Bolivia

is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. Historically, Bolivia's Smash scene was very niche, with being the start of the Bolivian scene, even if tournaments were pretty scarce starting with tournaments in convention centers to trimestral tournaments within a year. Even with some switches in organization and tournaments, the community drastically changed with the COVID-19 Pandemic. With the inclusion of new players and TOs, the scene grew more as players even traveled across the country and internationally to participate in tournaments across South America. Even if it is still largely grassroots, the Bolivian Smash scene now sees respectable attendance numbers.
There are two distinct regions within Bolivia: and , each of them having distinctive players and tournament organizers. 
The majority of the scene is based in the Cochabamba, but the best players in Ultimate are from La Paz.
The first Ultimate Power Ranking was released in 2019, headed by in La Paz, and by in Cochabamba. As of date, the best player in Bolivia is , even having some international recognition getting 1st place at in Argentina, and 5th place at in Chile. The growth of the scene happened with this new era of Online Warriors mixed with the talent of the Smash 4 players that continued with Ultimate, causing an immense growth of the scene in both size and skill level, even as far as creating and reopening scenes in Santa Cruz and Potosí.
==Smashers==
:See also: :Category:Bolivian smashers
===Notable players===
Tag 	Character(s)	Notes
(Cochabamba)	 	Considered by many as the best player in Cochabamba.
 	 	Considered the best player in Bolivia between the start of the game to 2017.
(La Paz) 	 	Previously ranked as the best player in La Paz and considered by many as the best player in Bolivia pre-pandemic.
(La Paz) 	 	Currently considered the 2nd best player in Bolivia and one of the best Ness mains in Latin America.
(La Paz) 	 	Considered the best player in Bolivia in the last year of Smash 4.
(Oruro) 	 	The best player in the region of Oruro.
 	 	Considered not only the best player in Bolivia but also one of the best Steve mains in Latin America.
(Cochabamba)	 	Currently ranked as the best player in Cochabamba.
==Tournaments==
:See also: :Category:Bolivian tournaments
===Notable tournament series===
Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region. 
Tournament 	Games	Type 	Status 	Notes
(Cochabamba)	 	Monthly 	Ongoing	Antikuna Board Game Café
(La Paz) 	 	Bimonthly	Ongoing	Bro's Game Club
===Largest singles events===
Rank	Tournament 	Date 	Game	Attendance	Winner	Character(s)
1 	Smash Masters Hupermall 	February 4th, 2019 	 	77 	 	
2 	(Cochabamba) 	March 26th, 2023 	 	72 	 	
3 	Let's Be Stars (La Paz) 	September 7th, 2024 	 	62 	 	
4 	1er Naional SSB La Paz (La Paz) 	January 19th, 2020 	 	60 	 	
5 	Smash @ Overload 2017 (Cochabamba)	August 20th, 2017 	 	48 	 	
6 	Bolivia National Championship 	December 1st, 2018 	 	40 	 	
6 	(La Paz) 	January 21st-22nd, 2023 	 	40 	 	
8 	Smash @ AnimeXtrem II (Cochabamba)	April 16th, 2023 	 	38 	 	
9 	Smash @ Overload 2018 (Cochabamba)	August 26th, 2018 	 	37 	 	
10 	Game On!° 2023 (Cochabamba) 	November 25th-26th, 2023	 	36 	 	
==See also==
*Bolivian Power Rankings
==External links==
*Cochabamba's scene YouTube channel
*Cochabamba's scene Facebook link
*La Paz's scene Twitch channel
*La Paz's scene Facebook link
Category:South American regions