Super Smash Bros

Super Smash Bros features a unique gaming format, exclusively focusing on one-on-one matches. Each match is composed of three distinct “teams,” with only one player on each team. “The team-based games like Valorant have group practices, but for Super Smash Bros, we don’t really practice together,” said Elias Hagfors, senior Super Smash Bros player. Hagfors highlights that since it’s a solo game there’s really no need for group practices.

Like many of the players, Hagfors joined the esports program through Mounds View’s promotions and doesn’t take playing too seriously. “I got into Esports through a link from a school announcement,” he said. “It’s just a side hobby, I don’t feel too competitive about this.”

Despite the absence of team practices, the competitive structure and season follow a similar format as other esports games.