Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational

Super Smash Bros. Invitational
Dates	June 10, 2014
Venue	NOKIA Theatre
Address/City	Los Angeles, CA
Attendance	16
Entry fees	—
Pot size(s)	—
Results

To commemorate the release of Super Smash Bros. 4, and the Super Smash Bros. series as a whole, Nintendo hosted an invitational tournament during E3 2014, at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

The game played was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. 16 "highly skilled" players were invited to participate. The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators with costumed fans receiving priority seating, and there event was streamed live with commentators.

A video contest was held, 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.

The host of the event was Geoff Keighley.

Players

The following players participated in the tourney, listed in the order in which characters were selected.

Smasher	Character played
Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton	Villager
Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma	Kirby
Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar	Bowser
Lilian "milktea" Wei	Pikachu
Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios	Zero Suit Samus
Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez	Mega Man
Kevin "PPMD" Nanney	Fox
Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer	Pit
Cristin "Crismas" DesSaro	Zelda
Ken "Ken" Hoang	Marth
Kevin "PewPewU" Toy	Mario
McCain "MacD" LaVelle	Greninja
Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto	Olimar
Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung	Rosalina
Neha "Lilo" Chhetri	Wii Fit Trainer
Dakota "Rapture" Lasky	Little Mac

Announcers

Matches were announced by the following commentators.

• D'Ron "D1" Maingrette
• Wynton "Prog" Smith
• Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman

Available characters

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

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

Rules

The following rules were in effect:

• Before the tournament begins, the players will choose characters in random order. Characters may not be chosen by multiple players, and players cannot switch characters at any time.
• Each match will have 4 players. Matches will have 4 stock with a 5-minute timer. The top 2 players in terms of score advance; if there is a tie between 2 and 3, the number of KOs is the tiebreaker, and a further tie is broken by fan vote.
• The final match will take place on Battlefield, and have a timer of 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
• Items will be on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.
• Stages are to be revealed at the tournament.

Announcement Trailer

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Results

Invitational Tournament

The winner of the Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as Zero Suit Samus. His trophy was presented by Reggie Fils-Amie, president of Nintendo of America.

Quarterfinal 1 MacD Eliminated aMSa Advanced Crismas Eliminated Rapture Advanced

Quarterfinal 2 DJ Nintendo Eliminated ZeRo Advanced KoreanDJ Advanced PPMD Eliminated

Quarterfinal 3 PewPewU Advanced Lilo Advanced Toph Eliminated Ken Eliminated

Quarterfinal 4 Peachyhime Advanced milktea Eliminated Hungrybox Advanced HugS Eliminated

Semifinal 1 aMSa Advanced Rapture Eliminated ZeRo Advanced KoreanDJ Eliminated

Semifinal 2 PewPewU Eliminated Lilo Advanced Hungrybox Advanced Peachyhime Eliminated

Final

	ZeRo	Advanced
	aMSa	Eliminated
	Hungrybox	Advanced
	Lilo	Eliminated

Grand Final

	ZeRo	Won
	Hungrybox	Lost

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" DesSaro
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

	MacD	Eliminated
	PPMD	Advanced
	Ken	Eliminated
	HugS	Advanced

Fan-Favorite Round 2

	PPMD	Advanced
	HugS	Advanced
	PewPewU	Eliminated
	KoreanDJ	Eliminated

Fan-Favorite Final

	PPMD	Won
	HugS	Lost

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 competitors included:

• Keegan Allen, star of the television show Pretty Little Liars. Used Bowser.
• Zelda Williams, daughter of comedian Robin Williams and named after Princess Zelda. Used Greninja.
• Erin Sanders, star of the television show Zoey 101 and recurring actress in The Young and Restless. Used Kirby.
• Stephen Lunsford, star of Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight and recurring actor on Teen Wolf. Used Link.

Keegan Allen ultimately won the match.

Videos

Highlights

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Full broadcast

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People's Challenger Faceoff Recap

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Gallery

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  milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.

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  Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.

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  Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.

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  Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.

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  Prog is revealed as a commentator.

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  D1 is revealed as a commentator.

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  Scar is revealed as a commentator.

External links

e3.nintendo.com/tournament/