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Evo 2019

The 2019 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2019 or EVO 2019) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas from August 2 to 4, 2019 as part of the long-running Evolution Championship Series. The event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, as well as the newly released Soulcalibur VI, Mortal Kombat 11, Samurai Shodown, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; the latter received the most entrants with over 3,500 players participating, making it the largest in person Super Smash Bros. tournament of all time.

2019 Evolution Championship Series
Evolution Championship Series logo
Tournament information
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
DatesAugust 2–4, 2019
Venue(s)Mandalay Bay
Final positions
Champions
Tournament statistics
Attendance~9,000
← 2018
2020 (cancelled) →

Venue

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EVO 2019 was, once again, hosted at the Mandalay Bay resort. The Mandalay Bay Convention Center hosted the first two days of the event, while the Mandalay Bay Events Center hosted the final day for the fourth consecutive year.

Games

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The lineup was announced in February 2019 to have 9 games. Returning from last year are Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. New additions are Soulcalibur VI, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat 11, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which effectively replaced Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Notably, this is the first year since EVO 2013 where Super Smash Bros. Melee was not included in the lineup, and was relegated to a side-event.

Participants

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Over 9,000 participants were at Evo 2019.

Broadcast

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As usual, the tournament was streamed on the streaming site Twitch, broadcast across multiple different streams.

Reveals

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A few days before the tournament, a trailer for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition revealing three upcoming characters, E. Honda, Poison, and Lucia from Final Fight was accidentally uploaded to Steam a few days ahead of its reveal at EVO by Valve, who apologized for the upload, stating that it was a "Regrettable and unintentional situation".[1]

After the finals for Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [st] concluded on Saturday, the game director of French Bread, Kamone Serizawa took to the stage to announce the newest version of the game, titled Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [cl-r] alongside new character, Londrekia Light, with the game slated for an early 2020 release.[2]

After the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle finals ended, Arc System Works revealed a major update to the game and revealed four out of nine new characters including Yumi from the Senran Kagura series, Akatsuki and Blitztank from Akatsuki Blitzkampf, and Neopolitan from RWBY, with a release date of November 21.[3]

Controversy

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During the Tekken 7 Grand Finals, a clip played in the form of a Metal Gear Solid-like codec call. It featured Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid franchise talking to Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada saying "That was some good ass Tekken". The audience believed Solid Snake was being teased as the game's next DLC character. However, the official EVO Twitter account confirmed that the clip was not an official tease, but a joke that was done without the consent of Bandai Namco. Harada was surprised by the video and fans expressed dismay that it was not a real announcement. More than 12 hours since EVO made the statement, David Hayter, the voice of the character that was used in the clip, stated in a tweet that they have "failed to consult me, or Konami", reiterating to not use his voice to promote other games.[4][5]

Results

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Leonardo Lopez MkLeo Joker
2nd   Gavin Dempsey Tweek Pokémon Trainer
3rd   William Belaid Glutonny Wario
4th   Ezra Morris Samsora Peach
5th   Tetsuya Ishiguro Raito Duck Hunt
5th   Naoto Tsuji ProtoBanham Lucina, Inkling
7th   Sota Okada Zackray Wolf
7th   Paris Ramirez Light Fox
Tekken 7
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Arslan Siddique Arslan Ash Kazumi, Geese
2nd   Jae-Min Bae Knee Steve, Geese, Paul, Kazuya, Devil Jin
3rd   Hoa Luu Anakin Jack-7
4th   Abe Takehiko Take Kazumi
5th   Takumi Hamasaki Noroma Steve, Dragunov
5th   Nakayama Daichi Nobi Dragunov, Steve, Jack-7
7th   Yuta Take Chikurin Geese
7th   Sun-Woong Youn LowHigh Law, Shaheen
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Masato Takahashi Bonchan Karin, Sagat
2nd   Adel Anouche BigBird Rashid
3rd   DC Coleman Infexious Zeku
4th   Atsushi Fujimura Fujimura Ibuki
5th   Derek Ruffin iDom Laura
5th   Masahiro Tominaga Machabo Necalli
7th   Hiroki Asano Kichipa-mu Zangief
7th   Yangmian Huang YANGMIAN Zeku
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Oscar Jaimes Shinku Ruby/Yang
2nd   Kamei Hiroyuki Kyamei Akihiko/Mitsuru
3rd   Seitaro Ono Domi Akihiko/Yuzuriha
4th   Kazuya Kamisue Mekasue Jubei/Orie
5th   Christina Kabacinski Bace Mitsuru/Yuzuriha
5th   Shoji Sho Fenritti Mitsuru/Yuzuriha
7th   Kazuyuki Koji kojiKOG Waldstein/Tager
7th   Jona Kim Jona Akihiko/Ruby
Mortal Kombat 11
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Dominique McLean SonicFox Cassie Cage
2nd   Ryan Walker Dragon Cetrion
3rd   Sayed Ahmed Tekken Master Geras, Erron Black, Kung Lao, Sonya Blade
4th   Julien Gorena Deoxys Geras
5th   Tommy Tweedy Tweedy Jacqui Briggs, Baraka, Geras
5th   Denom Jones A F0xy Grampa Shang Tsung, Kung Lao, Cassie Cage
7th   Andrew Fontanez Semiij Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs
7th   Alexandre Dubé-Bilodeau Hayatei Erron Black
Samurai Shodown
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Genjuro
2nd   Ryota Inoue Kazunoko Haohmaru
3rd   Justin Wong JWong Tam Tam
4th   Reynald Tacsuan Reynald Genjuro, Haohmaru
5th   Fu-Pin Kao RB Genjuro
5th   Alex Valle CaliPower Galford
7th   Renato Martins Didimokof Genjuro
7th   Chia-Chen Tseng ZJZ Charlotte
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Goichi Kishida Go1 Bardock/Goku/Kid Goku
2nd   Dominique McLean SonicFox Bardock/Kid Buu/Kid Goku
3rd   Shoji Sho Fenritti Cell/Bardock/Vegeta
4th   Joan Namay Shanks Android 18/Adult Gohan/Goku
5th   unknown Hirohiro Android 17/Kid Goku/Teen Gohan
5th   unknown B Kid Buu/Adult Gohan/Yamcha
7th   Christopher Gonzalez NyChrisG Teen Gohan/Tien/Yamcha
7th   Ryota Inoue Kazunoko Kid Buu/Adult Gohan/Yamcha
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Masaru Higuchi ClearLamp Byakuya
2nd   unknown Oushuu-Hittou Seth
3rd   unknown Hishigata Nanase
4th   unknown Kure Yuzuriha
5th   Shinji Taharu Neji Mika
5th   Andy La Rikir Enkidu
7th   unknown Senaru Eltnum
7th   unknown Libekichi Mika
Soulcalibur VI
Place Player Alias Character(s)
1st   Yuta Sudo Yuttoto Voldo
2nd   Zain Tibeishat Bluegod Azwel
3rd   Jérémy Bernard Oplon|Skyll Mitsurugi
4th   Jonathan Vo Woahhzz Raphael
5th   Jovian Chan Shen Chan Cervantes
5th   unknown Tamonegi Maxi
7th   Marie-Laure Norindr Kayane Xianghua, 2B
7th   Joshua Vernon Saiyne Ivy
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References

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  1. ^ "Valve Leaks Street Fighter 5 DLC Ahead Of EVO, Issues Apology". GameSpot. Jordan Ramée. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[cl-r] with new character Londrekia coming early 2020". Eventhubs. Justin Gordon. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle adding nine more characters; enter Senran Kagura, Akatsuki Blitzkampf, and more RWBY". Nintendo Wire. Ricky Berg. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "An Evo 2019 Joke Had Fans Thinking Snake Would Be In Tekken 7". Kotaku. Heather Alexandra. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Solid Snake actor calls out EVO for using his voice without permission". Digital Trends. Gabe Gurwin. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
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