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Smash Summit
Info
Founded 2015
Region California, United States
Format Double elimination
Super Smash Bros. Melee winners Sweden Armada (1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)
USA Hungrybox (5, 7, 9)
USA Mew2King (6)
USA Axe (8)
USA Zain (10 Online)
USA Mango (11)
USA iBDW (12)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winners Mexico MkLeo (1, 2)
USA Tweek (3)
Most successful player(s) Sweden Armada (Melee 1, 2, 3, Spring 2017)

The Smash Summit series, starting with Smash Summit in 2015, is a series of national-level invitationals focusing on Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Summit tournaments span several days, with singles and doubles on the final days. The first days feature various side events focusing on its main Smash game as well as other games, in addition to other activities such as Mafia, all of which is streamed on Beyond the Summit's Twitch channel.

15 Summits have taken place so far (12 for Melee and 3 for Ultimate). Smash Summit 13[1] is planned for Melee in Summer 2022, and Smash Ultimate Summit 4 is planned for Ultimate on March 3rd-6th, 2022.[2] Although a crossover Summit between the two games was planned for 2020, it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the idea was scrapped.[3][4]

Format and scheduling

Typically, 16 different players are selected to participate in each Smash Summit. 8 to 10 players are automatically invited based on their placement in preceding major tournaments, or based on power rankings such as SSBMRank. The other competitors qualify through either a voting phase or through qualifiers. In the former, fans can buy merchandise or donate cash, which grants them the opportunity to cast votes for certain players; the money then contributes to the event's prize payout. At the end of each voting deadline, two players are eliminated, while starting from the third voting round, two players are invited; this repeats until all vote-ins have been selected. Although the invitation process remained roughly the same, there has been irregularities such as in Smash Summit 10 Online, where the majority of players qualified through qualifiers.

Smash Summit presents itself as a unique opportunity for fans to watch the players interact with each other on a personal level. The competitors are invited to commentate other sets and give interviews after each set. Each Summit has its own theme and art design, often based around a real-life event or holiday occurring at a similar time.

Smash Summit tournaments typically run over four days, from Thursday through Sunday. The first day is often referred to as a "Media Day", as it is mostly dedicated to filming comedic skits with the invited players, which are aired throughout the event, as well as lighter side events. Pool play is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, along with doubles, side brackets, and non-Smash-related events. The final singles bracket is played out on Sunday.

Smash Summit has used multiple tournament formats, but pool play generally consists of either a swiss or round-robin format. The players are then usually seeded into winners' or losers' for the final bracket based on their performance. The final bracket is a typical double-elimination bracket, with the winner being crowned on Sunday evening.

Side brackets include doubles brackets, commentator brackets, secondary/low-tier brackets, Squad Strike, and unique rulesets (such as the "swag bracket", where fans vote for the "most entertaining" player to advance to the next round). Non-Smash events include other video games, such as Mario Party; party games, such as Mafia; and athletic competitions.

Champions

Melee singles winners

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 Smash Summit Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) USA Mango Falco (SSBM)
2016 Smash Summit 2 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
2016 Smash Summit 3 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
2017 Smash Summit Spring 2017 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Fox (SSBM)Peach (SSBM) USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
2017 Smash Summit 5 Juan Manuel Debiedma USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
2018 Smash Summit 6 Jason Zimmerman USA Mew2King Marth (SSBM)Sheik (SSBM) Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
2018 Smash Summit 7 Juan Manuel Debiedma USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM)
2019 Smash Summit 8 Jeffrey Williamson USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM) USA Wizzrobe Captain Falcon (SSBM)
2020 Smash Summit 9 Juan Manuel Debiedma USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) USA Plup Sheik (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
2020 Smash Summit 10 Online Zain Naghmi USA Zain Marth (SSBM) USA Mango Falco (SSBM)
2021 Smash Summit 11 Joseph Manuel Marquez USA Mango Fox (SSBM)Falco (SSBM) USA Zain Marth (SSBM)
2021 Smash Summit 12 Cody Schwab USA iBDW Fox (SSBM) USA Mango Falco (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
2022 Smash Summit 13

Melee Doubles Winners

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2015 Smash Summit Kevin Toy USA PewPewU Marth (SSBM) Zachary Cordoni USA SFAT Fox (SSBM) Sweden Armada Fox (SSBM)Peach (SSBM) USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM)Marth (SSBM)
2016 Smash Summit 2 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Fox (SSBM)Peach (SSBM) Jason Zimmerman USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM) USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) USA Plup Sheik (SSBM)
2016 Smash Summit 3 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM) Jason Zimmerman USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM) USA SFAT Fox (SSBM) USA PewPewU Marth (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
2017 Smash Summit Spring 2017 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) Jason Zimmerman USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM) Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM) Germany Ice Fox (SSBM)
2017 Smash Summit 5 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Peach (SSBM)Fox (SSBM) William Hjelte Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM) USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM) USA Plup Fox (SSBM)
2018 Smash Summit 6 Adam Lindgren Sweden Armada Fox (SSBM)Peach (SSBM) William Hjelte Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM) USA SFAT Fox (SSBM) USA Mango Falco (SSBM)
2018 Smash Summit 7 Jason Zimmerman USA Mew2King Sheik (SSBM) Justin McGrath USA Plup Fox (SSBM) USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM) USA Bananas Ice Climbers (SSBM)
2019 Smash Summit 8 Joseph Marquez USA Mango Falco (SSBM) Johnny Kim USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM) USA Plup Fox (SSBM) USA Zain Marth (SSBM)

Ultimate singles winners

Year Event Player Tag Character(s) Runner-up Character(s)
2019 Smash Ultimate Summit Leonardo Lopez Perez Mexico MkLeo Lucina (SSBU)Greninja (SSBU)Wolf (SSBU) USA Dabuz Olimar (SSBU)Rosalina (SSBU)
2019 Smash Ultimate Summit 2 Leonardo Lopez Perez Mexico MkLeo Joker (SSBU)Marth (SSBU) USA Samsora Peach (SSBU)Palutena (SSBU)
2021 Smash Ultimate Summit 3 Gavin Dempsey USA Tweek Diddy Kong (SSBU)Wolf (SSBU) Mexico MkLeo PyraMythra (SSBU)Byleth (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
2022 Smash Ultimate Summit 4

Players with multiple appearances

Melee

Tag Appearances
USA Mango 12
USA Axe 11
USA Hungrybox 11
USA Plup 11
USA SFAT 10
Sweden Leffen 8
USA Wizzrobe 8
Japan aMSa 7
USA Mew2King 7
USA S2J 7
USA Zain 7
Sweden Armada 6
Canada n0ne 6
USA Shroomed 6
USA iBDW 5
USA PewPewU 5
USA Westballz 5
USA Ginger 4
USA Lucky 3
USA Magi 3
USA 2saint 2
USA Duck 2
USA Hax 2
USA HugS 2
Germany Ice 2
USA KoDoRiN 2
Canada moky 2
Sweden Pipsqueak 2
USA Spark 2
USA Swedish Delight 2

Ultimate

Tag Appearances
USA Dabuz 4
Mexico MkLeo 4
USA Light 3
Mexico Maister 3
USA Tweek 3
USA VoiD 3
Japan Zackray 3
Sweden Armada 2
USA Cosmos 2
France Glutonny 2
Sweden Leffen 2
USA Marss 2
USA Nairo 2
USA Samsora 2
Mexico Sparg0 2
Japan Tea 2

Trivia

References