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Smashboards is proud to announce that the Smash Back Room has officially been launched for Smash Wii U. In the past Smash Back Rooms have existed for Smash 64, Melee, and Brawl. These rooms have served the purpose of centralizing and organizing leadership within the community in order to come together for projects such as tier lists and match-up charts. Players, organizers, content creators and theorists have all come together in the past to push the scene forward through a collaborate outlet. In addition to providing the medium, Smashboards will also be providing the group with a monetary budget to allow the group to have more ability to see projects through.

People headed to Las Vegas would love to see a royal flush at the the poker tables. Well this Vegas Smash 4 player got a royal flush but in a very different way. Kyle "RF7 SK92" King has been signed by eSports team Royal Flush! For those who do not know, RF& SK92 is the number one power ranked Melee player in Las Vegas playing as Falco and previously placed 8th place at the original GENESIS, 7th at EVO 2009, and 2nd at DVDA 8.

A day devoted to eSports and Smash is invited? Time to get exited! iBUYPOWER, a PC gaming company that has worked with the likes of Intel, NVIDIA, AMD, Microsoft, Western Digital, Asus, Bethesda, MLG, and more, has decided to host the first ever iBUYPOWER eSports Day in Santa Anna, California. This block party, associated with the iBP Cup Tournament, will have big giveaways, Intel and Microsoft Experiences, food trucks, and more with the best part being the block party itself is free to enter!

Today Smashboards is launching a new medium for interacting with your fellow smashers: Smash Connect. In addition to talented players the Smash community is filled with talented artists and technically proficient individuals. Until this point there has not been an easily accessible method for these creative people to promote their work. Smash Connect now offers various sections that allow this.

Eclipse takes place this weekend, November 14th-15th, in Oslo, Norway, and stands to be one of the biggest tournaments in the European Smash Scene's history. The tournament, sponsored by Pressfire.no and Hitbox.tv, features over 200 unique entrants and a pot bonus of 100,000 NOK (equivalent to $11,526 US Dollars!) for Melee, and is hosting a Smash Wii U singles tournament too. Not only will top European talent such as Armada, Leffen, Ice, Android, and Overtriforce be in attendance, but American players Axe, Plup, and Westballz will be traveling to Norway to get their shot at victory. This is a tournament not to be missed!

When the first Nintendo Direct was announced since the passing of Satoru Iwata Nintendo fans were excited. Then Sakurai himself retweeted the direct and the website movie list for Smash broke (something that has happened before other DLC videos released). Well Smash fans the hype was very real as we got a brand new character coming to Smash: Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7!

This man certainly knows his super fighting robots. Andrew "ScAtt" Huntley has been making waves at Smash 4 tournaments using a character not as commonly seen in the meta game: Mega Man. He may be the best Mega Man in the world at this point having taken sets off of Wizzrobe, Mew2King, StaticManny, Acid, MVD and more. His latest big showing was at Tipped Off 11 where he was able to secure 4th place. We decided to hunt down this Mega Master and learn a bit more about him and his main.

“Hitstop” is a term used to describe a technique employed primarily in fighting games. When you strike the opponent, both parties momentarily freeze, emphasizing the power of impact. It’s a crucial effect.

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Hitstop is a design element that is crucial to play-- both casually and competitively. In this translated column, Smash director Masahiro Sakurai discusses the importance of hitstop and his approach on implementing it in Super Smash Bros. The original column was divided into two parts and published over a two week period. Source Gaming has posted the translated version of the column, which can be read here. The translation was done by @Masked Man (仮面の男) and soma.

In the article, Sakurai discusses how the timing, movements, camera distance...

Haven eSports has been busy signing players! They recently added Mister Eric and DC as well as AceStarThe3rd to their roster but now a new player has joined their ranks. SmashG0D has been a solid competitior in all games having mained Fox in Smash 64, Marth in Melee, Samus in Brawl, and uses Rosalina and Luma alongside Kirby in Smash for Wii U. While he is very strong in the other series, he has been signed onto Have eSports specifically for his Melee talents!

This week's Weekly Top 5 Smash Shorts series features some cool plays from some unexpected characters: Zelda who is known for being bottom tier and... Zero from Mega Man? Aww yiss.

What is a Smash Short? As the name suggests, it's a quick moment or series of events in Smash that is so good that you have to share it with someone. And we're giving you (yes, you) the opportunity to share those moments for a chance to be selected as one of the Top 5.

Missed the best moments from the past week in the competitive Smash community? EMG has you covered and just posted the 44th installment of their Play of the Week series! Featured in this episode are highlights from Smash Summit and Tipped Off 11 including some crazy teams play courtesy of PewFat as well as a slew of unreal comebacks, combos and more!

My Smash Corner has been covered many times on Smashboards for its excellent video tutorials related to Smash 4. From infinite combos to dealing with projectiles this Youtube channel has a lot to teach players about Smash. This time we get a look into all that can be done with Donkey Kong's Cargo throws with combos that have gained nicknames like the "Ding Dong".

Welcome to the very first Super Smash Past article! One of the coolest things about Smashboards is that its posts chronicle the long and exciting history of competitive Smash. Within the heart of this site lies little wonders and insights to the history of our scene and how mindsets can change over time. With this first Super Smash Past we take a look into the public archives...

Source Gaming is proud to announce the third episode of SourceCast, Endless Speculation. In this podcast, @Neo Zero, @Masked Man (仮面の男) , @Spazzy_D, @SmashChu and PushDustIn discuss how speculation has gone on for over three years within the Smash Community. The topics covered are Smash Speculation Before DLC, DLC Development, Is the Ballot More Suggestion than Popularity, the Onslaught of Rumors, and Questions from Fans. For the full list of articles mentioned in the podcast, refer to the guidepost for the SourceCast written by the Source Gaming team.


For those who are interested, check out SourceCast #2 “Broken Base” in which @Smash Capps joins the Source Gaming...

We may finally have some incoming Smash news as a new Nintendo direct has been announced! This will be the first Nintendo Direct since its hiatus with the passing of Satoru Iwata so it will be interesting to see how the presentation differs from before. The main subject of the direct is vague simply stating "updates on upcoming Wii U and Nintendo 3DS releases"...

With Genesis a little over two months away, time is ticking to put together funds for travel and accommodations. The Smash 64 community may be feeling this pressure the most out of the entire Smash umbrella, as it hopes to make history with unprecedented international attendance.

After Apex 2015 and Super Smash Con achieved record registration numbers, Genesis 3 is hopeful to raise the bar even higher. With the return of Isai after a two year hiatus, as well as dominant players like SuPeRbOoMfAn, KeroKeroppi, Jaime, Fireblaster, and Wizzrobe confirmed attending, Genesis 3 is looking to be the most stacked tournament in recent memory.


Not known to many Smashers outside of the close-knit 64 community, the game has its own legendary folklore of "Gods", whom are scattered around the globe: Japan, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Australia...

The People's Choice Awards has been broadcast on CBS since its first show in 1975. The concept of the show is to allow the American people to vote on things like favorite television shows, movies, musics, and more in general categories. This year for the 42nd edition of the show a new category has been added for favorite video game. Super Smash Bros has been nominated along with several other titles to win a People's Choice Award for 2016!

It seems Melee player Hax just can't escape the musical parodies! Smash fans sure to have amazing ways of expressing their love of the game and its players through song. Be it through rap, pop songs, or strange remixes Smash fans really rock out. For those who do not know, Hax is a well known Fox main who was once known for his mastery of Captain Falcon. He has been the subject of several other Disney parodies including "Do You Wanna Play Some Falcon" and "Part Of Fox's World".

Missed the best moments from the past week in the competitive Smash community? EMG has you covered and just posted the 43rd installment of their Play of the Week series! Featured in this episode are highlights from Canada Cup 2015 including some classic PPMD & n0ne game play as well as a slew of unreal comebacks, combos and more!

In announcements spanning the last few days, eSports organization Arcane eSports has signed four Smash players onto their team: Myran, Lyric, Feel Tension, and Seagull Joe. "The Smash scene as a whole is an amazing community full of passionate and willing players and it is my honor to represent them as the Super Smash Bros. Melee player of Arcane eSports." said Lyric. "I'm looking forward to this extraordinary journey with you all."