ZeRo wins Smash for Wii U at The Big House 5

TSM ZeRo kept his Smash for Wii U win streak alive at The Big House 5 this weekend in Michigan. Prior to the event, ZeRo (view rankings) appeared hesitant about entering the largest fall major and many wondered if a break was on the horizon. Despite this, ZeRo found the motivation to push through and compete - and viewers were treated to some of the best Smash Wii U gameplay to date with over 50,000 concurrent viewers tuning into the finals.

ZeRO Keeps his win streak alive at The Big House 5!​

The drama started for ZeRo on Saturday when he was knocked into the losers bracket by Seagull Joe (view rankings) in the second round of phase 2 pools. Channeling his inner-Mango, ZeRo went on a tear through MVD, Static Manny, Wizzrobe, Ally, PG ESAM, Zenyou, Rayquaza, Anti, #3 ranked Dabuz, and finally reset the bracket and took home the championship against rival #2 ranked Nairo (view rankings) in a 3-0, 3-2 finish.

Check out the top 32 results and the match with Seagull below!

@Seagull Joe upsets @ChileZeRo​

The Big House 5 1v1 Top 32
512 Entrants - $6,120 Prize Pool (includes $1,000 Compendium Bonus)
View Bracket

1. TSM @ChileZeRo - Sheik - $2,448
2. Liquid @Nairo - Zero Suit Samus - $1,224
3. iQHQ @Dabuz - Rosalina & Luma - $918
4. Anti - Sheik, Mario, Luigi, Wii Fit Trainer - $612
5. iQHQ Vinnie - Sheik - $306
5. @Rayquaza07 - Rosalina & Luma, Sheik - $306
7. Zenyou - Mario - $153
7. Abadango - Meta Knight, Pac-Man, Rosalina & Luma - $153
9. Seagull Joe - Sonic
9. PG ESAM - Pikachu
9. Trela - Ryu
9. 6WX - Sonic & Ryu
13. Megafox - Fox
13. Ally - Mario
13. Fatality - Captain Falcom
13. Karna - Sheik
17. San - Ike
17. Ryuga - Ike
17. Ksev - Fox
17. Wizzrobe - Sheik
17. Ryo - Ike
17. Shel - Luigi
17. Demitus - Captain Falcon
17. Zinoto - Diddy Kong
25. StaticManny - Sonic, Roy
25. Slither2Hunger - Meta Knight
25. PinkFresh - Pit
25. LOE1 - Luigi
25. Poke - Luigi
25. ***** - Toon Link
25. Average Joe - Donkey Kong
25. XeroXen - Mario

The Big House 5 2v2 Results
115 Teams of 2 - $2,300 Prize Pool
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1. Nairo & ZeR0 - $517.50 each
2. Abadango & Anti - $230 each
3. Ryuga & Rayquaza - $172.50 each
4. ESAM & MVD - $115 each
5. StaticManny & Ryo - $57.50 each
5. Ksev & ***** - $57.50 each
7. Dabuz & Trela
7. Wizzrobe & Mr. E

 

Dang, Seagull got a set on Zero but just missed the cutoff for prize money? That's bogus... you should get a bonus for beating him

Anti vs. Zero was the best set I saw, though. Oh man...

 

Congrats to Zero for winning, but someone needs to climb the ranks and finally beat this guy. He has won something like 52 straight tournaments now, and has lost sets (as we saw w/ seagull joe) but has always come back and won the tournament. Anti got SUPER close to beating ZeRo, but choked at the last second, because like D1 was saying in the commentary of that match, Anti was so close to victory he could taste it, but when he didn't get it in Game 4, he was thrown off and choked in Game 5 because he thought he had it. People need to stop looking at ZeRo when they play him as unbeatable, and they need to just play their game and do what they always do to win, not look at him and fear him and think they are going to lose to him no matter what. I think how Seagull won, is that he didn't look at ZeRo as this smash 4 god, but rather just another player he has to beat. Props to seagull for the win.

 

"OH MY GOD! ZERO GOES DOWN TO SEAGULL!"
Hearing that gives me chills down my spine.

 

I had a blast watching Trela's Ryu, but that loss against ESAM's Pikachu:

Ouch.

 

can anyone stop this man?