"There's a rift at the heart of the Smash Bros scene"

[Mr Khan]

ofrm1 said:
This doesn't surprise me in the least. The event was horribly managed from the outset by people who did not know how to properly manage and secure a major venue. That meant that the schedule was way off.

Then you have the game as the main attraction. I honestly don't know why they thought that Wii U would have been the main attraction. The game is destined to go down exactly the same way Brawl did; as a game that is largely irrelevant in esports. In the eyes of the larger smash community, it's just more shovelware to ignore. You can thank Nintendo for not learning from their mistakes.

This reminds me of when Counter-Strike: Source came out and the competitive community shunned it in favor of 1.6's mechanics. Eventually, Valve said: oh shit. We'd better make a game that caters to the competitive community while also not being ostracizing to the casual community. So they made CS:GO which has been an astounding success and has been one of the most important games for esports of all time.

Meanwhile, Nintendo makes Brawl, and the competitive community shuns it because it is a casual game, then Nintendo says: well shit. Let's try that again. Then they make the Wii U version which is even more casual than Brawl is, and surprise surprise; the competitive community hates it as well. Here's a pro-tip. This is going to continue to happen until you listen to the community and make a game that has a measure of skill for professional players. Pro players don't just jump to the newest iteration of a franchise because it's new. They jump to the newer one if it makes good changes to the formula.

Yes, it sucks that the guy's moment was being ruined, but he was playing the Metaknight of Wii U. It's kind of hard to feel sorry for someone who wins with a character that everyone considers op in a tournament for a game that isn't really worth celebrating that much for to begin with. This isn't EVO where the newest games are going to get picked up no matter what because they're being sponsored. It's Apex. They still offer SSB64, (which is more interesting to watch than Melee imo) ffs. It's going to be filled with veterans who are wanting to see other vets play the old games, not some new casual bs.

I'm sure Nintendo's crying into their pillows stuffed with yen from ~ 10 million Smash 4 sales between the two platforms.