EVO is one of the biggest events in the video game industry. Year after year, users gather in Las Vegas to find out who is the best in the fighting game. in this way, The list of titles for the 2025 edition has been released recentlywhere Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Conspicuous again by its absence.
recently, EVO organizers have finally shared the list of main games for this year’s edition. Here we find:
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (First appearance at EVO)
- Granblue Fantasy vs.: Rising (second appearance at EVO)
- Guilty Gear: Struggle (Fourth appearance at EVO)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Tenth appearance at EVO)
- Mortal Kombat 1 (Second appearance at EVO)
- Street Fighter 6 (Third appearance at EVO)
- Tekken 8 (Second appearance at EVO)
- Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes (Second appearance at EVO)
Similarly, Games that are part of the additional lineupWhich will increase as we get closer to this year’s event, so far they are:
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction
- killer instinct
- The King of Fighters XV
- Rivals of Aether II
- Virtua Fighter 5 REVO.
Notably, its name Super Smash Bros. Ultimate This is not the first time such an incident has occurred. Since the last time a Nintendo title was part of EVO was in 2019. Although the reason behind this decision is unknown for sure at the moment, there are two theories on the matter.
First that out Nintendo asked for higher compensation so that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Forms part of EVOSomething the organizers decided not to pay for. Similarly, it was noted that since acquiring Sony EVO, the Big N did not want to be associated with the event. Whatever the reason, everything points to Nintendo having the final say on the matter.
We can only wait to see if the next installment of Super Smash Bros. is part of this great event. We remind you that EVO 2025 will be held in Las Vegas from August 1 to 3. On a related note, here you can see the new trailer for the next Virtua Fighter. Likewise, they rule out a Smash-style game League of Legends.
Author’s Note:
Considering that fighting games live by their communities and Super Smash Bros. has a healthy fanbase, it’s still strange that we don’t see final At the end of the day at EVO, it seems Nintendo still doesn’t understand how these events work and only hurt the community in the process.
Through: Gematsu
