Smash Bros. Ultimate is gonna headline Evo this year

Street Fighter’s dethroned

Meleedidn’t make the final rosterof Evo 2019 games, but that doesn’t meanSuper Smash Bros.will take a backseat. Actually, it’ll nab the tournament’s most visible spot.

The president of Evo, Joey Cuellar, tweeted today thatSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatewill headline Evo 2019. It’s a monumental change from the norm. The most popularStreet Fightergame typically headlines Evo, which has been the tradition (as far as I can tell) all the way back to 2007; in 2006,Dead or Alive 4seemingly took the top billing.

Here’s the order we can expect from Evo 2019, although exact times aren’t yet provided: TheSoulcalibur VIfinals will be on Friday; theUnder Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st],Dragon Ball FighterZ,Samurai Shodown, andMortal Kombat 11finals are on Saturday; and theBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle,Street Fighter V,Tekken 7, andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatefinals are on Sunday. All of this takes place in Las Vegas on the weekend of August 2.

Evo 2019 Finals Order!Friday = SC6Saturday = UNIST ==> DBFZ ==> SAMSHO ==> MK11Sunday = BBTAG ==> SFV ==> TEKKEN 7 ==> SMASH#Evo2019