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To commemorate the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as a whole, Nintendo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw announced] and subsequently hosted an '''invitational tournament''' during [[E3 2014]], at the [[wikipedia:Nokia Theatre L.A. Live‎|NOKIA Theatre]] in Los Angeles, California. The host of the event was {{s|wikipedia|Geoff Keighley}}<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m30s</ref>, while {{s|wikipedia|Reggie Fils-Aime}} made an additional appearance at the conclusion at the event to present the winner with a trophy.
The '''Super Smash Bros. Invitational''' was a ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' tournament hosted by [[Nintendo]]. To commemorate the release of ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as a whole, Nintendo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw announced] and subsequently hosted the tournament during [[E3 2014]], at the [[wikipedia:Nokia Theatre L.A. Live‎|NOKIA Theatre]] in Los Angeles, California. The host of the event was {{s|wikipedia|Geoff Keighley}}<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m30s</ref>, while {{s|wikipedia|Reggie Fils-Aime}} made an additional appearance at the conclusion at the event to present the winner with a trophy.


The game played was {{forwiiu}}, marking the first time that the game was playable to the public. Sixteen top professional players, whose experience included ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and even ''[[Project M]]'', were invited to participate. Intended to be more an exhibition of the game than a standard tournament, the event featured some non-standard rules, such as the inclusion of items in some matches, in order to demonstrate multiple aspects of gameplay that were previously unrevealed.
The game played was {{forwiiu}}, marking the first time that the game was playable to the public. Sixteen top professional players, whose experience included ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and even ''[[Project M]]'', were invited to participate. Intended to be more an exhibition of the game than a standard tournament, the event featured some non-standard rules, such as the inclusion of items in some matches, in order to demonstrate multiple aspects of gameplay that were previously unrevealed.

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Super Smash Bros. Invitational
E3 2014 Invitational.png
Dates June 10, 2014
Venue NOKIA Theatre
Address/City 777 Chick Hearn Court
Los Angeles, California USA
Attendance 16
Entry fees —
Pot size(s) $500
Results
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners Chile ZeRo

The Super Smash Bros. Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament hosted by Nintendo. To commemorate the release of Super Smash Bros. 4, and the Super Smash Bros. series as a whole, Nintendo announced and subsequently hosted the tournament during E3 2014, at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The host of the event was Geoff Keighley[1], while Reggie Fils-Aime made an additional appearance at the conclusion at the event to present the winner with a trophy.

The game played was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, marking the first time that the game was playable to the public. Sixteen top professional players, whose experience included Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and even Project M, were invited to participate. Intended to be more an exhibition of the game than a standard tournament, the event featured some non-standard rules, such as the inclusion of items in some matches, in order to demonstrate multiple aspects of gameplay that were previously unrevealed.

The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators, with costumed fans receiving priority seating;[2] all spectators were given flipboards with the official art of all playable characters in order to vote on who their favourite player in a match was.

The entirety of the tournament was also streamed live on Nintendo's official Twitch account, with professional Smash commentators announcing and commentating both the live event and video footage.

A video contest was also held prior to the contest, where the winner of which would be awarded a VIP trip to the event and have the opportunity to play one of the tournament winners. The winner was revealed to be justinanthonylennox.

Players

The following players participated in the tournament, listed in the order in which characters were selected.[3]

Smasher Character played
USA Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton Peach (PM) Villager (SSB4) Villager
USA Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma Jigglypuff (SSBM) Kirby (SSB4) Kirby
USA Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar Fox (SSBM) Samus (SSBM) Bowser (SSBM) Bowser (SSB4) Bowser
USA Lilian "milktea" Chen Peach (SSBM) Pikachu (SSB4) Pikachu
Chile Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios Fox (SSBM) Meta Knight (SSBB) Zero Suit Samus (SSB4) Zero Suit Samus
USA Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez Samus (SSBM) Mega Man (SSB4) Mega Man
USA Kevin "PPMD" Nanney Falco (SSBM) Marth (SSBM) Fox (SSB4) Fox
USA Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer Fox (SSBM) Pit (SSB4) Pit
USA Cristin "Crismas" DeSaro Peach (SSBM) Zelda (SSB4) Zelda
USA Ken "Ken" Hoang Marth (SSBM) Marth (SSB4) Marth
USA Kevin "PewPewU" Toy Marth (SSBM) Mario (SSB4) Mario
USA McCain "MacD" LaVelle Peach (SSBM) Greninja (SSB4) Greninja
Japan Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto Yoshi (SSBM) Olimar (SSB4) Olimar
USA Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung Marth (SSBM) Fox (SSBM) Rosalina (SSB4) Rosalina
USA Neha "Lilo" Chhetri Peach (SSBM) Wii Fit Trainer (SSB4) Wii Fit Trainer
USA Dakota "Rapture" Lasky Meta Knight (SSBB) Kirby (SSBB) Little Mac (SSB4) Little Mac
  • milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.

    milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.

  • Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.

    Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.

  • Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.

    Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.

  • Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.

    Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.

Announcers

Between matches, host Geoff Keighley narrated previews to the various matches, as well as provided color commentary; the matches themselves were commentated by: [4]

  • D'Ron "D1" Maingrette
  • Wynton "Prog" Smith
  • Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman
  • Geoff Keighley is revealed as host.

    Geoff Keighley is revealed as host.

  • Prog is revealed as a commentator.

    Prog is revealed as a commentator.

  • D1 is revealed as a commentator.

    D1 is revealed as a commentator.

  • Scar is revealed as a commentator.

    Scar is revealed as a commentator.

Available characters

Most characters that were revealed at the time of the tournament's original announcement at the end of April were playable, including all six confirmed newcomers, though several confirmed veterans were omitted.

Mario (SSB4)
Mario 		Rosalina (SSB4)
Rosalina 		Bowser (SSB4)
Bowser 		Donkey Kong (SSB4)
Donkey Kong 		Link (SSB4)
Link 		Zelda (SSB4)
Zelda 		Samus (SSB4)
Samus 		Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
Zero Suit Samus 		Kirby (SSB4)
Kirby 		Fox (SSB4)
Fox
Pikachu (SSB4)
Pikachu 		Greninja (SSB4)
Greninja 		Marth (SSB4)
Marth 		Pit (SSB4)
Pit 		Olimar (SSB4)
Olimar 		Little Mac (SSB4)
Little Mac 		Villager (SSB4)
Villager 		Wii Fit Trainer (SSB4)
Wii Fit Trainer 		Sonic (SSB4)
Sonic 		Mega Man (SSB4)
Mega Man

No player picked Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, or Sonic.

Ruleset

The following rules were in effect:[5]

  • Before the tournament began, all competitors chose characters in random order. Characters could not be chosen by multiple players, and players could not switch characters midway through the tournament.
  • Each match was a four player free-for-all, with all players having four stocks, as well as a five minute timer. The top two players in terms of score advanced. A tie between two players was decided by which player KOed more players; if this was insufficient, the tie would then be broken by fan vote.
  • The finals took place on Battlefield, with both players having four stocks and the time at 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
  • Items were on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.

Results

Invitational Tournament

The winner of the Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as Zero Suit Samus.

Quarterfinal 1
Greninja (SSB4) MacD Eliminated
Olimar (SSB4) aMSa Advanced
Zelda (SSB4) Crismas Eliminated
Little Mac (SSB4) Rapture Advanced
Quarterfinal 2
Bowser (SSB4) DJ Nintendo Eliminated
Zero Suit Samus (SSB4) ZeRo Advanced
Rosalina (SSB4) KoreanDJ Advanced
Fox (SSB4) PPMD Eliminated
Quarterfinal 3
Mario (SSB4) PewPewU Advanced
Wii Fit Trainer (SSB4) Lilo Advanced
Pit (SSB4) Toph Eliminated
Marth (SSB4) Ken Eliminated
Quarterfinal 4
Villager (SSB4) Peachyhime Advanced
Pikachu (SSB4) milktea Eliminated
Kirby (SSB4) Hungrybox Advanced
Mega Man (SSB4) HugS Eliminated
Semifinal 1
Olimar (SSB4) aMSa Advanced
Little Mac (SSB4) Rapture Eliminated
Zero Suit Samus (SSB4) ZeRo Advanced
Rosalina (SSB4) KoreanDJ Eliminated
Semifinal 2
Mario (SSB4) PewPewU Eliminated
Wii Fit Trainer (SSB4) Lilo Advanced
Kirby (SSB4) Hungrybox Advanced
Villager (SSB4) Peachyhime Eliminated
Final
Zero Suit Samus (SSB4) ZeRo Advanced
Olimar (SSB4) aMSa Eliminated
Kirby (SSB4) Hungrybox Advanced
Wii Fit Trainer (SSB4) Lilo Eliminated
Grand Final
Zero Suit Samus (SSB4) ZeRo Winner
Kirby (SSB4) Hungrybox Runner-up

Full results:
1. Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios
2. Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma
3. Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto
3. Neha "Lilo" Chhetri
5. Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
5. Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton
5. Dakota "Rapture" Lasky
5. Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung
9. Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar
9. Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer
9. Lilian "milktea" Wei
9. Cristin "Crismas" DeSaro
9. Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
9. Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
9. McCain "MacD" LaVelle
9. Ken "Ken" Hoang

Fan-Favorite Tournament

Between matches, the audience chose a fighter of the previous round, regardless of the match results, and the fighter with the most votes was transferred to the Fan-Favorite Tournament. The winner of the tournament was Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, who played as Fox.

Fan-Favorite Round 1
Greninja (SSB4) MacD Eliminated
Fox (SSB4) PPMD Advanced
Marth (SSB4) Ken Eliminated
Mega Man (SSB4) HugS Advanced
Fan-Favorite Round 2
Fox (SSB4) PPMD Advanced
Mega Man (SSB4) HugS Advanced
Mario (SSB4) PewPewU Eliminated
Rosalina (SSB4) KoreanDJ Eliminated
Fan-Favorite Final
Fox (SSB4) PPMD Winner
Mega Man (SSB4) HugS Runner-up

Full results:
1. Kevin "PPMD" Nanney
2. Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez
3. Kevin "PewPewU" Toy
3. Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung
5. McCain "MacD" LaVelle
5. Ken "Ken" Hoang

Celebrity Rumble

In addition to the aforementioned tournaments, four celebrities competed in a "celebrity rumble". The match took place at Town and City. The competitors included:

Celebrity Rumble
Bowser (SSB4) Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars) Winner
Greninja (SSB4) Zelda Williams (several Nintendo commercials) Runner-up
Link (SSB4) Stephen Lunsford (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight) Third place
Kirby (SSB4) Erin Sanders (Zoey 101) Fourth place

Full results:
1. Keegan Allen
2. Zelda Williams
3. Stephen Lunsford
4. Erin Sanders

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m30s
  2. ^ http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228622-nintendo-invites-public-to-super-smash-bros-invitational
  3. ^ http://wiiudaily.com/2014/05/nintendo-announces-super-smash-bros-players/
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQySEjyCUw&t=1m19s
  5. ^ http://e3.nintendo.com/tournament/info/

External links

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