There have been two huge storylines this yr

Tremendous Smash Con 2022 ended late final evening with the Smash Final grand finals, and it was Onin (Steve) vs. Maister (Sora/Sport & Watch). The previous took it, which could possibly be Smash Bros. historical past within the making as they proceed to enter extra tournaments and rack up extra wins. However there have been just a few good storylines and a number of good matches this yr: let’s take a fast look.

Onin 3-0ing MKLeo out of the winner’s bracket, and taking Smash Con 2022

So that is simply the largest story out of the con, and it entails the primary occasion: Tremendous Smash Bros. Final, which closed out the con on Sunday evening. Onin, a relative newcomer on the scene because the begin of 2021, 3-0ed MKLeo out of the winner’s bracket, and quietly saved working with their wins to the purpose of taking all the match. One commenter famous that that is “in all probability the worst we’ve seen Leo overwhelmed,” which is likely to be true (Leo chimed in as properly).

Whereas Leo continued to climate the storm, swapping between a imply Byleth and Pyra/Mythra, it wasn’t sufficient to muster a full comeback. Leo ultimately squared off in opposition to Glutonny (“Gluto”), and Leo went house after giving it up within the loser’s bracket prime six matchup.

As an alternative of a rematch, it was Maister that ended up taking over Onin within the grand finals, and there was no reset concerned: Onin took it in 3-1 and everybody obtained to move house (or go to mattress!) early earlier than the 11PM ET cutoff. Maister oscillated between a surprise-pick of Sora in addition to his foremost of Sport & Watch, however the mixup wasn’t sufficient to razz Onin. As a caster identified proper after the win, Onin has received almost each match they’ve entered with Steve as their foremost (beforehand, additionally they had R.O.B. within the combine).

It’s began an total dialog about Steve in Smash Final as a complete, resurrecting some outdated arguments in regards to the character’s inclusion, in addition to their energy degree. We’ll see how tournaments reply in time, however there was a wholesome quantity of joking and critical discourse about banning Steve. Anticipate to see Steve in some type within the close to future in native and nationwide tournaments.

Mango successful the Melee grand finals for the third time, beating Hungrybox

After all, Melee was one other huge second at Tremendous Smash Con, which featured each sport within the sequence (folding the 3DS model of Smash 4 into Wii U).

Melee truly was the second to final foremost occasion, ending proper earlier than the grand remaining set started for Final. The core storylines concerned Mango and Hungrybox, who have been utterly on hearth, and giving us a number of the finest video games of their profession. The favourite for a lot of was Mango, who was already a two-time Melee champion at Tremendous Smash Con (in 2016 and 2017), they usually took it once more in 2022, following a Leffen win in 2019. However Mango wasn’t everybody’s selection, as they have been ranked #11 earlier than heading into Smash Con 2022, which led to all types of memes: which Mango rebuked with a clear win.

Hungrybox performed their traditional Jigglypuff decide all through the con, and Mango predictable commanded Fox. Whereas Fox and Sheik had a giant presence at Smash Con 2022, as per ordinary, Zain actually put up a battle with Marth and almost crept out of the loser’s bracket (ending with Hungrybox), and the identical goes for Llod: a Peach foremost. Whereas each of them put up a battle, ultimately Hungrybox took the loser’s bracket. Similar to Final, no reset was wanted, as Mango received it 3-2.