West Michigan Melee

Welcome to West Michigan Melee! We are primarily located around Grand Rapids and have 3 local Melee event series. (More info below.) DMs are open for any questions about our events or others near our area.

Announcing BODIED 13, August 22 in Ann Arbor! BODIED is the premier Michigan regional series with the unique waterfall bracket format guaranteeing 4 games no matter how you do. Registration is $10 cheaper for the rest of June, so make sure to register soon! startgg/bodied13

The bridge between the past and the present. Pleased to announce the 2026 installment of the annual Michigan Melee Summit: 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 Join us for a historical evening, featuring some of the best talent Michigan Melee has to offer. July 25th, 2026

Here's the latest GRPR! Congrats to those who made it, and shoutout to all the players who make it out every week to play the game!

Registration for the Michigan Melee Arcadian ENDS TOMORROW at 11:59PM! Don’t miss the deadline if you want to play!

✶ Out of the Blue 5 📷 @bluerosetori

ICYMI we had an ad at Out of the Blue @chicagosmajor! I hope you enjoyed watching the tournament and if you’re now itching to play, the MI Arcadian is a great place to go! We will have a similar bracket experience and also some of the same staff who helped put on OotB!

🌊Crashing into 2026, Riptide is back! Join us September 11-13, 2026 for the waterpark event of the summer! 🌊Ultimate 🌊Melee 🦑Splatoon 3 🌊Rivals 2 🏎️Mario Kart World 🧑‍🎓Collegiate Crews 🦍 💙Like 🔃Retweet 🫂Tag a friend for your chance to win a free pass

Out of the Blue 5 is on March 28th! Featuring: Over 10 top 100 players Double Elimination Water Fall Melee Singles Bracket Multiple controller modders Top Midwest event & stream production Multiple side events Near public transit/free parking Link in replies:

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I've been busy, and so has the region! Congrats to those who made it this time and good luck to everyone else! 🎨 @Merlisker

Just when you thought it was over, the premier Michigan regional returns, BODIED IS BACK!! Featuring Triples, Doubles, and the unique waterfall format for Melee Singles! Saturday, December 13th in Ann Arbor, MI. Registration is live! start.gg/bodied-12

Lets run it back...

The National Arcadian is coming and is just across Lake Michigan in the one, the only Chicago - on July 19, 2025 💥 Never been globally ranked? Here is your time to shine. Michigan, let’s bring this win home!! start.gg/tournament/unr…

Slippi Nintendont 1.13.0 is a must-update for TOs and players alike, finally enabling true and reliable power-on + walk-away autobooting. Changes include: - Fix black screen freeze on boot - Boot hotswap without USB drive - Disable Freeze Glitch - Fix booting from USB dl ⬇️

9. Coolslice won Freeplay Melee, beating saucymain and 22K (MA) 10. Pi won Bristol’s Dog Zone Locals, beating Lima Bean and Marzipann (Wales) 11. noon won NL Netplay, beating Thom and NVZ (Online) 12. Nyte won Moonwalkers, beating colm and Cyn (MI)

Honorable Mention 2: colm, for placing 2nd at Moonwalkers as the 6th seed, beating CAM and Nyte! Honorable Mention 3: Cyn, for placing 3rd at Moonwalkers as the 7th seed, beating cloudy, Woley, and Anzeray!

Mich Arcadian was amazing! Really love the audio work I did as that's my weakness + pushed through after working oos for the past week with 15+ hour shifts each day. ty @MichiganMelee for all the love & @JDMH_ for the support & doing replays impromptu 🐐 youtu.be/OerF4ebQvHY?si…

2025 MICHIGAN MELEE ARCADIAN DRAFT CREWS!!!!!!!!

🌊6 days left of Early Bird reg for Riptide 2025! Sign up before midnight on March 31st to save $10! 🌊Ultimate 🌊Melee 🦑Splatoon 3 🌊@RivalsOfAether 2 🛞Mario Kart

CAM's Nyteclub is back on March 22nd! With our usual offerings of food, fun, and a *lot* of Melee. Featuring a Mystery Game bracket run by Zam, the Combo Breaker Mystery Game Champion! Link below! ⬇ ⬇ ⬇