Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018

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Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018
Dates	June 12th, 2018
Venue	The Belasco Theater
Address/City	1050 S Hill St Los Angeles, California
Attendance	TBA
Entry fees	—
Results
winners	ZeRo

The Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 was an invitational tournament held by Nintendo at E3 2018, that took place on the night of June 12th, 2018. The tournament was announced on March 22nd, 2018 via Nintendo's YouTube channel. Much like Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. 4, the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was showcased prior to its release at this tournament. The tournament was held following the conclusion of the Splatoon 2 World Championship.

Players

According to Nintendo's E3 website and a post from their What's New blog, top players from across the globe will be participating. A few people who are "dressed as their favorite Nintendo character" and other invited guests will be able to play on-stage in exhibitions.

Challengers

Smasher	Characters chosen
Leonardo "MkLeo" Perez
Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios
Adam "Armada" Lindgren
Yuta "Abadango" Kawamura
Justin "Plup" McGrath
Ramin "Mr.R" Delshad
Jose "Lucky" Aldama
Joseph "Mango" Marquez
Finlay "Template:THE" Haggerty-wood {{head|Kirby|g=SSBM|s=20px} |	} Both Nairo and Leffen were back-up contestants. Nairo would ultimately play as Snake in a 1v3 exhibition match against three guest stars, which he won. Mr.R and Lucky only played two matches, so were unable to use Little Mac and Fox respectively. No player included Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Ness, Ice Climbers, Zelda, or Mega Man in their character bank. Guests Zelda Williams Alanah “Charalanahzard” Pearce Devin “devinsupertramp” Graham Andre “Black Nerd” Meadows VIP Attendees ALLISTER ANTi Alpharad Aposl Axe Bear Champ Chillindude ChuDat Coney D1 EE ESAM False GENESIS Head TO Team GimR HugS Hungrybox Husband INFILTRATION Isai Larry Lurr Mashumaro Mew2King Mike Haze Milktea MVD NAKAT Ndukauba PKLuv Prog RogersBase Salem SamuraiPanda Smash Studios Super Smash Con Team Members Tafokints Toph Toronto Joe Vayseth VoiD Wizzrobe Yoshiller Announcers Jordan Kent Victoria “VikkiKitty” Perez Vish “Vish” Rajkumar Terrence “TKbreezy” Kershaw Results Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (8 entrants) Place Name Character(s) Earnings 1st  ZeRo 2nd  MkLeo 3rd  Plup 4th  Armada 4th  Abadango 4th  Mango 7th  Lucky 7th  Mr.R Trivia The logo featured on Nintendo's E3 website is unusually titled "logo FINAL?" in the browser tab title. This could be related to the fact that Super Smash Bros. is stated to be the game’s tentative title. This could also be related to the fact that in standard business practice companies tend to save files with names based on their progress. "FINAL?" could simply mean it was saved as the logo itself could have undergone further editing. ZeRo is the only invited player to be returning from the first Invitational, which he won. The match pitting MKLeo (Bayonetta) against Plup (Ridley) was controversial, as the match was hugely in MKLeo's favor (which is said to be due to him using Bayonetta, who is a controversial character in general as people consider her to be broken). However, it could have also been because of Green Greens's hazards, or the fact that Plup was using Ridley, who is a new character that he probably wasn't very familiar with. Reportedly, even Masahiro Sakurai was shaking his head in disappointment due to how Bayonetta dominated the match. External links Trailer Introducing: The Players! trailer Nintendo at E3 2018