

Although it has a lesser player-base in the west, it seems to be steadily rising. Tekken has made it periodically into the Evo Championship series, and since 2013 has become a permanent part of the event. Apart from this, other shows such as "Tekken Crash", "Tekken Strike" are Tekken only shows held in South Korea on the esports channel "Nice Game T.V". The "King of Iron Fist Tournament" is a Tekken only tournament hosted by Namco themselves.
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The "Master cup" series of Japan, "Final round" series of U.S.A, "Strongstyle" series of U.S.A, "UT" championship series of Europe are a few examples of events that are, or started off as exclusive Tekken events, and still hold it as a main game. Praised for its balance, strong basics, depth and one of the few fighting games to feature a real 3D design, it continues to be featured in various championships. Over the years Tekken has been cited as the most technical among fighting games. Namco's Tekken series is known as the lightning chess of fighting games, having a large player base in Asian countries. The series was played at the Evolution Championship Series from 2000 until 2017. Capcom (MvC) is a fighting game series developed by Capcom that features characters from Capcom games and Marvel comic book characters. At EVO 2019, Smash Ultimate became the largest Smash tournament ever with 3,534 entrants. Other notable national tournaments to feature Smash games include Apex and Evolution Championship Series (EVO). for Wii U had an online contest sponsored by ESL. Since then, Melee has again been periodically hosted at MLG events, with the latest being MLG 2015 World Finals. Brawl competitive tournaments were held in 2010 in North America. According to Major League Gaming, over 400 Super Smash Bros. Major League Gaming regularly sponsored Melee events from 2004 to 2007, before dropping it in favor for the 2008 sequel Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are the most popular for high level competition as of 2018. While every title has been featured in high-profile tournaments, Super Smash Bros.

series has a large competitive community. His early 1998 match against American player Alex Valle in Street Fighter Alpha 3 ranked sixth and his 2004 comeback against American player Justin Wong in Street Fighter III: Third Strike ranked first, while his 2009 grand finals match against Wong in Street Fighter IV at Evo 2009 was listed as having "ust missed the cut".

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Professional Street Fighter players include Daigo Umehara, who had two of his matches included in a 2011 Kotaku list of "The 10 Best Moments in Pro-Gaming History". The Street Fighter has one of the earliest and longest running professional gaming scenes. Members of the fighting game community are generally especially cognizant of their cc to the old arcade-era competitions, wishing to prioritize the preservation the spirit of those competitions over simple monetization of fighting competitions. įighting game enthusiasts generally prefer the moniker "competitive gaming", and often eschew the term "esports", citing cultural differences between the predominantly PC-gaming esports communities and the older arcade-gaming community. Important tournaments for the genre include the Evolution Championship Series and Capcom Cup, Tougeki – Super Battle Opera was a major tournament for several years. series are amongst those fighting games played at a professional level. Capcom series, Tekken series, Killer Instinct series and Super Smash Bros. The Street Fighter series, Mortal Kombat series, Marvel vs. The genre originally focused on arcade play, but has gradually moved to console play as arcades have declined. Ĭompetitions in the genre are generally individual competitions with both players providing input to the same machine. Fighting games were among the earliest games to be in tournaments, with the founding of what would become the Evolution Championship Series in 1999.
