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The annual fighting game tournament EVO has unveiled its lineup for this year's event. You can expect to see ever-popular games such as Street Fighter V: Championship Edition, Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, and Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate, alongside smaller franchises like Granblue Fantasy Versus and Melty Blood: Type Lumina. The full lineup is as follows:

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
Guilty Gear: Strive
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
Tekken 7
The King of Fighters XV
Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Skullgirls 2nd Encore

Noticeably missing from EVO 2022's lineup is any Super Smash Bros. game. This is because Nintendo chose to withdraw any and all Smash Bros. titles from EVO going forward, ending a partnership that had lasted since 2007.

EVO 2022 will take place from August 5-7, and will be hosted at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

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[GTRagnarok]

Online EVO is meh anyway. I'll just wait until it's a physical event again.

EVO 2022 is a physical event.

 

[AlexMCS]

EVO 2022 is a physical event.

Welp, my bad.
I completely thought they'd stick to online this time again.
If so, there is still hope for the side tourneys!

 

[64bitmodels]

I get that Pikachu beating up Kazuya is good fun with friends, but competitive Smash is just... a bizarre idea.

it's a game where people punch other people. it was bound to get competitive at some point.
It's not any more bizzare than competitive gran turismo, or competitive mario party....

 

[lordelan]

Nothing value was lost, that game is not a fighting game to begin with.

Who decided that? You?
Of course it is. Especially with items disabled (what is always the case in tournaments).

 

[Deleted member 397813]

Nothing value was lost, that game is not a fighting game to begin with.

 

[64bitmodels]

Here,I corrected that for you.
That party game has no place among those Fighting game.

Nothing value was lost, that game is not a fighting game to begin with.

Dude, if the main focus of the game is beating up other players...... it's a fighting game. this party game shit is legitimately immature and is just elitism from asshole FGC elitists. not every fighting game has to be 2 dudes sparring in front of each other

 

[leon315]

Who decided that? You?
Of course it is. Especially with items disabled (what is always the case in tournaments).

EVO is a the fighting game PRO tournament, all fighting games are welcome except those are NOT. THE AUTHORITY HAS SPOKEN: Smash is not included is fair enough my point.

 

[64bitmodels]

EVO is a the fighting game PRO tournament, all fighting games are welcome except those are NOT. THE AUTHORITY HAS SPOKEN: Smash is not included is fair enough my point.

and who made you the arbiter of what is a fighting game and what isnt

 

[lordelan]

EVO is a the fighting game PRO tournament, all fighting games are welcome except those are NOT. THE AUTHORITY HAS SPOKEN: Smash is not included is fair enough my point.

There's much more to it why it was excluded. People above your post have even written few reasons why.
"Smash is not a fighting game" is not one of the reasons. It is. Just because mechanics are different from Street Fighter doesn't make it less of a fighting game. Only some shitty random stage events and those pure luck items set it apart but both can be deactivated thus making it a competitive fighting game that's as worthy as every other game.

 

[Marc_LFD]

SkullGirls? It sure would be nice to see a crossover with Cuphead (either the game or the show).

 

[SilverWah]

Thank god no smash anymore.
Great to see KOF getting some spotlight.
The game itself is really fun, check it out!

 

[Ampersound]

Nintendo doesn't even try to pretend anymore that they're supporting the smash community.

 

[64bitmodels]

Thank god no smash anymore.

not a positive thing but ok

 

[Anfroid]

Here,I corrected that for you.
That party game has no place among those Fighting game.

Sure, whatever you say. I consider it a fighting game though.

 

[Wolfy]

Here,I corrected that for you.
That party game has no place among those Fighting game.

Doesn't stop the fact that people enjoy pushing it to it's limits and people love watching it even after all this time.

 

[Deleted member 532471]

Oof, that's a boring lineup. Thanks sony

 

[Deleted member 532471]

Here,I corrected that for you.
That party game has no place among those Fighting game.

Nothing value was lost, that game is not a fighting game to begin with.

__________
Game:

People punching each other to see who's the winner
_____
Internet high IQ people:

*Drops monocle*
That is no fighting game! It doesn't feature the thingamajig from the popular ones!
__________

 

[The Catboy]

Here,I corrected that for you.
That party game has no place among those Fighting game.

What conditions are required to be a fighting gaming and how does Smash not meet them?

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

With this new Capcom fighting collection coming out the time is nigh:

BRING BACK DARKSTALKERS YA COWARDS

 

[kisamesama]

and who made you the arbiter of what is a fighting game and what isnt

it's a weird fighting game though ... personally I am not a big fan of smash bros and doesn't consider it a fighting game.
same as mario strikers; I don't consider it a sports/football game.
but it's a personal opinion.