Having only just entered the year, tournament season is very much underway with the annual GENESIS 4 event taking place last weekend. The highly regarded tournament gathered fighters from around the globe to San Jose, California to prove who really is the best.
With events setup for Street Fighter V, Towerfall Ascension and of course the Super Smash Bros. series, it was a match in the losers quarter final of the singles Melee tournament that plenty have been talking about since. Already being touted as "set of the year", the questions is whether this was one of the greatest Melee match ups of all time.
In the left corner representing Sweden we have Leffen, known for his superb technical ability with Fox. Facing up against him in the right corner we have Mango (Sometimes referred to as "The Kid") who like his combatant is also considered one of the greatest Fox players in the world, though in this heated match he opted for the similar Falco. These two players both ranked at 5th and 3rd place on the SSBMRank for 2016; So it's fair to say they're both pretty damn good. The video of this epic match (which has already been viewed 100,000 times) can be watched below.
After the clash of these titans, Leffen supported Mango to triumph the remaining rounds to become champion. Subsequently this was not a fairy tale ending, as Mango then went on to lose in the next round against the would be champion Armada. Crowned the winner of the singles category, Armada took home winnings of a cool $8520. Not too bad for an afternoon's work.
GENESIS 4 wasn't without some controversy, it should be noted. In the Smash Bros. Wii U bracket it seems that knockback may have been set to 0.9 instead of 1.0; that may sound minor, but at the top level can have a notable impact on matches. You can catch up on a full account of that here.
In any case, what did you think of the Melee match above? Have you seen better?
[source kotaku.com]
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It was a good ending. But is it so great because the victor is American?
Jeez What gets me is how fast it is! Serious applause to anyone who can manage this speed in any fighting game
Inb4 someone posts about Mango's personal life.
Got bored watching the video, I think Smash Bros. is one of those games which is more fun to play than watch.
Just imagine how much quicker the tournament could have gone if there was say an 8 player mode? On a new console?
I don't get it. How was this better than any other typical Melee match?
Melee just isn't fun to me anymore. Smash 4 feels much more balanced.
Actually he didn't lose next round he went on to beat Hbox then M2K before losing in grands.
Yeahhhh well, I'd still give these guys a run in Smash 4 without all those fancy techniques you only get in Melee.....
But seriously, I can't believe how good these people are. I wish I could make money from winning video game tournaments, but I suck, so that's not gonna happen. Unless you get a healthy amount from coming dead last... I'd say I wish I could enter a Mario Kart 8 tournament but I didn't even come close to making the grade in the leader board contests they ran a couple of years back...
Wasn't this the tournament with "Super Mario Bros. Melee"?
@DanteSolablood When I first saw people playing like this I was baffled and maybe even a little angry because it hardly looks like they're playing smash bros. Of course I got over that and thoroughly enjoy it as well as mostly understand the complexities now. But it's hard for me to comprehend this as boring.
Fox and Falco. Can't really say I'm surprised.
Yep, Melee is still the better technical tournament fighter after all these years, even compared to the newer Smash 4. Pretty bad mistake to miss the knock back multiplier settings that Smash 4 has... Project M would have made a nice successor, but Nintendo killed it's future...
@DanteSolablood Imagine how much quicker Street Fighter matches would go if they were 8 player...
This is the video game equivalent of great Jazz.
@PlywoodStick Haha, I'd love to see that! Knowing how Sf tournaments usually work out it'll be 8 Ryus flying across the screen.
@DanteSolablood You're looking at it the wrong way. Simple as that. This is a demonstration of high level skill and decision making, not people spamming moves on each other in HD.
The year 20XX...everyone is a Fox main...
@EngieBengie @TromboneGamer You misunderstand me, I never stated that people were spamming moves or not being skillful, I've played in some gaming tournaments & plenty of TCG/CCG tournaments (I have held a title). I understand displays of skill.
I just don't find it interesting. Don't get me wrong, I would love to be playing the game at this level and find the idea of that kind of challenge exciting... but much like sports, playing is amazing fun, watching is boring.
Maybe I just miss the adrenaline from actually competing? Who knows.
Unplug your controller dawg
@AlexSora89 The winner of this tournament used Peach though and third place used Marth/Sheik. Fox may be slowly but surely taking over, but for now Melee still has several highly used characters besides Fox/Falco.
I dunno about Smash Bros. but this is one of the most epic fighting game tournament moments I've ever seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSGW7CwD5GM
I only wish I was actually there in person to witness it.
This was the most hype set of the tournament.
Too bad GF was anticlimatic.
@bagajr
First time a Princess has to earn her rightful crown all over again.
@DanteSolablood Yeah, 8 Hadouken spam would get boring fast. 8 Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku spam is way more fun.
@PlywoodStick How about 4 Ryus with Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku and 4 Chun-Lis with Spinning Bird Kick flying around the screen? Wonder if they'd all work together like a gear system?
@DanteSolablood Synchronized spin kicking competitions, with accompanying opera ballet symphonies...
Oh my God... You need to copyright that now before someone else does!!!
Mango is siiiiiiiiiick, game 4 was so intense
I dunno, they played kinda too safe to me, their speed was great, but fox's mixups were kinda weak. The problem with a lot of high level players is that they only use the "safest" options, and then learn to anticipate the safe option from their opponents. Doing the unexpected less safe maneuver can turn the tide of battle every now and then and I find it especially useful when recovering.
@DanteSolablood It's not for everybody, but if you truly wanted to know how exciting watching melee is: learn the rivalry, the players, and play enough melee so you can feel every combo a player gets hit with. Watching 8 players would not be fun because watching a 1v1 displays how much skill they have. There's a reason why the top 8 players are always the same people, it's because the game's learning curve is so intense no one else can dethrone them (but yet they still try)
Wow, incredible match. All the games were so close and had so much sway in their momentum. They were so evenly matched. I mean SPOILER
67% 1 life left in the final game? Too awesome.
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