Evo 2015
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The 2015 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2015 or EVO 2015) was a
Background
Evo 2015 was announced on January 20, 2015, on a
The event featured a total of US$300,000 in prize money, spread over nine major tournaments. Evo 2015 started on Friday morning, with the finals of five of the major tournaments taking place on Sunday. There were eight official livestream channels on Twitch dedicated to broadcasting the event, the Sunday finals being broadcast on Evo's primary Twitch channel.[4][5]
Games
Evo 2015 featured a major tournament of nine fighting games:[1][2][3]
- Ultra Street Fighter IV
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
- Killer Instinct
- Mortal Kombat X
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Tekken 7
Cuellar announced on June 1 that the Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament would be held on the
Responses
Shacknews's Ozzie Mejia described seven out of the nine games as "no-brainers", but stated that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Smash Bros. Melee were surprise inclusions at the 2015 event. The former would be left unbalanced due to Marvel Comics having detracted their license, not allowing Capcom to patch the game. Melee, meanwhile, made a third consecutive Evo appearance despite Super Smash Bros. for Wii U being played on the tournament as well. The game has consistently been popular among the fighting game community since its release in 2001.[1]
Participants
Ultra Street Fighter IV was the most popular tournament at Evo 2015, featuring 2,227 registered players. Killer Instinct saw the least registered players at the event, with only 397 participants.[4] Evo 2015 was the largest Super Smash Bros. tournament up until that point, 1,926 players having registered for the Wii U version of the game and 1,869 players registering for Melee, compared with 970 competitors in the Melee tournament of Evo 2014.[11] According to Cuellar, both Super Smash Bros. games had over a thousand registrants within a month of announcement.[12]
Evo 2015 was attended by Jamie Lee Curtis, cosplaying as Vega.[13] Bill Trinen was originally going to compete at the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament,[14] but cancelled at the last minute following former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata's death.[15]
Tournament summary
Ultra Street Fighter IV
The finals of Ultra Street Fighter IV, held on Sunday, featured
The Grand Final was held between Yusuke Momochi starting out with
Super Smash Bros.
Despite its high registration count, the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament was mostly ignored during Evo 2015, its finals wrapping up early on Saturday just as Capcom's Street Fighter V panel was being held. The tournament was won by
The Super Smash Bros. Melee finals kicked off on Sunday after a high-quality montage video. The competition featured
Other tournaments
Players Woshige and Ogawa faced off against one another during the winner's bracket semifinals of the Guilty Gear Xrd tournament. After Woshige scored his first knockout, he stood up and celebrated his win, despite not actually having won the whole match yet. This allowed Ogawa to easily beat up Woshige's character in the next round, and he went on to win the tournament.[20]
Reveals
EVO 2015 was where Rising Thunder, an indie fighting game made by Radiant Entertainment (owned by the Cannon Brothers) would be announced.[23] The game ended service on March 18, 2016 following the purchase of Radiant Entertainment by Riot Games.[24]
Results
Ultra Street Fighter IV | |||
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Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
1st | Yusuke Momochi | Momochi | Ken, Evil Ryu, Elena |
2nd | Bruce Hsiang
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AVM|GamerBee | Adon, Elena |
3rd | Seon-woo Lee | Infiltration | Evil Ryu, Elena, Chun-Li, Decapre, Abel, Juri, Akuma, Ryu |
4th | Naoki Nemoto | BE|Nemo | Rolento |
5th | Hajime Taniguchi
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MCZ|Tokido | Akuma |
5th | Tomoya Nomura | /r/Kappa|AiAi | Juri |
7th | Du Dang
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TL|NuckleDu | Guile, Decapre |
7th | Eduardo Pérez-Frangie | EG|PR Balrog | Balrog |
Place | Player | Alias | Character(s) |
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1st | Adam Lindgren
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A |Armada
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Fox, Peach |
2nd | Juan Debiedma
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TL|Hungrybox | Jigglypuff |
3rd | Kevin Nanney
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EG|PPMD | Marth, Falco |
4th | Justin McGrath | PG|Plup | Sheik, Samus |
5th | Joseph Marquez
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C9 |Mang0
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Fox, Falco |
5th | William Hjelte
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TSM|Leffen | Fox |
7th | Daniel Rodriguez | MH|ChuDat | Ice Climbers |
7th | Jeffrey Williamson | Tempo|Axe | Pikachu |
References
- ^ a b c d Mejia, Ozzie (2015-01-21). "Evo 2015: Breaking down the surprises and snubs". Shacknews.
- ^ a b c Te, Zonnie (2015-01-20). "EVO 2015 Game Lineup Announced". GameSpot.
- ^ a b c MacGregor, Kyle (2015-01-21). "EVO 2015 lineup: Smash, Persona, Tekken, and more". Destructoid.
- ^ a b c McWhertor, Michael (2015-07-17). "Watch Evo 2015, the year's biggest fighting game tournament, all weekend". Polygon.
- ^ Mueller, Saira (2015-07-17). "Evo 2015 Finals Live Stream: Watch 'Guilty Gear,' 'Mortal Kombat X,' 'Super Smash Bros.,' 'Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3,' and 'Ultra Street Fighter 4' Here". International Business Times.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (2015-06-01). "Ultra Street Fighter 4 tournament play at Evo 2015 shifts to Xbox 360 after shaky PS4 launch". Polygon.
- ^ Palec, Yen (2015-06-01). "EVO Drops 'Ultra Street Fighter 4' PlayStation 4 Version; Tournament Announces Support To Xbox 360". Yibada.
- ^ Bogos, Steven (2015-06-01). "EVO Ditches Broken PS4 Street Fighter IV in Favor of Xbox Version". The Escapist.
- ^ a b Sledge, Kyle (2015-05-20). "EVO 2015 Player Breaks Fight Stick, Still Wins Street Fighter Tourney". Game Rant.
- ^ Dupont-Gray, Bryan. "PS3 Version of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Evo 2015 Lineup". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ George, Daniel (2015-07-02). "Evo 2015: More Smash Bros. For Wii U Entrants Than Melee". FanSided.
- ^ Rad, Chloi (2015-03-12). "Evo 2015 Will Be "Biggest" Melee Tournament Yet". IGN.
- ^ Hughes, William (2015-07-18). "Jamie Lee Curtis went undercover at a competitive fighting game tournament". The A.V. Club.
- ^ Seedhouse, Alex (2015-07-04). "Bill Trinen to compete at Evolution Championship Series 2015". Nintendo Insider.
- ^ Cardoso, Jose. "Bill Trinen no longer participating in Evo 2015 tournament, following Iwata's passing". GameZone. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ^ Barker, Ian J. (2015-07-18). "Pair of Americans and a Japanese unknown land in Evo's Street Fighter top 8". The Daily Dot.
- ^ a b c Mejia, Ozzie (2015-07-20). "EVO 2015: Recapping the final day of competition". Shacknews.
- ^ Mejia, Ozzie (2015-07-19). "EVO 2015: Recapping the first two days of competition". Shacknews.
- ^ Barker, Ian J. (2015-07-20). "Hungrybox jeered, Armada revered in Evo Smash finale". The Daily Dot.
- ^ Gallaghar, Danny (2015-07-20). "Pro gamer's premature victory celebration earns him a big, fat loss". CNET.
- ^ Hillier, Brenna. "All-new Street Fighter 5 character Necalli revealed at EVO 2015". VG247. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ^ Boccher, Mike. "Mortal Kombat X's Tremor revealed with official gameplay video". GameZone. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ^ Robinson, Nick. "Hands-on gameplay from Rising Thunder, Seth Killian's newly announced PC fighting game". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ^ Mejia, Ozzie. "Rising Thunder developer acquired by Riot Games; alpha will shut down next week". Shacknews. Retrieved 2016-11-07.