Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025
Dates January 3rd-5th, 2025
Venue The New Yorker Hotel
Address/City 481 8th Avenue
New York, New York USA
Attendance 861
Results
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico Sparg0 1v1
USA Kurama & USA Lui$ 2v2
Canada elijmin Arcadian
Staff
Organizer(s) Even Matchup Gaming

Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supermajor held in New York, New York from January 3rd-5th, 2025.

Tournament summaryEdit

Similar to the previous year, tournament organizers ran a Twitter poll regarding Steve's legality at Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025.[1] After 54.8% voted against a ban, Steve was legalized, making this event the first in the Luminosity Makes Moves series since Let's Make Big Moves 2023 where Steve was not banned.[2]

In doubles, the team seeded 1st, Onin and lolyoshi, was notably upset by the team seeded 65th, LVL7 and Synnister, 1-2 (upset factor 11), marking one of the largest upsets in Ultimate doubles history. However, Onin and lolyoshi were able to pull off an extensive Losers run to enter Grand Finals, where they lost 2-3 to Lui$ and Kurama.

This event saw several strong runs from Tristate players. First, this event was a breakout performance for #208 seed Luigikid64. He first upset #49 seed Spritzy 3-2 and #80 seed Yoda Cage 3-0 (upset factor 3) to enter Top 128 on the Winners side, where after losing to Wrath 2-3 he made a string of upsets, defeating #89 seed DM 1-3, reverse 3-0ing #17 seed MuteAce (upset factor 7), and upsetting #24 seed Tilde 3-2 (upset factor 7), before falling 0-3 to Quandale Dinglelingleton for 25th. This event was also a resurgent performance for #20 seed Dabuz, who chose to focus on Street Fighter 6 during the LumiRank 2024.2 season and as such was only an Honorable Mention on the rankings. His run involved defeating #4 seed Light 3-0 (upset factor 5) and #5 seed Tweek 3-1 (upset factor 4) to enter top 8 on the Winners side, his first top 8 at a supermajor since Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023 in October 2023 and his first top 8 at any major since Cirque Du CFL 3 in March 2024. Finally, a few Tristate players also made upsets on established players: #59 seed PkChris upset #6 seed MkLeo 3-0 (upset factor 7) and went on to place 9th, the best major performance of his competitive career; while #39 seed Pharaoh reverse 3-0'd #16 seed Marss (upset factor 3) for 65th. Marss's placement tied Super Smash Con 2022 as his worst Ultimate major placement, while also being his worst major placement when using Zero Suit Samus.

Outside of Tristate, this tournament was also known for #47 seed JeJaJeJa's run. He first had a minor upset over #18 seed BeastModePaul before losing to Lui$ in Winners top 64. From there, he upset #23 seed Jakal 3-1 and #11 seed Kola 3-0 (upset factor 4) before bowing out to Tweek 3-0 for 9th. This marked the best Kirby placement at a major, outranking Guilheww's 13th-place finish at S Factor 11 which took place only half a year prior. Other notable upsets on high seeds included #179 seed GRIT defeating Marss 3-2 (upset factor 7) and #43 seed Bruho defeating Kola 3-2 (upset factor 4).

Despite making several notable upsets prior to top 8, Tristate was ultimately unable to defend their Tristate Luminosity Makes Moves title. The closest was Syrup, who placed 3rd after defeating Tweek 3-0 and Light 3-2, but was double-eliminated by Hurt 3-1 in both sets. As such, this event became the first Tristate Luminosity Makes Moves event where no Tristate players entered Grand Finals, let alone won, as Grand Finals featuring a match between newly-crowned #1 player Sparg0 and Hurt. Sparg0 ultimately triumphed 3-0 to win the event. With Sparg0 also placing 2nd at the tournament's Rivals of Aether II event, many players compared his tournament performance to Wizzrobe's performance at Smash 'N' Splash 5, as both players won their main event while surprising audiences by placing top 8 at a different platform fighter as the "side" event.

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singlesEdit

(832 entrants)
Top 128 Bracket 1
Top 128 Bracket 2
Top 128 Bracket 3
Top 128 Bracket 4
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Sparg0    
2nd   Hurt  
3rd   Syrup   
4th   Light  
5th   Tweek  
5th   Dabuz   
7th   Wrath  
7th   MkLeo   
9th   PkChris  
9th   Lui$   
9th   JeJaJeJa  
9th   Zomba  
13th   Onin  
13th   Candle  
13th   Kola   
13th   omega  
17th   SHADIC  
17th   Riddles  
17th   Peabnut  
17th   Jakal  
17th   ATATA  
17th   Quandale Dinglelingleton  
17th   Bruho  
17th   Just Blue   
25th   BeastModePaul  
25th   Anarchy  
25th   Epic_Gabriel  
25th   Chugs  
25th   Oolong  
25th   Free KayFlock  
25th   Antimony  
25th   Luigikid64  
33rd   Lima  
33rd   Tilde  
33rd   Mr. E  
33rd   Kurama  
33rd   MVD  
33rd   loaf  
33rd   Beastly  
33rd   Spickles  
33rd   fawn[3]  
33rd   John Numbers  
33rd   Smokk  
33rd   Azrael  
33rd   Leviathan    
33rd   Smirk  
33rd   Juice  
33rd   GRIT  
49th   MuteAce  
49th   Chase   
49th   Sinji  
49th   Dany2theny  
49th   Aaron  
49th   Pharaoh  
49th   Ling  
49th   WebbJP  
49th   Lammers44  
49th   ChunkyKong  
49th   NoTag  
49th   Pelca  
49th   Deltaforce  
49th   BlitzLuigy  
49th   Regalo  
49th   Phaethon  
65th   Marss  
65th   Endothia  
65th   Dominator  
65th   Ikan  
65th   Bobo  
65th   Spritzy  
65th   Vendetta   
65th   Fhantum  
65th   DJDon  
65th   Osh9  
65th   Pacha[4]  
65th   elijmin  
65th   CJFrozen  
65th   Dark Wizzy  
65th   Kurshaun  
65th   Steffen  
65th   DM  
65th   Myles[5]  
65th   Mystearica  
65th   Vivid  
65th   GrlyTeenQueen  
65th   Nexus  
65th   Elam  
65th   Petayaa  
65th   SoulArts  
65th   Alo!   
65th   Amrit  
65th   Abezuraa  
65th   Cody  
65th   Vivi  
65th   Nuggetz  
65th   comet  
97th   C-  
97th   Grymlynn  
97th   Dew2  
97th   red berpo  
97th   BulborbBob[6]  
97th   Juanpi  
97th   Viri  
97th   Dawn  
97th   Jade  
97th   deliboid  
97th   layla  
97th   MPg  
97th   Metamo  
97th   Yeast  
97th   Moxort  
97th   worry  
97th   Arsenic  
97th   Dovidio  
97th   Dolan  
97th   Seel  
97th   Greg House  
97th   Woulphy  
97th   Rawk  
97th   Virgo  
97th   Gh0st  
97th   ibnk[7]  
97th   Syphir  
97th   Ccarrot3  
97th   T-sizzle  
97th   Zoboomafoo  
97th   Burst[8]  
97th   Noodl  
129th   Drewtwo  
129th   Mata-Door  
129th   Wheezer  
129th   H-Meister  
129th   Trile & Error  
129th     Roka  
129th   Karflo  
129th   boosk  
129th   Frappe  
129th   DeLay  
129th   Nikolai  
129th   AmericanWeeaboo  
129th   Squidplumber  
129th   luxa  
129th   KOM  
129th   Synnister  
129th   bee  
129th   Amnesty  
129th   Bubbs  
129th   BECK99  
129th   Grease All Mighty  
129th   Gen  
129th   Yonnitheduck  
129th   LRA_START  
129th   Amaryllis  
129th   MintyFlesh  
129th   EJJ  
129th   Pugi  
129th   Gamer  
129th   TabSoda  
129th   LVL7  
129th   Hoodinii  
129th   Skew  
129th   A9  
129th   Infernape  
129th   xavier  
129th   Jambazi  
129th   ERA  
129th   Beast  
129th   Nik S  
129th   Lipden  
129th   808  
129th   Kale  
129th   Toiler  
129th   sLuGG  
129th   Ferf  
129th   CandyKongLover1  
129th   Sumgai  
129th   BlueJay  
129th   MomHunter9009
129th   Slasher  
129th   Redsaw  
129th   Diamond  
129th   Pango  
129th   Yoda Cage  
129th   Fresh  
129th   Haze  
129th   Mega  
129th   G-XTREME  
129th   Skitz  
129th   BlassTD  
129th   Tavares  
129th   Taiyo
129th   Saltlord  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doublesEdit

(124 teams)
Top 16 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Kurama     Lui$  
2nd   lolyoshi     Onin  
3rd   Chase     MuteAce  
4th   Stratas     PkChris  
5th   JeJaJeJa     Marvale  
5th   GrlyTeenQueen     Pelca  
7th   Beastly     MVD  
7th   Gamer     Fhantum  
9th   Seibrik     Osh9  
9th   Marss     Leviathan   
9th   Free KayFlock     Gen  
9th   Dark Wizzy     Sparg0  
13th   CJFrozen     Anarchy  
13th   Just Blue     Bruho  
13th   Slasher     Alo!  
13th   Cody     Wheezer  

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate National ArcadianEdit

(256 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   elijmin  
2nd   Bruho   
3rd   Phaethon  
4th   ERA  
5th   Vendetta   
5th   Leviathan  
7th   Ling  
7th   Just Blue  
9th   Free KayFlock  
9th   Regalo  
9th   Widara  
9th   G-XTREME  
13th   Dany2theny  
13th   Karflo  
13th   Elam  
13th   Ian  
17th   Pacha  
17th   Juanpi  
17th   Yeast  
17th   Bobo  
17th   Joshathan Gamer  
17th   pango  
17th   Haze  
17th   EJJ  
25th   Squidplumber  
25th   BlassTD  
25th   LRA_START  
25th   Scrafty  
25th   Yufine  
25th   C.Kaleb  
25th   Kamex  
25th   Kale  

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Steve legality poll.
  2. ^ Steve legal at LMBM 2025.
  3. ^ Entered as "GOCK IN MY RARI"
  4. ^ Entered as "Calito"
  5. ^ Entered as "Sir Moves"
  6. ^ Entered as "Jermaker 9000"
  7. ^ Entered as "blue dog"
  8. ^ Entered as "Lion Pizza Chip"

External linksEdit