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This week's Weekly Top 5 Smash Shorts series ends with a blast showcasing another series of community contributed Smash clips with Samus taking the top spot. You don't want to miss it.

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.

Mind Over Meta is a weekly series of articles on /r/SSBPM, the Project M subreddit. Written by several different authors, this series covers many of the mental aspects of playing smash and other subjects related specifically to Project M. This week user orangegluon wrote about losing. The original article can be found here. To read the rest of the series check out the Mind Over Meta Archive. Sit down, read, and enjoy.


Hello everyone! We are back this week with another Mind Over Meta. This week, we want to talk about something deeply integral to success in competitive Project M. This is an aspect that, while...

After three full days of Smashing at the second largest Super Smash Brothers Melee tournament ever, [A]rmada is your champion after taking a close grand finals over Liquid Hungrybox. The Big House 5 was the second largest tournament ever, behind only EVO 2015 earlier this summer, and thanks to the Compendium, had a Melee prize pool of over $18,000. Like EVO 2015, #4 ranked Hungrybox once again met Armada in the grand finals and once again came up short despite bringing Armada to game 5 in another classic Fox vs. Jigglypuff match.

#2 ranked Armada was dominant once again with a 82.35% win percentage in the top 64, dropping only 3 games all tournament - 2 to...

TSM ZeRo kept his Smash for Wii U win streak alive at The Big House 5 this weekend in Michigan. Prior to the event, ZeRo (view rankings) appeared hesitant about entering the largest fall major and many wondered if a break was on the horizon. Despite this, ZeRo found the motivation to push through and compete - and viewers were treated to some of the best Smash Wii U gameplay to date with over 50,000 concurrent viewers tuning into the finals.


The drama started for ZeRo on Saturday when he was knocked into the losers bracket by Seagull Joe (view rankings) in the...

Many Smashers have been interested in the Asia Pacific scene after a surge of content about it. Singapore, The Philippine and Korea have all been growing steadily over the past few months due to a variety of reasons.

We recently sat down with Korea Smash's leader, Ray Chun to talk about his competitive life, his scene and his experiences growing Melee in it. The interview also covers his thoughts about the state of the scene and it's potential future.

Popi: Good evening Ray and thanks for agreeing to do this interview! Tell us a bit about yourself.

Ray: Hello! Greetings from Korea. I’m Ray, I’m a Korean-American in Seoul, South Korea and I’ve been living here for 5 years now. I was born in the States and I originally learned how to play melee in Chicago, Illinois. I've been playing competitively...

In April 2015, Shiny Quaqsire originally shook the fanbase when discovered, at that time, unused audio files for Ryu, Roy and Lucas as well as stage music for Dreamland 64. Shortly after making the audio discoveries, Shiny Quaqsire found unused database entries for both characters and stages in the 3DS version.

With the 1.1.1 update, the number of unused character and stage “slots” has been increased. As of writing, there are three unused character slots, and three unused stage slots. There is some speculation that one of the stage slots may have been intended for a port of the...

Welcome to the Weekend Watchlist 21! 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. Even with Summer coming to a close the tournament scene is still kicking with many tournaments going into Fall for fans to watch. So without further ado here is the Weekend Watchlist!

On October 3rd Smash Bros. players from across the globe will travel to Dearborn, Michigan for one of the biggest events in the history of the scene. Registration is closed; and all-in-all the numbers don't lie. Over 2,000 attendees have registered for the event. With Melee clocking in at whopping 1,300+ entrants in singles and 500+ for the corresponding Wii U singles. To help put that in perspective: those numbers make this event the second largest Melee tournament of all time (only trailing EVO 2015) and as one of the five largest Wii U turnouts so far in the game's young lifespan. In a scene making a successful transition into the eSports realm, TBH5 took a rigorous grassroots approach to build the event up from the ground up.


The Big House series, organized by UMSmash and longtime tournament organizer Robin Harn (@Juggleguy), has seen growth in...

Super Smash Flash 2 is sometimes overlooked when it comes to the fanmade Smash games. Many do not realize it has a vibrant competitive scene with its own top players, notable tournament organizers, and intricate development history. Each Wednesday over the month of September we've featured an article about some aspect of the game. We've learned about the game's history, one of its top players, about streaming the game, and about its tournament scene. Today we shall discuss what is coming to...

Thanks to the work of the Super Smash Bros. 64 community, the game has returned to Genesis. Last time, Super Smash Bros. 64 was a side event featuring few but notable players like Isai, SuperBoomFan and JaimeHR. The game will be joining Super Smash Bros. For Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Melee as one of the three main events.

This will be the first major tournament that 64 legend Isai will be participating in since winning APEX 2014. Ever since then, majors such as APEX 2015, Super Smash Con and Smash Of Ages have been won by SuperBoomFan, who himself placed 3rd at APEX 2014.

A new update has launched for both the Wii U and 3DS versions of Smash Bros! Both versions received two additional stages, and the next wave of Mii Fighter costumes. Below is a list that was originally posted by Nantendo on Source Gaming. Check out the full Smashboards patch note thread here!

Ever wonder what it's like to be a sponsored Smash player? Had conversations on what it might be like to be on a team or in a serious crew? Well we're here to dispel some of the mystery while highlighting some of the teams in Smash! This Team Highlight features Detonate, a recently re-branded eSports organization that has a solid group of Smashers under its banner. I sat down to talk with John "Lupo" Grande, co-owner and head of marketing as well as Winston "SpookyRaver" Fitzgerald, the game manger for Detonate Smash, as well as the players for the team to talk about Detonate and what it does in Smash.

Club Nintendo is essentially ending in less than 24 hours. Players in Europe, Australia or Japan must turn their points or stars by the end of the day or risk losing them forever.

Club Nintendo launched in October 2003, originally Japan only; has rewarded loyal fans of Nintendo with exclusive goods. Stars and points were collected by purchasing games or consoles and registering them with Nintendo. Surveys could also be filled out for some additional points. Merchandise such as posters, calendars, shirts and even games have been released through Club Nintendo over the years.

The rewards program is set to be replaced by a new cross platform system created in partnership with DeNa sometime in the future.

Europe...

Team Liquid has announced that Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung has decided to leave the team and retire from competitive Smash due to injuries. In the official announcement Victor "Nazgul" Goosens had only positive praise for KDJ and sadness that he would be leaving the team. "I have gotten to know him as a kind and smart guy, and what I have admired most about him is his insatiable drive and dedication to become good at what he loves. We bid farewell to a great friend and one of the most admired stories in Smash history, and he leaves behind a legacy that can be rivaled by so very few."


This is what KDJ had to say on the subject. "It is with a heavy heart that I will be...

Mind Over Meta is a weekly series of articles on /r/SSBPM, the Project M subreddit. Written by several different authors, this series covers many of the mental aspects of playing smash and other subjects related specifically to Project M. This week user orangegluon, with some help from @Sethlon wrote about the competitive mindest. The original article can be found here. To read the rest of the series check out the Mind Over Meta Archive. Sit down, read, and enjoy.


Hey everyone, we’re back this week with another Mind Over Meta. Tournament games and high-stakes matches are a big deal. Who wins and who loses a tournament is a...

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 is a mod where instead of balancing within reason, this mod sets to make every character so powerful and broken they become balanced.

This video gives players the chance to see what Donkey Kong can do in the latest version of Brawl Minus. From barrel throwing to new attributes on his moves Donkey Kong is a whole new beast. Give it a watch and see all that he has to offer. For more information on the mod be sure to visit its official website.

There are a lot of interesting secrets held within the disk of Super Smash Bros. Melee. From strange glitches to unusual tech there is a lot to be explored within the game. Youtube channel BandDGames has compiled twenty of these little mysteries in a video titled "20 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Melee". Is this statement true? The only way to find out is watch the video below and drop us a comment with those unknown facts!

Welcome to the Weekend Watchlist 20! 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. Even with Summer coming to a close the tournament scene is still kicking with many tournaments going into Fall for fans to watch. So without further ado here is the Weekend Watchlist!

Welcome to our very first Random Tournament Spotlight! As the name of this series implies we will be taking one event at random each week that is entered into our event system be it big or small, on any day of the week, or however unusual and highlight a part of our Smash scene. This week we'll be looking at the town of Wageningen off in the Netherlands to meet some Project M players who really know how to Smash!

Wageningen is a small municipality with fewer than 40,000 people. Last year one of their players, Mickey Blue-eyes, stared to host tournaments in his own living room late on Saturday nights. While casual they were certainly the birthplace of their community. Back in those days Mickey Blue-eyes was certainly the best player but he found himself occasionally challenged by close friend WayUp. Slowly over the months more players came and made...

Welcome to this event preview for Helix! For those who don't know, Helix is a large Melee and Project M tournament that is part of the European Smash Circuit. It's also set to be the first international tournament in Germany since 2010. Not everyone is as familiar with the European scene so we collected some of the biggest names to attend to help fans out. Ready to learn about some European Smash? Let's get started!

The big Trifecta of players attending the event would have to be Alliance's Armada, Tempo Storm's Westballz, and recently sponsored mYinsanity Ice. They all recently came together to compete in Dreamhack London which had the largest European payout for a Smash tournament of all time. Ice and Westballz will want to change the outcome of the last tournament and...