A new Smash Bros tournament is kicking off this weekend, the return of GENESIS. The new event, GENESIS X, will be our biggest so far in 2024. It’s due to feature a ton of the biggest Smash Bros players turning up, with tournaments for the vast majority of games in the series.

What can we expect at Genesis X? The event’s latest instalment will be a chance to see some of the best Smash players competing. We’ll be seeing tournaments in Melee and Ultimate, but also some of the lesser seen areas of Smash. This is what’s happening over the weekend.

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GENESIS X Format and More

The GENESIS series is one of the biggest in competitive Smash Bros. the San Jose offline event is returning for a tenth instalment, taking place over February 16-18th. The event will feature tournaments for the original Nintendo 64 Smash Bros, melee, Brawl, and Ultimate. The only missing title is Smash 4.

Each of the games featured is getting similar tournaments. We’re seeing a wider pools round, followed by a finals bracket. Melee, 64, and Ultimate are all getting doubles tournaments too. Although it’s the singles which are the biggest draw for GENESIS X. These are the main events at GENESIS X:

Melee

The Melee singles event is probably the biggest at GENESIS carrying a prize pool of $23,085. Quite a few of the biggest players will be at this tournament. We’ll see the players competing for the number 1 slot in the game here, like Cody Schwab and Zain. We’re also going to see Jmook, moky, Leffen, aMSa, Hungrybox, and Mango. It’s our most stacked tournament so far this year.

Brawl

The Brawl event is a little smaller at GENESIS X. There’s only a $640 prize, but it’s always fun to see players revisiting one of the more controversial games in the series. Some of the players involved in this part of the tournament are Cody, and Player-1.

Ultimate

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Ultimate is one of the best fighting games, and its competitive scene has reached an interesting place in 2024. This event at GENESIS X is going to be big. The prize pool here is just below Melee, at $22,545. Just like the other games, we’ve got most of the biggest players attending. We’ll see MKLeo, Sparg0, Miya, Sonix, Gluttony, Tweek and more here.

Other Games at GENESIS X

Those are all of the major events for Smash at GENESIS X. There are smaller events running for the original Smash Bros at GENESIS X too! However, the tournament series has gone past just offering Smash. There are a few other games which will be getting events here too. These are the other titles featured at GENESIS.

Street Fighter 6
Guilty gear Strive
Tekken 8
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes]
Capcom vs SNK 2
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

Fans of fighting game esports will have a lot of tournaments to watch over the weekend! Between all of these events, Smash and other tournaments like the Capcom Cup LCQ, it’s a packed weekend.