Our efforts really shouldn't lean towards trying to get one into EVO over the other. Our efforts should be trying as hard as humanly possible to get both there. Either one not being there would be absolutely disastrous for everyone involved.



From Nintendo's point of view, Smash 4 can't not be at EVO. Every other company always has their newest game there, and it would be a PR nightmare for Smash 4 to be skipped over in favor of an old game that's not even the previous most one in the series. There's also the fact that Smash 4 will bring about an influx of new competitive players along with a lot of Brawl and even PM's top players that deserve a chance to showcase their skills on the big stage. Melee really holds a large portion of the community back.



From the point of view of Melee players, not only are they really stubborn and vocal, but they've also come to expect Melee to be at all the big tournaments. Melee at the moment is the go to competitive Smash game and the most well known Smash players are Melee players. With other fighting games the players tend to move on to the next game, and while a surprising amount of Melee players will probably try their hand at competitive Smash 4, they're simply not going to "move on."



This is a major dilemma and it has to be handled with care. If I had to choose between the two I would go with Smash 4 because I really want to see players from other parts of the smash community get their chance to shine, and I prefer Smash 4 to the other Smash games anyway, but at the same time Melee is just too cherished by the community to not see the light of day at EVO. Simply put, we gotta find some way to get both of these games at EVO, because not only would it satisfy almost everybody in this community, I'll go as far as to say that it will unite the community like never before.