Evo 2019 will see Super Smash Bros. Ultimate take the main event slot
Street Fighter V has just been dethroned by Tekken 7 and SSBU.
Street Fighter V has headlined Evo, the historied fighting game tournament for the last three years now.
However, the fighting game will have to make way for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, who will be taking the top spot as the final game of Evo 2019.
The news comes astournamentorganizer, Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar tweeted the event’s finals schedules. OnFridayAugust 2, the first grand finals of the weekend will be played for Soul Calibur 6. Saturday will see Under NightIn- BirthExe:Late[st], Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Samurai ShodownandMortal Kombat 11 finals taking place.
August 4 will be the last Evo day, and will feature BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle first, followed by Street Fighter V, then Tekken 7, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate closing out the event.
Evo 2019 Finals Order!Friday = SC6Saturday = UNIST ==> DBFZ ==> SAMSHO ==> MK11Sunday = BBTAG ==> SFV ==> TEKKEN 7 ==> SMASH#Evo2019
The decision to make SSBU the headliner for Evo 2019 is understandable, as thegame earned the most entrants for any game with 3,492as of last week. But Tekken 7 overtaking Street Fighter V was ashock,as SFV had the second most entrants according to Cuellar.
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