Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational

Super Smash Bros. Invitational
Dates	June 10, 2014
Venue	NOKIA Theatre
Address/City	777 Chick Hearn Court Los Angeles, California
Attendance	16
Entry fees	—
Pot size(s)	$500
Results
winners	ZeRo
Staff
Organizer(s)	Nintendo

The Super Smash Bros. Invitational was a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament hosted by Nintendo. To commemorate the release of Super Smash Bros. 4, and the Super Smash Bros. series as a whole, Nintendo announced and subsequently hosted the tournament during E3 2014, at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The host of the event was Geoff Keighley, while Reggie Fils-Aime made an additional appearance at the conclusion at the event to present the winner with a trophy.

The game played was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, marking the first time that the game was playable to the public. Sixteen top professional players, whose experience included Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and even Project M, were invited to participate. Intended to be more an exhibition of the game than a standard tournament, the event featured some non-standard rules, such as the inclusion of items in some matches, in order to demonstrate multiple aspects of gameplay that were previously unrevealed.

The tournament had 3,000 in-person spectators, with costumed fans receiving priority seating; all spectators were given flipboards with the official art of all playable characters in order to vote on who their favourite player in a match was.

The entirety of the tournament was also streamed live on Nintendo's official Twitch account, with professional Smash commentators announcing and commentating both the live event and video footage.

A video contest was also held prior to the contest, where the winner of which would be awarded a VIP trip to the event and have the opportunity to play one of the tournament winners. The winner was revealed to be justinanthonylennox.

Players

The following players participated in the tournament, listed in the order in which characters were selected.

Smasher	Character played
Sam "Peachyhime" McNaughton	Villager
Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma	Kirby
Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar	Bowser
Lilian "milktea" Chen	Pikachu
Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios	Zero Suit Samus
Hugo "HugS" Gonzalez	Mega Man
Kevin "PPMD" Nanney	Fox
Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer	Pit
Cristin "Crismas" DeSaro	Zelda
Ken "Ken" Hoang	Marth
Kevin "PewPewU" Toy	Mario
McCain "MacD" LaVelle	Greninja
Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto	Olimar
Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung	Rosalina
Neha "Lilo" Chhetri	Wii Fit Trainer
Dakota "Rapture" Lasky	Little Mac

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  milktea, HugS, Ken, and KoreanDJ revealed.

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  Lilo, DJ Nintendo, Toph, and PeachyHime revealed.

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  Hungrybox, PewPewU, PPMD, and TheRapture revealed.

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  Crismas, MacD, aMSa, and ZeRo revealed.

Announcers

Between matches, host Geoff Keighley narrated previews to the various matches, as well as provided color commentary; the matches themselves were commentated by:

• D'Ron "D1" Maingrette
• Wynton "Prog" Smith
• Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman

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  Geoff Keighley is revealed as host.

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  Prog is revealed as a commentator.

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  D1 is revealed as a commentator.

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  Scar is revealed as a commentator.

Available characters

Most characters that were revealed at the time of the tournament's original announcement at the end of April were playable, including all six confirmed newcomers, though several confirmed veterans were omitted.

Mario	Rosalina	Bowser	Donkey Kong	Link	Zelda	Samus	Zero Suit Samus	Kirby	Fox
Pikachu	Greninja	Marth	Pit	Olimar	Little Mac	Villager	Wii Fit Trainer	Sonic	Mega Man

No player picked Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, or Sonic.

Ruleset

The following rules were in effect:

• Before the tournament began, all competitors chose characters in random order. Characters could not be chosen by multiple players, and players could not switch characters midway through the tournament.
• Each match was a four player free-for-all, with all players having four stocks, as well as a five minute timer. The top two players in terms of score advanced. A tie between two players was decided by which player scored more KOs; if this was insufficient, the tie would then be broken by fan vote.
• The finals took place on Battlefield, with both players having four stocks and the time at 8 minutes, as an explicit homage to the competitive Smash community.
• Items were on medium for round 1, low for rounds 2 and 3, and off for the final.

Results

Invitational Tournament

(16 entrants)
The winner of the Invitational Tournament was Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios who played as Zero Suit Samus.

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	ZeRo
2nd	Hungrybox
3rd	aMSa
3rd	Lilo
5th	PewPewU
5th	Peachyhime
5th	Rapture
5th	KoreanDJ
9th	DJ Nintendo
9th	Toph
9th	milktea
9th	Crismas
9th	PPMD
9th	HugS
9th	MacD
9th	Ken

Fan-Favorite Tournament

(6 entrants)
Between matches, the audience chose a fighter of the previous round, regardless of the match results, and the fighter with the most votes was transferred to the "Fan-Favorite Tournament". The winner of the tournament was Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, who played as Fox.

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	PPMD
2nd	HugS
3rd	PewPewU
3rd	KoreanDJ
5th	MacD
5th	Ken

Celebrity Rumble

In addition to the aforementioned tournaments, four celebrities competed in a "celebrity rumble". The match took place at Town and City. The competitors included:

Place	Name	Character(s)
1st	Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars)
2nd	Zelda Williams (several Nintendo commercials)
3rd	Stephen Lunsford (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight)
4th	Erin Sanders (Zoey 101)

Trivia

• Because Peachyhime played Project M almost exclusively, she was the only player who did not have a main nor game listed under her player profile created for the Super Smash Bros. Invitational.

External links

• Official website for the event
• Highlight reel of the tournament released by Nintendo
• Full broadcast of the event
• People's Challenger Faceoff Recap