Nintendude
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Character info
Smash 64 main Fox
Other Smash 64 characters Mario, Captain Falcon, Samus
Melee mains Marth, Ice Climbers
Other Melee characters Jigglypuff, Peach, Samus
Melee doubles mains Marth
Brawl main Ice Climbers
Other Brawl characters Mr. Game & Watch, Snake
Smash 4 main Zero Suit Samus
Ultimate main Greninja
Project M main Mr. Game & Watch
Other Project M characters Peach, Ike
Team info
Former sponsor(s) Splyce
Crew(s) Video Gamerz, Twitch
Former crews MC, Team Apex
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee 2019 MPGR: 81st
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$8,032.25
Project M ~$477.90
Personal and other info
Real name Michael Brancato
Location Oakland, California USA
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Top professional
Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Semi-professional
Project M Professional

Nintendude is a smasher from Westchester County, New York who currently resides in Oakland, California. He is currently ranked 12th on the NorCal Melee Power Rankings, 56th on the 2017 64 League Rankings, and 81st on the 2019 MPGR. He was formerly ranked 1st and 15th on the MD/VA/DE Melee and Project M Power Rankings, respectively, and was 25th on the unfinished Smash 64 ELO Rating.

He is considered to be one of the best Melee Ice Climbers players in the world, having defeated top players such as Mango, Mew2King, Plup, Axe, and SFAT. He rose to prominence in 2015-2016, achieving a string of top-8s including at Genesis 3, and peaked at 17th on the 2016 SSBMRank. In April 2018, Nintendude announced that he would be switching his focus to Marth and he stopped attending large tournaments as frequently.[1]

Nintendude is also a notable Fox player and a former Mario main in Smash 64, and has taken sets off high-level players such as Fireblaster, Revan and Stranded in tournament. For this reason, he was considered to be one of, if not the best Mario players in North America between before ultimately dropping the character in 2016. He does play Mr. Game & Watch in Project M, but has not achieved the results of other top Game & Watch players such as MrLz and Dakpo.

Nintendude is also one of the most prominent tournament organizers in the Smash community. In addition to being a staff member of Apex from 2010 until 2015, he administered the Smash @ Clarendon tournament series in Arlington, VA, and has served as Tournament Director for Super Smash Con (2015-present), PAX Prime 2015, Royal Flush, Pound 2016, and Pound 2019. He was a moderator on the /r/smashbros subreddit, where his username is "Elbedhar". Nintendude was picked up by Splyce (then known as FolloweSports.com) along with MacD on August 24th, 2015.[2] On March 3rd, 2018, Splyce announced their departure from Melee, losing Nintendude and MacD in the process.[3]

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
Get On My Level 2016 May 21st-22nd 13th 1st SuPeRbOoMfAn
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 33rd 7th Firo
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 5th 2nd Fireblaster
Don't Park on the Grass December 17th-18th, 2016 7th 2nd Fireblaster
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd 2017 25th 7th Joshi
B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th, 2017 7th
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th, 2017 9th 2nd BarkSanchez
Get On My Level 2017 July 28th-30th, 2017 3rd Fireblaster
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 33rd 9th Firo
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 7th
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 57th 13th Level 9 CPU
Smash Factor 7 July 20th-22nd, 2018 1st
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 7th KeroKeroppi

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 49th Trail
Sa2vation S January 26th, 2013 4th
Xanadu: Emerald Edition May 4th, 2013 4th
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 17th
KTAR 7 July 6th-7th, 2013 3rd 1st Mew2King
The Big House 3 October 12th-13th, 2013 5th 13th Wife
Bar Wars October 26th, 2013 9th 4th Wenbo
Smash @ Xanadu 12/11 December 11th, 2013 1st
Seagull Joe's Bad Karma December 22nd, 2013 1st 1st Ether
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 7/18 July 18th, 2014 5th
Smash @ Xanadu 7/22 July 22nd, 2014 5th
Zenith 2014 August 2nd-3rd, 2014 5th 5th Swedish Delight
Smash @ Xanadu 8/5 August 5th, 2014 1st
Smash @ Clarendon 8/15 August 15th, 2014 4th
Smash @ Xanadu 8/19 August 19th, 2014 1st
Smash @ Clarendon 8/29 August 29th, 2014 4th
S@X 60 September 2nd, 2014 1st
S@X 61 September 10th, 2014 1st
S@X 62 September 17th, 2014 3rd
S@X 63 September 24th, 2014 1st
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 17th
S@X 65 October 8th, 2014 1st
Smash @ Clarendon 10/10 October 10th, 2014 7th
Shell Shocked XVI October 11th, 2014 1st 7th Omni
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 9th
Bad Moon Rising March 14th-15th, 2015 5th 2nd Swedish Delight
Super Nebulous 3 April 25th-26th, 2015 3rd 4th Swedish Delight
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
S@X 120 October 21st, 2015 2nd
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-25th, 2015 13th
Tipped Off 11 November 7th-8th, 2015 17th 1st Ice
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 7th 33rd Bladewise
S@X 137 February 17th, 2016 5th
Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016 20th
S@X 143 March 30th, 2016 5th
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016 9th
S@X 144 April 6th, 2016 2nd
DreamHack Austin 2016 May 6th-8th, 2016 7th
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd, 2016 17th 7th Wizzrobe
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 13th 17th Wobbles
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 13th 13th Azen
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th, 2016 33rd 17th DoH
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 9th 9th Wobbles
NorCal Loves Teams September 10th, 2016 3rd 7th Tafokints
Get Smashed at the Foundry 100 October 4th, 2016 3rd
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 17th 25th Zhu
SSS: Blood For Blood October 15th, 2016 2nd 5th Cactuar
Smash the Record 2016 November 11th-14th, 2016 4th 5th Chillin
Don't Park on the Grass December 17th-18th, 2016 9th 17th Shunsuke
Norcal Validated January 14th, 2017 4th 3rd Ralph
Get Smashed at the Foundry 105 January 17th, 2017 4th
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd, 2017 33rd 33rd SmashG0D
Norcal Validated 2 February 11th, 2017 4th 3rd Ralph
B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th, 2017 17th 17th Luigo
The NorCal Classic February 25th, 2017 5th
Sea Crest Smash April 22nd, 2017 3rd
Royal Flush May 12th-14th, 2017 7th 13th MikeHaze
Battle of BC 2 June 3rd-4th, 2017 7th 5th KirbyKaze
Get Smashed 123 June 20th, 2017 1st
GENESIS: RED July 9th, 2017 17th 13th Reno
EVO 2017 July 14th-15th, 2017 25th
Get On My Level 2017 July 28th-30th, 2017 13th 7th Mafia
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 25th
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 13th 25th Zhu
Norcal Validated 4 September 23rd, 2017 5th 13th Zorc
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 17th 17th Colbol
SSS: Blood For Blood 2 December 9th, 2017 4th 7th Cactuar
The Holiday Bash Smash Invitational December 15th-17th, 2017 2nd SFAT
Pre-Genesis 5 Melee & Marvel January 17th, 2018 Top 4
GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 65th 9th Kage
Gator Games Monthly #2 February 3rd, 2018 2nd Ralph
Bonus Stage: Melee Doubles - Valentine's Day February 14th, 2018 5th Rose
Gator Games Monthly #5 May 5th, 2018 25th
Combo Breaker 2018 May 25th-27th, 2018 9th 2nd Swedish Delight
Smash Factor 7 July 20th-22nd, 2018 3rd 25th Palco
EVO 2018 August 3rd-5th, 2018 17th 13th HomeMadeWaffles
S@X 262 August 8th, 2018 4th
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 33rd
Wombo Combo: 10 Year Anniversary December 8th, 2018 17th 5th Darkatma
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 25th 17th Kevbot
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Spring Season 2.1 May 8th-9th, 2019 1st
People's Tuesdays #1 May 14th, 2019 3rd
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Spring Season 2.3 May 22nd-23rd, 2019 4th
The People's Tuesdays #3 May 28th, 2019 2nd
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Spring Season 2.5 June 5th-6th, 2019 7th
The People's Tuesdays #6 June 18th-19th, 2019 3rd
The People's Tuesdays #11 July 23rd-24th, 2019 3rd
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 13th
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Summer Season 3.4 August 28th-29th, 2019 3rd
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Summer Season 3.5 September 4th-5th, 2019 2nd
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Summer Season 3.6 September 11th-12th, 2019 1st
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Summer Season 3.7 September 18th-19th, 2019 3rd
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 33rd
The People's Tuesdays #23 October 15th, 2019 2nd
Melee @ The Made Remix November 9th, 2019 1st Ralph
The People's Tuesdays #27 November 19th, 2019 5th
The People's Tuesday #30: G7 Prep January 21st, 2020 5th
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 97th 33rd Qerb
Get On My Line 2020 July 18th-19th, 2020 25th
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2 July 25th-26th, 2020 17th

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Xanadu: Emerald Edition May 4th, 2013 1st
KTAR 7 July 6th-7th, 2013 4th
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 49th
Civil War VI April 12th-13th, 2014 2nd
Project M Showdown 3.02 May 17th, 2014 5th 3rd Seagull Joe
Shell Shocked XVI October 11th, 2014 2nd Seagull Joe
Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 9th
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 25th 9th Seagull Joe
Tipped Off 11 November 7th-8th, 2015 17th 4th Junebug
S@X 143 March 30th, 2016 17th

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Upstate Battle #1 April 21st, 2012 7th
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 9th San

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Xanadu Arcadian May 16th, 2015 33rd
S@X 100 June 2nd, 2015 49th
Smash the Record 2015 October 23rd-25th, 2015 49th 33rd Tantalus
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016 769th
EVO Japan 2018 January 26th-28th, 2018 513th

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
GENESIS 6 February 1st-3rd, 2019 257th
Pound 2019 April 19th-21st, 2019 257th
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Spring Season 2.1 May 8th-9th, 2019 33rd
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Spring Season 2.3 May 22nd-23rd, 2019 17th
Combo Breaker 2019 May 24th-26th, 2019 65th
Weds Night Fights x Oakland 2019 Spring Season 2.5 June 5th-6th, 2019 33rd
Super Smash Con 2019 August 8th-11th, 2019 257th
The Big House 9 October 4th-6th, 2019 193rd
GENESIS 7 January 24th-26th, 2020 513th

Trivia

  • Nintendude’s first top-8 appearance at a National was at The Big House 3, a tournament where wobbling was banned.
  • Nintendude has won the Smash @ Xanadu weekly Melee tournament 31 times, which is more times than any other smasher.
  • Despite playing Ice Climbers and making liberal use of wobbling he has revealed in his Reddit AMA he actually thinks of it as a terrible gameplay mechanic. He also said he would still main the Ice Climbers even if the mechanic didn't exist.
  • At Shine 2016, he became the first Ice Climbers main to defeat Mango since Wobbles at EVO 2013.
  • Nintendude notably placed 13th in Smash 64 doubles partnered with a level 9 Luigi CPU at GENESIS 5. His original partner, Isai, had been suffering from hand pain was unable to play.[4]
    • Had Isai been able to play with Nintendude, this would have marked the first time since Apex 2012 the two have played together in doubles.[5]
  • Nintendude graduated from Cornell with a Master's degree in chemical engineering.[6]
  • Nintendude has worked at Twitch since 2016.[7]
  • Nintendude holds multiple speedrun world records in 10-Man Melee.[8]

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