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With {{forwiiu}} released at the end of 2014, speculation started to arise whether or not EVO would feature both ''Melee'' and the new game, or favors the new game in the franchise, as in 2008 with ''Brawl'''s release. But on January 20th, 2015, { | With {{forwiiu}} released at the end of 2014, speculation started to arise whether or not EVO would feature both ''Melee'' and the new game, or favors the new game in the franchise, as in 2008 with ''Brawl'''s release. But on January 20th, 2015, {[Sm|Mr. Wizard}} confirmed that both ''Melee'' and the newly released ''Smash 4'' would be featured on the lineup, citing the noted "continued interest in ''Melee''" with [[Apex 2015]] record numbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjiscOndons&feature=youtu.be&t=35m51s |title=Evolution 2015 Games Reveal |publisher=Twitch |accessdate=2016-05-04}}</ref> | ||
EVO 2015 went on to break another record for the largest Smash tournament, with both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' nearing 2,000 entrants. Despite concerns that featuring two ''Smash'' games on the lineup would result on a large player overlap, less than 16% of the total numbers of entrants registered for both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref> At EVO 2016, both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' broke their records for their largest tournaments, each of them breaking 2,000 entrants for the first time, and having over 4,000 unique players across both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evo2016.j.layershift.co.uk/match/statsPlayer |title= Player game stats |publisher= Bavo Bruylandt (aka acku80/bavobbr) |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> EVO 2016 still holds the record for the largest tournament for both of their games, and the ''Smash 4'' tournament held the record for the largest Smash tournament overall for three years until EVO 2019 beat it. While ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' at EVO 2017 and 2018 did not have the largest tournament of the year, they are still among the top ten largest tournaments for each game. | EVO 2015 went on to break another record for the largest Smash tournament, with both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' nearing 2,000 entrants. Despite concerns that featuring two ''Smash'' games on the lineup would result on a large player overlap, less than 16% of the total numbers of entrants registered for both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/616627483320950784 |title=Smash Registration statistics |publisher=One Frame Link |accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref> At EVO 2016, both ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' broke their records for their largest tournaments, each of them breaking 2,000 entrants for the first time, and having over 4,000 unique players across both games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evo2016.j.layershift.co.uk/match/statsPlayer |title= Player game stats |publisher= Bavo Bruylandt (aka acku80/bavobbr) |accessdate=2016-07-18}}</ref> EVO 2016 still holds the record for the largest tournament for both of their games, and the ''Smash 4'' tournament held the record for the largest Smash tournament overall for three years until EVO 2019 beat it. While ''Melee'' and ''Smash 4'' at EVO 2017 and 2018 did not have the largest tournament of the year, they are still among the top ten largest tournaments for each game. | ||
