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Jesus was spotted in the basement of the ByWard Market’s Courtyard Marriott hotel on Saturday morning, holding a game controller and accompanied by his older brother, Envy Dragon.

Surrounding them were their brethren in combat, known as “smashers”: Jungspace Jam, Milkshake, Mr. Nasty, SoupMan, SuperGirlKels and her little brother, Crazy Little Jay, and others.

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The occasion was ECHO2016, a twice-annual, day-long tournament at which 230 competitors — twice the number who attended last August’s event — gathered to play four different Super Smash Bros. video combat games: Smash 64, Melee, Project M and Smash 4.

The walls of the low-ceilinged, dimly lit conference room were lined with tables holding about 40 old TVs, most of the kind you’d throw out. But tourney boss Thomas Dykes says these cathode ray tube jobs actually provide the fastest response time from controller to screen.

“Plus you can get them for about $5 apiece,” he added, not an insignificant factor when you consider that the competitive world of these Nintendo games is really a player-driven, DIY affair.