Apex 2016
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Dates June 17th-19th, 2016
Venue Garden State Convention Center
Address/City 50 Atrium Drive
Somerset, New Jersey USA
Attendance 500+
Entry fees Singles: $10
Doubles: $20 per team
Results
Super Smash Bros. winners USA Stranded 1v1
USA Cobr & USA Star King 2v2
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners USA Mew2King 1v1
USA DJ Nintendo & USA The Moon 2v2
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U winners USA Dabuz 1v1
Japan Nietono & Japan Umeki 2v2
Staff
Organizer(s) Bifuteki crew, Philski, Pimpsc00by
Housing Double Tree Hotel

Apex 2016 was the seventh edition of the Apex series, which took place from June 17th to June 19th of 2016.[1] Apex 2016 was the first Apex event to be run under the new management of the Bifuteki crew, following Alex Strife's removal from the team in 2015.

Although Apex 2015 had previously featured among the largest Smash 64, Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4 tournaments in history, Apex 2016 featured a precipitous drop in attendance compared to its predecessor; this can potentially be attributed to controversies surrounding the tournament series starting with Apex 2015, as well as poor scheduling due to Low Tier City 4, DreamHack Summer 2016, and Snosa II all being scheduled for the same weekend as Apex 2016. Compared to Apex 2015, Smash 64 fell from 188 entrants to 55 entrants, Melee notably went from 1,037 entrants to only 159 entrants, Smash 4 fell from 837 entrants to 309 entrants, and the Brawl event was completely cancelled due to poor turnout. The poor attendance extended to games outside of Smash, with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Killer Instinct, and Mortal Kombat X all having their respective events cancelled. Nevertheless, several top Japanese players, specifically Nietono, RAIN, and Umeki, travelled to Apex to compete in the Smash 4 event.

Official Game LineupEdit

[2]

Game Entrants Pot Size
Super Smash Bros. Singles 54 $540.00
Super Smash Bros. Doubles 24 $240.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles 159 $2,590.00
Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles 64 $640.00
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Singles 309 $4,090.00
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Doubles 148 $1,480.00
Street Fighter V 42 ?
Pokkén Tournament 62 ?

ResultsEdit

Super Smash Bros. singlesEdit

(54 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Stranded     
2nd   Star King    
3rd   Fireblaster   
4th   cobr     
5th   DFX    
5th   NTA    
7th   Zeppelin  
7th   Sedda  

Super Smash Bros. doublesEdit

(12 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Cobr     Star King  
2nd   Fireblaster     Zeppelin  

Super Smash Bros. Melee singlesEdit

(159 entrants)
Top 32 bracket
Top 8 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Mew2King    $1,036.00
2nd   Mafia   $518.00
3rd   The Moon   $388.50
4th   DJ Nintendo    $259.00
5th   Stango    $129.50
5th   Minty   $129.50
7th   Kaeon   $64.75
7th   PudgyPanda   $64.75
9th   G$   
9th   Borp  
9th   Jsex  
9th   TheSWOOPER   
13th   Switch  
13th   CuppaJoe  
13th   Dan Salvato  
13th   Lazy  
17th   Arias  
17th   Copycat  
17th   NJzFinest  
17th   HRCtypo  
17th   Somar  
17th   Panties  
17th   Berserker  
17th   Triad Prodigy  
25th   Pochilin  
25th   DarkGenex   
25th   IONTheKid   
25th   Cottons  
25th   Failsafe  
25th   dunk  
25th   Keto  
25th   Rox R  

Super Smash Bros. Melee doublesEdit

(32 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   DJ Nintendo     The Moon  
2nd   Mew2King      Jsex  
3rd   G$     Stango  
4th   Minty     Kaeon  
5th   Copycat       Lazy   
5th   Kite     Triad Prodigy   
7th   Goon      Chico  
7th   Panties      Heck  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U singlesEdit

(309 entrants)
Top 32 bracket
Top 8 bracket

Place Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Dabuz   $1,636.00
2nd   VoiD    $818.00
3rd   Nietono   $613.50
4th   Mew2King   $409.00
5th   Marss   $204.50
5th   SuperGirlKels   $204.50
7th   James     $102.25
7th   Tweek   $102.25
9th   The Great Gonzales  
9th   Mr.E  
9th   RAIN  
9th   Umeki  
13th   Raptor  
13th   6WX  
13th   Day  
13th   Pugwest  
17th   Mister Eric  
17th   Biddy  
17th   Vash  
17th   Minty  
17th   Sinji  
17th   John Numbers  
17th   C3PO  
17th   ADHD  
25th   Ling Ling  
25th   Chaos  
25th   Prof3ssorMGW   
25th   Edwin  
25th   Tony  
25th   Craftis  
25th   Oatmeal  
25th   Zoan  

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U doublesEdit

(74 teams)
Bracket

Place Name Character(s) Name Character(s) Earnings
1st   Nietono     Umeki  
2nd   Mew2King     VoiD  
3rd   ADHD     Mr.E  
4th   Marss     Pugwest  
5th   Dio     Raptor  
5th   Biddy     Luck  
7th   Chaos      Tokyo  
7th   Naga's Voice      Noe3  
9th   Gonzilla     Yeah~ok  
9th   SuperGirlKels     CrazyLittleJay  
9th   BlazerKirby     K.i.R.  
9th   6WX     C3PO  

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