While people can quite easily name the best individual Smash player for each game, no one has determined who is the best overall Smasher across all 4 officially sanctioned Smash titles. Well, Super Smash Con seeks to (maybe) put an end to this question with its new Smash Masters event, which sees 4 players known for their proficiency across multiple Smash titles competing to find out who is the best all-around Smasher.
There are only 4 contestants for this initial competition, with Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman, Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, Eric “ESAM” Lew and Justin “Wizzrobe” Hallett all vying for the title of Smash Master. The way the tournament will work is that, rather than striking stages, players will strike games in the series at the start of a set, until only one game out of the 4 remains. Players then play a best-of-3 set in that game using standard tournament rules, with the loser of the set picking the next game. This will happen until all games in the series have been played. If the set is tied 2-2, the set will be decided by individual game victories and if that still doesn’t decide the set, Super Smash Con will then decide who wins based on so called “Big Victories,” which is if someone wins via a 2 stock in Brawl and Wii U, or a 3 stock in 64 or Melee. It’s all a bit confusing to tell you the truth, but full details on the rules and the bracket can be found on the official Super Smash Con website.
Such a small bracket makes sense when you have to play on 4 different games, but the obvious lack of a certain non-sanctioned Smash game makes the whole situation awkward should a 2-2 result happen. What would make more sense is if the final round was played out on Rivals of Aether or maybe even Wavedash Games’ unannounced platform fighter. In any case, it should be a fun side event which gives each Smash title its time to shine.
Source: Super Smash Con