Evo 2019

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

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.

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Venue

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

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

Over 9,000 participants were at Evo 2019.

Broadcast

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

Reveals

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]

Metal Gear Solid incident

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

PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lopez MkLeo Joker
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Gavin Dempsey Tweek Pokémon Trainer
3rd Flag of France.svg William Belaid Glutonny Wario
4th Flag of the United States.svg Ezra MorrisSamsora Peach
5th Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya IshiguroRaito Duck Hunt
5th Flag of Japan.svg Naoto TsujiProtoBanham Lucina, Inkling
7th Flag of Japan.svg Sota Okada Zackray Wolf
7th Flag of the United States.svg Paris RamirezLight Fox
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Pakistan.svg Arslan Siddique Arslan Ash Kazumi, Geese
2nd Flag of South Korea.svg Jae-Min BaeKnee Steve, Geese, Paul, Kazuya, Devil Jin
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Hoa LuuAnakin Jack-7
4th Flag of Japan.svg Abe TakehikoTakeKazumi
5th Flag of Japan.svg Takumi HamasakiNoromaSteve, Dragunov
5th Flag of Japan.svg Nakayama DaichiNobiDragunov, Steve, Jack-7
7th Flag of Japan.svg Yuta TakeChikurinGeese
7th Flag of South Korea.svg Sun-Woong YounLowHigh Law, Shaheen
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Japan.svg Masato TakahashiBonchan Karin, Sagat
2nd Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Adel AnoucheBigBird Rashid
3rd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg DC ColemanInfexious Zeku
4th Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi FujimuraFujimura Ibuki
5th Flag of the United States.svg Derek RuffiniDom Laura
5th Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro TominagaMachabo Necalli
7th Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki AsanoKichipa-mu Zangief
7th Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yangmian HuangYANGMIANZeku
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of the United States.svg Oscar JaimesShinku Ruby/Yang
2nd Flag of Japan.svg Kamei HiroyukiKyamei Akihiko/Mitsuru
3rd Flag of Japan.svg Seitaro OnoDomiAkihiko/Yuzuriha
4th Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya KamisueMekasue Jubei/Orie
5th Flag of the United States.svg Christina KabacinskiBaceMitsuru/Yuzuriha
5th Flag of Japan.svg Shoji ShoFenrittiMitsuru/Yuzuriha
7th Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyuki KojikojiKOG Waldstein/Tager
7th Flag of the United States.svg Jona KimJonaAkihiko/Ruby
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of the United States.svg Dominique McLean SonicFox Cassie Cage
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Ryan WalkerDragon Cetrion
3rd Flag of Bahrain.svg Sayed AhmedTekken Master Geras, Erron Black, Kung Lao, Sonya Blade
4th Flag of the United States.svg Julien GorenaDeoxysGeras
5th Flag of the United States.svg Tommy TweedyTweedy Jacqui Briggs, Baraka, Geras
5th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Denom JonesA F0xy Grampa Shang Tsung, Kung Lao, Cassie Cage
7th Flag of the United States.svg Andrew FontanezSemiijCassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs
7th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Dubé-BilodeauHayateiErron Black
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of South Korea.svg Seon-Woo Lee InfiltrationGenjuro
2nd Flag of Japan.svg Ryota InoueKazunoko Haohmaru
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Justin Wong JWongTam Tam
4th Flag of the United States.svg Reynald TacsuanReynaldGenjuro, Haohmaru
5th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Fu-Pin KaoRBGenjuro
5th Flag of the United States.svg Alex Valle CaliPowerGalford
7th Flag of Brazil.svg Renato MartinsDidimokofGenjuro
7th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chia-Chen TsengZJZCharlotte
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Japan.svg Goichi KishidaGo1 Bardock/Goku/Kid Goku
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Dominique McLean SonicFoxBardock/Kid Buu/Kid Goku
3rd Flag of Japan.svg Shoji ShoFenritti Cell/Bardock/Vegeta
4th Flag of Spain.svg Joan NamayShanks Android 18/Adult Gohan/Goku
5th Flag of Japan.svg unknownHirohiro Android 17/Kid Goku/Teen Gohan
5th Flag of Japan.svg unknownBKid Buu/Adult Gohan/Yamcha
7th Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Gonzalez NyChrisGTeen Gohan/Tien/Yamcha
7th Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Inoue KazunokoKid Buu/Adult Gohan/Yamcha
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Japan.svg Masaru HiguchiClearLampByakuya
2nd Flag of Japan.svg unknownOushuu-HittouSeth
3rd Flag of Japan.svg unknownHishigataNanase
4th Flag of Japan.svg unknownKureYuzuriha
5th Flag of Japan.svg Shinji TaharuNejiMika
5th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andy LaRikirEnkidu
7th Flag of Japan.svg unknownSenaru Eltnum
7th Flag of Japan.svg unknownLibekichiMika
PlacePlayerAliasCharacter(s)
1st Flag of Japan.svg Yuta SudoYuttoto Voldo
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Zain TibeishatBluegod Azwel
3rd Flag of France.svg Jérémy BernardOplon|Skyll Mitsurugi
4th Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan VoWoahhzz Raphael
5th Flag of Singapore.svg Jovian ChanShen Chan Cervantes
5th Flag of Japan.svg unknownTamonegi Maxi
7th Flag of France.svg Marie-Laure Norindr Kayane Xianghua, 2B
7th Flag of the United States.svg Joshua VernonSaiyne Ivy

References

  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.