Glitch 6 was the first really big tournament of the year for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This was the first Ultimate tournament that the majority of top players were attending and was supposed to clear up the competitive picture. Up until now, there has been nothing but speculation about which characters were viable and what players would rise to the top, G6 was our first opportunity to see things play out and get a better understanding of the state of competitive Ultimate.

And Glitch 6 did not disappoint. We saw the top players in the world push each other to their limits, and we got to see just how much the new characters and gameplay changes have affected the meta since Smash 4.

The star of the weekend was undoubtedly Tweek, who, with this tournament win, has solidified himself as one of the best Ulitmate players early on. Tweek played Wario did not drop a match in the tournament, capping off G6 with 3-1 victories in winner’s finals over Light’s Fox and in grand finals over Nairo’s Lucina.

He was also happy to disprove the notion that he was carried by playing Bayonetta in Smash 4 on his Twitter.

Not to take anything away from Tweek, but the rest of G6 was full of intense moments as well. Reddit users Buff Falco and Olimar have compiled lists of upsets and close matches from day one and the top 128, respectively and the final standings can be found here along with the top 16 bracket here. We will look at a few notable moments and storylines and their reactions.

Bayonetta received a notable nerf in Ultimate and players started dropping her left and right. Not Tamim however, who may have proved some people wrong (and himself right) as he played himself into the loser’s quarterfinals where he lost against MkLeo. Tamim’s two loses came against Light, who finished third, and MkLeo, who finished fourth. Tamim had some fun on Twitter, trolling about Bayonetta’s tier placement debate.

In what may be the best match from day one, Squerk shocked everyone by beating ESAM, who the commentators of the match called “easily a top ten seed for this tournament”. ESAM joked on Twitter that he should have dittoed Squerk’s Yoshi.

Squerk went on to finish 17th, losing to Juice and Jakal, but put on quite the performance with wins against Mekos and Dark Wizzy (off-stream) sandwiched between the two loses.

Coincidentally, ESAM’s longtime doubles partner, MVD, also suffered an upset on day one. MVD lost to JeBB in pools and failed to make the top 16 after losing to Blazing Pasta (off-stream) on day two.

The top 16 bracket included a couple rare reverse 3-0’s. Ally came out strong against ZD, taking the first two sets with relative ease, but ZD was able to adjust to Ally’s play and win the final three in a row.

In an all Panda Global matchup, Cosmos was able to come back against ESAM, ending his tournament. The Pikachu/Inkling matchup looked hopeless for Cosmos at the start, but ESAM seemed to fall apart in the second half of the match.

One final standout moment from G6 was NickC’s play as Captain Falcon. Another character that other players have abandoned since Ultimate’s release, NickC played his way into the top 16 and very nearly upset Salem in one of the best top 128 matches.

With Genesis 6 right around the corner, Ultimate’s hype seems to be at an all-time high and Genesis should only help as the competitive scene continues to take shape and the top players begin to solidify their roles.

Until then, what were your favorite moments from Glitch 6?