Fighting game history has already been made as this year's EVO will feature a game that has more players competing in Street Fighter for the first time. Dragon Ball FighterZ has 2,572 entrants this year while Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition has 2,490.

Unlike last year, three competitors — rather than four — will emerge from each pool bracket. Tournament organizers have been doing this in order to avoid double jeopardy situations.

In other words, one player will come from the winners side while two others will come from the losers part of the tournament. We're more than likely going to see a fair share number of upsets before a winner is decided for each game.

Typically, we're seeing that each pool bracket for games like Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and more will host 23 different players. Meanwhile, some games like Tekken 7 will feature less players per pools bracket.

This seems to be an increase from last year's 20-21 players per pools bracket. Last year, Street Fighter 5 had a total of 2,622 entrants.

Click the image below to see an example of how a typical bracket will be structured for the big event.



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Source: Smash.gg. Sent in by: Jintsuriki.