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-Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' Tournament was a circuit of regional tournaments hosted by Nintendo shortly before the launch of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
+{{Infobox Tournament
+|name= ''Brawl Pre-Launch Tournaments''
+|image=
+|dates= February 16th, 2008 (Qualifier #1)<br>February 23rd, 2008 (Qualifier #2)<br>March 1st, 2008 (Qualifier #3)<br>March 8th, 2008 (Qualifer #4 & Finals)
+|attendance= ???
+|entryfees= N/A
+|ssbbwinner= {{Sm|KoreanDJ|USA}}
+|director= [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]
+}}
+Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' Tournament was a series of regional tournaments hosted by Nintendo shortly before the launch of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. Four qualifiers were held across the United States between February 16th-March 8th, 2008 with the grand finals held in New York, NY on March 8th, 2008.
 ==Schedule==
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 |Finals||New York, NY||March 8th, 2008||Best Buy<br> 622 Broadway
 |}
+==Ruleset==
+[https://www.nintendo.com/corp/ssbb_official_rules.html Official rules]<br>
+The tournament used a single-elimination process for it's bracket. Each regional qualifier had a cap of 256 players. Only the starting roster of characters were unlocked for use.
+===Game settings===
+*[[Stocks]]: 3
+*[[Timer]]: 4:00 (5:00 during winners and losers finals, no time limit during grand finals)
+*[[Items]]: All on and set to medium
+*[[Stages]]: {{SSBB|Battlefield}} only
+==Prizing==
+Winners of the qualifiers received entry into the grand finals, a $500 Best Buy gift card, a round-trip flight for two to the grand finals, a three-day hotel stay, and a $200 voucher for use within the hotel. All four qualifier winners were also listed on Nintendo's official ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20090416162825/http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/KnFMt3BjmYvIGiGjIfIXqkuretT-KLyA webpage]. First, second, and third place runner-ups received $250, $100, and $50 Best Buy gift cards respectively.  Participants who did not place within the top 4 received a $10 Best Buy gift card.
+The grand finals winner received a Swarovski crystal-encrusted Wii with a special ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' design produced by Crystal Icing, an extra Wii remote and nunchuck, a copy of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', an art piece inspired by the game, a LG 42" 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV, and a LG 400W XM Ready 2-Ch. Home Theater System. First, second, and third place runner-ups each received a Nintendo Wii console with an additional Wii remote and nunchuck and a $1,000, $500, and $250 Best Buy gift card respectively.
 ==Results==
+{{LostResults}}
 ===Los Angeles===
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaY1xjLd3bA Grand Finals]
 {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
 !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
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 |}
 ===San Francisco===
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ7E-Q9Q1TE Grand Finals]
 {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
 !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
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 |}
 ===Worcestor===
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgyySe3s6aI Grand Finals]
 {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
 !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
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 |}
 ===New York===
+{|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
+!Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
+|-
+|1st||{{Sm|DireVulcan|USA}}||{{Head|Ike|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
+|-
+|2nd||???||?||
+|}
 ===Finals===
+(4 entrants)
 {|class="wikitable collapsible uncollapsed" style="text-align:center"
 !Place!!Name!!Character(s)!!Earnings
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 |2nd||{{Sm|DireVulcan|USA}}||{{Head|Ike|g=SSBB|s=16px}}||
 |}
+==Trivia==
+*The crystal Wii produced by Crystal Icing used over 20,000 Swarovski crystals and was valued at $4,000.<ref>[https://crystalicing.typepad.com/crystalicing/2008/03/the-brawl-to-en.html Crystal Icing: The Brawl to End Them All... blog post]</ref>
+*The crystal Wii was at some point sold to rare video game collectible selling website, Combo Point. In September of 2013, Combo Point had placed the Wii for auction on eBay with a starting bid of $20,000.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130928123620/http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-Swarovski-Crystal-Wii-SSBB-Tournament-Award-ONLY-1-IN-THE-WORLD-/200968141087 Crystal Wii placed on eBay]</ref> The auction ended several days later with no bids.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20131120164021/http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-Swarovski-Crystal-Wii-SSBB-Tournament-Award-ONLY-1-IN-THE-WORLD-/200968141087 Crystal Wii auction ended]</ref> The current whereabouts of the console is unknown.
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090416162825/http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/KnFMt3BjmYvIGiGjIfIXqkuretT-KLyA Brawl page]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080217201638/http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=14627 Press Release]
-*[https://www.nintendo.com/corp/ssbb_official_rules.html rules]
-*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080217201638/http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=14627 press release]