- Stocks: 3 - Timer: 8 minutes - Hazards: Off - Items: Off - FS Meter: Off - Mii's are legal (however, your opponent is allowed to ask what the move set is before the set starts) - BF/FD variations are legal (however, your opponent is allowed to deny any that have Z-axis differences) - All sets are best of 3, until Top 6 (or Top 3 if there are more than 12 participants) where it becomes best of 5 - Double Elimination bracket format - Participants who are inactive/non-responsive after 15 minutes of when their set was supposed to start will be DQ'd - Sets may be spectated, recorded and made into VODs, but you can opt out of this at any time, just inform NintenDan that you do not want your sets recorded - Furthermore, at any time during a set, you can request for any spectators in your arena to leave and sets/games that you feel have major lag problems can be replayed if both you and your opponent agree to it
- Lower seeded player will ban 1 stage from the starter stage list, then the higher seeded bans 2 which leaves the lower seeded to pick between the 2 that's remaining - Winner of a game bans 3 stages from the full stage list and the loser must pick from the remaining 6 (No DSR) - If there is a character change, it must be decided before the stage is selected - You can also Gentleman's to any stage you want, meaning you start on any stage as long as both participants agree to it
Starters: - Battlefield - Final Destination - Pokemon Stadium 2 - Smashville - Town & City Counterpicks: - Yoshi's Story - Lylat Cruise - Kalos Pokemon League - Unova Pokemon League