Arc Systems Work President Playing Smash Bros. Melee at EVO 2018

Arc System Works is one of the premiere fighting game developers in the world with the widely popular Guilty Gear and BlazBlue franchises and the smash hit Dragon Ball FighterZ as their main claims to fame. However, the president of Arc System Works, Minoru Kidooka, will not be playing one of his studios titles, as he will be entering this year's Evolution Championship Series as a competitor in the Nintendo favorite Super Smash Bros. Melee. 

Plot twist: the CEO of Arc System Works is a hidden boss at Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube and will destroy the people in his pool at Evo 2018. https://t.co/Uk2ouJyepo

— Vincent Phan (@vphandango) March 13, 2018

A poll was conducted by the developer and asked fans which game they wanted to see Minoru Kidooka compete in at EVO 2018, and the classic Nintendo fighting game came out the winner with 1,908 votes. 

The results of the four other nominated games are as follows: 

• Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - 832 votes
• Tekken 7 - 744 votes
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii u - 435 votes
• Injustice 2 - 319 votes

Surprisingly none of the titles in the EVO 2018 lineup developed by Arc System Works made it into the top five of the poll. With Minoru Kidooka being the president of the developer, it is possible that voters wanted to see him play a game that he had no hand in creating to help spice things up a bit.   

Evo 2018 will be taking place between August 3rd and 5th, and Minoru Kidooka will have a tall task in front of him if he is going to defeat the giants of the Melee professional scene. However, If there was one cinderella story to rally for at the event, it would be seeing the head of Arc System Works making a magical run at the largest fighting game tournament in esports. 

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(cover photo courtesy of Engadget)