The tournament featured players from around the world, including the US, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

This would mark Adam "Armada" Lindgren's first time playing in the United States and is considered the beginning of his rivalry with Mango.

This tournament added brackets for the original Super Smash Bros. and Project M, in addition to Melee and Brawl.

DBR member Robert "Zelgadis" Scherer stole prize money that was accidentally left in a hotel room.

[9] Smash 64 singles was won by Japanese player wario, who attended the tournament through a crowd fund.

It was named after the player and commentator Bobby "Scar" Scarnewman, who made a notable run at the first Genesis, placing sixth.

In the fourth installment of the Melee Games, a collegiate bracket, UC Irvine took the title over Georgia Tech.

Nintendo was once again a sponsor of the tournament, along with HTC, Nvidia, Controller Chaos, Twitch, Red Bull, and others.

Peruvian player Alvin Clay Leon Haro defeated SuPeRbOoMfAn in Smash 64 singles.

This was the first tournament in the series to feature games not in the Super Smash Bros. franchise, those being Street Fighter V, Catherine, Rivals of Aether, and TowerFall Ascension.

The in-game "launch rate," which modifies the distance attacks will send the opponent, was supposed to be set to the default of 1.0 for all tournament matches.

Justin "Plup" McGrath won Melee singles over Hungrybox, making him the second player to defeat all of the Five Gods and win a premiere tournament.

In Wii U singles, MkLeo defeated the dark horse Tamim "Mistake" Omary to defend his Genesis title.

SuPeRbOoMfAn won Smash 64 singles over the defending champion Alvin in a close Grand Finals set.

For the first time in Genesis history, Melee was not the featured event due to the newly released Super Smash Bros.

Mango was upset in pools against the 97th ranked Sasha "Magi" Sullivan, but managed to progress through the loser's bracket before falling to Japanese player Masaya "aMSa" Chikamoto at fifth.

Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson beat both Plup and aMSa in the loser's bracket and made it to Grand Finals, the first time he, or any Pikachu main, had done so at a premiere-level tournament.

[17] In a similar fashion, Tyler "Marss" Martin won Ultimate singles without dropping a set, defeating top-seeded MkLeo in Grand Finals.

Zain won the Melee singles bracket for the second year in a row, facing Jake "Jmook" DiRado in Grand Finals.

Jmook won the Melee singles bracket over Cody Schwab in the finals, representing his first ever major victory.