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Hiiiiiiii!
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Have you ever wondered what hundreds of people playing a 17 year old game look like? Now you know it.
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The last time I saw so many CRT TVs in one place was the Consumer Electronics Show in 1997 (not really)
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Not enough flat panel TVs have flip-out speakers that double as screen covers.
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To the Centerville High School class of 1997: Thank you. Honestly, Super smash Con.
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N64 Controller Grip Styles: Compare and Contrast.
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The main stage contestants are given soft seats to facilitate their intense focus.
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A custom controller with a logo can give you the psychological edge you need in a difficult situation crush contest.
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With hundreds of people playing a game that requires the joystick to be smashed as hard as possible over and over, custom replacement joystick housings are a hot item.
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The colours. THE COLOURS!
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When a pro like ESAM plays in the preliminary rounds, a gang-blocking crowd can form.
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Fun fact: When Trela signs your controller, it actually unlocks a super-secret special attack for each character.
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The two kinds of crush spectator: cheerfully and quietly appreciative.
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This match got so intense that one spectator started eating his controller. Literal.
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The commentators who mentioned the action were actually quite far away from the players, to avoid distraction, we suppose.
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If your entire game rig fits in your suitcase, you don’t even have to unpack!
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You’re not hallucinating… the Super Smash Crusade fan game features a slew of fanfiction favorites as characters, from Phoenix Wright to Goku.
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Super smash flash evoked a sense of childlike wonder in these…children.
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Brawl helps prove that the “platform fighter” genre is more than just Smash Bros.
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Any 80s kid will have fond memories of playing Flappy bird on the NES…
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Well before the Wii Remote, the Super Scope bazooka worked for the SNES on the same essential technology.
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A bargain at twice the price.
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A game that practically nobody wanted when it came out is now a $200 collectible. These facts are related.
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Is it wrong that I wanted to launch a cartoon bird on this stand?
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Man, this pokemon go lures work really fast!
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This Virtual Boy user was not included in Steam’s recent hardware survey.
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Looking cool and intense with such a cute bongo controller is almost impossible, but this guy is trying his best.
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I swear I didn’t stage this shot with those Little Mac boxing gloves in the corner. He even took them off so he could start playing!
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This is about 90% of the reason for having children.
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Despite the (seriously) on this Neo Geo marquee, Ninja Baseball Batman did not work. Wow. Very bust. No work.
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Shortly after this photo, this contestant played one Brawl competition on the big stage. Of course he played as Kind Dedede.
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I would play a game that got crushed Super Mario Galaxy and pokemon all day.
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Show me your moves!
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A group from the Urban Evolution parkour gym performed a “live action”. Smash Bros. show.
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Weeeeeeeeeee!
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You’re never too old to pretend to be Pikachu.
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Oh my god I’m dying of cuteness.
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Dyinnnnnnnng. Teoo cuuuuut!
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Shirtless She-Shulk
Not many game franchises can sustain an entire fan convention on their own. The second year Super smash Con proves that Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. is one of those franchises.
A diverse crowd of thousands of fans came to Chantilly, Virginia this weekend for the four-day event. Most were there for the multi-tiered double elimination tournaments, fought on everything from the Wii U to the Nintendo 64 where Super Smash Bros. appeared for the first time. Other attendees turned up for a celebration of gaming’s past and present, including a bustling arcade, fully stocked classic gaming vendors, a variety of game-themed music and variety acts, and a roster of indie “platform fighters” inspired by the crush phenomenon.
The attendees mingled between both parts of the convention throughout the day. But each time, the tournament crowd let out a loud, synchronized “Ohhhh!” in some great takedown or comeback, people literally came running from all over the Assembly Hall to see what the fuss was about. As fun as it is to watch Smash Bros. tournaments on a live stream, nothing compares to the electricity of a live audience.