smash 4
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Playing With One More Life Could Revolutionise (Or Hurt) Smash 4, Pros Argue
2Super Smash Bros Spurred by a Tweet from a top player, Super Smash Bros. pros are debating whether adding one stock, or life, to competitive matches could mean fairer fights or a dissolution of how the game is played.
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Underdog Takes Down Smash’s Best To Win Evo Championship
Super Smash Bros. For The Wii U made two big debuts today: One, its first Evo Sunday showing, and the second on national TV, as it aired live on Disney XD and ESPNU.
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Burnt-Out Smash Pros Are Talking About Unionising
Smash 4 Earlier this week, Smash 4‘s top player admitted he was overwhelmed: “We really need an off season,” Gonzalo “Zero” Barrios wrote on Twitter. “Committed players are travelling the whole year [with] no breaks.” The conversation snowballed. Fans, tournament organisers and fellow players noted that, to organise an off season, the anarchic Smash 4…
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Smash 4’s Competitive Scene Is Thriving, But Can It Take The Next Big Step?
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U often toils in the shadow of its predecessor, the GameCube classic Melee. Yet in the backyard of the live music capitol of the world, surrounded by more established games, DreamHack Austin showcased a $US10,000 ($13,535) Smash 4 tournament that was electric to watch. It seemed a premonition of greater…