In the exhibition, he sandbagged and was quickly defeated. In the competitive gaming community, he is known simply as "Isai" or by his gamer tag "malva00." Genesis, stylized as GENESIS, is a series of Super Smash Bros. tournaments occurring in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States state of California. In addition, it features a new art style for in-game menus and allows players to choose certain characters individually when they are only accessible as extensions of other ones in Brawl. They first teamed in 2004, and they won every tournament they entered until 2006 MLG Chicago, where they lost to the team of Chillindude and Azen.

He is currently considered to be one of the best 64 players despite being known for playing low-tier characters in tournament. [2] He streamed Super Smash Bros. weekly on their Twitch channel from late-2013 to mid-2015.

Super Smash Bros. is a series of crossover fighting video games published by Nintendo, and primarily features characters from various Nintendo franchises.

Ken plays Marth in Melee and is known for his comparatively aggressive style of play. Isai is known for not taking Melee singles events seriously. He is a two-time champion of Apex and was ranked in the top six in the world in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

The series was created by Masahiro Sakurai, who has directed every game in the series. Several top players have been recruited by eSports organizations.

Project M reintroduces the characters Dr. Mario, Mewtwo, and Roy, who were present in Melee but did not return in Brawl. [11] [5] He was born on March 17, 1985. He also largely brought about the implementation and popularization of "dashdancing", a movement technique involving rapid side-to-side dashing that has since become integral to all levels of competitive Melee.

Nairoby Quezada, known by his gamertag Nairo, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Passaic, New Jersey.

He is a two-time champion of Apex, three-time champion of Genesis and two-time champion of EVO and is the highest-grossing Melee player ever. Each year the event grew with more competitors entering. Isai emerged as a contender in the Northern California scene around 2004 along with Ken. He won Apex 2014 using exclusively Jigglypuff. [8]. The series has received a combined total of over 4 million views on YouTube. Explore Isai Alvarado's 3,070 photos on Flickr! Jason Sheldon Zimmerman, known by his gamertag Mew2King, commonly shortened to M2K, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player. He teamed up with top-ranked player, Ken Hoang, in Tournament Go's fifth incarnation, TG5, for doubles events and continued to team with Ken in later tournaments beginning an undefeated streak that lasted from 2003 to 2006. Super Smash Bros. games also have a large, widespread grassroots scene that supports tournaments at the amateur and local level. Although currently inactive due to health issues, Nanney is considered one of the dominant "Five Gods" of Melee, the others being Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, and Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma. At Apex 2012, he was convinced to play an exhibition on stream versus Captain Jack. Later tournaments also featured the original Super Smash Bros. (1999), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008), Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and for Wii U (2014), and Super Smash Bros. The series had a total budget of US $12,000. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U are crossover fighting video games developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U video game consoles. He has also achieved 2nd place finishes at Apex 2012 and 2013 using Link (who is last on the 64 tier list) and Mario respectively. From 2004 to 2006, Major League Gaming (MLG) included Melee in its Pro Circuit, and then supported the MLG Smash Series in 2007. [4] [5] [6], After his retirement from competitive Melee in 2007, Isai played at GENESIS 2 where he teamed with Johnny "S2J" Kim and he lost an exhibition match at Apex 2012 against Ryota "Captain Jack" Yoshida after the crowd cheered for him to get on the stage. Project M has recently been removed as an official event out copyright concerns under Nintendo of America sponsorship and Third Party relations. PC Chris gained national attention after defeating "The King of Smash" Ken at MLG New York 2006. The event's first incarnation was in 2009 with Jesus "Jman" Fernandez as the champion of Super Smash Bros. Melee and Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce as champion of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

He is best known for playing as Diddy Kong in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pit in Project M, Meta Knight in Brawl, and Fox in Melee. He became acquainted with the community surrounding its sequel, Super Smash Bros. Melee, entering his first tournament, Tournament Go 4 (TG4), on January 19, 2003.
Isai traveled to Japan for 8th Kanto, but did not compete in the tournament. [9] [10], Isai is of Mexican descent and is from San Jose, California. The stages and gameplay modes reference or take designs from these franchises as well.

DeBiedma holds the mark for most money won in a single Melee tournament, with $29,315.30 at Smash Summit 5 in November 2017, and he has won more money lifetime playing Melee than any other player. He is regarded as a top player of Super Smash Bros. In 2010, MLG had Brawl in its Pro Circuit. In 2005, he traveled with Ken and several other American players to Japan to participate in the Jack Garden Tournament. The Smash Brothers is a 2013 nine-part documentary series written and directed by Travis 'Samox' Beauchamp. In 2014, the fan modification of Brawl, Project M was added for singles only.

The handle PC Chris comes from his hometown of Port Chester, New York. Juan Manuel DeBiedma, also known as Hungrybox, is an Argentine American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Orlando, Florida. In 2010, an event for Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 was added.


The Street Fighter IV tournament was won by Yusuke Momochi, defeating GamerBee in the Grand Finals. He won an early national tournament at MOAST 3 in Dallas, Texas in January 15th-16th, 2005. [5], Isai was formerly sponsored by CLASH Tournaments, [7] and occasionally streamed on the CLASH Tournaments channel. Nanney uses Falco and Marth and is known for his intelligent and patient playstyle. [3] However, he did complete a 12 character battle with Jouske during his visit, which Jouske won.[4]. Joel Isai Alvarado (born March 17, 1985), known as Isai (pronounced "Isaiah"), is an American Super Smash Bros. 64 player widely regarded as the greatest of all time.

He is widely regarded to be the best Jigglypuff player of all time and has been ranked in the top five in the world every year since formal rankings began in 2013. At the end of 2006 he was ranked 9th on the Smash Panel Power Rankings. [1] His final placement in this tournament is unknown. He primarily uses Palutena in Ultimate, Zero Suit Samus in Wii U, and Meta Knight in Brawl. Gonzalo Barrios, known by his gamertag ZeRo, is a Chilean professional Super Smash Bros. player and streamer. H He is credited with developing the modern metagame and is formerly among the ten highest ranked Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the United States until retiring in 2007. The Wii U version was released in North America, Europe, and Australia in November 2014, and in Japan the following month. He is one of the "Five Gods" of Melee, along with Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and Joseph "Mang0" Marquez and is also one of the most accomplished Super Smash Bros. Brawl players.

Ultimate. The Nintendo 3DS version was released in Japan in September 2014, and in North America, Europe, and Australia the following month. It presents a cast of characters and locations from these franchises and allows players to use each character's unique skills and the stage's hazards to inflict damage, recover health, and ultimately knock opponents off the stage.

[12]. Marquez is known for his aggressive playstyle and ability to adapt. In Super Smash Bros. Melee he is widely considered the game's greatest player of all time. [11] Alvarado is a graduate of San José State University and was the president of the school's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi. Super Smash Bros. is a crossover fighting video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. In 2007, Isai started to lose interest in Melee, and he stopped playing Melee after Super Champ Combo, where him and Ken got 7th in doubles at their final event together. One of the "Five Gods" of Melee, alongside Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, Lindgren is considered to be the top-ranked player from the middle of 2011 to the middle of 2013 and was the number one player on the Melee It On Me SSBMRank for 2015, 2016, and summer 2017. The first game in the Super Smash Bros. series, it is a crossover between several different Nintendo franchises, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Metroid, F-Zero, Mother, Kirby, and Pokémon. Project M is a video game modification (mod) of the 2008 fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, created by the community group known as the Project M Development Team. Competition began in 2002 with multiple tournaments held for Super Smash Bros. Melee, released for the GameCube in 2001.

It was first released in Japan on January 21, 1999, in North America on April 26, 1999, and in Europe on November 19, 1999.

Christopher Szygiel, better known by his handle PC Chris, is a former American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player. He placed first in the Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at Evo 2018. Adam Lindgren, known by his handle Armada, is a Swedish professional Super Smash Bros. player from Gothenburg. The MLG Anaheim 2014 and MLG World Finals 2015 championship also featured Melee and Wii U events.

Ultimate and Project M. Apex was an annual esports tournament held in New Jersey that focused on fighting games, specifically Super Smash Bros. He is regarded as a team specialist in Super Smash Bros. Melee and garnered an almost three-year winning streak with his teammate, Ken Hoang. Back in the MLG era, he was considered the best Captain Falcon player in the United States, scoring multiple victories over Ken during Ken's prime. The film also features extensive commentary from other community figures including Chris "Wife" Fabiszak, Wynton "Prog" Smith, Kashan "Chillindude" Khan, Antoine "Wes" Lewis-Hall, Daniel "ChuDat" Rodriguez, Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, and Lillian "Milktea" Chen. He is currently considered to be one of the best 64 players despite being known for playing low-tier characters in tournament.