Tournament:Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025
| Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 3rd-5th, 2025 |
| Venue | The New Yorker Hotel |
| Address/City | 481 8th Avenue New York,New York  |
| Attendance | 861 |
| Results | |
 winners |  Sparg01v1 Kurama & Lui$2v2 elijminArcadian |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Even Matchup Gaming |
Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025 was aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesupermajor held in New York,New York from January 3rd-5th, 2025.
Tournament summary[edit]
Similar to theprevious year, tournament organizers ran aTwitter poll regardingSteve's legality at Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2025.[1] After 54.8% voted against a ban, Steve was legalized, making this event the first in the Luminosity Makes Moves series sinceLet's Make Big Moves 2023 where Steve was not banned.[2]
In doubles, the team seeded 1st,Onin andlolyoshi, was notably upset by the team seeded 65th,LVL7 andSynnister, 1-2 (upset factor 11), marking one of the largest upsets inUltimate doubles history. However, Onin and lolyoshi were able to pull off an extensive Losers run to enter Grand Finals, where they lost 2-3 toLui$ andKurama.
This event saw several strong runs fromTristate players. First, this event was a breakout performance for #208 seedLuigikid64. He first upset #49 seedSpritzy 3-2 and #80 seedYoda Cage 3-0 (upset factor 3) to enter Top 128 on the Winners side, where after losing toWrath 2-3 he made a string of upsets, defeating #89 seedDM 1-3, reverse 3-0ing #17 seedMuteAce (upset factor 7), and upsetting #24 seedTilde 3-2 (upset factor 7), before falling 0-3 toQuandale Dinglelingleton for 25th. This event was also a resurgent performance for #20 seedDabuz, who chose to focus onStreet Fighter 6 during theLumiRank 2024.2 season and as such was only an Honorable Mention on the rankings. His run involved defeating #4 seedLight 3-0 (upset factor 5) and #5 seedTweek 3-1 (upset factor 4) to enter top 8 on the Winners side, his first top 8 at a supermajor sinceLuminosity Makes Moves Miami 2023 in October 2023 and his first top 8 at any major sinceCirque Du CFL 3 in March 2024. Finally, a few Tristate players also made upsets on established players: #59 seedPkChris upset #6 seedMkLeo 3-0 (upset factor 7) and went on to place 9th, the best major performance of his competitive career; while #39 seedPharaoh reverse 3-0'd #16 seedMarss (upset factor 3) for 65th. Marss's placement tiedSuper Smash Con 2022 as his worstUltimate major placement, while also being his worst major placement when usingZero Suit Samus.
Outside of Tristate, this tournament was also known for #47 seedJeJaJeJa's run. He first had a minor upset over #18 seedBeastModePaul before losing toLui$ in Winners top 64. From there, he upset #23 seedJakal 3-1 and #11 seedKola 3-0 (upset factor 4) before bowing out toTweek 3-0 for 9th. This marked the best Kirby placement at a major, outrankingGuilheww's 13th-place finish atS Factor 11 which took place only half a year prior. Other notable upsets on high seeds included #179 seedGRIT defeating Marss 3-2 (upset factor 7) and #43 seedBruho defeating Kola 3-2 (upset factor 4).
Despite making several notable upsets prior to top 8, Tristate was ultimately unable to defend their Tristate Luminosity Makes Moves title. The closest wasSyrup, who placed 3rd after defeating Tweek 3-0 and Light 3-2, but was double-eliminated byHurt 3-1 in both sets. As such, this event became the first Tristate Luminosity Makes Moves event where no Tristate players entered Grand Finals, let alone won, as Grand Finals featuring a match between newly-crowned #1 playerSparg0 and Hurt. Sparg0 ultimately triumphed 3-0 to win the event. With Sparg0 also placing 2nd at the tournament'sRivals of Aether II event, many players compared his tournament performance toWizzrobe's performance atSmash 'N' Splash 5, as both players won their main event while surprising audiences by placing top 8 at a different platform fighter as the "side" event.
Results[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles[edit]
(832 entrants)
Top 128 Bracket 1
Top 128 Bracket 2
Top 128 Bracket 3
Top 128 Bracket 4
Top 16 Bracket
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate doubles[edit]
(124 teams)
Top 16 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kurama |  | Lui$ |  | |
| 2nd | lolyoshi |  | Onin |  | |
| 3rd | Chase | | MuteAce |  | |
| 4th | Stratas |  | PkChris |  | |
| 5th | JeJaJeJa |  | Marvale | | |
| 5th | GrlyTeenQueen |  | Pelca |  | |
| 7th | Beastly |  | MVD | | |
| 7th | Gamer |  | Fhantum | | |
| 9th | Seibrik |  | Osh9 | | |
| 9th | Marss |  | Leviathan |   | |
| 9th | Free KayFlock |  | Gen | | |
| 9th | Dark Wizzy | | Sparg0 | | |
| 13th | CJFrozen | | Anarchy |  | |
| 13th | Just Blue | | Bruho |  | |
| 13th | Slasher |  | Alo! | | |
| 13th | Cody | | Wheezer |  |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate National Arcadian[edit]
(256 entrants)
Top 32 Bracket
Top 8 Bracket
| Place | Name | Character(s) | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | elijmin | | |
| 2nd | Bruho |  | |
| 3rd | Phaethon | | |
| 4th | ERA | | |
| 5th | Vendetta |   | |
| 5th | Leviathan | | |
| 7th | Ling | | |
| 7th | Just Blue | | |
| 9th | Free KayFlock | | |
| 9th | Regalo |  | |
| 9th | Widara |  | |
| 9th | G-XTREME |  | |
| 13th | Dany2theny |  | |
| 13th | Karflo | | |
| 13th | Elam |  | |
| 13th | Ian | | |
| 17th | Pacha | | |
| 17th | Juanpi |  | |
| 17th | Yeast | | |
| 17th | Bobo | | |
| 17th | Joshathan Gamer |  | |
| 17th | pango | | |
| 17th | Haze | | |
| 17th | EJJ | | |
| 25th | Squidplumber |  | |
| 25th | BlassTD |  | |
| 25th | LRA_START | | |
| 25th | Scrafty |  | |
| 25th | Yufine |  | |
| 25th | C.Kaleb | | |
| 25th | Kamex |  | |
| 25th | Kale |  |
References[edit]
- ^Steve legality poll.
- ^Steve legal at LMBM 2025.
- ^ Entered as "GOCK IN MY RARI"
- ^ Entered as "Calito"
- ^ Entered as "Sir Moves"
- ^ Entered as "Jermaker 9000"
- ^ Entered as "blue dog"
- ^ Entered as "Lion Pizza Chip"
External links[edit]
| Let's Make Moves/Luminosity Makes Moves | |
|---|---|
| New York | 2019 ·2020 ·2022 ·2023 ·2024 ·2025 ·2026 |
| Miami | 2022 ·2023 ·2024 ·2025 |
