Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Tournament

Tournament:EVO Japan 2020

EVO Japan 2020
EVO Japan 2020.jpg
Dates January 24th-26th, 2020
Venue Makuhari Messe
Address/City 2-chōme-1 Nakase
Tokyo, Japan Japan
Attendance 1,819
Results
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Japan Shuton

EVO Japan 2020 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate national held in Tokyo, Japan, from January 24th-26th, 2020. Initially, EVO Japan 2020 had 2,988 entrants, making it the second largest Super Smash Bros. tournament of all time, the largest international tournament, and the only international tournament that had reached over 2,000 entrants. However, the tournament saw an estimated 1,169 disqualifications, placing the total entrants that showed up at around 1,819. [1] This can likely be attributed to the tournament not having any entrance fee, causing many to sign up without knowing for sure if they would be able to attend, as pools were in the middle of a work day.

The top 8 players were congratulated by the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, and were awarded a gift bag from the Nintendo Tokyo store. The winner, Shuton, won a limited edition Nintendo Switch Pro Controller with a gold Super Smash Bros. series symbol emblem.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,819 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Shuton  
2nd   Kome  
3rd   Tea  
4th   Paseriman  
5th   Raito   
5th   Zackray    
7th   shky  
7th   KEN  
9th   Gackt  
9th   ProtoBanham  
9th   Jagaimo  
9th   Abadango   
13th   Kameme   
13th   tk3   
13th   Kirihara  
13th   Etsuji  
17th   Compact  
17th   Kie    
17th   ANTi   
17th   Atelier   
17th   Shogun   
17th   Sigma  
17th   Mr.E  
17th   HIKARU    
25th   Nietono  
25th   Munekin   
25th   Masashi    
25th   takera  
25th   Bokinchan  
25th   Natsu     
25th   Ri-ma   
25th   Take  
33rd   Hinatoto  
33rd   DoubleA  
33rd   kept  
33rd   Zuzuba  
33rd   yuzu  
33rd   Umeki  
33rd   Choco  
33rd   AIR  
33rd   Yamanyon  
33rd   Fsann  
33rd   Suinoko  
33rd   Keroguchi  
33rd   Rattsu  
33rd   AyaLin  
33rd   TRIGGER  
33rd   T  
49th   Harasen  
49th   Kishiru  
49th   Manzoku  
49th   Kiosk  
49th   Higusaki  
49th   supa  
49th   Eim  
49th   Nyanko  
49th   Kuroitsu  
49th   Lea  
49th   Tsu  
49th   sk  
49th   Niki   
49th   Tamanyaso  
49th   JILL  
49th   Hinawo  
65th   Mao  
65th   murasat  
65th   Masha  
65th   Q  
65th   Karoegu  
65th   Ikuya  
65th   Limeman  
65th   kenkenpa  
65th   Arika  
65th   Daiki  
65th   Tamushika  
65th   Tamiflu  
65th   Noi
65th   Fujita
65th   Aiba  
65th   Logix  
65th   Somé  
65th   mojako  
65th   Mossan  
65th   Noluck  
65th   Notty  
65th   Ke-ya  
65th   Rotsuku  
65th   Kisha  
65th   Across  
65th   Brood  
65th   ZAKI  
65th   Nanchan  
65th   Asui  
65th   TKM  
65th   YOC  
65th   Hitachihazuki
97th   Rain  
97th   Nayan  
97th   FILIP  
97th   Iroha  
97th   Hiragi  
97th   Suehiro
97th   Shiki  
97th   Kurz  
97th   Unagi
97th   ShiNe   
97th   KaPMk  
97th   Mosimosi  
97th   Kisuke  
97th   kisa  
97th   Yoi  
97th   Syumain   
97th   Uto  
97th   Pastel
97th   TAKASHI  
97th   Yaminabe  
97th   Ikaboze  
97th   Tiger  
97th   Twinkle  
97th   Nyaha  
97th   VinS  
97th   Usao
97th   Lycopis  
97th   alice  
97th   Sy  
97th   Teona  
97th   Ike  
97th   Ne-gaki

Pot prize controversy

On January 20th, 2020, PracticalTAS made a post on Twitter that listed all the prizes for every game at EVO Japan 2020.[2] He noted that, while every other fighting game had a pot prize for the players who made top 8, Ultimate only rewarded the champion a Nintendo Switch pro controller as the prize, with second place and below being rewarded nothing. This stirred up controversy in the Smash community due to the underwhelming prize pool - or lack thereof - in a tournament with almost 3,000 entrants, and further fueled ongoing debate on Nintendo's support of Smash Bros. prize pools.

On January 26th, 2020, the tournament had wrapped up and all of the top 8 ended up receiving a reward in the form of a bag filled with an assortment of Nintendo merchandise. However, there was no monetary prize whatsoever for any of the competitors.

Trivia

  • This marks Sonic's first ever Top 8 finish at an S-Tier Tournament in Ultimate, with KEN finishing 7th, getting a victory over Gackt before losing to Zackray.
    • It also marks Shulk's first ever Grand Finals at an S-Tier Tournament in Ultimate, with Kome finishing 2nd.
  • Choco placed 33rd, getting his first result out of Top 24 since Umebura 25 where he finished in that same placement.
  • Shuton's prize was accidentally dropped by one of the staff during the brief moment it was handed over to them.
  • In a now-famous series of clips, the Diddy Kong player, Rikuya, managed to get the enemy Cloud player, Takoman, in a 70 second long Infinite string that ended in a KO at 616% damage. This was only made possible since Japan does not have any rules regulating the usage of infinites past a certain damage threshold.
    • The infinite in question is referred to as the "Pyramid Scheme", in which Diddy Kong has to consistently trap the opponents on a platform above him with the Banana Peel down special move with very precise timing and execution. This is possible since, unlike stunning or jab resets, tripping can be reset an unlimited amount of times.

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