Tournament:Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi
| Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 27th-28th, 2024 |
| Venue | Kusunoki Hall |
| Address/City | 1-11-2 Kusunokidai Tokorozawa,Saitama  |
| Attendance | 1,461 |
| Results | |
 winners | Inngenn |
 winners | Miya |
Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi was aSuper Smash Bros. Melee regional andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesupermajor held in Tokorozawa, Saitama,Kantō from July 27th-28th, 2024.
Tournament summary[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
AlthoughaMSa had registered to compete, he ultimately did not attend due to his sore throat.[1] This leftInngenn, the second-best player in Japan, to continue his streak of regional wins. After flawlessly getting through Top 64, he defeatedSkerzo in the Winners Semi-Final, but was then knocked into loser's bySanne. Inngenn then defeated Skerzo again and double-eliminated Sanne, earning his third consecutive Kowloon victory.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
This was the first Premier event of theLumiRank 2024.2 season, having a large amount of Japan's top talent coming to the event as well as two overseas players in attendance;Sparg0 andYoda Cage. The only notable top Japanese players missing from this tournament wereYoshidora,Yaura, andNeo. Additionally,Kaninabe DQ'd from the event just a day before it began. The first day of pools ran up until top 192.
The first day of the tournament saw the largest upset of the tournament, with #8 seedTea losing in round 1 pools to #264 seedMoyashi No Sokojikara 1-2 (upset factor 11) and #9 seedTamaPDaifuku losing to #137 seedNyonoknb 2-3 (upset factor 8). In total, 20 of the top 64 seeds were upset on the first day.
This tournament notably saw several players make deep bracket runs to significantly outplace their seed and cause massive upsets along the way. This includes #181 seedSin, who placed 9th after defeating #12 seedKameme 3-2 (upset factor 8), #21 seedKaraage 3-1 (upset factor 6), and #5 seedShuton 3-2 (upset factor 10); #697 seedLummy, who placed 33rd after defeating #72 seedHarasen 2-1 (upset factor 6), #57 seedYone_pi 3-2 (upset factor 7), and #136 seedChon 3-1 (upset factor 4); #166 seedSumaho and #111 seedKonokururu both placing 25th, with the former notably eliminating Tea 3-2 at 33rd (upset factor 9), Tea's lowest offline placement; and #107 seedFurararamen and #98 seedshirome both placing 17th. The former defeated #22 seedYamanaction 3-1 (upset factor 5) and #86 seedMairudonaH.O 3-1, and the latter defeated #31 seedGorioka 3-1 (upset factor 4) in winners bracket before eliminating #35 seeduame 3-0 (upset factor 3), #66 seedRiteshia 3-0, Karaage 3-2 (upset factor 7), and #50 seedRaki 3-2. In addition, after losing to #7 seedZackray 0-3 in top 192 Winner's side, #26 seedRyuoh would make a deep losers run, which included eliminating #13 seedKEN 3-2, #6 seedRaru 3-2 (upset factor 6), #24 seedToriguri 3-0, #17 seedSnow 3-2, and #14 seedAkakikusu 3-1 before losing the runback against Zackray 1-3 to place 7th. Finally, #31 seedLv.1 finished his run at 4th after eliminating Zackray 3-2, which not only marked his best tournament run of his career since placing 7th atDELTA 8, but also the best placement for aToon Link player at a supermajor.
On the other hand, upsets continued into the second day of the tournament, causing many top seeds to severely underperform. TamaPDaifuku was ultimately eliminated at 129th after losing to #93 seedKurofune 2-3 (upset factor 6), tyingKagaribi 11 as his worst offline placement to date; Kameme was eliminated at 65th after losing to #56 seedAkio 0-3 (upset factor 5); #3 seedHurt was upset by #30 seedalice 1-3 (upset factor 7) and #92 seedLea 0-3 (upset factor 10) to place 25th; #4 seedRaru was upset by #68 seedToura 0-3 (upset factor 9) and Ryuoh to place 25th; #13 seedKEN lost to #52 seedRarikkusu 2-3 (upset factor 4); #16 seedUmeki was eliminated at 65th after losing to #49 seedNao 2-3 (upset factor 4) and #116 seedWHIP 2-3 (upset factor 6). Nao himself later eliminated #15 seedGackt 2-3 in top 32 (upset factor 4). Finally, this marked a resurgence performance from #6 seedSparg0 after a slump during the middle of the previous season. After losing to Doramigi 1-3, Sparg0 made a 6-set long losers run to place 3rd, which included getting revenge on both Doramigi and Lv.1, defeating them 3-1 and 3-0 respectively.
Top 8 sawacola andMiya meet each other once again in Winners Finals, where Miya defeated acola 3-1. Ultimately, acola was forced to face his biggest bracket demon Sparg0 in Losers Finals in a runback from the Tokyo Smash Boot Camp 5 crew battle, where Sparg0 nearly reverse three-stocked acola. However, acola was able to prevail over Sparg0, defeating him 3-1 using his pocketAegis, marking the second time acola defeated Sparg0 having lost to him seven times in a row following their first encounter at theLudwig Smash Invitational. This win also caused the tournament commentators to cry, as they were seemingly happy that acola was able to defend his home turf over his toughest opponent. After, acola met Miya in grand finals, where he managed to reset the bracket in a dominant 3-0. However, Miya clutched out in a close game 5 set after whiffing a dash attack that caused acola to SD after being spiked by one of his blocks, giving Miya his third Premier Tier tournament win of the year along withKagaribi 12 andKOWLOON 9 with Sumabato, as well as being the first player to win a major in the LumiRank 2024.2 season.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
(49 entrants)
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Inngenn |  | |
| 2nd | Sanne |  | |
| 3rd | Skerzo |  | |
| 4th | Falpan |  | |
| 5th | muro |  | |
| 5th | Donkos | | |
| 7th | WTS | | |
| 7th | Zer0 |  | |
| 9th | Kairi | | |
| 9th | takeshi | | |
| 9th | NEG |  | |
| 9th | Massun |  | |
| 13th | Sigh | | |
| 13th |  Knife | ||
| 13th | HIDORIN |  | |
| 13th | botoma | |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
(1,428 entrants)
Top 192 Bracket 1
Top 192 Bracket 2
Top 48 Bracket
Final Bracket (Top 8)
*DQ'd in Losers.
Side events[edit]
B-class tournament[edit]
（256 entrants）
Top 32 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aie |  | |
| 2nd | show |  | |
| 3rd | Tomoro |  | |
| 4th | Yaitadani |   | |
| 5th | Kibu |  | |
| 5th | Pengisu |   | |
| 7th | MigiyoshiHidariyoshiToyotomiHideyoshi |   | |
| 7th | Bui |   |
C-class tournament[edit]
（404 entrants）
Top 16 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pon |  | |
| 2nd | Epyon |  | |
| 3rd | Meruo |  | |
| 4th | Nararaty |    | |
| 5th | Tagawa |  | |
| 5th | Nyosu |  | |
| 7th | sEVEn | | |
| 7th | hikari |    |
References[edit]
External links[edit]
| Kagaribi | |
|---|---|
| Main Series | Kagaribi ·Kagaribi 3 ·Kagaribi 4 ·Kagaribi 5 ·Kagaribi 6 ·Kagaribi 7 ·Kagaribi 8 ·Kagaribi 9 ·Kagaribi 10 ·Kagaribi 11 ·Kagaribi 12 ·Kagaribi 13 ·Kagaribi 14 |
| Pre-locals | Kagaribi 12 Day0 pre-local |
| Other | Kowloon 12 with Kagaribi |
