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Professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player William "TSM Leffen" Hjelte is considered to be one of the best players in the world. He is the only persone that has defeated the "Five Gods of Melee" (Joseph "C9 Mang0" Marquez, Juan "Liquid' Hungrybox" Debiedma, Kevin "EG PPMD" Naney, Adam "[A] Armada" Lindgren, and Jason "FOX MVG Mew2king" Zimmerman"), and with this, he has gained the nickname "Godslayer".

Smashboards is here with a new series - Interviews. From this point on, we’ll be releasing more and more video content alongside our standard spread of written ones.

Smashboards’ editor-in-chief, Justin “Popi” Banusing, recently had the chance to talk to Rich "Keitaro" King of Counter Logic Gaming over Skype for the first episode of the series. Talking about organizing tournaments, production values and commentator selection at events, Keitaro shared his thoughts about where Smash is now and where it might and should head into the future.

For the uninitiated, Keitaro currently serves as CLG’s video production specialist. Before this, he was already an established member of the community, known for hosting the long-running New Jersey-based KTAR series. He is also the second half of Rush Hour Smash, a YouTube channel dedicated to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U content creation.


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It's Weekend Watchlist time!

This week we have two featured tournaments: Shine 2016, and Astra 2016. Will you go for some action in the states, or will you choose to watch the Latin American stars?

Some of the best talent from around the country will be competing at Shine 2016 from Friday the 26th to Sunday the 28th. Who knows what's in store? Players will be competing at their hardest ever in order to come off this month with some momentum for The Big House 6. For stream and schedule information read here.

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For weeks and months, we have been talking about the "Latin American community effort major", and we have given you lots of info so you know who to cheer for and place your bets on.

The lovely team at The Smash Writers has written up a preview for the upcoming major tournament: Shine 2016. Check out below for a preview, then head over to their preview for the full picture.

At Shine 2016's Smash Wii U event, New England's best will be competing with some of the world's finest.

The Japanese have long been praised for their technical prowess in all games Smash, and it shows. More specifically, they tend to exploit lesser-used characters to their full potential and show us what they are truly capable of. Youtuber "女神管理人" does this with Link in his combo video, while pulling off some unbelievable stuff in the process.

Xander Mobus, the announcer for Smash for 3DS/Wii U, asks some difficult trivia questions surrounding Smash!

This weekend, from August 26th to 28th, “Shine” will see its series debut in Boston, MA. Over 1600 players from all over the country will meet in Southern Boston to compete in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Wii U. The Melee competition is looking fierce, with juggernauts such as Joseph “Mang0” Marquez, Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma and Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman in attendance among a cohort of other Top 100 players. Who do you think has the best odds of winning going into it?

This editorial is in regards to The Big House 6 and how Fendrick "Fendy" Lamar intends to take care of the commentators at the event. What we have in front of us is a sloppy step in the right direction for the future of Super Smash Bros. as a competitive eSport. It has plenty of problems however, and that's more of a matter of logistics and experience that comes from a different set of skills than what has carried the Smash scene forward for years.

The XXXI Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro came to a close last Sunday, and with it began the countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This year’s Olympics featured a somewhat unorthodox event: the Olympic eGames.

This “side-event” was just a showcase event, featuring Smite and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The eGames is aiming to become a full, all-around event with several other games at the next Olympic Games at Tokyo.

Welcome back to the Remix Corner! Apologies for the long absence, but I’m back now! And with my long departure, I’ve been able to gather some top-notch remixes! This week we’ve got the series filled with giant robots, Monado boys and a world atop two ancient warriors:Xenoblade Chronicles! This series contains two entries, Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles X, with Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga) and ACE+ (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack) composing for the former and Hiroyuki Sawano (Kill La Kill, Attack on Titan) taking care of the latter. With a wide array of such musically-gifted composers, the quality ofXenoblade’s music is frequently praised. And without further ado, let’s begin! Are you really feeling it?

A week after leaving previous sponsor Team Liquid, Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada has been announced to be joining the NRG organization as its first Super Smash Bros for Wii U player. This comes after his recent victory at Super Smash Con 2016 last August 14.

'Smash Scenes', an episodic documentary series by the GosuJasu team, has just released its first episode: 'Hawaii'.

Introducing a new Smashboards segment; Comedy Corner! Every Monday we will post a satirical article in very much the same style as The Onion but using Smash as our material in place of real world news. We hope you enjoy.

The Cripps Hall of Nottingham University, in England, United Kingdom hosted it's 3rd Heir on August 19-21st. At 473 entrants, it stands as the largest European tournament of all time for Super Smash Bros. Melee. Featuring Adam "Armada" Lindgren, William "Leffen" Hjelte, Aaron "Professor Pro" Thomas, Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch and Daniel "ChuDat" Rodriguez. Here are its results.

It's been nearly half a year since the first 4BR Tier List, and the meta has seen shocking shifts in its rulesets, character viability and more thanks to 3 new patches and 2 new characters; as such, we'd like to introduce you to the second official tier list for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Against a field of local and international threats, Tokyo-native KEN successfully managed to defend his hometown and win Umebura S.A.T, Japan's second international Super Smash Bros. for Wii U event.

“What does it mean to be strong?”

Jon “Noble|Sol” Lackey, commonly agreed upon to be the best Little Mac main in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, recently delighted us with the release of “Solstorm”, a combo video highlighting some of the best and most impressive moments he’s had with the character.