Tournament:EVO Japan 2020

EVO Japan 2020
Dates	January 24th-26th, 2020
Venue	Makuhari Messe
Address/City	Japan, 〒261-8550 Chiba, Mihama Ward, Nakase, 2 Chome−１ Chiba, Japan
Attendance	1,819
Results
winners	Shuton

EVO Japan 2020 was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate national held in Tokyo, Japan, from January 24th-26th, 2020. Initially, EVO Japan 2020 had 2,988 entrants, making it the second largest Super Smash Bros. tournament of all time, the largest international tournament, and the only international tournament that had reached over 2,000 entrants. However, the tournament saw an estimated 1,169 disqualifications, placing the total entrants that showed up at around 1,819. This can likely be attributed to the tournament not having any entrance fee, causing many to sign up without knowing for sure if they would be able to attend, as pools were in the middle of a work day.

The top 8 players were congratulated by the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, and were awarded a gift bag from the Nintendo Tokyo store. The winner, Shuton, won a limited edition Nintendo Switch Pro Controller with a gold Super Smash Bros. series symbol emblem.

Results

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles

(1,819 entrants)
Top 24 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket

Place	Name	Character(s)	Earnings
1st	Shuton
2nd	Kome
3rd	Tea
4th	Paseriman
5th	Raito
5th	Zackray
7th	shky
7th	KEN
9th	Gackt
9th	ProtoBanham
9th	Jagaimo
9th	Abadango
13th	Kameme
13th	tk3
13th	Kirihara
13th	Etsuji
17th	Compact
17th	Kie
17th	ANTi
17th	Atelier
17th	Shogun
17th	Sigma
17th	Mr.E
17th	HIKARU
25th	Nietono
25th	Munekin
25th	Masashi
25th	takera
25th	Bokinchan
25th	Natsu
25th	Ri-ma
25th	Take
33rd	Hinatoto
33rd	DoubleA
33rd	kept
33rd	Zuzuba
33rd	yuzu
33rd	Umeki
33rd	Choco
33rd	AIR
33rd	Yamanyon
33rd	Fsann
33rd	Suinoko
33rd	Keroguchi
33rd	Rattsu
33rd	AyaLin
33rd	TRIGGER
33rd	T
49th	Harasen
49th	Kishiru
49th	Manzoku
49th	Kiosk
49th	Higusaki
49th	supa
49th	Eim
49th	Nyanko
49th	Kuroitsu
49th	Lea
49th	Tsu
49th	sk
49th	Niki
49th	Tamanyaso
49th	JILL
49th	Hinawo
65th	Mao
65th	murasat
65th	Masha
65th	Q
65th	Karoegu
65th	Ikuya
65th	Limeman
65th	kenkenpa
65th	Arika
65th	Daiki
65th	Tamushika
65th	Tamiflu
65th	Noi
65th	Fujita
65th	Aiba
65th	Logix
65th	Somé
65th	mojako
65th	Mossan
65th	Noluck
65th	Notty
65th	Ke-ya
65th	Rotsuku
65th	Kisha
65th	Across
65th	Brood
65th	ZAKI
65th	Nanchan
65th	Asui
65th	TKM
65th	YOC
65th	Hitachihazuki
97th	Rain
97th	Nayan
97th	FILIP
97th	Iroha
97th	Hiragi
97th	Suehiro
97th	Shiki
97th	Kurz
97th	Unagi
97th	ShiNe
97th	KaPMk
97th	Mosimosi
97th	Kisuke
97th	kisa
97th	Yoi
97th	Syumain
97th	Uto
97th	Pastel
97th	TAKASHI
97th	Yaminabe
97th	Ikaboze
97th	Tiger
97th	Twinkle
97th	Nyaha
97th	VinS
97th	Usao
97th	Lycopis
97th	alice
97th	Sy
97th	Teona
97th	Ike
97th	Ne-gaki

Pot prize controversy

On January 20th, 2020, PracticalTAS made a post on Twitter that listed all the prizes for every game at EVO Japan 2020. He noted that, while every other fighting game had a pot prize for the players who made top 8, Ultimate only rewarded the champion a Nintendo Switch pro controller as the prize, with second place and below being rewarded nothing. This stirred up controversy in the Smash community due to the underwhelming prize pool - or lack thereof - in a tournament with almost 3,000 entrants, and further fueled ongoing debate on Nintendo's support of Smash Bros. prize pools.

On January 26th, 2020, the tournament had wrapped up and all of the top 8 ended up receiving a reward in the form of a bag filled with an assortment of Nintendo merchandise. However, there was no monetary prize whatsoever for any of the competitors.

Trivia

• This marks Sonic's first ever Top 8 finish at an S-tier tournament in Ultimate, with KEN finishing 7th, getting a victory over Gackt before losing to Zackray.
  • It also marks Shulk's first ever Grand Finals at an S-tier tournament in Ultimate, with Kome finishing 2nd.
• Choco placed 33rd, getting his first result out of Top 24 since Umebura 25 where he finished in that same placement.
• Shuton's prize was accidentally dropped by one of the staff during the brief moment it was handed over to them.
• In a now-famous series of clips, the Diddy Kong player, Rikuya, managed to get the enemy Cloud player, Takoman, in a 70 second long Infinite string that ended in a KO at 616% damage. This was only made possible since Japan does not have any rules regulating the usage of infinites past a certain damage threshold.
  • The infinite in question is referred to as the "Pyramid Scheme", in which Diddy Kong has to consistently trap the opponents on a platform above him with the Banana Peel down special move with very precise timing and execution. This is possible since, unlike stunning or jab resets, tripping can be reset an unlimited amount of times.
  • A few hours later, across the other side of the ocean at the other major of the week-end, GENESIS 7, Dakpo used the exact same infinite to inflict a 0-to-death to Glutonny and upsetting him.

External links

• Smash.gg page