Bill Trinen was originally going to compete at the Super Smash Bros. Įvo 2015 was attended by Jamie Lee Curtis, cosplaying as Vega. games had over a thousand registrants within a month of announcement. According to Cuellar, both Super Smash Bros. tournament up until that point, 1,926 players having registered for the Wii U version of the game and 1,869 players registering for Melee, compared with 970 competitors in the Melee tournament of Evo 2014. Evo 2015 was the largest Super Smash Bros. Killer Instinct saw the least registered players at the event, with only 397 participants. Ultra Street Fighter IV was the most popular tournament at Evo 2015, featuring 2,227 registered players. Meanwhile, Evo 2015 was the global tournament debut of Tekken 7. King of Fighters XIII was surprisingly absent of the roster in 2015, and both Shacknews and Destructoid noted the lack of BlazBlue after Evo 2014's "legendary" Grand Final as a disappointment. The game has consistently been popular among the fighting game community since its release in 2001. for Wii U being played on the tournament as well. Melee, meanwhile, made a third consecutive Evo appearance despite Super Smash Bros. The former would be left unbalanced due to Marvel Comics having detracted their license, not allowing Capcom to patch the game. Melee were surprise inclusions at the 2015 event. Shacknews 's Ozzie Mejia described seven out of the nine games as "no-brainers", but stated that Ultimate Marvel vs. In late March 2015, Atlus announced that Persona 4 Arena Ultimax would use the technically outdated PlayStation 3 version of the game, as the Asians had an arcade-only balance patch exclusive to their region. The full prize pool for the Street Fighter tournament was set on US$72,270. Evo 2015 was the final year that Ultra Street Fighter IV was played at the Evolution Championship Series, as Street Fighter V was released in February the following year. Games Įvo 2015 featured a major tournament of nine fighting games: Ĭuellar announced on June 1 that the Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament would be held on the Xbox 360 version of the game, rather than the PlayStation 4 port which possessed a large number of glitches, as well as severe input delay and visual stuttering. ![]() There were eight official livestream channels on Twitch dedicated to broadcasting the event, the Sunday finals being broadcast on Evo's primary Twitch channel. Evo 2015 started on Friday morning, with the finals of five of the major tournaments taking place on Sunday. The event featured a total of US$300,000 in prize money, spread over nine major tournaments. The event was held at the ballrooms of the Bally's / Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino. Wizard" Cuellar and Twitch's Mike Ross to take place on July 17–19. The Street Fighter IV tournament was won by Yusuke Momochi, defeating GamerBee in the Grand Finals.Įvo 2015 was announced on January 20, 2015, on a livestream by event organizer Joey "Mr. tournament up to that point and a highly popular Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament. The event featured a major tournament for nine fighting games, including the largest Super Smash Bros. The 2015 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2015 or EVO 2015) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas on July 17–19.
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