Southwest

The Southwest is a Smash region located in the United States. It includes the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and the southern tip of Nevada, while the rest of Nevada, Colorado, and Utah, and are often, but not always, grouped in as well. The region is bordered by Texas, the Mid-South state Oklahoma, and the Midwest states Kansas and Nebraska to the east; SoCal to the west; the Rocky Mountain states Wyoming and Idaho to the north; and the Northwest Mexican states Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. Within the region, the most active Smash communities are found in the Phoenix and Las Vegas metropolitan areas.
The Southwest is most well known as the home of EVO, an annual fighting game tournament in Las Vegas that has featured different Smash titles, spanning the years 2007 and 2008, as well as from 2013 to 2019; many of the largest Smash tournaments in history, including the largest Smash tournament in history, were EVO events hosted in Las Vegas. The region has also hosted other fighting game events, including MLG and the series, as well as grassroots regionals and majors such as , , , , , , and .
The region has also been the home of many globally recognized players, most notably , , , and .
==Smashers==
:See also: :Category:Arizona smashers, :Category:Colorado smashers, :Category:Nevada smashers, :Category:New Mexico smashers, :Category:Utah smashers
The following players are currently or were previously ranked. Their highest placement is listed.
===Globally ranked players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
(Arizona) 	 	MPGR 2019: 4th 	
(Arizona) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 31st 	
(Arizona) 	 	PMRank 2023: 9th 	
(Arizona) 	 	PMRank 2019: 44th 	
(Colorado) 	 	UltRank 2022: 93rd 	
(Arizona) 	 	PMRank 2023: 13th 	
(Arizona) 	 	SSBMRank 2023: 41st 	
(Colorado) 	 	2016 64 League Rankings: 62nd 	
(Colorado) 	 	2017 64 League Rankings: 26th 	
(New Mexico)	 	2021-2022 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 39th 	
(New Mexico)	 	PMRank 2018: 18th 	
(Colorado) 	 	SSBMRank 2023: 89th 	
(Colorado) 	 	MPGR 2019: HM 	
(Arizona) 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2007: HM 	
(Nevada) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 25th PGR v1: 12th 	
(Arizona) 	 	2021-2022 Smash 64 Power Rankings: 35th 	
(Arizona) 	 	PMRank 2019: 29th 	
(Arizona) 	 	SSBMRank 2015: HM 	
(Nevada) 	 	PGR v4: 37th 	Banned from competitive play following alleged attempt at vehicle homicide and death threats.
(Arizona) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 82nd 	Moved to SoCal for Smash 4.
(Colorado) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 70th 	
(Arizona) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 75th 	
(Arizona) 	 	PGR v4: Area 51 	
(Utah) 	 	SSBMRank 2022: 95th 	
(Colorado) 	 	2018 64 League Rankings: 41st 	
(Arizona) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 25th 	
(Nevada) 	 	UltRank 2022: 101st 	
(Nevada) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 20th 	Originally from Florida and moved to Nevada around 2020.
(Arizona) 	 	SSBMRank 2023: 89th 	Originally from Chile, but also resides in Arizona.
(Arizona) 	 	OrionRank 2016: 76th 	
(Utah) 	 	OrionRank 2018: 47th OrionRank Ultimate: Eclipse: 37th	
(Arizona) 	 	MPGR 2019: 96th 	
(Nevada) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 88th 	
(Arizona) 	 	SSBMRank 2024: 14th 	Moved to Arizona in 2022.
(Arizona) 	 	OrionRank 2016: 65th 	
(New Mexico)	 	2023 SSBBRank: 11th 	
(Arizona) 	 	PGR v4: Area 51 OrionRank 2019: 27th 	
(Colorado) 	 	SSBMRank 2017: 33rd 	
(Arizona) 	 	SSBMRank 2013: 71st 	
(Arizona) 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2007: HM 	
(Colorado) 	 	OrionRank Mid-Year 2022: 115th 	Originally from NorCal.
(Nevada) 	 	OrionRank Ultimate: Six Months In: 83rd 	
(Arizona) 	 	RetroSSBMRank 2012: 6th 	
(Arizona) 	 	PMRank 2019: 43rd 	
(Utah) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 72nd 	
(Nevada) 	 	SSBBRank 2014: 51st 	
===Nationally ranked players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Best placement 	Notes
(Utah) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 82nd 	
(Nevada) 	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 134th 	
(Colorado)	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 151st 	
(Colorado)	 	LumiRank 2023 North America: 71st 	
(Arizona) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 195th	
(Arizona) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 178th	
(Colorado)	 	OrionRank 2022 North America: 135th 	
(Utah) 	 	OrionRank 2022 North America: 187th 	
(Utah) 	 	OrionRank North America Top 200: 161st	
===Other notable players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Notes
(Nevada) 	 	Prominent Las Vegas tournament organizer, having organized Smash at and .
(Nevada) 	 	Co-founder of OrionRank and one of the organizers behind LumiRank.
(Arizona) 	 	Prominent tournament organizer in Arizona.
(Arizona/Colorado)	 	One of the few notable Ness players in competitive Melee.
(Nevada) 	 	Known as one of the best Wolf players in the United States.
(Arizona) 	 	Known as one of the best Pichu players in the world while active.
(Arizona) 	 	Once known as one of the best Yoshi players in the United States.
==Tournaments==
:See also: :Category:Arizona tournaments, :Category:Colorado tournaments, :Category:Nevada tournaments, :Category:New Mexico tournaments, :Category:Utah tournaments
===Notable tournament series===
Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region. 
Tournament 	Games	Type 	Status
(Arizona) 	 	Monthly 	Ongoing
(Utah) 	 	Annual 	On hiatus
(Nevada) 	 	Bi-weekly	Discontinued
(Nevada) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Colorado) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Utah) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Nevada) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(Arizona) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Arizona) 	 	Annual 	Discontinued
(Arizona) 	 	Annual 	Ongoing
(New Mexico)	 	Annual 	Discontinued
===Notable tournaments===
Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level. 
Tournament 	Date 	Entrants	Supermajor	Major 	Superregional	Other
(Nevada) 	November 18th-19th, 2006 	??? 	 	—	— 	—
(Nevada) 	July 17th-19th, 2009 	128 	— 	 	— 	—
(Nevada) 	July 12th-14th, 2013 	709 	 	—	— 	—
(Nevada) 	July 11th-13th, 2014 	970 	 	—	— 	—
(Arizona) 	April 18th-19th, 2015 	231+ 	— 	 	— 	
(Nevada) 	July 17th-19th, 2015 	3,284 	 	—	— 	—
(Arizona) 	August 29th, 2015 	31 	— 	—	 	—
(Nevada) 	May 14th-15th, 2016 	200 	— 	—	 	—
(Nevada) 	July 15th-17th, 2016 	4,497+ 	 	—	— 	—
(Arizona) 	September 9th-11th, 2016 	59 	— 	 	— 	—
(New Mexico)	October 8th-9th, 2016 	152 	— 	—	 	
(Arizona) 	November 19th-21st, 2016 	398 	— 	 	— 	
 	December 16th-18th, 2016 	367 	 	—	— 	—
(Colorado) 	April 22nd, 2017 	239 	— 	—	 	—
(Arizona) 	May 20th-21st, 2017 	236 	— 	—	 	
(Nevada) 	July 14th-16th, 2017 	2,693 	 	—	— 	—
(New Mexico)	October 14th-15th, 2017 	207 	— 	—	 	
(Colorado) 	October 20th-22nd, 2017 	708 	— 	 	 	—
(Utah) 	September 29th-October 1st, 2017	603 	 	—	— 	—
(Nevada) 	December 7th-10th, 2017 	16 	— 	 	— 	—
(Nevada) 	March 24th-25th, 2018 	154 	— 	 	— 	—
(Colorado) 	April 21st, 2018 	431 	— 	—	 	
(Arizona) 	July 14th-15th, 2018 	158 	— 	—	 	
(Arizona) 	July 13th-15th, 2018 	54 	— 	—	 	—
(Nevada) 	August 3rd-5th, 2018 	2,515 	 	—	— 	—
(Utah) 	November 2nd-4th, 2018 	314 	— 	 	 	
(Arizona) 	January 5th-6th 2019 	247 	— 	—	 	
(Nevada) 	August 2nd-4th, 2019 	3,534 	 	—	— 	—
(Arizona) 	September 14th-15th, 2019 	267 	— 	—	 	
(Arizona) 	December 14th-15th, 2019 	307 	— 	—	 	
(Nevada) 	February 25th-27th, 2022 	413 	— 	—	 	
(Utah) 	June 18th-19th, 2022 	445 	— 	 	— 	
(Nevada) 	July 8th-10th, 2022 	1,337 	 	 	— 	—
(Nevada) 	October 21st-23rd, 2022 	32 	 	—	— 	—
(Colorado) 	February 25th, 2023 	124 	— 	 	— 	—
(Nevada) 	February 17th-19th, 2023 	485 	— 	 	 	—
(Arizona) 	April 15th-16th, 2023 	210 	— 	—	 	
(Utah) 	June 3rd-4th, 2023 	443 	 	—	— 	
(Nevada) 	April 26th-28th, 2024 	410 	— 	—	 	—
(Colorado) 	April 20th-21st, 2024 	136 	— 	 	— 	—
===Largest singles events===
Rank	Tournament	Date 	Game	Attendance	Winner	Character(s)
1 	 	August 2nd-4th, 2019	 	3,534 	 	
2 	 	July 15th-17th, 2016	 	2,662 	 	
3 	 	July 15th-17th, 2016	 	2,372 	 	
4 	 	July 17th-19th, 2015	 	1,926 	 	
5 	 	July 17th-19th, 2015	 	1,869 	 	
6 	 	July 14th-16th, 2017	 	1,508 	 	
7 	 	July 14th-16th, 2017	 	1,428 	 	
8 	 	August 3rd-5th, 2018	 	1,358 	 	
9 	 	August 3rd-5th, 2018	 	1,353 	 	
10 	 	July 8th-10th, 2022 	 	987 	 	
==See also==
*Arizona Power Rankings
*Colorado Power Rankings
*Las Vegas Power Rankings
*New Mexico Power Rankings
*Utah Power Rankings
*Wyoming Power Rankings
Category:American regions