Not every Smash game has to have wavedashing and character slidiing and jumping all over the screen at a lightning fast pace.
No, but they have to have depth. 64 has a Brawlesque neutral game at high level and doesn't have wavedash (teleporting doesn't count k?!), but nobody cusses at 64 because the game has a lot of depth into it.
Think about it.
If Smash 4 is more popular (which it will be) than Melee, then that alone makes it deserving of the EVO spot. Same reason why Ultra Street Fighter 4 deserves the spot over SF 3rd Strike, Tekken Tag 2 over Tekken 6, UMVC3 over MVC2, etc.
If you are not familiar with the FGC in general, you refrain yourself from the discussion.
Even though the game might be popular because of the novelty and casual appeal, you have to remember that SSF2T had the main stage on EVO and it was insanely hype. Traditional games SHOULD have their spot because they are the foundation of the community.
Also, those companies put money into EVO to have their game there. Nintendo never spent a dime and ****ed us over for a looooong time. Suddenly they see a marketing opportunity and we are taking in the butt because of that ? HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL NO. Melee should stay there because we built all of this and giving the spot to Nintendo would be the ultimate offense to us.
Smash 4 is perfect because it's a happy medium between Melee and Brawl. I really dislike Melee fanboys like you that immediately write off a new Smash game before the thing even comes out. Plus you completely ignored every valid point in my comment and zeroed in on why Melee should be at EVO even though it's a 12 year old game.
Being a perfect medium between something really good and hell on earth shouldn't be an example. I really dislike Brawl fanboys like you who get all defensive when people state that Melee is a really good game, therefore it should have the spotlight.
It could be a 20 year old game. It's still good, people still play it, community has been more active than ever and being the 3rd most played game at EVO, there are simply NO ARGUMENTS of why it should be taken off.
Smash 4 is going to be cool, I know it, but stop being a Brawltard.