Super Smash Bros Invitational 2018 Participants Announced by Nintendo

Earlier this year, Nintendo announced two tournaments taking place during E3 2018; the Splatoon 2 World Championship, and the Super Smash Bros Invitational 2018. Today, Nintendo have released the names of the eight players competing in the Super Smash Bros event with an accompanying video that you can view below.

The announced lineup includes:

• MkLeo – A professional Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player from Mexico. His favorite Nintendo game is Fire Emblem. He was the champion at GENESIS 4 and GENESIS 5. He was also the EVO Japan 2018 champion.
• ZeRo – A professional Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player from Chile. His favorite Nintendo game is Xenoblade Chronicles. His hobbies include writing and motocross. He was the champion at EVO 2015 and GENESIS 3. He also won the Super Smash Bros. Invitational in 2014.
• Armada – A professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Sweden. His favorite Nintendo game is Super Mario 64. His hobbies include ice hockey and table tennis. He’s the GENESIS 2 singles champion and the GENESIS 4 doubles champion.
• Abadango – A professional Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player from Japan. His favorite Nintendo franchise is the Xenoblade series. His hobbies include watching anime and reading. He was the runner-up at EVO Japan 2018. He also ranked in the top five at EVO 2016 and GENESIS 4.
• Plup – A professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Florida. His favorite Nintendo game is Super Metroid, and his favorite Nintendo memory is beating Super Metroid for the first time. He was the champion at GENESIS 5.
• Mr. R – A professional Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player from the Netherlands. His favorite Nintendo game is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. His hobbies include reading manga and traveling. He was the runner-up at EVO 2015.
• Lucky – A professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from California. His favorite Nintendo game is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. He ranked in the top five at EVO 2017 and at GENESIS 5.
• Mang0 – A professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from California. His favorite Nintendo game is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. He was the champion at EVO 2014.

This will be the first time any of these players have tried Super Smash Bros on Switch, so it’s sure to be an entertaining watch, but is unlikely to reflect each player’s true skill level given they won’t have had any time to practice with the Switch joycons beforehand. There will be more invited guests too who will be playing Super Smash Bros on the Switch, and more details about that will be revealed at a later date.

You can see more on Nintendo’s E3 experience here, and if you want to play Super Smash Bros online on your Switch when it launches, you’re going to have to shell out for Nintendo’s upcoming online service.