Evo 2024 It ended late Sunday night with Victor “Punk” Woodley defeating Adele “Big Bird” Anoosh. Street Fighter 6With the win, Woodley became the first American to win on the main line. Street Fighter The first Evo tournament in over 20 years.
The match was closely fought and Anoosh, who advanced to the Grand Final via the repechage round, defeated Woodley 3-0, forcing a reset or “flip” that required another best-of-five match to determine the winner. The second match went to the deciding match, with both players winning two sets apiece, resulting in a 1-1 draw in the final. A stunning Cammy super move by Woodley ended the match and put an end to the American’s long run. Street Fighter With that came an Evo championship drought.
In fact, the American performed extremely well at Evo 2024, winning four of the eight major tournaments. Street Fighter 6 ( Victor “Punk” Woodley) Mortal Kombat 1 (Dominic “Sonic Fox” McLean) Granblue Fantasy: Versus Rising (Aaron “AarondaMack” Godinez), and Guilty Gear Strive (Shamar “Nitro” Hines).
moreover, Street Fighter 6 It wasn’t the only one Street Fighter The Evo tournament produced some memorable moments. Street Fighter III Third Strike tournament, HayaoThe Japanese athletes captured our hearts with their infectious enthusiasm and over-the-top celebrations. During one celebration, He broke his body in halfthe pose of putting your head on the floor, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Apparently he can. On another occasion, he performed a full split on the main stage, which is remarkable considering Hayao is 41 years old.
However, Hayao made his mark in EVO history with his play skills. In the losers quarter-finals, with only one pixel of health left, Hayao performed an incredible parry. in In the air — He then skillfully dodged his opponent’s follow-up super attack, turning the tables and defeating his opponent to advance to the next round.
Unfortunately, Hayao didn’t win the tournament, losing his next match and finishing in fourth place, but his incredible display of skill was so stunning that some are calling it “Evo Moment 38,” or the spiritual successor to “Evo Moment 38.” Evo Moment 37 — This is probably the best video of a fighting game tournament ever. Although he didn’t win, Hayao still Winner.
There were a few other exciting moments at Evo 2024. Twitch streamer LilyPichu won. Tekken 8 A program in which he takes on game producer Katsuhiro Harada. Tekken 8 It brings back the series’ long-time villain, Heihachi Mishima. Despite Harada repeatedly stating that the character was completely dead, EVO plans to add two new events in 2025, the first of which will be Evo Awards “With Evo in Los Angeles and France marking the tournament’s first appearance in Europe, Evo is already the biggest and most exciting fighting game tournament in the world, and it’s great to see it continue to grow.”
