The final entrant numbers for Evo 2018 are in, and Dragon Ball FighterZ is at the top of the pile. For years, Street Fighter has been the king of the world's largest fighting game tournament, but Bandai Namco's anime-based brawler has managed to knock Street Fighter V off its throne.
According to the numbers provided by head Evo organiser Joey Cuellar -- commonly referred to as Mr. Wizard -- FighterZ only just edged it over Ryu and the gang, with 2530 entrants compared to 2421.
https://twitter.com/MrWiz/status/1020203089670782976
Tekken 7 has punched its way into third with an impressive total, while the recently released BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle has entered the fray with 1148 competitors. Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2 and Injustice 2 haven't quite pulled the same numbers, bringing up the back of the pack.
Evo 2018 begins on the 3rd August, but will you be watching? Can you imagine hosting a tournament consisting of over 2500 players? Feel free to have an anxiety attack in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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No surprise about Dragon Ball. After this year, that might be it for Injustice 2 at EVO maybe.
Dragon Ball Deserves it one of the best fighters in years.
was always going to attract the largest number of entrants
Aw shucks, now I really regret not snagging a digital code for Dragon Ball FighterZ for $35 on Amazon the other day! I just had to buy Injustice 2 for $30, didn't I...
Haha, if you REALLY want to talk about a game just barely being edged out, look at the numbers for Smash Bros Melee. Smash 4 beats it by ONE more entry!
Well, talk of EVO gives me an excuse to just drop a link of the best moment in EVO history (IMHO). And I can’t believe it happened 12 years ago... EVO Moment 37: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7hkwbKmBM
And here is an HD version of the same thing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JzS96auqau0
And here is a longer clip of Moment 37 from another angle: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5peqApgUA
And here is a short documentary about Moment 37: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=klaWV-szmnY
And here is the Wikipedia page about Moment 37: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Moment_37
Okay, enough of my EVO Moment 37 fanboism...
@Kienda That's a lotta Moment 37.
It's still insane to watch though.
@Kienda My first time seeing this and love it, thanks for sharing!
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