Tournament:Apex 2016

Apex 2016
Dates	June 17th-19th, 2016
Venue	Garden State Convention Center
Address/City	50 Atrium Drive Somerset, New Jersey
Attendance	500+
Entry fees	$10 singles $20 per team
Pot size(s)	$1000 pot bonus for Melee and Smash 4
Results
winners	Stranded 1v1  Cobr &  Star King 2v2
winners	Mew2King 1v1  DJ Nintendo &  The Moon 2v2
winners	Dabuz 1v1  Nietono &  Umeki 2v2
Staff
Housing	Double Tree Hotel

Apex 2016 was the seventh edition of the Apex series, which took place from June 17th to June 19th of 2016. Apex 2016 was the first Apex event to be run under the new management of the Bifuteki crew, following Alex Strife's removal from the team in 2015.

Although Apex 2015 had previously featured among the largest Smash 64, Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4 tournaments in history, Apex 2016 featured a precipitous drop in attendence compared to its predecessor; this can potentially be attributed to controversies surrounding the tournament series starting with Apex 2015, as well as poor scheduling due to Low Tier City 4, DreamHack Summer 2016, and Snosa II all being scheduled for the same weekend as Apex 2016. Compared to Apex 2016, Smash 64 fell from 188 entrants to 55 entrants, Melee notably went from 1,037 entrants to only 159 entrants, Smash 4 fell from 837 entrants to 309 entrants, and the Brawl event was completely cancelled due to poor turnout. The poor attendence extended to games outside of Smash, with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Killer Instinct, and Mortal Kombat X all having their respective events cancelled. Nevertheless, several top Japanese players, specifically Nietono, RAIN, and Umeki, travelled to Apex to compete in the Smash 4 event.

Official Game Lineup

Game	Entrants	Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. Singles	55	TBA
Super Smash Bros. Doubles	12 teams	TBA
Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles	159	TBA
Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles	32 teams	TBA
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Singles	309	TBA
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Doubles	74 teams	TBA
Street Fighter V	42	TBA
Pokkén Tournament	62	TBA

Results

Super Smash Bros. singles

(55 entrants)

• Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Stranded
2nd	Star King
3rd	Fireblaster
4th	cobr
5th	DFX
5th	NTA
7th	Zeppelin
7th	Sedda

Super Smash Bros. doubles

(12 teams)

• Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Cobr		Star King
2nd	Fireblaster		Zeppelin

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles

(159 entrants)

• Top 32 bracket
• Top 8 bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Mew2King
2nd	Mafia
3rd	The Moon
4th	DJ Nintendo
5th	Stango
5th	Minty
7th	Kaeon
7th	PudgyPanda
9th	G$
9th	Borp
9th	Jsex
9th	TheSWOOPER
13th	Switch
13th	CuppaJoe
13th	Dan Salvato
13th	Lazy
17th	Arias
17th	Copycat
17th	NJzFinest
17th	HRCtypo
17th	Somar
17th	Panties
17th	Berserker
17th	Triad Prodigy
25th	Pochilin
25th	DarkGenex
25th	IONTheKid
25th	Cottons
25th	Failsafe
25th	dunk
25th	Keto
25th	Rox R

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles

(32 teams)

• Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	DJ Nintendo		The Moon
2nd	Mew2King		Jsex
3rd	G$		Stango
4th	Minty		Kaeon
5th	Copycat		Lazy
5th	Kite		Triad Prodigy
7th	Goon		Chico
7th	Panties		Heck

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singles

(309 entrants)

• Top 32 bracket
• Top 8 bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Dabuz
2nd	VoiD
3rd	Nietono
4th	Mew2King
5th	Marss
5th	SuperGirlKels
7th	James
7th	Tweek
9th	The Great Gonzales
9th	Mr.E
9th	RAIN
9th	Umeki
13th	Raptor
13th	6WX
13th	Day
13th	Pugwest
17th	Mister Eric
17th	Biddy
17th	Vash
17th	Minty
17th	Sinji
17th	John Numbers
17th	C3PO
17th	ADHD
25th	LingLing
25th	Chaos
25th	Prof3ssorMGW
25th	Edwin
25th	Tony
25th	Craftis
25th	Oatmeal
25th	Zoan

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doubles

(74 teams)

• Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Nietono		Umeki
2nd	Mew2King		VoiD
3rd	ADHD		Mr.E
4th	Marss		Pugwest
5th	Dio		Raptor
5th	Biddy		Luck
7th	Chaos		Tokyo
7th	Naga's Voice		Noe3
9th	Gonzilla		Yeah~ok
9th	SuperGirlKels		CrazyLittleJay
9th	BlazerKirby		K i R
9th	6WX		C3PO

External Links

• Smash.gg page
• Event photography