Regardless of your relationship to Melee, that’s a big hole to fill.
Melee ’s six-year run as an Evo main title helped break Twitch streaming records, bridged the gap between the Smash community and the greater western fighting game community (FGC), and consistently featured play of the highest caliber. Evo has always been a tournament that balances new fighting games, old games with strong communities, and a few wildcards. The lack of Melee is a huge bombshell, but not one that wasn’t seen coming.
Ultimate has the difficult task of satisfying fans of Smash 4, disenfranchised Project M players, as well as veterans of the 17-years-old-and-going-strong Super Smash Bros. As of the time of writing, it’s the current leader in registered entrants. franchise is making its first Evo appearance, having exceeded fans’ lofty expectations for a followup to Super Smash Bros. Surprising no one, the latest entry in the Super Smash Bros. With nine games featured, there’ll be something for everyone to enjoy come August 2. 2019’s lineup, announced late last month, is no different.
Every year’s featured lineup brings with it a little intrigue, a little comfort, and of course, a little controversy. Evo is the largest fighting game tournament in the world, and it owes that popularity to the selected games headlining the event and the dedicated players who support them.
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Jae-Min "Knee" Bae tweets to his fans (Tweet by of Leroy’s relative strength in comparison to the other characters represented at EVO Japan, Book’s skill on the character made him a cut above the rest and his victory shows that the Thai Tekken 7 community can compete with the Japanese and Korean competition.The Evolution Championship Series has been at the center of the fighting game community since its beginnings as the Battle By the Bay tournament in 1996. Even Arslan’s longtime rival, Korean Jae-Min "Knee" Bae, was knocked out in the loser's semi-finals of round 3 pools after also losing to a Leroy. No one could have expected that he would be knocked out in the loser's semi-finals of round 3 pools, with his Zafina losing to Leroy. Going into EVO Japan 2020, eyes were on Arslan Ash to see if he could defend his title. Arslan Ash’s win at EVO Japan 2019 had made Tekken 7 the most diverse it had ever been with east asian dominance of the game being challenged by Pakistani players. The Leroy dominated top 8 was especially disappointing after last year’s tournament which saw the previously unknown player Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique win after beating out some of Japan’s and Korea’s top players in dominant fashion. It's not the power of the character, it was whether people would switch to him before the tournament and like everybody did,” said fighting game commentator Stephen “Sajam” Lyon. “I didn't expect that many people were going to pick him. On his path to finals, Book triumphed over many of Tekken 7’s most respected players, including Sun-woong “LowHigh” Yoon and Jinwoo “Saint” Choi.Īlthough Leroy was considered a strong character in the weeks leading up to EVO Japan 2020, no one expected such an oppressive representation of the character. Having consistently placed top eight in major Tekken 7 tournaments since 2017, Book finally broke through with the newly introduced American martial artist that was announced following EVO 2019. Tekken’s use of 3D space offers a layer of depth that sets it apart from 2D fighting games like Street Fighter and Smash. Tekken 7, a fighting game that never quite reached the popularity of Street Fighter 5 in North America, has been steadily growing in popularity across multiple regions in the world. The final ended in a tense 3 - 2 victory between Thai Nopparut “Book” Hempamorn, playing Leroy, and Japanese Ryoto “Mikio” Ikeda, playing Laura. Six out of the top eight players used Leroy, one of the newest DLC characters. At the Tekken 7 tournament held at EVO Japan, no one could escape the dominance of one of the strongest characters to be added to the game.
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