| 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, Twitch |
| Former crews | MC, Team Apex |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2015 SSBMRank: 25th |
| Winnings | ~$8,032.25  ~$477.90 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Michael Brancato |
| Location | Northern California 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Top professional Top professional Professional
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Nintendude is a smasher from Ithaca, New York and Westchester County, New York who currently resides in Northern California. He was formerly ranked 1st on the DMV Melee Power Rankings and is currently ranked 25th on 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. For this reason, he is considered to be the best Mario main in North America, and even the world. He does play Mr. Game & Watch in Project M, but has not achieved the results of other top Game & Watch players such as Dakpo and MrLz.
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 | — | — |
| KTAR 7 | July 6th-7th, 2013 | 3rd | 1st | Mew2King |
| 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 | — | — |
| 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 |
| 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 | — | — |
| Smash @ Xanadu Wednesdays 4/6 | April 6th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 49th | — | — |
| Project M Showdown 3.02 | May 17th, 2014 | 5th | 3rd | Seagull Joe |
| 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.
- Due to his infamously high use of wobbling compared to other Ice Climbers players, as well as his many setups into the technique, Nintendude is seen as a somewhat controversial player among the community, more so than other Ice Climbers players. However, he has revealed in his Reddit AMA he actually thinks of it as a terrible gameplay mechanic, and the reason why he uses it much more compared to other Ice Climbers players is because he had practiced for several years to execute sophisticated grab combos with them (similar to those of Wobbles), though they became obsoleted by his use of the mechanic, and he knows the characters can do great things without wobbling. He also said he would still main the Ice Climbers even if the mechanic didn't exist.
- Despite this, it is interesting to note that in Project M the Ice Climbers cannot wobble, and he mains Mr. Game & Watch in said mod.