EVO 2019 saw some big surprises for games lineup. And now the numbers are in. Evo boss Joey Cuellar has revealed the final entry numbers of all the nine mainstage games at the premier fighting game tournament.
Smash Ultimate utterly dominated the entry numbers at 3492 entries. Following that is Street Fighter V at 1929. Tekken 7 remains stable at 1885 entries. New entrants for this year, Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat 11 and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] (UNIST) at 1719, 1567 and 1156 respectively.
Dragon Ball FighterZ, despite a strong showing last year, has only 1191 entries. The last two games, Soul Calibur VI (742) and Blazblue Cross Tag Battle (640) rounds off the list.
Evo 2019 Final Numbers!
Smash Ultimate – 3492
Street Fighter V – 1929
Tekken 7 – 1885
Samurai Shodown – 1719
Mortal Kombat 11 – 1567
Unist – 1156
DragonBall FighterZ – 1191
Soul Calibur 6 – 742
BlazBlue:CTB – 640#Evo2019— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 15, 2019
With only one Smash game this year on the main stage (Melee is not present this year), Smash Ultimate garnered the most entries at Evo this year.
With that, Smash Ultimate will be closing the EVO 2019 stage as the last game to be contested on Sunday. The honors of being the last game of the day usually fall on Street Fighter V, being the most popular game at EVO in most years. So this is big, welcomed changed in tradition seen here.
Evo 2019 Finals Order!
Friday = SC6
Saturday = UNIST ==> DBFZ ==> SAMSHO ==> MK11
Sunday = BBTAG ==> SFV ==> TEKKEN 7 ==> SMASH#Evo2019— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 22, 2019
Note that players can enter multiple games, so the numbers here do have an unspecified overlap.
EVO 2019 will be held at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada USA on August 2nd-4th.