Editing Tournament:Premium Fight

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{{Infobox Tournament
|name= Premium Fight
|image= PremiumFight.jpg
|dates= August 25th, 2001
|venue= Makuhari Messe
|address= 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku
|city= Chiba, Chiba, Japan {{Flag|Japan}}
|attendance= Unknown (More than 32)
|entryfees= Free
|ssbmwinner= Yasuhito Murofushi <small>1v1</small>
|director= [[Nintendo]]
|staffgroup1 = Emcees
|staff1      = Asarido (Naru Kawamoto & Fumihiro Horiguchi)
}}
'''Premium Fight''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' tournament hosted by [[Nintendo]] at [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Space World#Space World 2001|Space World 2001]] on August 25th, 2001, three months prior to ''Melee''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Japanese release. It was notably the first ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' tournament and first Nintendo-sponsored tournament as well. The tournament was emceed by the comedian duo Asarido, consisting of Naru Kawamoto and Fumihiro Horiguchi.

The tournament was played using 4 player, free-for-all, [[Time]] matches with the grand finals being a 2 player 1v1 [[Stock]] match. The prize for first place was a [[Nintendo GameCube]] and a copy of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' upon release. Second place only earned a copy of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' upon release. According to an IGN article, everyone who made it to the finals earned a special ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' tote bag.

Due to the tournament taking place before ''Melee'''s official release, only a few characters were available. These characters included [[Mario (SSBM)|Mario]], [[Donkey Kong (SSBM)|Donkey Kong]], [[Link (SSBM)|Link]], [[Samus (SSBM)|Samus]], [[Yoshi (SSBM)|Yoshi]], [[Kirby (SSBM)|Kirby]], [[Fox (SSBM)|Fox]], [[Pikachu (SSBM)|Pikachu]], [[Captain Falcon (SSBM)|Captain Falcon]], [[Ness (SSBM)|Ness]], [[Peach (SSBM)|Peach]], [[Bowser (SSBM)|Bowser]], and the [[Ice Climbers (SSBM)|Ice Climbers]].

==Results==
===Main tournament===
According to a post made by [[Masahiro Sakurai]] on the official Japanese ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' website, lots of people entered the tournament, but only the top 32 made it into the quarterfinals where they were then split up into 8 groups of 4 players each. The groups played a 2-minute free-for-all match, with 8 players who won 1st place in their respective group advancing into the semi-finals. The rules used during the semi-finals were the same as in the quarterfinals, with the 8 players being split into 4 groups. The 4 winners of the semi-finals advanced into the finals. Sakurai remarks that a "brilliant" player by the name of Oikawa, who was endorsed by Asarido, was eliminated here. The top 2 players moved on. The grand finals was between Yuta Suzuki and Yasuhito Murofushi, both 16 years old at the time. The match was set to [[Stock]] mode instead of the usual [[Time]] mode. In the end, Murofushi took the win using [[Mario (SSBM)|Mario]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
|-
|1st||Yasuhito Murofushi||{{Head|Mario|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||[[Nintendo GameCube]] + ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|-
|2nd||Yuta Suzuki||{{Head|Kirby|g=SSBM|s=16px}}||''Super Smash Bros. Melee''
|-
|3rd||{{Sm|Oikawa}}||||
|}

===Asarido 1v1 Coin Battle===
Prior to the grand finals, both Asarido members, Naru Kawamoto and Fumihiro Horiguchi, competed in a quick [[Coin Battle]]. Kawamoto ended up winning by 8 coins.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Place!!Name!!Character(s)
|-
|1st||Naru Kawamoto||{{Head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|-
|2nd||Fumihiro Horiguchi||{{Head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=16px}}
|}

==External links==
*[https://sourcegaming.info/2015/10/19/premiumfight/ Translated Articles by Source Gaming]
**[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/0825/index.html Report from the Japanese ''Melee'' website - August 25th, 2001]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160917205422/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/sw2001/sokuho/26/page08.html Report from the Japanese Nintendo website]
**[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/0824/index.html Pre-Tournament News and Tips from Masahiro Sakurai via the Japanese ''Melee'' website - August 24th, 2001]
*IGN Articles:
**[http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/16/smash-bros-tournament-at-space-world-2001 ''SMASH BROS. TOURNAMENT AT SPACE WORLD 2001'' - July 16th, 2001]
**[http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/06/smash-bros-melee-tournament ''SMASH BROS. MELEE TOURNAMENT'' - August 6th, 2001]

[[Category:2001 tournaments]]
[[Category:Kantō tournaments]]
[[Category:Nintendo-sponsored tournaments]]
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