Smasher:Kuya

Not to be confused with Smasher:Kuuya

Kuya
Character info
Melee mains	Link, Mr. Game & Watch
Other Melee character	Kirby
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	Central Florida Power Rankings: 5th
Personal and other info
Real name	Jaun Nartatez
Location	Florida

Kuya is a Super Smash Bros. Melee Mr. Game & Watch and Link co-main. He is considered the third best Link player in the world (behind Aklo and Hunybear) and the best Mr. Game & Watch player in the world (following Qerb's hiatus from competition). He is one of the only active Mr. Game & Watch players in the current metagame. He is currently ranked 5th on the Central Florida Power Rankings and has wins on players such as Krudo, Gahtzu, Franz, and Chape.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
CEO Prologue 2016	May 21st-22nd, 2016	7th	—	—
Come to Papa 3	April 27th-28th, 2019	25th	9th	OC Mike the Franchise
CEO 2019	June 28th-30th, 2019	33rd	5th	Komodo
GatorLAN Fall 2019	September 21st, 2019	9th	—	—
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	97th	33rd	Hunybear
Overlords of Orlando: OCTOBERLORDS	October 26th, 2019	9th	4th	Forrest
DreamHack Atlanta 2019	November 15th, 2019	17th	33rd	Hunybear
CFL Smackdown Melee 260	January 6th, 2020	9th	1st	Harriet
GatorLAN Spring 2020	January 11th-12th, 2020	4th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Melee 261	January 13th, 2020	3rd	2nd	Harriet
Tampa Never Sleeps 8	January 18th-19th, 2020	7th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Melee 262	January 20th, 2020	13th	5th	JCAM
CFL Smackdown Melee 263	January 27th, 2020	3rd	1st	Komodo
Juicy Monthly	February 1st, 2020	1st	—	—
Smash At Johnny B's #69	February 1st, 2020	2nd	—	—
CFL Smackdown Melee 264	February 3rd, 2020	7th	1st	Komodo
Shell Shock Melee #1	February 8th, 2020	5th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Melee 265	February 10th, 2020	5th	1st	Captain G
CFL Smackdown Melee 266	February 17th, 2020	2nd	3rd	SandBag
GoGo's House of Horrors	February 22nd, 2020	2nd	1st	Oaty
CFL Smackdown Melee 267	February 24th, 2020	7th	1st	Oaty
VSGC Melee Monthly 2/29/20	February 29th, 2020	7th	—	—
CFL Smackdown Melee 268	March 2nd, 2020	5th	1st	Komodo
BullSmash	March 8th, 2020	1st	—	—
CFL Smackdown Melee 269	March 9th, 2020	4th	1st	Komodo
CEO Dreamland 2020	March 13th-15th, 2020	17th	9th	Sinbad
Shine 2022	August 26th-28th, 2022	33rd	17th	Captain G
The Big House 10	October 7th-9th, 2022	65th	33rd	Captain G
DreamHack Atlanta 2022	November 18th-20th, 2022	9th	9th	Aura
Tipped Off 14: Resurgence	June 3rd-4th, 2023	25th / 344	9th / 79	Komodo
CEO 2023	June 23rd-25th, 2023	13th / 212	5th / 39	Panda

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Come to Papa 3	April 27th-28th, 2019	9th	—	—
GatorLAN Fall 2019	September 21st, 2019	4th	—	—
Outlawed 31 - Finger Guns	October 2nd, 2019	2nd	2nd	Tag
Tipped Off 14: Resurgence	June 3rd-4th, 2023	9th / 65	—	—

Trivia

• Kuya is an adept ukulele player, with his Twitter tag being a portmanteau of "ukulele" and "Melee".
• Kuya is known to frequently perform the stock glitch in tournament prior to his sets.

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Melee

• CEO 2019 Pools - Kuya (Link) vs. A Rookie (Mario)

External links

• Twitter account