{"id":2483,"date":"2020-01-26T14:22:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T14:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-ultimate-sakurai-evo-japan-pro-controller-dropped"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:23:38","slug":"smash-ultimate-sakurai-evo-japan-pro-controller-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-ultimate\/smash-ultimate-sakurai-evo-japan-pro-controller-dropped","title":{"rendered":"Smash Ultimate\u2019s Sakurai presents EVO Japan winner with Pro Controller &#8211; gets dropped instantly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was revealed earlier this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-ultimate\/smash-bros-ultimate-winner-evo-japan-receives-no-cash-will-get-a-pro-controller-instead\">EVO Japan wouldn&rsquo;t give a cash prize<\/a> to the winner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. 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Tylor (@theSirToasty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theSirToasty\/status\/1221325485906497536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Pro Controller was thankfully intact though, with Shuton giving everyone a closer look at his prize on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Shuton came out top in the Ultimate tournament at EVO Japan playing as Captain Olimar, beating Shulk player Seisuke &ldquo;Kome&rdquo; Komeda with a clean 3-0 sweep.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syu_tolimar\/status\/1221399648805408769\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EVOJapan2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EVOJapan2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2y6mtxlSqP\">pic.twitter.com\/2y6mtxlSqP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SST_Shuton@EVO JAPAN 2020 (@syu_tolimar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syu_tolimar\/status\/1221399648805408769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raito_ssb\/status\/1221332167189389312\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">&#26716;&#20117;&#12373;&#12435;&#12392;TOP8&#32068;&#12391; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EVOJapan2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EVOJapan2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jJt6twQqlO\">pic.twitter.com\/jJt6twQqlO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TG | Raito(&#12521;&#12452;&#12488;) (@raito_ssb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raito_ssb\/status\/1221332167189389312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Smash Ultimate had the highest number of entrants across all tournaments at the event, many didn&rsquo;t show up to compete &#8211; with 1,169 of the registered 2,988 failing to attend the pool matches (via <a href=\"https:\/\/smash.gg\/tournament\/evo-japan-2020\/details\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Smash.gg<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a number of factors, including it being a free entry tournament, but it was also taking place on the same weekend as Genesis 7 in California, US &#8211; 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Moriya<\/p>\n<p>2. Seisuke &ldquo;Kome&rdquo; Komeda<\/p>\n<p>3. Takuma &ldquo;Tea&rdquo; Hirooka<\/p>\n<p>4. Paseriman<\/p>\n<p>5. Ishiguro &ldquo;Raito&rdquo; Tetsuya<\/p>\n<p>5. Sota &ldquo;Zackray&rdquo; Okada<\/p>\n<p>7. Ken<\/p>\n<p>7. Shiki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was revealed earlier this week EVO Japan wouldn&rsquo;t give a cash prize to the winner of Super Smash Bros. 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