E3 2014 - Super Smash Bros. Invitational - Players/Rules Announced

[Player-1]

this was my invite:
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net...839_659616444104068_9061873005597691878_n.jpg

 

[juddy96]

Players:

Lilian "milktea" Chen
Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
Ken "LiquidKen" Hoang
Daniel "LiquidKDJ" Jung
Neha "Lilo" Chhetri
Hendrick "DJNintendo" Pilar
Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer
Sam "PeachyHime" McNaughton
Juan "Crs.Hungrybox" Debiedma
Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
Kevin "EG PPMD" Nanney
Dakota "TheRapture" Lasky
Cristin "Crismas" DeSaro
McCain "MacD" LaVelle
Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto
Gonzalo "CT ZeRo" Barrios

Announcers:

Wynton "Prog" Smith
Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman
D'Ron "D1" Maingrette

Host:

Geoff Keighley

Playable characters:

Little Mac, ZSS, Bowser, WFT, Marth, Mega Man, Pit, Villager, Pikachu, Mario, Link, Kirby, Samus, Rosalina, Sonic, Donkey Kong, Greninja, Olimar, Zelda, Fox

Rules:

1 character per player for entire tournament (picked draft-style)
Single Elimination
4 Players, 4 Stock, 5 min
Top 2 advance from each battle
Rounds 1, 2, 3 : items on
Grand final: items off, 1 vs. 1 on Battlefield

Gamecube controller adapter is usable as well!

 

[Shadow Ganon]

This is amazing

 

[fissionprime]

Oh my goodness, the roster is amazing. When I saw the first screen of four players, I figured that that leaked list was correct, but then we get HBox and aMSa? And then Prog and D1 both for commentary. This is everything I could have hoped for

Edit: and then I see the rules...

 

[Rosalina suporter]

Just watched the video that is awesome!! So excited for E3!!

 

[juddy96]

Just added the players, announcers, host, and playable characters into the video post.

 

[dezeray112]

So judging by the trailer, I guess these are the playable characters within the tournament?

- Little Mac
- Zero Suit Samus
- Bowser
- Wii Fit Trainer
- Marth
- Megaman
- Pit
- Villager
- Pikachu
- Mario
- Link
- Kirby
- Samus
- Rosalina
- Sonic
- Donkey Kong
- Greninja
- Olimar
- Zelda
- Fox McCloud

 

[Hinata]

Oh, my. Nintendo, you glorious ********.

 

[ProjectAngel]

OMG GAMECUBE CONTROLLER ADAPTER.

Nintendo's pulling out all the stops to make this the best darn Smash anniversary ever!

 

[juddy96]

Players, announcers, host, characters, rules added to the video post. Items on until the final round.

 

[Wegenbarth]

Wtf no M2K. I was about to rage, but then I saw Amsa and HungryBox, thus everything wented better than expected.

 

[mimgrim]

I'm kinda disappointed with the 4 player thing and items on though for the invitational of rounds 1, 2,3 and four.

Oh well.

GFs is single and no items, which is great. The whole thing is great, very good step for Nintendo.

And Gamecube Controller Adapter has all of my yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes.

Go Nintendo.

 

[luismvg]

Edit: and then I see the rules...

But this was obvious, Nintendo want to show you the whole game and I'm ok with that.

 

[fissionprime]

Wtf no M2K. I was about to rage, but then I saw Amsa and HungryBox, thus everything wented better than expected.

I think the thing with M2k is that he's had some occasional behavior issues in the past, so Nintendo might not want him representing Smash 4 at the event. Same thing I would say for Mango, and Leffen to an extent. I'm just happy that we got all of the heavy hitters from the "leak" a week ago, and the new people were aMSa and HBox.

 

[schavira]

Did I forget anything?

 

[Jaedrik]

Why, rules

 

[JCAndre]

But this was obvious, Nintendo want to show you the whole game and I'm ok with that.

Yeah it's not a serious tournament and it's just for fun, plus Nintendo probably wants it to move fast. Anyone who complains about Nintendo not recognizing the competitive community is insane at this point. I mean they are giving us a way to use WIRED GameCube controllers.Maybe the number one concern among tourney goers when it comes to SSB4

 

[SN Viper]

This is exciting we are going to get first hand accounts on how the game is played. I cant wait.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

The commentator choices are perfect, the roster of players is solid even with the exclusion of M2K and Mango (my man HBox being there is enough), the character roster is pretty good, and the Gamecube Adapter is great news so that we'll actually have wired controllers and hopefully they'll start manufacturing them again. I don't really like Geoff Keighley, but I guess I can stomach him here since he will be gone once the matches start.

There's a problem though, and that's that items are allowed until the Grand Finals, and while I understand they want to showcase them it'll feel really cheap if someone is outed because of Dragoon or something to that effect. It reduces it to a not-so-serious tournament. It's not going to kill the experience, but it'd certainly have been better without them.

 

[Luigi#1]

Love that Gamecube porn.

 

[KneeIsLoveKneeIsLife]

Maybe the number one concern among tourney goers when it comes to SSB4

Except that Smash 4 is basically Brawl 2.0 and will be a bad game, that was my concern too.

 

[GUIGUI]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

It's directly wired.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Did I forget anything?

Taking the rules into consideration I don't think we'll see a random spot, so might as well move WFT and Mac up to the other rows.

 

[Neo Zero]

The commentator choices are perfect, the roster of players is solid even with the exclusion of M2K and Mango (my man HBox being there is enough), the character roster is pretty good, and the Gamecube Adapter is great news so that we'll actually have wired controllers and hopefully they'll start manufacturing them again. I don't really like Geoff Keighley, but I guess I can stomach him here since he will be gone once the matches start.

There's a problem though, and that's that items are allowed until the Grand Finals, and while I understand they want to showcase them it'll feel really cheap if someone is outed because of Dragoon or something to that effect. It reduces it to a not-so-serious tournament. It's not going to kill the experience, but it'd certainly have been better without them.

Yes, but this event doesn't even seem to have a prize. I'm sure they're more interested in selecting 16 trustworthy players and a ruleset that highlights both the casual play experience as well as the competitive play experience. It could be worse, there could be no 1v1 no items at the end.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

To be fair, it's pretty good from what I expected. Nintendo still wants to reinforce the essence of Smash Bros. that is the randomness of 4-players with items. But doesn't want to leave the competitive players empty handed by giving them a 1vs1 final (and in Battlefield instead of Final Destination, even better).
The best thing for me is the announcers. D1 is pretty cool in my book.
In any case, let us be ready and embrace this invitational as something that could mean great things in the future of Smash Bros. and Nintendo.

 

[Spazzy_D]

The commentator choices are perfect, the roster of players is solid even with the exclusion of M2K and Mango (my man HBox being there is enough), the character roster is pretty good, and the Gamecube Adapter is great news so that we'll actually have wired controllers and hopefully they'll start manufacturing them again. I don't really like Geoff Keighley, but I guess I can stomach him here since he will be gone once the matches start.

There's a problem though, and that's that items are allowed until the Grand Finals, and while I understand they want to showcase them it'll feel really cheap if someone is outed because of Dragoon or something to that effect. It reduces it to a not-so-serious tournament. It's not going to kill the experience, but it'd certainly have been better without them.

As someone that used to play a lot of casual matches competitively with friends back in my melee days, something like the Dragoon isn't the problem. Most items can be avoided or played against, especially when it's not 1 v 1. The real problem is randomly spawning bob-ombs and exploding pills. Those can kill any sort of competitive play as they can literally spawn on top of you and cost you a stock.

Should be fun to see skilled played playing like this, though. Not something you see often.

 

[xxMiles]

Lol, Nintendo stabbed Toon Link mains in the heart by having regular Link playable.

It's a sad life for us Toon Link fans.

But omg, Greninja and all the other newcomers are playable! Hype activated.

 

[Kamikazek]

Wow, I...wow. Just wow. That is WAY more conscious of the competitive scene than I was expecting. Like my jaw is kind of on the floor right now.

Like people have said the FFA items on for most matches is likely for promotional purposes(and to level the playing field), but that final round is still going to be obscene exposure for competitive Smash and something competitive Smash fans can enjoy. And on Battlefeild! Not even Final destination like the stereotype, they went battlefield! It's like they've actually been doing extensive research or something!

So draft means only one player for each character I take it(again, for promotional purposes I'm sure). That should be reeeeaaaally interesting.

I don't even like completive Smash and this is exciting!

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Yes, but this event doesn't even seem to have a prize. I'm sure they're more interested in selecting 16 trustworthy players and a ruleset that highlights both the casual play experience as well as the competitive play experience. It could be worse, there could be no 1v1 no items at the end.

Yeah, I'm still very happy it has turned out as good as it has, but man we were so close to hitting home run. Like I said though, it'll hardly ruin the experience, and I'm personally interested in seeing the items in action too, but I would still have prefered items not being there at all. In the end it's no big deal.

 

[Vintage Creep]

Every single news about this game is pure ****ing gold.

 

[CapnMuffin]

Dat Cube controller. I feel like it's Melee hype all over again.

 

[Zyfoe]

Twenty amazing and unique characters!


*over half the contestants pick Marth*

 

[---]

Updated the thread with the new info.


Am bummed that there will 20 characters but only 16 people. We better at least see all the newcomers used.

Either way the best news by far is the Gamecube adapter IMO.

 

[aliensalmon]

This is pretty exciting, even despite the flaws (items and free-for-all for the preliminary rounds.) I can't wait!

 

[xxMiles]

Updated the thread with the new info.


Am bummed that there will 20 characters but only 16 people. We better at least see all the newcomers used.

Either way the best news by far is the Gamecube adapter IMO.

Yeah, about that, there's a risk that the newcomers won't all get picked.

Hopefully they do, but yeah, could happen.

 

[juddy96]

Congrats aMSa on the invite! I see u viewing this thread

 

[Aduross]

Wow! I'm pretty floored to be honest. Much better than I had ever hoped. Sure the rules are kinda silly, but 1v1 on Battlefield, No Items for finals! Prog, D1 and Scar as announcers! aMSa, Hungrybox, HugS, PewPewU... can't really complain with that. Should be a fun tournament regardless. And dat Gamecube adapter..! :O

 

[juddy96]

Twenty amazing and unique characters!


*over half the contestants pick Marth*

LOL, thankfully that's impossible.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Loved the sexy portrayal of the GC controller.

Also did the whole leaked list come true?

1. Categorized by Real name - Alias
2. Players:
3. Kevin Toy - PewPewU
4. McCain LaVelle - MacD
5. Christopher Szygiel - PC Chris
6. Daniel Jung - KoreanDJ
7. Lilian Wei - Milktea
8. Gonzalo Barrios - ZeRo
9. Neha Chhetri - Lilo
10. Kevin Nanney - PPMD
11. Kris Aldenderfer - Toph
12. Hendrick Pilar - DJ Nintendo
13. Dakota Lasky - Rapture
14. Justin Hallett - Wizzrobe
15. Samantha McNaughton - Peachyhime
16. Hugo Gonzalez - HugS
17. Ken Hoang - Ken
18. Cristin DeSaro - Crismas
19. Commentators:
20. D'Ron Maingrette - D1
21. Wynton Smith - Prog

 

[Mayday]

Smaller things to take away from the announcement:
Characters that are confirmed that won't be playable -

Finale on Battlefield, not FD. Maybe a change in For Glory mode