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Well known for his crazy off-stage play, strong edgeguards and even stronger opinions, Eric “ESAM” Lew is considered to be one of the best, if not the best Pikachu in the world. Now, as one of the big summer events approaches, we will be following ESAM as he prepares for the second installment of Super Smash Con.

Smashboards' publication is teaming up with Shine 2016, New England's premier national, as one of its official media partners!

GimR, the creator and owner of VGBootCamp, one of the oldest and most popular streaming and video-archiving organizations in the Smash community, just posted a video informing his subscribers of a serious mistake made by an employee that could severely affect the future of their YouTube channel.

Melee It On Me, one of Super Smash Bros. Melee's longest-running organizations, announced the addition of James "Duck" Ma to its team.

Welcome back to another Weekend Watchlist! We are bringing back the Watchlists to highlight tournaments not only in the United States, but globally!

This weekend (July 30-31) marks a very special two-day Sumabato tournament. Held in Daito City, Osaka, Sumabato is the main gathering point for Kansai's Super Smash Bros. Wii U scene. It's always an interesting tournament to watch, but this time the stakes are higher and the competition is tougher.

With Super Smash Con 2016 approaching, the Smashboards publication is happy to announce that it will be an official media partner for the event, which will be happening on August 11-14 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA.

Everyone loves checking in on the results of Japanese tournaments because they simply do not make any sense. Even for Japanese tournaments, Umebura 24 had some of the craziest results yet. Many people try to theorize that Japanese rulesets lead to an overabundance of variance but, the truth is, Japan's metagame gives us a preview of what Smash 4 in the 1.1.6 era will look like around the world in the near future. Once the other regions have as high of an average player skill level as in Japan it will become clear that in 1.1.6, everyone is a threat.

Sakurai discusses how he brought Sonic to Smash in this Famitsu Column (Originally published before Brawl's release date). The translation was done by the folks at Source Gaming!

July 23rd saw the incredible 2GGT: KTAR Saga run. This 1-day, 409-man singles event ran by Champ and Keitaro ran in around 12 hours and ended with a spectacular top 8, wrapping up with one of the best sets of Smash 4 and an announcement for the next 2GGT: Civil War.

Today, two storied tournament series, one from the West Coast and the other from the East Coast, collide. Happening at the eSports Arena in Southern California, talents from all over have flown in for this one day, 409-man Super Smash Bros. Wii U national. Here's everything you need to know about the event and some of the heavy-hitters attending it.

After a two-month break, Umebura once again returns to the Ota City Industrial Plaza in Tokyo this Sunday, July 24th. This is the final installment before the highly-anticipated Second Anniversary Tournament hosted next month. It is set to be streamed by SHI Gaming. Perhaps because Kanto residents are eager to get their practice in, this event reached its 224-entrant capacity weeks in advance and features most of the region’s premier talent. Here are some of the players vying for 1st place:

Kamemushi is Japan’s best overall player and the world’s finest Mega-main. After failing to make top 16 at two consecutive events and then finishing 7th at a Vegas local, many people were...

From July 23rd to July 24th CEST, the tournament series Pandali's Pandemonium Tournament will be hosting a Super Smash Bros. Wii U tournament in Munich, Germany. Talent from all over Europe, along with a special international guest, will be attending this 188-man competition. Here’s everything you need to know about the tournament as well as who to look out for!

Smashboards, the world’s largest competitive Super Smash Bros. community, has entered a sponsorship agreement with Syndicate 2016, a multi-day international European event for both Melee and Smash for Wii U and the biggest Dutch tournament to date. Smashboards will make a contribution towards the TO budget and will help promote the event through its social media network.

“As longtime members of Smashboards, we are happy to receive support from the website that our community saw its beginnings on. This will boost our means to make Syndicate the best event it can be and serves as a reminder that Smashboards truly is the home of the competitive community.”
- Syndicate TO Staff

The sponsorship is a continuation of support for the European Smash community, which has included deals with Sweden’s BEAST series and streamer GeekyGoonSquad before.

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Undoubtedly the best Wario in México, Edgar "Waymas" Lizcano is a dedicated fighting game player that has supported the competitive Smash scene since it first appeared in his country. Over the years, he’s earned himself a reputation as an amazing defensive player, climbing all the way to 4th place in the Mexican Power Rankings with consistently high placements. And as the scene continues to grow, with competition getting continuously harder, it doesn’t seem like he’s planning on slowing down anytime soon.

New Jersey's Quarterly Rapport, one of the region's cornerstone tournaments, is back with its second installation on August 7.

The event, featuring Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee amongst other titles, is a quarterly collaboration by the various communities of the region. "We have one TO from each game's community," said Chris "@Vestboy_Myst" Farina of the organizing team. "We're also using this event as a way to unify the small separated FGC communities as well as North / Central / South NJ Smashers who rarely get to see each other."


A highlight is that it will be one of the last Smash 64 events leading up to Super Smash Con 2016, the largest tournament in the game's history. NJQR will be host to three Brazillian representatives, notably Tomas "Kort" Keselik, and some of Baltimore's finest. For Smash 64 fans, tuning in will definitely be a...

At Umebura 23 I was asked if I could help with getting as many top names from outside of Japan to this August's Umebura S.A.T. (Second Anniversary Tournament). When I contacted @ZeRo about the tournament he surprised me by saying that he wanted to go to Japan, but he wanted to do it as soon as possible to train for EVO. He wanted to spend three days playing against the best in Eastern Japan (Kanto) and three days playing against the best in Western Japan (Kansai) and it had to be kept under wraps until after EVO had concluded. I immediately got to work with @Ayuha and we were able to give ZeRo the intense one week Smash 4 boot camp he asked for.

During Evolution 2016's third day, EVO staff member Mark "MarkMan" Julio, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada took to the stage after a handful of new announcements for Tekken 7: Fated Retribution to make a special announcement; EVO Japan is coming!

After an incredible journey through loser's bracket and a game 5 bracket reset leading into a game 5 grand finale, this year's EVO 2016 Super Smash Bros. Melee champion is Team Liquid's own Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma. With an incredible turnout of 2,350, eight players stood above all else. Your EVO 2016 Top 8 are as follows:

1) TL Hungrybox ()
2) A Armada (, )
3) PG Plup (, )
4) C9 Mango ()
5) FOX MVG Mew2King (, )
5) TS S2J ()
7) G2 Westballz ()
7) CLG PewPewU ()

The Mandalay Bay Stadium was home to an amazing showing of talent and dedication by some of the Melee communities' finest combatants. From S2J defeating Westballz after two years of dominance, to Plup having a devastating performance over Hungrybox, the EVO world stage housed some of the finest play to date. The road to...

"Where's the Melee?" In Vegas, Mandalay Bay to be specific, starting tomorrow, July 17.

Super Smash Bros. Melee, a multi-year veteran of the EVO tournament series, returned as a main event for 2016 to showcase the best the game's player-base has to offer. Thousands of competitors all across the world came to contend for the coveted championship title but from them, only 8 remain.

Winners Bracket:
Adam "A | Armada" Lindgren () vs Jason "FOX MVG | Mew2King" Zimmerman ()
Juan "TL | Hungrybox" Debiedma () vs Justin "PG | Plup" McGrath()

Losers Bracket:
Kevin "CLG | PewPewU" Toy () vs Joseph "C9 | Mang0" Marquez ()
Weston "G2 | Westballz" Dennis () vs Johnny "TS | S2J" Kim ()

At 3:00 PM Pacific...