Apex 2015 Surpasses Apex 2014 In Melee Entrants

[TewnLeenk]

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Apex 2015 just keeps on getting bigger. It has just been confirmed that Apex 2015 has now surpassed Apex 2014 for the number of Super Smash Bros Melee singles entrants! Apex 2014 capped off 628 entrants, whereas Apex 2015 is currently sitting above 630 with registration still going. That's a lot of Smashers.

Below is the tweet from SR | Tom that confirmed these numbers.

#Apex2014 #SSBM clocked in at 628 for singles - #Apex2015 melee is at 630 and counting.

— Tom @ Home (@Gtown_Tom) January 6, 2015

Apex 2015 will be kicking off on January 30th. Melee isn't the only Smash game there, though. Apex 2015 will have Smash 64, Melee, Brawl and Smash Wii U along with other games all available for tournament play. Speaking of Super Smash Bros for Wii U, that game has now passed Brawl's all time entrants record of 400 from Apex 2012 with 406 Smash Wii U entrants at Apex 2015 and counting. Brawl currently has over 70 entrants for Apex 2015 and the original Smash Bros 64 has around 110.

Check out the official Apex series website for more details on the games and registration.

TewnLeenk is a writer for Smashboards and is super hyped for Apex 2015. Follow and chat with him on Twitter @TewnLeenk.

 

[Ganreizu]

Proud to be a smasher that's part of that number :D

 

[Ultrashroomz]

Great to see competitive Melee continuing to thrive with no signs of stopping anytime soon.

 

[Road Death Wheel]

hmm i guess alot of Pm player moving on to melee?
Cant wait to watch the brawl brackets.
hype levels.

 

[Diamond DHD]

This is probably due to the lack of Project M.

 

[42rockjock]

this is probably due to the fact that there is no pm but its nice to see pm players supporting and playing melee still. competitive melee isn't dying anytime soon

 

[Juggleguy]

Not sure what people mean by "this is due to no PM" you realize the presence of PM boosts Melee's numbers, right? If Apex featured it at this tourney, Melee would have 800 entrants by now, not just 600.

 

[WinterShorts]

So uh....aMSa confirmed?

 

[Ekans647]

I find it kind of pitiful that Brawl has only 70 entrants. Then again, it's the least competitive of all the SSB games.

 

[Gionni]

It's good to hear that more people are going to partecipate but you know there isn't PM and that's sad but at least there is some good news, It's only a bad period

 

[d-man2292]

glad to see melee is still going strong, even though i play PM more i still consider melee the true classic that started it all

 

[-AngelGamah-]

Where is apex this year? *crosses fingers*

 

[Amiibo Doctor]

*Melee* is getting bigger.

I wonder how long it will be before Nintendo releases Melee on VC for Wii U? We've already got Gamecube support for it.

 

[ZomBiehn]

Been counting down the days since last year! Can't wait! Eat, Sleep, SMASH, Repeat

 

[Kink-Link5]

*Melee* is getting bigger.

I wonder how long it will be before Nintendo releases Melee on VC for Wii U? We've already got Gamecube support for it.

Do you have a Wii U? You should know, the VC on the system only has NES, SNES, Game Boy, and GBA games.

 

[ChivalRuse]

Not sure what people mean by "this is due to no PM" you realize the presence of PM boosts Melee's numbers, right? If Apex featured it at this tourney, Melee would have 800 entrants by now, not just 600.

Probably boosts its numbers because people can feel less intimidated with more events.

 

[C-SAF]

Wow, as if brawl has more entrants than PM this year

 

[HiroProtagonist]

I don't understand how people think that not running a game based on Melee physics and that has a heavily overlapping playerbase could possibly help Melee registration numbers. Running Project M would have given PM fans a greater reason to attend and likely would have resulted in many people coming and entering Melee when they wouldn't have otherwise.

 

[Chrishare1]

apex is gonna be hype all 4 games in the series are here and ready to bring the HYPE

 

[NiderQueen]

People still play brawl competitively?

 

[MegaMango]

My question is, why don't they just get rid of brawl entirely and have Project M? It's more profitable, and an actual hard copy of the game is required, so it's not like it's not supporting Nintendo or anything...

 

[g0rilla]

People still play brawl competitively?

No thats why almost no one signed up, even less than 64.

 

[Space Stranger]

Man, I can't wait for the Brawl tournament! What's this? A ditto, with a hint of tripping!? My favorite!
Don't take this seriously, I'm just kidding.

 

[Wooggle]

You know there's a problem with Brawl when even the first game in the series surpasses it in number of entrants...

 

[_A1]

There's nothing surprising about ANY of these numbers.

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

My question is, why don't they just get rid of brawl entirely and have Project M? It's more profitable, and an actual hard copy of the game is required, so it's not like it's not supporting Nintendo or anything...

It's not an official game, it's a mod.

A Nintendo no no. Has nothing to do with entrances and everything to do with where the origin of each game is.

 

[Morbi]

It is great that the number was surpassed, but, two additional entrants is not the necessarily news-breaking. As others have mentioned, the two additional players were probably PM players.

 

[FoxMcClown]

Im not sure why brawl is on there. Lets be real, Smash 4 is what brawl should have been. The 70 entrance, just shows that the community of that game moved on + some more. Im not talking for project M or anything, it just feels like theres 3 very different smash, did not need the 4th with such a low entrance. Its never bad to focus your efforts a little more.

 

[Darkjolly]

Brawl going the way of the dodo

 

[Zoa]

Holy ****. Look at those Brawl numbers. That's sad.

 

[Deleted member]

Wish I could have gone to Apex, but I don't think I'm good enough, nor do I have the money...

 

[Chilex]

It's hilarious to think that some people actually thought Brawl was better than Melee.

 

[hype machine]

*Melee* is getting bigger.

I wonder how long it will be before Nintendo releases Melee on VC for Wii U? We've already got Gamecube support for it.

Wouldn't it be funny if nintendo made a remastered melee hd editon on the wii u and patched out wavedashing, dash dancing, and l canceling just for the lols

 

[-AngelGamah-]

*sigh* at least I can watch it on some sort of network! Idk yet. Lol...

 

[Ekans647]

It's hilarious to think that some people actually thought Brawl was better than Melee.

How? While Melee was superior gameplay wise, Brawl had far better content. I actually prefer Brawl over Melee for this reason. However, I prefer Project M over Brawl.

 

[Amiibo Doctor]

Do you have a Wii U? You should know, the VC on the system only has NES, SNES, Game Boy, and GBA games.

So far. There's been rumors lately that the Wii U can emulate GameCube at full clock, and the specs allow for it easily. Also, Japan already has Brain Age on the DS on the Virtual Console. It's a matter of time before the DS and GCN come to the VC.

 

[Amiibo Doctor]

Wouldn't it be funny if nintendo made a remastered melee hd editon on the wii u and patched out wavedashing, dash dancing, and l canceling just for the lols

There would be rioting in the streets.

 

[Ekans647]

Wouldn't it be funny if nintendo made a remastered melee hd editon on the wii u and patched out wavedashing, dash dancing, and l canceling just for the lols

I could see that happening, oddly enough. If it did we would essentially have a new Smash game, since there would be a new engine.

 

[_A1]

How? While Melee was superior gameplay wise, Brawl had far better content. I actually prefer Brawl over Melee for this reason. However, I prefer Project M over Brawl.

Brawl had better content? Or more content?

 

[Ekans647]

Brawl had better content? Or more content?

Both. The subspace emissary was far better than the adventure mode in Melee. Better challenges, better soundtrack, better visuals, larger roster, inclusion of 3rd Party characters, and an amazing trophy selection. I do however prefer Melee's physics though, which is why I love PM. It takes the best of both games and combines them while also revamping the character so that they are all viable. I was very disappointed when PM was cut from Apex.

Here my full list of favorite Smash Bros. games:

1: SSBB
2: SSB 3DS
3: SSBM
4: SSB Wii U

5: SSB64

With the exception of SSB64, this list is very close because each game has something that it excels at. SSBM is physics, SSB Wii U is online, SSB 3DS is portability and 3D, and SSBB is content.

However if you replace SSBB with PM:

1: PM

2: SSB 3DS
3: SSB Wii U
4: SSBM

5: SSB64

While SSBM, SSB 3DS, and SSB Wii U are still close, PM is by far my favorite Smash game since it excels in all the areas of the series, while pervious games only excelled at one.