Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitational Tournament Live Reactions!

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - The ultimate in Nintendo-conducted tournaments.

This reaction log represents the biggest event of all of E3 2018: Nintendo's Invitational tournament for the newly-named Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It features eight invited players from the Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. For Wii U communities, along with commentators. The tournament rules try to combine showing off the game, while also maintaining some degree of tournament normalcy. Can Nintendo pull it off?

I'm the one on the staff that cares the most about competitive Super Smash Bros., so I'm driving the log's material. My KoopaTV colleague RawkHawk2010 represents a dirty casual. Kamek shows up but contributes absolutely nothing. Ryu (Mariosun90) who isn't on our staff but made it to our Discord

You may wish to consult the KoopaTV E3 Weeks 2018 Schedule, so you have a sense of where we've been and where we're going for the rest of the week.

[5:09 PM] RawkHawk2010: "welcome to the family"

[5:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're interviewing random Smash people.

[5:09 PM] RawkHawk2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhpf5GOvEA

[5:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're blurring out everyone's shirts.

[5:10 PM] RawkHawk2010: I feel like Latias probably gets harassed.

[5:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Smash players are very prideful that Nintendo didn't support them for over a decade.

[5:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: While simultaneously begging to be supported.

[5:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They blurred out a Canadian maple leaf.

[5:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: LOL

[5:11 PM] RawkHawk2010: Lucky looks like Donkey Kong.

[5:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AHHHH

[5:12 PM] RawkHawk2010: Daisy is really prominent in all this.

[5:12 PM] RawkHawk2010: She's the mascot Echo Character.

[5:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: noo

[5:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I mean

[5:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...Who would I want to be the mascot Echoer?

[5:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Dark Pit?

[5:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AHH

[5:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SAKURAI

[5:13 PM] RawkHawk2010: MISTEEEEEEEEEER SATAN

[5:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Coming with a mic and translator.

[5:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: HE'S SPEAKING IN ENGLISH

[5:13 PM] RawkHawk2010: (It literally sounded like how they introduce Mr. Satan at tournaments.)

[5:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And the translator translated him totally differently anyway.

[5:14 PM] Ryu: I'm here

[5:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I thought he said "Ridley" instead of "really"

[5:14 PM] RawkHawk2010: Sakurai hates the people standing behind him.

[5:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: E3 version for tournament.

[5:14 PM] RawkHawk2010: Sad!

[5:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "You'll be able to play as a lot more characters" in final game.

[5:14 PM] RawkHawk2010: So not 12?

[5:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: 12 at the start.

[5:15 PM] RawkHawk2010: Vikki Kitty.

[5:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: VikkiKitty and Vish, with Jordan Kent.

[5:16 PM] RawkHawk2010: I remember her.

[5:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Vish's mic is broken.

[5:16 PM] RawkHawk2010: lmao

[5:16 PM] RawkHawk2010: Is no one gonna tell him?

[5:17 PM] RawkHawk2010: They're not doing timed matches?

[5:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Singles, doubles, and free-for-alls with items, eh?

[5:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: DOUBLES

[5:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Winners Round 1 doubles, Smash Ball on, items off.

[5:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo and Armada vs. Abadango and Plup.

[5:18 PM] RawkHawk2010: I thought they always did timed matches for these things.

[5:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I guess they learned from 2014.

[5:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I think they fixed Vish's mic.

[5:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: whoa

[5:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Complex fighter draft rules.

[5:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Need to use 3 characters each.

[5:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And then they get to stick with the character they like the most.

[5:19 PM] RawkHawk2010: They were playing Pokemon music during that.

[5:19 PM] RawkHawk2010: Dunno if coincidence.

[5:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're doing player intro videos.

[5:19 PM] RawkHawk2010: Since using Pokemon Trainer rules.

[5:19 PM] RawkHawk2010: Fuck Scarf Boy.

[5:20 PM] RawkHawk2010: criiiiiiiiiiiinge

[5:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf

[5:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They had Abadango hide a GameCube controller in a toilet.

[5:21 PM] RawkHawk2010: Didn't you tell me to route for this person?

[5:21 PM] RawkHawk2010: With the cat?

[5:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Yes.

[5:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Plup.

[5:21 PM] RawkHawk2010: Well, better him than the other fuckers. :pikachu_laugh:

[5:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're implying that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is named Super Smash Bros. Universe.

[5:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo has Sheik, Mari0, Ike.

Armada has Pokémon Trainer, Kirby, Samus.

Abadango has Mewtwo (his main), Corrin, and Pac-Man (his previous main)

Plup has Ridley, Pit, and Villager.

[5:23 PM] RawkHawk2010: Abadango has limp fish hands.

[5:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Samus and Mari0 vs. Corrin and Plup in the Goddess Tower.

[5:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The smoke colours indicate who launched you.

[5:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: As opposed to blast beams.

[5:25 PM] RawkHawk2010: Ridley has the same Air Up A as Charizard.

[5:25 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: MAri0 missed his Final Smash.

[5:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Plup and Abadango are getting wrecked.

[5:27 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GAME!

[5:27 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Is it best of 1s?

[5:27 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Yes.

[5:27 PM] Ryu: Apparently

[5:28 PM] RawkHawk2010: what does it mean when someone "techs"

[5:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Called "prat-fall" in Melee's bonuses.

[5:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It's when you press the shield button when landing on the ground or a wall.

[5:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: As opposed to bouncing off it or landing on your back.

[5:29 PM] RawkHawk2010: oh

[5:29 PM] Ryu: it's a nice landing

[5:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mr. R and Lucky vs. MKLeo and Mang0

[5:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "They call him Mr. R because Mr. PG-13 is unimpressive"

[5:29 PM] RawkHawk2010: all these people have OoT as their fvorite game

[5:30 PM] RawkHawk2010: "favorite game: fire emblem"

[5:30 PM] RawkHawk2010: the first?

[5:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Might be the 7th.

[5:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mr. R: Cloud, Ryu, Little Mac

Lucky: Marth, Bowser, Fox

MKLeo: Bayo, Snake, Sonic

Mang0: Inkling, Link, Ganondorf

[5:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Guess I'll root for Mr. R and Lucky based on that.

[5:32 PM] RawkHawk2010: Who got dibs on characters first?

[5:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Especially if Lucky picks Bowser.

[5:32 PM] RawkHawk2010: Surely they fought over Inkling and Ridley.

[5:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Cloud + Marth vs. Bayonetta and Ganondorf

[5:33 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf shield-break already

[5:33 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Not just using his fist" as he's punching

[5:33 PM] RawkHawk2010: Is Bayonetta still OP?

[5:33 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: People say she got nerfed.

[5:34 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I actually want Mang0/Ganondorf to win.

[5:35 PM] RawkHawk2010: Don't like this stage.

[5:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THE SMALL BALL LITERALLY JUST ROLLED DOWN

[5:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Lucky's Marth just killed himself with his Final Smash.

[5:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And share-stock'd.

[5:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mang0's team is gonna win.

[5:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Lucky just tech'd that platform.

[5:36 PM] RawkHawk2010: lol

[5:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: KO cutscene isn't a definite death.

[5:36 PM] RawkHawk2010: nice to know

[5:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Now we have 1v1s.

[5:36 PM] RawkHawk2010: so people don't just give up when it plays

[5:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo vs. Armada and MkLeo vs. Mang0

[5:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But we have a DOUBLE ELIMINATION.

[5:37 PM] RawkHawk2010: items good

[5:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: So there's a lower bracket.

[5:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Doubles, Smash Ball On, Items.

[5:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Abadango and Plup vs. Mr. R and Lucky down there.

[5:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Smash players are saying Cloud's limit goes away if not used after 15 seconds.

[5:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: RYU AND BOWSER VS. PAC-MAN AND VILLAGER

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Dude this is obvious.

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO BOWSER

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: CRUSH PAC-MAN!

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO LUCKY!!!

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wait wtf

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "If you KO the Assist Trophy it eliminates a stock"

[5:39 PM] RawkHawk2010: KNUX

[5:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Knuckles.

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Bowser is getting destroyed.

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf Lucky KOed his own partner.

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BOWSER

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: YES!!!!

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BOWSER FINAL SMASH

[5:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: KO'D PAC-MAN

DIE, PAC-MAN! KING BOWSER TIME!

[5:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf

[5:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Launch Star just launched Bowser off top of the screen.

[5:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: So Bowser and Ryu have one stock each.

[5:41 PM] RawkHawk2010: The Star Launch is basically a Barrel Cannon?

[5:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ya.

[5:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: eek

[5:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Bowser is getting 2 vs. 1'd

[5:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: New animations for Bowser's Whirling Fortress and Flying Slam.

[5:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But Bowser loses. :frowning:

[5:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: So does @Ryu

[5:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Quick pause for "special guests"?

[5:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: To be commentated by T.K. Breezy. (Was wondering where he was)

[5:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Are these gonna be dumb YouTubers?

[5:44 PM] RawkHawk2010: Where's T.K.MARIOMASTER?

[5:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "We had our For Glory action, now we gonna have some "For Fun"

[5:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: eek another Cappy

[5:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Cosplayers to the stage?

[5:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: wtf

[5:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[5:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[5:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: That Ness

[5:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: >.>

[5:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THIS IS A NIGHTMARE

Horrifying Pac-Man cosplayer.

[5:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: I agree.

[5:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: This is like something from Captain Rainbow.

[5:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AND THERE'S CAPPY

[5:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Fat Ness, fat Pac-Man, Cappy.

[5:46 PM] RawkHawk2010: The Ness is drooling/sweating.

[5:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And a Link.

[5:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And they're all playing as their cosplayed dude.

[5:47 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I guess I'll root for Link?

[5:48 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ness is named "Tyson Rodriguez"

[5:48 PM] RawkHawk2010: Rooting for Ness for the character.

[5:48 PM] RawkHawk2010: Not the person.

[5:49 PM] RawkHawk2010: Ooooh

[5:49 PM] RawkHawk2010: Tortimer Island in HD

[5:49 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Link doesn't have a Hookshot.

[5:49 PM] RawkHawk2010: Shiekah bombs.

[5:49 PM] RawkHawk2010: Good, fuck a hookshot.

[5:50 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Alolan Vulpix.

[5:50 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AHH NESS FINAL SMASH

[5:50 PM] RawkHawk2010: starstoooooorm

[5:51 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ARCADE BUNNY KIDNAPPED PAC-MAN

[5:52 PM] RawkHawk2010: bananas

[5:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Eevee.

[5:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Pac-Man taunting in the water.

[5:53 PM] RawkHawk2010: Does this still have swimming?

[5:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BOO

[5:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: PAC-MAN WON

[5:55 PM] RawkHawk2010: Does this have swimming

[5:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I dunno, Smash 4 didn't.

[5:55 PM] RawkHawk2010: k yeah prob doesnn

[5:55 PM] RawkHawk2010: t

[5:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Smash 4 had drowning.

[5:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: We're back to the professional bracket.

[5:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo vs. Armada 1v1

[5:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Unlike Brawl, you can switch with Pokémon Trainer while in the air.

[5:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: IKE VS. POKéMON TRAINER

[5:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: In Moray.

[5:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Squirtle can't KO. <_<

[6:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GREAT AETHER

[6:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Armada got 2-stocked (with 3 stocks each).

[6:01 PM] RawkHawk2010: Didn't Smash 4 kill tether recovery?

[6:01 PM] RawkHawk2010: Now it's back?

[6:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: No, there's tethering still.

[6:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It changed.

[6:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But not killed.

[6:02 PM] RawkHawk2010: aka make it not bad?

[6:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They made it so it's not your only method of recovery.

[6:03 PM] RawkHawk2010: Okay looked like it was Ivysaur's

[6:03 PM] RawkHawk2010: Didn't it?

[6:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: MkLeo vs. Mang0.

[6:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Yeah, but it's not Pokémon Trainer's only option.

[6:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're playing Splatoon music.

[6:03 PM] RawkHawk2010: Yeah he could switch mid-air before recovering but sounds weird.

[6:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: To pressure Mang0 to pick Inkling.

[6:04 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sonic vs. Inkling!

[6:04 PM] RawkHawk2010: rooting for soni

[6:04 PM] RawkHawk2010: c

[6:04 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: IN SAFFRON CITY

[6:04 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO INKLING

[6:04 PM] RawkHawk2010: people've wanted this stage back 20 years

[6:05 PM] RawkHawk2010: No Mons.

[6:05 PM] RawkHawk2010: Guess that'd be too hard.

[6:05 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: You don't control Super Sonic in this game.

[6:05 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Only did 32%.

[6:06 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Saffron City does not give enough room for Inkling to do the Ink stuff.

Rawk's immediate commentary following this picture is asinine. They clearly showed Inkling as needing a lot of space.
Saffron City doesn't provide that.

[6:06 PM] RawkHawk2010: boo hoo hoo

[6:06 PM] RawkHawk2010: Dudes

[6:07 PM] RawkHawk2010: This Saffron City looks like the City Trial city.

[6:07 PM] RawkHawk2010: The background.

[6:07 PM] RawkHawk2010: With its stylization

[6:07 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NO

[6:08 PM] RawkHawk2010: There's no white Inkling right?

[6:08 PM] RawkHawk2010: With white ink?

[6:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Correct.

[6:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Or red.

[6:08 PM] RawkHawk2010: K cuz yeah obvious implications lol

[6:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: 4 player free for all in losers bracket for Abadango, Plup, Mang0, Armada.

[6:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Vish pointing out that the Melee players are doing worse in this tournament than Smash 4.

[6:09 PM] RawkHawk2010: Melee killer

[6:09 PM] RawkHawk2010: Too hard for Melee-ers.

[6:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mewtwo vs. Pit vs. Kirby vs. Link

[6:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Rawk stop being a jackass. >_>

[6:10 PM] RawkHawk2010: Isn't that true though?

[6:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: No.

[6:10 PM] RawkHawk2010: What was her point then?

[6:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: *his

[6:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: He was trying to motivate the Meleers.

[6:10 PM] RawkHawk2010: Well yeah point proven.

[6:10 PM] RawkHawk2010: Too hard

[6:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Palkia.

[6:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ew Nintendog.

[6:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Plup got two back-airs in a row.

[6:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: To KO two dudes.

[6:12 PM] RawkHawk2010: Pong doesn't need to be in this.

[6:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: KIRBY HAS BURNING

[6:12 PM] RawkHawk2010: Shoulda axed it.

[6:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AS HIS DASH ATTACK

[6:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BACK FROM MELEE

[6:13 PM] RawkHawk2010: I forgot Kirby burned in Melee.

[6:13 PM] RawkHawk2010: It got changed to YoYo roll right?

[6:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: KIRBY SMASH BALL

[6:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Still has the Giant Sword.

[6:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: From Return to Dream Land on Wii.

[6:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Right.

[6:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: 1v1 Armada vs. Plup

[6:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "OH SHIT" - Vikkikitty

Plup's amazing side-dodge that let him keep going!

[6:14 PM] RawkHawk2010: Yeah I heard that lol

[6:14 PM] RawkHawk2010: Thought it was just me.

[6:15 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: See, Tech.

[6:15 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: TAKAMARU

[6:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: PLUP MOVES ON

[6:16 PM] RawkHawk2010: Well that was intense.

[6:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BECAUSE OF LOSER TAKAMARU

[6:16 PM] RawkHawk2010: Did a KO cutscene get Fake News'd again?

[6:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ya.

[6:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Plup wants to keep playing as Ridley.

[6:17 PM] Ryu: It isn't that hard to dodge >.>

[6:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But for now we have winner's finals.

[6:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Oh wait

[6:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "take a break"

[6:17 PM] RawkHawk2010: more guests

[6:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "more special guests"

[6:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: TKBreezy is designated For Fun host.

[6:18 PM] RawkHawk2010: TKBreezy is a filibuster-er.

[6:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "You can taste that energy"

[6:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: HIGH ENERGY

[6:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Special guests...

[6:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Oh I thought that'd be a DK cosplayer.

[6:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Devin Graham"

[6:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Alanah Pearce" of IGN

[6:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Andrew Meadows" of Blacknerdcomedy

[6:19 PM] RawkHawk2010: "Blacknerdcomedy"

[6:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Zelda Williams.

[6:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Returning from the Smash 4 Invitational in 2014.

[6:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Who is Devin Graham?

[6:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Villager, Kirby, Pac-Man, Sheik

[6:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: WHY DOES PAC-MAN KEEP APPEARING

[6:20 PM] RawkHawk2010: Thought this was gonna be New Donk for a sec.

[6:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Zelda Williams is "canon" for playing as Sheik.

[6:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Pac-Man in the lead because he had a Kyogre.

[6:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Borrowing Snagret died.

[6:21 PM] RawkHawk2010: I'm conflicted about Assist Trophies taking stocks when they die.

[6:21 PM] RawkHawk2010: Confusing.

[6:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Kirby just Hammer'd Sheik, but Sheik had the Bomber from Kirby.

[6:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: So Sheik died but so did Kirby.

[6:22 PM] Ryu: I just noticed Sukapon is an assist trophy

[6:23 PM] RawkHawk2010: Was this stage in Wii U?

[6:23 PM] RawkHawk2010: I know it was in 3DS.

[6:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: No, 3DS only.

[6:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Lumiose City)

[6:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Wii U had the Kalos League instead.

[6:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Which is a better stage.

[6:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Or maybe it was Unova.

[6:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ..Nah, Kalos.

[6:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sheik was completely oblivious to Villager planting a tree right behind her.

[6:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And then cutting it down.

[6:25 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Solgaleo does some crazy flame tackle.

[6:25 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Zelda Williams sucks, damn.

[6:26 PM] RawkHawk2010: I don't like how much smoke there is getting left behind.

[6:26 PM] RawkHawk2010: It's like everyone is Smoke Ball'd

[6:26 PM] RawkHawk2010: Not a fan.

[6:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Pac-Man wins.

[6:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AGAIN.

[6:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: These For Fun matches suck.

[6:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Pac-Man win bait. >_>

[6:26 PM] RawkHawk2010: Makes me wonder if Smoke Ball is still an item.

[6:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SNAKE VS. SHEIK

[6:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: At Frigate Orpheon.

[6:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo as Sheik and MkLeo as Snake.

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sheik is destroying Snake.

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sheik looks like she got BUFFED from Smash 4.

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SNAKE FINAL SMASH

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BUT LOST

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SNAKE GOT IT BACK

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It shoots missiles.

Snake's final Smash has missiles.

[6:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Lamely.

[6:30 PM] RawkHawk2010: I like the added Smash Ball recover.

[6:31 PM] RawkHawk2010: variety*

[6:31 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Play Soviet Missile Run!)

[6:31 PM] RawkHawk2010: Not recover

[6:31 PM] RawkHawk2010: Liked it falling on the floor

[6:31 PM] RawkHawk2010: And rolling

[6:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo went way too low.

[6:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: 1 stock to 1 stock.

[6:32 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Snake is doing crazy damage.

[6:33 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SNAKE UP-TILT

[6:33 PM] RawkHawk2010: Are you okay with all this smoke?

[6:33 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: No.

[6:34 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BOUNCING FISH KO CUTSCENE

[6:34 PM] RawkHawk2010: Yeah maybe it's an option ala the Smash 3DS character outlines.

[6:34 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZER0 MOVES TO GRAND FINALS (again)

[6:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Radiant Dawn music.

[6:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Losers bracket finals: Plup vs. MkLeo, 1v1, Smash Ball on, items on.

[6:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO PLUP

[6:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Noted that

[6:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Frigate Orpheon doesn't do its weird stage-flipping thing.

[6:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: There might be a hazard toggle.

[6:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BAYONETTA VS. RIDLEY

[6:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: IN MELEE DREAM LAND

[6:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: With the bombs.

[6:37 PM] RawkHawk2010: @Kamek get in here tyo

[6:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Your favourite stage.

[6:37 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: My least.

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Bayonetta's final smash the same as 4.

[6:38 PM] RawkHawk2010: Bayonetta basically summoned RIdley.

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NOO

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: RIDLEY IS GETTING DESTROYED

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: WHY IS THE BEETLE STILL HERE

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: WHAT THE HELL

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BAYONETTA JUST KILLED RIDLEY OFF THE TOP

[6:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: RIDLEY IS TOO BIG

[6:38 PM] RawkHawk2010: Is Bayonetta still broke?

[6:39 PM] Kamek: I'm pretty sure that's what Sakurai has been saying for a long time now

[6:39 PM] Kamek: I'm not even home yet give me a second

[6:39 PM] RawkHawk2010: It looks like Bayonetta is still broke.

[6:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Bayonetta 3-0'd Ridley

[6:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: rip Plup

[6:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SAKURAI

[6:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NERF BAYONETTA

[6:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: MORE

[6:39 PM] Kamek: I can't believe Sakurai gave into peer pressure like that

[6:40 PM] Kamek: But then again I guess making games is all about peer pressure anyway right?

[6:40 PM] RawkHawk2010: Posting here that Kamek says he recorded his reactions of the Direct.

[6:40 PM] RawkHawk2010: Wanna see those later.

[6:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Finals is Zer0 and Mkleo rematch.

[6:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Hmm.

[6:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Poor Melee)

[6:40 PM] Kamek: I mean I was just going to melt it into your guyses reactions but..

[6:41 PM] Kamek: You might want to edit this

[6:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They got more guests.

[6:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: shh

[6:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: WWE Superstar Ember Moon

[6:41 PM] RawkHawk2010: wtf

[6:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And American professional football player, Mike Daniels.

[6:41 PM] RawkHawk2010: Olivia Holt?

[6:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Actress Olivia Holt.

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AND NAIRO

[6:42 PM] RawkHawk2010: Dunno who this is.

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: He actually plays Smash.

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And is top 3 in Smash 4.

[6:42 PM] RawkHawk2010: Knifu Nation?

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Naifu"

[6:42 PM] RawkHawk2010: Naifu?

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: As opposed to "Waifu"

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: IT'S A 3 VS 1

Nairo can handle this.

[6:42 PM] RawkHawk2010: Ember Moon looks evil.

[6:42 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: She looks like a Gerudo villain.

[6:43 PM] RawkHawk2010: :roseanne:

[6:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AUDIENCE HAS LOUD LET'S GO NAIRO CHANT

[6:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Pikachu-Libre, Kirby, Donkey Kong vs. Snake

[6:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: IN KONGO FALLS

[6:43 PM] RawkHawk2010: ooooooh

[6:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: WITH THE DK RAP

[6:43 PM] RawkHawk2010: And it's beautiful.

[6:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Melee version)

[6:43 PM] RawkHawk2010: (the stage, not the rap)

[6:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Audience is DK Rapping

[6:44 PM] RawkHawk2010: I wish they'd have the whole screen be the match so I could see it.

[6:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SNAKE KIRBY RETURNS

[6:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: No can rap to the Tiny Kong part.

[6:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: HE TAUNTED

[6:45 PM] RawkHawk2010: No one*

[6:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BARREL CANNON

[6:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THE SMASH BALL DISAPPEARED

[6:46 PM] Ryu: Big strong dude plays Kirby

[6:46 PM] Ryu: heh

[6:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: lol

[6:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Nairo sent out Scizor.

[6:47 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Scizor disappeared pretty fast.

[6:47 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: KNUCKLE JOE

[6:47 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NAIRO JUST GOT 3 KOS IN LIKE 5 SECONDS

[6:47 PM] RawkHawk2010: What makes time slow down like that?

[6:47 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Timer item.

[6:47 PM] RawkHawk2010: Oh

[6:47 PM] RawkHawk2010: Thought it was Abra again

[6:48 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Squid Sisters, useless.

[6:48 PM] RawkHawk2010: I thought that was gonna be Kat and Ana.

[6:48 PM] RawkHawk2010: What the hell is the Black Hole from, Galaxy?

[6:48 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: PIKACHU FINAL SMASH

[6:49 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It tried to Volt Tackle like it was Marth's Critical Hit.

[6:49 PM] RawkHawk2010: Black Hole is an item right?

[6:49 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ya.

[6:49 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NAIRO NO

[6:49 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: RESULTS

[6:49 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NAIRO

[6:50 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NAIRO WON

[6:50 PM] RawkHawk2010: Is Black Hole from a series or just generic?

[6:50 PM] RawkHawk2010: Or a reference to the Melee turnip glitch?

[6:50 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Might be from Uprising.

[6:50 PM] RawkHawk2010: Oh yeah.

[6:51 PM] RawkHawk2010: Voting for the dude not with the scarf.

[6:51 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo vs. MkLeo grand finals. 1v1, Smash Ball off, items off.

[6:51 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I kinda want ZeRo to win more.

[6:51 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Unlike years ago, the bracket is double elimination in the finals match.

[6:52 PM] Ryu: First time I see someone wanting Zero to win

[6:52 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Final Destination.

[6:52 PM] Ryu: lol

[6:52 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: MARI0 VS. BAYONETTA

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: UHHHHHHHHHHH

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NOW I DON'T KNOW

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: <_<

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I hate Mari0

[6:53 PM] RawkHawk2010: Wait who's who

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: but I want Bayonetta nerfed

[6:53 PM] RawkHawk2010: Oh

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo is plumbscum.

[6:53 PM] RawkHawk2010: Rooting for Bayonetta

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: uhhh

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I can't root for Mari0. >_>

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Go BAYONETTA AND MKLEO!

[6:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: >__<

[6:54 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: These airdodges are pretty slick.

[6:54 PM] RawkHawk2010: Cappy's not helping him.

[6:54 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Yeah, where is Cappy?

[6:54 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Still has FLUDD.

[6:55 PM] RawkHawk2010: Will FLUDD be more useful with directional air dodging back?

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The directional air dodge is really laggy, apparently.

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: 1 stock to 1 stock.

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Huh, Perfect Shield is totally different.

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: You Perfect Shield when you let go of the shield.

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Not when you put up the shield.

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BAYONETTA WINS THE MATCH

[6:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Best of 3.

[6:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Maybe he'll switch to Sheik.

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SHEIK VS. SONIC

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Well this is easy.

[6:58 PM] RawkHawk2010: FLUDD sounds like it might be better now if it can punish air dodgers.

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO SONIC!

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wait wtf

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO SHEIK!

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: whoops my bad

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: >_>

[6:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: GO SHEIK AND ZERO

[6:58 PM] RawkHawk2010: GO SONIC! was right. :miles_eureka:

[6:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Dammit Sonic has big lead.

[6:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...ow.

[7:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I really like ZeRo's use of Bouncing Fish.

[7:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: He's using it as an alternative air dodge.

[7:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SONIC BACKAIR CUTSCENE

[7:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: MKleo wins!

[7:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Bracket reset, so now there's another best of 3.

[7:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Since MKleo was coming from losers bracket.

[7:02 PM] RawkHawk2010: I don't think I've ever using Bouncing Fish a single time.

[7:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mari0 vs. Sonic

[7:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[7:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Go...Sonic? >_<

[7:03 PM] RawkHawk2010: Does this make up for no Mario Sonic Olympics 2018?

[7:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...maybe?

[7:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Nah.

[7:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: FLUDD still  useless.

[7:06 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: You know...

[7:06 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Since they are introducing new engine mechanics like perfect shield...

[7:06 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...maybe this is Smash 5.

[7:07 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mari0/ZeRo win match 1.

[7:08 PM] RawkHawk2010: If it's only about basic mechanics than yeah this is definitely Smash 5.

[7:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Waluigi-coloured Mari0 vs. Sonic

[7:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: In Smashville.

[7:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Uh...

[7:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...Does Waluigi-coloured Mari0 mean I can root for him?

[7:09 PM] RawkHawk2010: no

[7:09 PM] Ryu: Did Nintendo force MKLeo not to use Bayonetta? lol

[7:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Dat Spring.

[7:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: YO

[7:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SONIC AND MABEL

Sonic and Mabel are co-conspiring blue hedgehogs.

[7:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Or Sable?

[7:11 PM] RawkHawk2010: For the record I like Springs.

[7:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: MABEL

[7:11 PM] RawkHawk2010: Just not Spring-Men.

[7:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SONIC WIN

[7:13 PM] RawkHawk2010: Winner take all

[7:13 PM] RawkHawk2010: starting now

[7:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Same match-up.

[7:15 PM] RawkHawk2010: I forgot "committal" was a word.

[7:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Someone needs to chop off Mari0's head.

[7:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.koopatv.org/2017/06/the-decapitated-mario-press-conference.html

[7:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...oh yeah.

[7:16 PM] RawkHawk2010: Sonic's throws are garbage.

[7:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: His backthrow is stronger in Smash 4.

[7:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It got nerfed though, in Smash 4 by patches.

[7:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Guess it got nerfed again.

[7:17 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sonic getting destroyed.

[7:17 PM] Ryu: Nintendo wins

[7:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I like this main theme.

[7:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: AHHH

FINISHING BACK-AIR! (He's...winking?)

[7:18 PM] RawkHawk2010: booooooooooo

[7:19 PM] Ryu: ^

[7:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo wins the SECOND Smash Invitational after winning the first.

[7:19 PM] RawkHawk2010:

ZeRo, 2014.

[7:19 PM] RawkHawk2010: ^ Scarf Boy three or four years ago

[7:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: He has new glasses.

[7:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: SAKURAI RETURNS

[7:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Crowd chanting SAKURAI

[7:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sakurai's translator and MKleo are the same person.

Masahiro Sakurai approaching ZeRo after winning.
(MKLeo is the guy in the middle and Sakurai's translator is on the far right.)

[7:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ZeRo gets a trophy.

[7:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sakurai: "ZeRo you are really good."

[7:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're summoning everyone who played, including Nairo.

[7:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf Leffen is there

[7:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "This game is not yet done!" - Sakurai

[7:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Sakurai scared the game would freeze.

[7:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "I found two or three bugs while watching this tournament." - Sakurai

[7:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Bayonetta?)

[7:23 PM] Ryu: Sakurai used the tournament as a beta test(edited)

[7:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "I need to go back home to Japan and get working, so I'm going to take a midnight flight tonight and work first thing in the morning."

[7:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Audience cheers Sakurai working himself to death.

[7:25 PM] RawkHawk2010: Well at least Mario didn't win effortlessly.

[7:25 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ooh Bowser pwning Pac-Man is part of the montage reel.

[7:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Thanks for watching"

[7:26 PM] RawkHawk2010: Donald J. Trump
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Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be “punch-drunk.” I guess he doesn’t...

[7:26 PM] RawkHawk2010: Donald J. Trump
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...realize the economy is the best it’s ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!

[7:26 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Yo Rawk don't spam Trump tweets in the log.

[7:27 PM] RawkHawk2010: k but Trump needs more single-word nicknames like Punchy.

[7:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

[7:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Aw.

[7:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They were playing the Bottom Feeders from Splatoon 2.

[7:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Now the stream cut out.

[7:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Well.

[7:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THAT'S ALL FOR US TONIGHT.

[7:31 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (But come back tomorrow)


Well? What did you think of the tournament? Of Tuesday at E3 2018? Of Rawk's casual perspective? Of anything else covered here? Give KoopaTV your comments, and come back Wednesday!


This tournament took place directly after the Splatoon 2 World Championships, as promised. 
For full context of this tournament, see the Super Smash Bros. For Wii U Invitational from Nintendo's E3 2014. ZeRo won that too.