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He said that while top players in the Smash 4 scene have been called "inconsistent" over the past year, the unpredictability of recent Smash events has more to do with how competitive the scene is at the moment.

"It's not that our top players can't win, it's that we have more than 5-7 top players, which is more than most games," he said. "A lot of the time, people go into a tourney fighting for second place. Sometimes, even third. In Smash 4, we're all fighting for first."

And while Nairo might not win everything, "I'm having more fun knowing that every round is filled with killers who could take out a pro in a heartbeat. It's like playing Dark Souls versus Final Fantasy — in Final Fantasy, you have a strong character tear through a horde of bad guys to get to the end. In Dark Souls, if you underestimate anything, you lose. That's how Smash 4 is."