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Beyond the Summit has announced the third iteration of the Smash Summit series, another 16-man Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational to be held on November 3 - 6.

Announced via Facebook today, Canada Cup Gaming is pairing up with crowdfunding platform Matcherino in order to raise $30,000 for both Super Smash Bros. Melee’s and Street Fighter V’s prize pools. This is obviously big news for the Canadian Melee community, who already managed to attract top-level talent to last year’s tournament. If successful, this would make Canada Cup 2016 the second largest Melee prize pool ever!

As The Big House 6 wraps up its voting phase, Smashers had the opportunity to help fund their favorite players. Nineteen-year-old Erik “Rideae” Smith, top Pikachu main from Florida, is among the players that have received enough votes to be on the compendium and shares his thoughts.

Originating from the slang in the Smash community, the term “Space Animal” has been used to collectively refer to both Fox and Falco ever since the latter’s debut in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Now, Wavedash is looking to bring a new space animal to life. Introducing Kidd, The Space Goat!

Vanity Angel, top 3 Melee player in the UK talks life, focus and The Big House 6 as he pursues funding to fly out through the compendium.

Welcoming you to the fourth edition of Comedy Corner, a purely satirical segment here on Smashboards for your enjoyment. Here we investigate the tendency of people to always find something to complain about upon hearing a commentator.

As The Big House 6 wraps up its voting phase, Smashers have the opportunity to help fund their favorite players. By purchasing items that go towards their trip, they can fund those who were voted into the rewards levels by the community at large. SmashBoards received the opportunity to speak with the nominees that were involved in the compendium to get their views on the matter. Fourteen-year-old Troy “Puppeh” Wells, a Sheik main from the MD/VA region, is among the players that have received enough votes and is fully funded to be on the compendium.

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A few years ago, a young ambitious mind by the name of Dan Fornace decided to create a student game while he was in college. That game, Super Smash Land, ended up changing from a hobby to a career. Unlike many other Smash Success stories, Dan’s life doesn’t follow the same suit of one day waking up and seeing the game blow up.

Dan Fornace is currently residing in Seattle, WA, and he works on the game full time. As an independent developer for the past few years, he’s been doing what he loves, but there’s always a lot on his plate.



Dan Fornace started as a student...

A new tournament has been announced that will be hosting Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Omni recently created a sequel video to his previous video "5 Kinds of Smashers You'll Most Likely Encounter" video. The previous video covered over types such-as "The One More Gamer" that always convinces them to play one more game, and "The Low Tier Mainer"

This sequel video features elitists, theorists, and top tiers. While this video is a bit longer than Omni's previous video, his outgoing personality is still showcased.

Do you know these kind of Smashers? Are you one of these kinds of Smashers? Did you see Omni's previous video or is this your first one? Leave a comment and let us know!

After parting ways with Dream Team just under a month ago, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U legend Jason "ANTi" Bates has found a new home with one of North America's premier League of Legends teams -- Immortals.

For the fourth episode of the 'Smash Scenes' documentary series, the GosuJasu team shines the light on one of SoCals lesser known community, the 805 SoCal Melee community.

The Big House 6 is closing its registration soon. If you have your heart set on attending The Big House 6 in Dearborn, Michigan through the dates of October 7th - 9th, time is running out!

Soma, the lead translator at Source Gaming and I recently published a 45 minute discussion on Sakurai's changing opinion of the competitive community. We've referenced translations that span all five entries into the series to see how Sakurai's stance has evolved.

In 2006, the fan community for Super Smash Bros. wasn’t that widely known, but one talent always stuck with the community, whether it was underground or popular. That talent was ArtsyOmni, known for starting a series called Smashified, where he and a group of other artists create characters to demonstrate how they would look like in a Smash game. When he’s not at his day job, he’s often found working at his computer desk on art. Sometimes he’ll make his way out to a convention.

Shine 2016 was, without a doubt, one of the finest Smash-centric events we’ve seen this year. The tournament had high production values, ran incredibly smoothly and had some of the most recognizable names in the community as attendants. Players like Tyler “Marss” Martins, Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios and Eric “ESAM” Lew (just to name a few) promised to put on a show the likes of which are only seen at the highest quality majors.

But there was a name that stood out amongst the usual suspects in the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U bracket; an unlikely challenger who few people knew and even fewer expected to see break into Top 8. A man who would come into the tournament as an underdog, but come out as a hero to all mid-tier players: Austin “EVB | Dath” Brown, the Robin main from Florida.

The Netherlands' largest tournament to date has concluded, and the results for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Wii U are in! Read on to learn more about the finals for both events.

The sixth installment of Super Smash Fighter! This week, we discuss how updating a game, whether it be Smash or a traditional fighter, can affect the meta

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!

Welcome to the 4th edition of Comedy Corner, a purely satirical segment here on Smashboards. This week, we investigate how Smash Redditors dislike hearing other peoples' voices and arguments.