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Brawl Minus 4.0b was released a while back and the team behind the game has been releasing videos to help introduce new players to the cast. For those who don't know what Brawl Minus is the team has put out a video to explain just that. In the simplest terms Brawl Minus instead of balancing within reason makes every character so powerful and broken they become balanced.

Top 5 Smash Shorts with Cloud only? Yes, please. This week's Weekly Top 5 Smash Shorts series shows off what you guys have found to be the best Cloud plays in only a week since his release.. Make sure you stick around until the end to find out how you can win a free Xenoblade Chronicles X in a giveaway that ends this Christmas.

As Cloud has stormed into battle many players have been trying him out and seeing what the character has to offer and one of those players is Swedish player Izaw. He has created videos in the past to highlight characters including The Art Of Kirby, The Art Of Link, The Art Of Falco, and now to show off this latest DLC, The Art Of Cloud! Give it a watch.

Not many international threats get taken down at locals but Michigan shows Midwestern Smash can get the job done! Recently Pulse Gaming's own Zinoto was able to fight and take down Ally, Canada's best, in both Winners and Grand Finals at SFW #19. Zinoto placed 17th at TBH5 and 25th at Apex 2015 losing to, oddly enough, Ally. We tracked down this Ann Arbor player to get his thoughts on the match, upcoming events, character selection, and more.

Welcome to SmashBoards Writer's Interviews! This is a series that will appear at least twice every month covering a writer (or someone important to making the front page the way it is). These are more casual interviewers, but depending on the interviewer, they can be asked further questions by the users!

This week we have SmashBoards writer Pokemon64ism! Oh wait, he's now making a name change to MrPikaPal! That's cool! He's motivated, inspired, and an all around interesting Smasher. Give him a warm welcome!


Thirdkoopa: Tell us a little bit about yourself!

PikaPal: First of all, thanks for having my for this interview! My tag 64ism and I've been playing Smash Bros. for as long as I can remember. I've lived in Canada all my life. My main interest outside of school and Smash is music. I love everything about it...

Welcome to the Weekend Watchlist 32! The Smashboards events system recently got a fantastic upgrade and we've combed through all of the tournaments submitted to find some of the best events being streamed this weekend to feature here. So without further ado get ready to watch and read because here is our Weekend Watchlist!

Recently, famous streamer GimR started a brand new Youtube channel. His first video was a trailer analysis for Cloud and then he released an impressive combo exhibition with Ryu. To perform some of the combos and strings shown in the video it takes a strong knowledge of how Ryu's focus attack works. In his latest video GimR explains the ins and outs of Focus Attack. Give it a watch!

Smash YouTuber, Relax Alax has released his newest installment in the Know Your Moves series. Seeing how it's winter, @RelaxAlax decided to cover the lovable Ice Climbers. Many fans have been upset with their removal from Smash for Wii U and 3DS. Relax Alax covers the inspiration behind their moveset, comparing it to the original NES classic. The video has been embedded below.

The stock count in Smash Bros. for Wii U has seen a global split between Europe and the US, as well as Japan, since very early in the game’s lifespan. Most American nationals since APEX 2015 have opted for 2 stocks, which lead many US...

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Genesis 3 has become the largest Smash 64 tournament of all time with over 200 entrants. Isai is attending and thanks to hanks to the efforts of the Smash 64 community fundraiser, as well as the Genesis 3 compendium many international names are attending including Mariguas, Kort, Banze, Dext3r, SSBPete, Shalaka, Wario, and more. With this looking to be the greatest Smash 64 tournament of all time, Tafokints sat down to talk with Smash 64 community leaders @pidgezero_one and @Shears to discuss Smash 64 at Genesis 3.

Welcome to our first TO Talks! In this series, we will talk to famous tournament organizers on upcoming events, recaps from majors, tournament tips, and more. For our first TO talks we got Vegas TO Bear. Bear is a manager for Panda Global Gaming, one of the tournament organizers for Genesis 3, and a local TO in Vegas. Bear gives his tips on time management, talks about his history hosting, and discusses the upcoming tournament series Vegas Cup.

After a small tease by SFAT and PewPewU, Counter Logic Game officially announced that SFAT would be joining there team on twitter. SFAT is currently ranked number two in NorCal's power rankings and has impressive placements such as CEO 2015 (9th), Evo 2015 (17th), HTC Throwdown (7th), and The Big House 5 (7th). This also means that one of the most famous teams of Melee, 'PewFat', will now be under the banner of CLG!

As Sakurai set to close the curtains on Smash 4, our excitements could not be contained. Whistles blew on hype trains across the world as Smash fans settled in for what was to be the final video presentation for Smash 4. We got many amazing announcement that are sure to entice. For those who have yet to watch the direct this is the final warning before we get to spoilers, so turn around now or learn what Smash 4 still has in store!

In collaboration with Smash Weekly, Source Gaming will be hosting SourceCast #6, LIVE! The show will begin an hour before the Final Smash Broadcast. The pre-show will be spoiler free (please be careful of the chat), so for people avoiding the recent data mining leaks will not have to worry about that.

Payne Stewart said, "If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that." The Keef Crew do just that in many of their videos to shed a humorous light on serious subjects in Smash. By far some of the most popular videos they have created are the Things Smash 4 Players Don't Say videos. This time they have a vlog on Expectations vs Reality. Warning: there's some strong language. Give it a watch!

Still recovering from Week 10? Well buckle up. Week 11 hits back hard with one of the best Smash Shorts we've seen up to date. This week's Weekly Top 5 Smash Shorts series shows great plays introducing a new character to the series Wario. But the main dish goes to this week's #1. Make sure you stick around until the end to find out how you can win a free Xenoblade Chronicles X in a giveaway to mark our 10th video series (or just click here).

It may not be Brawl, but this veteran on the Smash battlefield still has some strong tricks! Victory is his destiny after all. Fortunately for Meta Knight fans Youtube channel My Smash Corner has compiled some of his best combos secrets and tricks all into one video to help improve the world of being a Meta-Main. Give it a watch!

Smash 4 at Genesis 3 is looking to be a legendary event. Players are coming from across the globe from Japan, Mexico, Peru, and more to compete. Inspired by Tafo Talks, NME | Xzax has created a video to discuss Smash 4 at Genesis 3. He was previously a ranked Brawl player in Tri-state and currently is power ranked in SoCal. With this big event happening so close to home get his thoughts on the event itself, international talent attending, and more.

Source Gaming has translated a new interview with Smash series creator, Masahiro Sakurai. The translation was led by soma. This interview comes from the Fire Emblem 25th Anniversary Book which was released in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

In it, Sakurai discusses Marth's potential inclusion in Smash 64 and how he's approached Fire Emblem in Smash. There's a lot of interesting tidbits in this interview!

For example, Sakurai discusses his approach to Roy's design in Melee.

Interviewer: The direction the character was going in changed two or three times, and his outfit was also changed three times—or so I’ve heard.

Sakurai: When I first heard a description of Roy’s character, I felt he was a bit more energetic, had a bit more strength inside of him. So, in comparison to Marth, whose sword is stronger at the...

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