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Last year, we witnessed the fifth installment in The Big House tournament series. Many top Melee players attended, hoping to win the big prize of more than $18,000 for singles. Now, Last Stock Legends brings us a mini series focusing on two of those players

Pound 2016 has already solidified itself as a premiere national on the Smash Bros. calendar year. Big names such as Mango, Hungrybox, ZeRo, ESAM, Dabuz, SFAT, and others already registered for the competition, and the Ritz-Carlton is likely to be one of the swankiest venues that smashers will see this year. The triumphant return of this MD/VA tournament series is also incorporating a unique way of funding its side events, which could set an important precedent for the nationals that follow it.

While #MiiWiik has passed here on Smashboards, a lot of discussion is still happening regard how Miis should be treated in Smash 4's ruleset. It has been suggested that they should be banned or be made altogether legal, and in a majority of discussions and polls have agreed that the 1-1-1-1 option currently used is not the best. GimR, owner of VGBootcamp, has created a video breaking down his own personal reasoning on why people should #FriiTheMiis. Give it a watch!

Welcome to this edition of the Weekday Watchlist! Need a tournament to watch during the week? We've hunted down the best events from Monday through Friday that have a stream and a Smashboards Event Post to spotlight so readers can get their Smash on every day! Ready to see our Weekday Watchlist? Let's get started!

The world-famous European eSports festival DreamHack announced that Super Smash Bros. Melee will be returning to three more DreamHack events!

It's been only a week since BEAST 6 demonstrated a 3 stock ruleset in a large setting, and the world is still trying to recover from the most jaw-dropping gameplay yet from Dutch player iStudying, using the relatively-underused character Greninja. However, overseas on the East Coast of Canada was the biggest Smash tournament east of Toronto: The Kings of Hali, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This tournament also showcased the 3 stock settings, as well as an underused character played at a high level.

An extraordinary undertaking has been announced today: The Project M Championship Circuit. Brought to the community by the fine folks behind PMTV and PM Underground, this tournament series is set to take place across the United States and Canada and currently boasts 11 qualifiers for the Grand Finale. These qualifiers include:

Two or three stocks? Customs on or off? Miis legal or not? Is Halberd still viable? These hot topics have haunted the Smash community ever since the game released. Will there ever be an agreement? Who knows; what is for sure is that here at Smashboards we want to give our opinions.

Welcome back to the Weekend Watchlist! We are happy to bring you our 42nd iteration of this list. With the upgrade to the Smashboards Event System taking place last year, it's easier than ever to find a Smash event near you, but for those stuck watching at home, we've used it to compile a list of the best streams each weekend to feature here. So without further ado, here's the Weekend Watchlist!

Welcome to another bit of content all about Miis for #MiiWiik! With the discussion of Mii Brawler from five experts taking place yesterday, some may be wondering what kinds of combos and setups that 1-1-1-1 Mii Brawler has to offer. Youtube channel One Hit Smash has made a video just for #MiiWiik to show off just that. Give it a watch!

Some tournaments take place in massive convention centers. Some grand finals even go down in giant arenas. While these events can be truly impressive, they don't have the spark of early tournaments that captured the imagination and hearts of Smash players. Friends crowded around TVs, laughing, jeering, and, while the competition was fierce, they were still having the time of their lives. This is the atmosphere players will find at McMansion 7, a tournament that's like a vacation with live music, food, and a whole lot of Smash.

With the rulesets for Smash 4 at Evo now decided and Mii Fighters as one of the top discussion points, we're taking this week to learn a lot more about these characters and the people who play them. Welcome to #MiiWiik! Since the game's release, Mii Brawler at one point in the game was considered one of the most feared characters on the roster, but in time those fears proved unfounded. He is currently ranked 9th from the bottom on the Smash 4 tier list in his 1-1-1-1 incarnation. Is Mii Brawler really no longer the powerhouse people thought he might be? We brought in five Mii Brawler experts to find out!

With the rulesets for Smash 4 at Evo being decided soon and Mii Fighters as one of the top discussion points, we're taking this week to learn a lot more about these characters and the people who play them. Welcome to #MiiWiik! Since the game's release, Mii Gunner has floated around in the rankings, with some considering her a high mid tier and others placing her near the bottom. She is currently ranked 5th from the bottom on the Smash 4 tier list in her 1-1-1-1 incarnation. Is there more to Mii Gunner than meets the eye? We brought in eight Mii Gunner experts to find out!

In a recently published interview with Nintendo Dream (Issue 264), Masahiro Sakurai discusses the development of Smash DLC in fine detail. This 17-page interview was translated in full by the folks over at Source Gaming. The interview was divided into three parts. There's a lot of new information in this interview.

With the rulesets for Smash 4 at Evo being decided soon and Mii Fighters as one of the top discussion points, we're taking this week to learn a lot more about these characters and the people who play them. Welcome to #MiiWiik! Since the game's release, Mii Swordfighter has gotten a lot of flak and was considered the outright worst in the game until Trela was able to win with him against top players in tournament. He still is ranked 4th from the bottom on the Smash 4 tier list in his 1-1-1-1 incarnation. Is there more to this character than meets the eye? We brought in five Mii Swordfighter experts to find out!

From the mouth of Mr. Wizard himself: within the next week, Evo organizer Joey Cuellar will be discussing the ruleset with Bear, one of the tournament organizers of Genesis 3, and D1, one of the most prolific commentators in Smash history. With this happening, a debate has risen yet again over the legality of three characters within Smash 4: the Mii Fighters.

At many tournaments, there are moments that get people talking. The kind of matches that bring fans out of their chairs and make them laugh and smile. Some players quickly win over the hearts of viewers and make a name for themselves in one event alone through fantastic moments. Two such moments happened at Beast 6. One was the incredible triumph of iStudying, who took 2nd place after overcoming MVD and ESAM. The other happened quite literally at random as one player stepped up to the stream with an unusual character choice in mind.

Welcome to this edition of the Weekday Watchlist! Need a tournament to watch during the week? We've hunted down the best events from Monday through Friday that have a stream and a Smashboards Event Post to spotlight so readers can get their Smash on every day! Ready to see our Weekday Watchlist? Let's get started!

Downtown Monterrey is a perpetual cluster of vehicles and people, all pushing in different directions, trying to go about their everyday routines. This area of the city is not only home to most of the major businesses and many social hotspots but also to the Technological University of Monterrey, which draws thousands every day for a variety of classes, conferences and events.

Today, however, the college is awfully quiet, and people gather for a completely different reason. Right across the street from the university, in a small, inconspicuous lot usually reserved for selling homemade foods, hundreds of people from all walks of life congregate to the sound of cheering, down-throws and f-airs.

Almost three years ago, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS was announced at E3 2013; that was the moment many Smash fans boarded the "hype train". The initially known roster included 7 of the 8 original characters from Smash 64, 1 from Melee, 1 from Brawl, and 3 newcomers, but by the time E3 2014 arrived, we already knew 20 characters. These characters formed the lineup for the first ever Smash 4 tournament held; however, it was a shocking surprise that the organizer for this early tournament was Nintendo itself.