
Evo 2015, the largest fighting game tournament event of year, is coming up this July 17-19, and hoo boy there will be a lot of Smashers there.
According to figures released by Evo organizer Joey Cuellar, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Melee are the second- and third-highest titles in terms of registered entrants. The Wii U version has 1,926 people entered, while Melee is just behind at 1,869.
What game has the most experts ready to square off? That's Ultra Street Fighter IV with 2,227. Ryu might have a nice showing there, but unfortunately neither he, Lucas, nor Roy are permitted as playable characters in Wii U Smash according to Evo rules.
You can check out the registration stats for the rest of Evo's games on the Shoryuken website. Will you be tuning in for the action? If so, what games are you looking forward to seeing most?
[source shoryuken.com, via evo.shoryuken.com]
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Go Sm4sh, down with that other m.
Ryu, Lucas, and Roy are banned? Not Mewtwo though? Why?
That'll show those elitist bozos that Melee isn't the only thing in the world.
@KO-Cub Maybe they don't feel enough time has passed to give people enough opportunity to practice with them? That's just speculation, though.
@TimLatshaw That's the reason stated a while back. Not enough time for the metagame to have developed.
@KO-Cub Unless I'm wrong, major tournaments like Evo don't allow DLC characters that have been untested. In other words, they have to make sure a DLC character does not break the game, aren't overpowered in comparison to the core roster, and ensure there are not any glitches that can crash the game or make it unfair for the players.
Mewtwo had enough time to be tested, and because they found nothing about him that could make him unfair, he's allowed.
Its not that there is not anything wrong with Ryu, Roy or Lucas, I think the issue is because of how close to Evo they came out, there simply is not enough time to test them to ensure they are fairly balanced compared to the roster and there aren't any glitches that can crash a setup.
If I recall, Mortal Kombat 9 had several DLC characters who were not allowed at an Evo because of how closely they were released to the event.
I'm excited for every game! It's so fun watching pros go at it! And @ryanator008 Those elitists don't define the whole Melee community just remember that.
How sad. They release on the first E3 day and still don't get into EVO.
I don't think I've seen a tournament with custom moves before, will be interesting to see what everyone uses.
It's cool that Wii U version has outpaced Melee. I still like Melee, but it's great to see them play the latest entry with bigger, better and less outdated roster.
@TwilightAngel They might as well.
I would have liked to try playing here but I can't afford international flights, not to mention the exchange rates for hotels. =/
Nice! I'll definitely be tuning to this, that's for sure.
Shame GamePads are not allowed for Smash U. I think it's a great controller, especially for Off-TV Play. And if all Omega stages are not allowed... I guess I have to give up all hope of listening to 'Final Destination' while the players fight.
August's Smash U update for tourney mode can't come sooner.
Smash 4, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Killer Instinct and Persona will be the games I'll watch at Evo. Maybe MvC3, I still wish Dead or Alive 5 was on there though.
Interesting. Hopefully this year someone new will take it all home.
Whoa! I kinda forgot about Evo. It's going to be awesome to see! I hope there are a couple of Samus and Meta Knight players.
It's funny because next year Melee will be the most popular Smash game once again. When Brawl came out, it was bigger than Melee for a bit.
Let's please not have a sm4sh vs melee war. It makes orphans cry. Whatever happened to #oneunit anyway.
Srsly though, both games are great and I'm glad to see them both get strong representation. Since both iterations of smash play differently than any of the other fighting games there (what other series plays like them besides Cartoon Network punch time explosion?), they can both represent diversity in the fgc and thrive at the same time.
Where is that pot bonus Nintendo. Every main game and even some of the side games have pot bonuses from the publishers. The only ones that don't are Smash 4 and Melee (and UMvC3 because of licensing issues). I thought you said you support competitive play for Nintendo games. Where is the proof?
Nice to see both do well, more hyped for Melee personally as top 8 is normally a lot more exciting.
Excited to see ZeRo play up against people like Ally or Ranai. At CEO 2015 he further proved he's a level above the entire competition that went to that tournament, so it'll be interesting to see if his throne holds up yet again.
@KO-Cub think its just the money aspect
@KO-Cub
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe Roy, Ryu and Lucas are just too recent.
Very excited for Smash Wii U. I watched the whole Top 8 for CEO, good stuff. Looking forward to see what customs will be used.
@Senario I get what you're saying. Maybe merging as one unit is unrealistic. I just wish both sides would treat each other with respect
Street Fighter in the top spot?! Aw, hell naw!
Well, at least Guilty Gear XRD has more participants than Tekken. Hopefully it has more screentime, too.
As for Smash, I'm not sure if I'll even watch that. I don't find watching Smash matches too appealing... though CEO had some rather intense matches.
@ryanator008
Yeah, the other part is Project-M.
@KryptoKrunch
I'm sure Melee will have more players next year. Or Nintendo could just make Project-M an official thing, or make a Melee-mode for SSB4.
No VF, no KOF. Of course.
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