Super Smash Bros. in competitive play: Difference between revisions

The original ''Super Smash Bros.'' getting competitive play did not start at the initial release of the game, unlike all of its successors. In fact, the first ''Smash Bros.'' did not develop almost any community at all until ''[[Melee]]'' was released two years later as a breakout sequel. Only then did the newborn ''Smash'' tournament scene have small groups of people take a second look at the ''64'' version.

Since 2012 and the inclusion at [[Apex 2012]], the scene began to grew. [[Apex 2013]] was the first tournament with Japanese top players in attendance, with [[Kikoushi]] winning that event. [[Apex 2015]] was the last [[Apex]] with ''Smash 64'' and also had the highest number of participants (188).  

The US tournaments were dominated by the Canadian [[SuPeRbOoMfAn]], [[Isai]] and occasionally entering players from Japan (most notably {{Sm|Kikoushi}} and {{Sm|Moyashi}}).

In 2015, the [[Super Smash Con]] series was born and its sequels would become the biggest ''Smash 64'' tournaments.  In 2016, the [[GENESIS]] series returned and [[GENESIS 3]] and [[Super Smash Con 2016]] were the first tournaments with over 200 entrants. [[Super Smash Con 2016]] was also the first US tournament to be attended by Peruvian top player [[Alvin]], who would soon become a major threat at US tournaments. At the end of 2016, [[64 League Rankings]], the first global [[Power Rankings]] for ''Smash 64'', were created.

Smash 64 is still a fairly small competitive scene compared to ''Melee'' and ''[[Smash 4]]'', with the largest tournament gathering 314 entrants compared to ''Melee''{{'}}s 2,372 and ''Smash 4''{{'}}s 2,662, as well as ''[[Brawl]]'''s 400.