It's not both as it's been stated that they promoted MLB the Show on the last direct which is a Sony game that's releasing on the switch.
Evo 2022 announcement show on March 8, Smash Bros. will not be part of the lineup
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lol dude, Smash always has tournaments all the time, losing Evo is not a big deal as you make it out to be compared to Evo losing Smash as it was game with the most amount of entrants the last 2 times it was there (because it was canceled there isn't exact numbers for 2020 but the last update had it on 1st place)
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I don't think that 2018 Smash 4 grand finals helped either.
The biggest Smash tournament ever was at Evo. The biggest Evo tournament ever was not Smash. Not sure how anybody is spinning this as not a big deal for the Smash community. Kinda dismissive of the years of community effort it took to get Smash at Evo in the first place.
With the Cannons involved with both the Riot games and them being co-founders of Evo I'd be surprised if it doesn't have a heavy presence there at some point. It seems like a slam dunk they'd be crazy to pass up on even if they have their own thing planed for Project L.
Hopefully the event this year runs well and at a high if not full capacity as long as the organizers think it's safe. This year is simply the return, next year though will be much more interesting. There may not be anymore restrictions and more importantly the newest Street Fighter should be out by then.
SFV did 5k back in 2016. Maybe I'm crazy for thinking this but I think SF6 has a very good chance of beating it. By EVO 2024 all the big next gen FG's should be out like Project L, Tekken 8, and MK12(Tekken 8 and MK12 aren't announced, I'm just predicting it).
SFV did 5k back in 2016. Maybe I'm crazy for thinking this but I think SF6 has a very good chance of beating it. By EVO 2024 all the big next gen FG's should be out like Project L, Tekken 8, and MK12(Tekken 8 and MK12 aren't announced, I'm just predicting it).
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I think the only thing that will prevent SF6 from beating that record is Evo needing to recover from the pandemic and the variety of recent scandals. Just going off the reaction alone, SF6 seems primed to do huge numbers tho.
Bummed but no surprised. Good ol' Nintendo.
Have we even heard a peep about the circuit they're partnering with?
Have we even heard a peep about the circuit they're partnering with?
I'd really like to see an statement from Nintendo about this since it could be something understandable or them being scumbags like they have been other times, but that probably won't happen.
Not yet, next weekend might be a good time to announce it during ultimate summit 4. Hopefully omicron just delayed it a bit
So stupid that they're not part of it. Also would be strange if they're part of other FGC tournaments and not this one which would lead me to believe that Nintendo doesn't want their machine played at a Sony event.
They still want people to buy it, the DLC, and the amiibos.
Yeah. Smash is an title that will be selling for years. You'll know when that game is done when they repackage it and sell it with all the DLC together.
A fighting game tournament that thrives on multiplatform games from all sorts of hardware being run by a single, current platform holder is hilarious
Sony have said they won't limit anything by platform. This sounds more of a Nintendo problem then a Sony problem.
Movie games aside, im pretty sure this was Nintendo's decision and not Sony's.
Of course it was Nintendo's decision, they naturally don't want to benefit a competitor; Smash doesn't need EVO, it's the other way around.
That's why Sony as a platform holder buying EVO was a bad thing. They ruined it for everyone.
Not that surprised since Evo kinda had a big ass scandal. Even though they got bought out. I wouldn't be surprised if they stay away for another year or so.
Unfortunate, but with the Panda Global circuit happening I'm not too bummed about it.
Crazy that Ultimate was only there for one year considering its popularity, but COVID and all of that.
Crazy that Ultimate was only there for one year considering its popularity, but COVID and all of that.
It isn't the other way around. EVO been going on fine without Smash for years. Smash fans pushed hard for it to get into EVO.
Either way this doesn't benefit players or viewers of Smash which is most important, not whatever dumbass major company benefits. Other games do get a chance to shine though.
...what? Are we just making shit up now? Why does EVO "need" Smash and how it is it somehow Sony's fault?
they have no evidence that it's sony's fault, so feel free to ignore them
I mean, have you SEEN the Smash community? Nintendo is still doing Smash tournaments, and the Smash community has a ton of scum, just like the wider FGC. Lets not pretend their community is any better.
How quickly all the "lol Nintendo" people forget about these things is really telling.
EVOs branding was heavily tied to Joey Cueller and Nintendo might see it differently that a pedophile was running the event the whole time. Who knows though, their statement was really vague.
Nintendo has made positive statements about EVO since the 2020 scandal, and given the insane number of scandals in the Smash community its clearly not something they are that concerned about.
This is simply them running their own Smash circuit and not wanting to be upstaged by another event. Shitty move from Nintendo but at least EVO will smell better.
This is simply them running their own Smash circuit and not wanting to be upstaged by another event. Shitty move from Nintendo but at least EVO will smell better.
