List of major Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments

Players control one of over 80 characters drawn from Nintendo and third-party game franchises, and try to knock their opponents out of an arena.

[7] Ultimate was released on December 7, 2018, to critical acclaim,[8][9] and broke sales records in the United States and Europe en route to becoming the best-selling fighting game of all time.

[14][15][17] Additionally, Japanese law significantly limits cash prizes for esports events held in that country.

[19] Nintendo received widespread criticism after Ultimate was the only game at Evo Japan 2020 not to offer a cash prize.

While other games' developers joined the Japan Esports Union, allowing them to offer prizes, Nintendo did not, and instead awarded the winner a Switch controller emblazoned with a gold Smash Bros.

Tournaments held outside of the United States require fewer entrants to qualify for higher tiers, owing to their smaller competitive communities.

Still from the broadcast before the start of the match, with Tweek and MkLeo in the foreground and the spectators and event locale in the background
Tweek (left) and MkLeo (right) moments before the start of the Grand Finals of the Singles tournament of 2GG: Kongo Saga, a Supermajor held in 2019.
Photograph of MkLeo staring intensely towards something out-of-shot to the left.
Mexico's MkLeo holds the record for most Ultimate Singles Majors won, with ten S-tier events and five A-tier events won to date; those include Genesis 6 , the first Supermajor in Ultimate history, which took place in the United States.
Photograph of zackray staring towards something out-of-shot to the left.
Japan's zackray holds the record for most Majors won in his country; Japanese tournaments rarely offer money prizes, unlike the rest of the world's, and Majors usually only hold Singles tournaments.
Photograph of Tea posing for the camera.
Japan's Tea won Europe's first Supermajor, Temple: Hermès Edition.
Photograph of Tweek, basked in blue light from the venue, facing left.
United States' Tweek won both the first Singles Major and Doubles Major tournaments in Ultimate history, at Let's Make Moves; it was the only Major event held in 2018, the year of the game's release.
Photograph of Glutonny smiling and looking towards the left of the camera.
France's Glutonny won Europe's first Ultimate Singles Major, Syndicate 2019, held in the Netherlands .
Photograph of Marss, basked in blue light from the venue, facing left.
United States' Marss won the first Ultimate Singles Major held in Mexico, Smash Factor 8.