Smasher:Nintendude

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Nintendude
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Character info
Smash 64 mains Mario, Pikachu
Other Smash 64 character Kirby
Melee main Ice Climbers
Other Melee characters Peach, Samus
Smash 4 main Zero Suit Samus
Project M main Mr. Game & Watch
Other Project M characters Peach, Ike
Team info
Crew(s) Splyce, Video Gamerz
Former crews MC, Team Apex
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2015 SSBMRank: 25th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$7,434.98
Project M ~$477.90
Personal and other info
Real name Michael Brancato
Location Rockville, Maryland USA
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Top professional
Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Project M Professional

Nintendude is a smasher from Ithaca, New York and Westchester County, New York who currently resides in Rockville, Maryland. He is currently ranked 1st on the DMV Melee Power Rankings and 25th in the 2015 SSBMRank, and was formerly ranked 8th on the MD/VA Project M Power Rankings and 25th on the unfinished Smash 64 ELO Rating.

He is considered to be one of the best Melee Ice Climbers players in the world along with ChuDat, Wobbles and Fly Amanita, having defeated top players such as PewPewU, Zhu, KirbyKaze, Hax, Mew2King, Westballz, and Plup. He is mostly known for his high use of wobbling, along with many creative setups to maximize its use. He is also a notable Mario and Pikachu player in Smash 64, and has taken sets off high-level players such as Fireblaster, Revan and Stranded in tournament. He mains Mr. Game & Watch in Project M.

Nintendude is also one of the most prominent tournament organizers on the east coast. In addition to being a staff member of Apex from 2010 until 2015, he administered the Smash @ Clarendon tournament series in Arlington, VA, in addition to other large local tournaments such as PrEVO 2015. Nintendude was also a head organizer for Super Smash Con and PAX Prime 2015. He is a moderator on the /r/smashbros subreddit, where his username is "Elbedhar". In April 2016, Nintendude also helped organize Pound 2016. Nintendude is currently a member of Splyce, which was formerly known as FolloweSports.com.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros.

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 2nd
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 5th 1st Isai
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 2nd
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 9th
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 4th
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 13th
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 5th 2nd Firo
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 5th Firo
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-26th, 2015 5th 1st Lord Narwhal
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 25th 5th Fireblaster
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 2nd Firo

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
EVO East May 25th-27th, 2007 17th
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 65th 33rd SwiftBass
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 9th 7th KirbyKaze
The Big House 2 October 6th-7th, 2012 17th
Revival of Melee 5 November 17th-18th, 2012 9th
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 49th
Sa2vation S January 26th, 2013 4th
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 17th
The Big House 3 October 12th-13th, 2013 5th
Xanadu 12/10/2013 December 11th, 2013 1st
S@X Sunday December 22nd, 2013 1st
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 33rd
Shuffle V February 22nd-23rd, 2014 4th
Civil War VI April 12th-13th, 2014 2nd
Revival of Melee 7 March 8th-9th, 2014 17th 13th Wife
Fight Pitt IV April 19th, 2014 5th
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 17th 9th Husband
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 17th 9th Bladewise
Smash @ Clarendon July 18th, 2014 5th
S@X July 22nd, 2014 5th
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 5th
S@X August 5th, 2014 1st
Smash @ Clarendon August 15th, 2014 4th
S@X August 19th, 2014 1st
Smash @ Clarendon August 29th, 2014 4th
S@X September 2nd, 2014 1st
S@X September 10th, 2014 1st
S@X September 17th, 2014 3rd
S@X September 24th, 2014 1st
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 17th
S@X October 8th, 2014 1st
Smash @ Clarendon October 11th, 2014 7th
Shell Shocked XVI October 11th, 2014 1st
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 9th
FC Smash 15XR: Return July 4th-5th, 2015 7th 5th Swedish Delight
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 97th 7th Swedish Delight
Super Smash Con August 6th-9th, 2015 7th 9th Redd
PAX Prime 2015 August 28th-30th, 2015 7th 3rd Westballz
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 7th
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 13th 5th Swedish Delight
MLG World Finals 2015 October 16th-18th, 2015 5th 3rd DruggedFox
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays October 21st, 2015 2nd
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-25th, 2015 13th
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 7th 33rd Bladewise
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 2/17 February 17th, 2016 5th
Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 20th
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 3/30 March 30th, 2016 5th
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 9th

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 49th
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 25th 9th Seagull Joe
Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 3/30 March 30th, 2016 17th

Trivia

  • Nintendude has won the Smash @ Xanadu weekly Melee tournament 31 times, which is more times than any other smasher.

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