Bracket

Bayonetta

Bowser Jr.

Bowser

Captain Falcon

Cloud

Corrin

Daisy

Dark Pit

Diddy Kong

Donkey Kong

Dr. Mario

Duck Hunt

Falco

Ganondorf

Greninja

Ice Climbers

Inkling

Jigglypuff

King Dedede

Kirby

Link

Little Mac

Lucario

Lucas

Lucina

Luigi

Mario

Marth

Mega Man

Meta Knight

Mewtwo

Mii Brawler

Ness

Olimar

Pac-Man

Palutena

Peach

Pichu

Pikachu

Pokemon Trainer

Ridley

R.O.B.

Robin

Rosalina

Samus

Sheik

Shulk

Snake

Sonic

Toon Link

Villager

Wario

Wii Fit Trainer

Wolf

Yoshi

Young Link

Zelda

Zero Suit Samus

Mr. Game & Watch

Incineroar

King K. Rool

Dark Samus

Chrom

Simon Belmont

Richter

Isabelle

Mii Swordfighter

Mii Gunner

Piranha Plant

Joker

Hero

Banjo-Kazooie

Terry

Byleth

Random Character

Min Min

Steve

Sephiroth

Pyra & Mythra

Kazuya

Sora

Jankoe

Mr_Gunn

Guilty Queers | Cirrus

UzealSmile

Selvath

Kepler22 | xaviiur

Rebel

UGS | Syphir

Von_Stache

9SNinus

hippo

Troll_Tactics

JojoKujo

Logan Rockwell

Thomas Frye

Cyrus Garretson

Justyn Z.

Calvin Lehr

Xavier C.

Shawn H.

Amer A

Ninus Goins

Jackie Pham

Erik Pyshnov

Kimanu V.

Fall 2023

Q4 2023

Quarter 3 2022

Champaign

Chicago

Dallas-Fort-Worth

BlazBlue: Central Fiction (PS4 Pro)

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (PS4 Pro)

Your entry fee will be evenly divided between the prize pool and Mystery Tournament staff's equipment/maintenance, $10 each.

Chicago's Mystery Tournament

DNF Duel (PS4 Pro)

Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4 Pro)

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (PS4 Pro)

The 1st place finisher will qualify for a spot in the upcoming Arc World Tour Finals.

Guilty Gear: Strive (PS4 Pro) (Arc World Tour qualifier)

Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 (PS4 Pro)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R (PC)

Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4 Pro)

Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5)

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS4 Pro)

Samurai Shodown (XBOX Series X + Converters provided)

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore (PS4 Pro)

Street Fighter 6 (PS5)

This tournament will be played on head to head Japanese arcade cabinets.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade)

This is to register for the singles tournament. For Smash doubles, please go to the Community Tournament page from Vortex Gallery.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)

Super Street Fighter II Turbo (MISTer FPGA + PVM-CRT)

Tekken 7 (PS4 Pro)

The first place finisher will be awarded a spot at the upcoming SNK World Championship Finals.

The King of Fighters XV (PS4 Pro) (SNK World Championship Qualifier)

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS4 Pro)

The first Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes major tournament in the world!

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes (PS4 Pro)

The tournament will be played on the arcade version run on MISTer FPGA

Vampire Savior (MISTer FPGA + PVM-CRT)

Console: PS5

Cap: 256 players

Times: 11:00 AM start. 7:00 PM Estimated end time

Entry: $10

Format: 3/5 games for the whole tournament, double elimination

Tekken 8 comes out on Friday, January 26h, which is the first day of our main tournament games. In order for us to run Tekken 8 as a main game along with our other main games, it would require the 2 full days, and we would require at least a full day to prepare. In order to avoid a situation where things do not run smoothly for our attendees and our staff, we have made the decision that it would not be possible to run Tekken 8 as a main title on Friday and Saturday this time. However, we wanted to include it in the event in some way, since we know many Tekken players will be hungry to try it out for the first time. After our Tekken 7 main tournament concludes on Friday night, we will be replacing Tekken 7 setups with Tekken 8 setups so that players can enjoy using them to play casuals throughout the rest of the weekend. On Sunday, we will feature a Tekken 8 Preview Tournament bracket with limited capacity for players who will be sticking around on Sunday. The event will be streamed on main stage in our Grand Ballroom with awards for the top finishers. Between playing casuals and entering the open bracket on Sunday, we hope our attendees are able to get plenty of time with Tekken 8 throughout the weekend.

Tekken 8 SUNDAY AFTER PARTY SPECIAL PREVIEW TOURNAMENT (256 PLAYER CAP) (PS5) 11AM - 7 PM

Top 48

Top 8

Top 32

Top 12

Top 96

Top 24

Top 192

Basic ruleset, only characters, no stages

Basic Ruleset - No Stages

Wario's Smash Down

MDVA Classic

Online Store

Frosty Faustings XVI 2024

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a 2D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. It is the fourth game to the BlazBlue series, and is set after the events of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. The game adds Naoto Kurogane and Hibiki Kohaku as playable characters. BlazBlue: Central Fiction marks the conclusion of the story surrounding protagonist Ragna the Bloodedge.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

"THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE! THE IMPACT WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE! 
An unrivaled clash of explosive proportions! The beloved BlazBlue franchise Crosses universes, Tags in fan favorites, and Battles it out in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle! Created through an all-star collaboration between BlazBlue, Atlus’ Persona, French Bread’s Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth’s hugely popular RWBY web series, Cross Tag Battle celebrates the fighting genre for pros and newcomers alike! Choose your team in fast paced 2v2 team battles filled with the craziness you’ve come to love from BlazBlue, with all the tight mechanics, smooth gameplay, and gorgeous 2D graphics you expect from Arc System Works."

Mystery Game

DNF Duel

DNF Duel is a 2D fighting game using Dungeon Fighter Online's characters/classes as fighters. Dungeon Fighter Online currently has 16 base characters with over 60 total classes, though there is some overlap between the male and female variations.
It was revealed at the 2020 Dungeon&Fighter Universe Festival in Korea.
It is being developed by Neople, Arc System Works and Eighting.

A date was not announced but It is planned to be a multi-platform release

DRAGON BALL FighterZ

DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Guilty Gear: Strive

Discover the Smell of the Game with Guilty Gear: Strive! Immerse yourself in new gameplay mechanics designed to be simple and welcoming for fighting game newcomers, yet deep and creative for veterans. Ride the Fire into a heavy metal inspired alternate future full of over-the-top action, style and fun!

Guilty Gear Xrd REV2

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R

Melty Blood: Type Lumina

"MELTY BLOOD" is a series of 2D fighting games based on TYPE-MOON's visual romance novel "Tsukihime". Since the game's original release on PC in 2002, it has also had a number of ports for arcade, PlayStation 2, and Steam.
Now, at long last, the "MELTY BLOOD" series is making its way to PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, and Steam on September 30, 2021 in the form of "MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA".

Mortal Kombat 1

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is a fighting video game developed by Arc System Works and Atlus. It is the direct sequel to Persona 4 Arena, which is itself a follow-up to the role-playing game Persona 4. The game was originally released in Japanese arcades on November 28, 2013, and later ported to home consoles. Unlike the previous game, it is not region locked.

SAMURAI SHODOWN

"A brand new title from SNK! A new SAMURAI SHODOWN is on the horizon!

Since its birth in 1993, the SAMURAI SHODOWN series has been known as the premier weapon based versus fighting games, and was essential in cultivating the weapon based fighting game genre. As the first new release in the series in more than 10 years, SAMURAI SHODOWN is aiming to yet again push boundaries and deliver some serious samurai action!

Developed using UNREAL ENGINE 4 and utilizing a unique brushstroke graphical style to match the Japanese roots of the series, Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Galford and a whole cast of other popular characters will battle once again for victory!"

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Street Fighter 6

On February 20, 2022, Capcom announced that Street Fighter 6 is in development.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by Capcom originally released for the arcade in 1999. It is the second follow-up to Street Fighter III, following Street Fighter III 2nd Impact. Like its predecessors, it runs on the CP System III hardware. 3rd Strike increased the character roster by adding five new characters, including Chun-Li. It also added further refinements to the previous game's play mechanics and rules. It was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. A downloadable online version titled Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in August 2011.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Legendary game worlds and fighters collide in the ultimate showdown—a new entry in the Super Smash Bros. series for the Nintendo Switch system! New fighters, like Inkling from the Splatoon series and Ridley from the Metroid series, make their Super Smash Bros. series debut alongside every Super Smash Bros. fighter in the series…EVER! Faster combat, new items, new attacks, new defensive options, and more will keep the battle raging whether you’re at home or on the go.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo

They're back and they're badder than ever! Faster, stronger and with all new moves, twelve of the greatest fighters from across the globe are ready to do battle! Choose your champion and get ready for the big brawl as they try to earn the right to battle M. Bison for the title. And just when you think you've mastered it all, crank it up a notch and go TURBO!

TEKKEN 7

Experience the epic conclusion of the Mishima clan and unravel the reasons behind each step of their ceaseless fight. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Tekken 7 features stunning story-driven cinematic battles and intense duels that can be enjoyed with friends and rivals alike through innovative fight mechanics.

The King of Fighters XV

The King of Fighters XV, is the fifteenth installment of The King of Fighters series. Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV! Classic popular characters, heroes and villains revived from the dead, new challengers, and more!

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes

The first in the series to include rollback netcode, prepare for blistering online matches.
New moves and new battle systems have been added to further evolve the battle.
Experience high-octane battles with ultra high definition pixel graphics.

The tale of the Hollow Night is about to reach its climax...!

Vampire Savior

TEKKEN 8

The Tekken series is breaking into a new era! The longest-running story in a video game franchise is coming back with state-of-the-art graphics and powerful new rivalries. Stay tuned for Tekken 8!