our own Editor-in-Chief. With such a big number of players around the globe, it is not difficult to find different kinds of players.

Even Matchup Gaming's traditional Top 10 Plays for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has recently received a jolly turn. Marking the end of 2016, EMG has released the first of five part series of the top fifty plays of 2016 for both games.

Professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player and avid Samus main Hugo "HugS" was recently signed by Selfless Gaming. Selfless is the same organization that signed other professional Melee player, Joey "Selfless | Lucky" Aldama.

Earlier today, player and YouTuber Vincent "RisingVeXx" Rosciano uploaded a video explaining a glitch that was present in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and it is back in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U called "The Stun Jacket"

Last month, the Wii U Back Room (4BR) released their second official Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tier list; with many changes from the first version, the tier list had various controversial topics. One of them was Olimar’s placing, who had the second highest standard deviation among the votes.

Player Takuto "Kamemushi" Ono has just been signed by Japanese eSports team DetonatioN. This is followed by some top placings by the Mega Man main extraordinaire, including various 1st places at the Umebura tournament series, and a second place at EVO 2016 after defeating Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios.

Earlier today, professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player Julian "Zhu" Zhu was signed by Team BOXR. And what is Team BOXR, you may be asking.

"Happy feet, Wombo Combo". Maybe one of the most famous sentences in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It belongs to the narration of the match between Julian "Zhu" Zhu teamed with Joey "Lucky" Aldama and Mitchell "Tang" Tang teamed with Jeff "Silent Spectre" Leung.

The Big House 6 not only opened up recently its nominations, it also has just opened its compendium. This tournament's compendium includes many goodies you can get, and slo help some nominees make it to The Big House 6!

It's Friday, and as with any other Friday, it's Weekend Watchlist time!

This week, our featured tournament is Syndicate, Europe's most awaited tournament this month, so we might as well jump right into it!