The Nintendo Wii's classic controller is considered the ugly stepchild of the weapons available to "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" players.

But it is being used by at least one tournament competitor. Sean "Festizzio" Lubbers, the most-known Pikachu player in Southern California, has taken a liking to the light controller.

It doesn't have the style of the Remote-Nunchuck combo and doesn't have that feel like that of a GameCube controller.

Lubbers even has his Classic fitted with a jacket.

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Tournament organizers with the Evolution Fighting Game Championships are set to make their big announcement Friday, and that usually brings joy. However, people are anticipating the changes that could come with the 10th year of the tournament series.

The anticipation comes from what games will make it on this year's roster.

The past few EVO events have had eight games on the main list. However, almost all of the eight games had insane turnouts that the rules were modified to prevent events from go…  More

Why the following topic is even a debate is a mystery to me. Then again, in the "Super Smash Bros." realm, it probably was going to be such.

Some "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" tournaments will allow only GameCube controllers. You might think it's a non-issue, but there are a few people that have rebelled against society and chosen other options.

A few people have said that the remote-nunchuck combo and the Classic controller are unfair and should be banned. Their reasons have been eye openers.

When th…  More

GRANADA HILLS, Calif. -- The word 'surprised' came to mind when I saw Hugo Gonzalez on Sunday evening.

It wasn't just because he showed up to the "Tour de la Smash" tournament here at Family Fun Arcade. He also kept saying that he might lose early in the competition.

In light of its "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" tournament series set to begin March 8 or 9, I've mentioned before how Gamestop should take a look at how the Smash scene runs its tournaments.

It looks like they didn't, to say the very least.

The rules are made for an event that is planning on drawing several thousand competitors ... to ONE venue, because of a need to eliminate people quickly. This tournament series will draw a few thousand competitors, but they'll be spread over the nearly 5,000 stores …  More

West Covina's Eric "Problem" Velarde is still first in the Players Bowl rankings, which were updated this past weekend.

GRANADA HILLS, Calif. -- I'm live at the second "Tour de la Smash" tournament here at Family Fun Arcade.

ORANGE, Calif. -- Cameron "Psycho Midget" Ladjevardi, for at least a week, is at the top of the "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" hill in Southern California.

An announcement regarding this year's Evolution Fighting Game Championships is scheduled for Friday.

The notice was put out Saturday afternoon by Joey Cuellar, lead tournament organizer for EVO, arguably the biggest fighting game series in the nation.

So it's more than likely that we're going to know what games will be in this year's roster, as well as where the circuit events will take place.

Cuellar had warned people last week he was not going to make any announcements until deals were finalized,…  More

ORANGE, Calif. -- I'm live at today's "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" tournament at Chapman University, the fifth Brawl tournament to take place in the state. There is also a Melee tournament scheduled, but that won't be until later. First up is the Brawl singles tournament. Tony "Gimpyfish" Dennis will try to become the first California player this year -- and just the third Californian in the last 14 months -- to win Smash tournaments in three consecutive weeks. Stay tuned throughout the day for upd…  More