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Tournament:GENESIS (series)

GENESIS
Info
Founded 2009
Region United States
Format Double elimination
Super Smash Bros. winners Canada SuPeRbOoMfAn (2011 and 2018)
Japan wario (2016)
Peru Alvin (2017)
Japan kysk (2019)
USA Shihman (2020, 2022)
USA Dankey Kang (2023)
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mango (2009)
Sweden Armada (2011, 2016, 2017)
USA Plup (2018)
USA Hungrybox (2019)
USA Zain (2020, 2022)
USA Jmook (2023)
USA Cody Schwab (2024)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl winners Canada Ally (2009)
USA Mew2King (2011)
Project M winners Canada Kage (2011)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo (2016)
Mexico MkLeo (2017, 2018)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo (2019, 2022, 2023)
USA Marss (2020)
USA Zomba (2024)
Most successful player(s) Mexico MkLeo (5 wins)
Staff
Organizer(s) Boback, DBR
Website(s) http://www.genesisgaming.gg/

GENESIS is tournament series held annually in Northern California, primarily organized by Boback and members of the DBR crew. The tournament series began in 2009 and since 2016 has been the major Smash event near the beginning of the year or season (sans 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). It is widely regarded as one of the premier Smash tournament series, especially following Apex's decline, and one of the largest Smash-centric events each year alongside Supernova, regularly boasting over 2,000 entrants.

List of tournamentsEdit

Event Date Attendance Main Events
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 350+   
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 300+     
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 3,592    
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 3,575    
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 2,942    
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 3,793    
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 2,639    
GENESIS 8 April 15th-17th, 2022 3,531    
GENESIS 9 January 20th-22nd, 2023 2,407    
GENESIS X February 16th-18th, 2024 2,969   
GENESIS X2 February 14th-16th, 2025 1,993   

ChampionsEdit

  Smash 64 Winners  Edit

Event Attendance Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
GENESIS 2 22 Daniel Hoyt   SuPeRbOoMfAn       Isai    
GENESIS 3 238   wario     SuPeRbOoMfAn    
GENESIS 4 185 Alvin Leon Hara   Alvin     SuPeRbOoMfAn   
GENESIS 5 124 Daniel Hoyt   SuPeRbOoMfAn       Alvin   
GENESIS 6 98   kysk       Josh Brody  
GENESIS 7 64 Andy Shih   Shihman      LETSGO  
GENESIS 8 60 Andy Shih   Shihman   Dr. Grin
GENESIS 9 46   Dankey Kang   OJ
GENESIS X* 66 Andy Shih   Shihman   Paco
GENESIS X2* 50 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

* Smash 64 was a side event in 2024 and 2025.

  Melee Winners  Edit

Event Attendance Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
GENESIS 290 Joseph Marquez   Mango      Armada  
GENESIS 2 228 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Mango   
GENESIS 3 1,828 Adam Lindgren   Armada      Mango   
GENESIS 4 1,704 Adam Lindgren   Armada     Mango   
GENESIS 5 1,365 Justin McGrath   Plup      Hungrybox  
GENESIS 6 1,113 Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox     Axe  
GENESIS 7 1,110 Zain Naghmi   Zain     Hungrybox  
GENESIS 8 1,552 Zain Naghmi   Zain     Jmook  
GENESIS 9 1,253 Jake Dirado   Jmook     iBDW  
GENESIS X 1,544 Cody Schwab   Cody Schwab     aMSa  
GENESIS X2 1,074 Juan Debiedma   Hungrybox     Trif  

  Brawl Winners  Edit

Event Attendance Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
GENESIS 292 Elliot Carroza-Oyarce   Ally     Mew2King  
GENESIS 2 197 Jason Zimmerman   Mew2King     Ally      
GENESIS X* 71 Hunter Rogers   Player-1   Fino
GENESIS X2* 60 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

* Brawl was a side event in 2024 and 2025.

  Project M Winners  Edit

Event Attendance Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
GENESIS 2 52 Roustane Benzeguir   Kage     JCaesar    

  Smash 4 Winners  Edit

Event Attendance Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
GENESIS 3 1,096 Gonzalo Barrios   ZeRo      Dabuz  
GENESIS 4 1,012 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo      Ally  
GENESIS 5 674 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo       Mistake   

  Ultimate Winners  Edit

Event Attendance Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
GENESIS 6 2,105 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo      VoiD   
GENESIS 7 1,699 Tyler Martins   Marss     MkLeo  
GENESIS 8 1,959 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo      Glutonny  
GENESIS 9 1,215 Leonardo Lopez Perez   MkLeo       MuteAce  
GENESIS X 1,506 Salvatore DeSena   Zomba     Sonix  
GENESIS X2 924 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

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