For a tournament played by people who got their hands on the game the very same day, hosted by someone like Geoff, and a little kept back with some obvious Nintendo restrictions (the commenting, even if awesome, was little bit held back I think, and from time to time they obviously told them to explain some features about the game which sounded forced), it was AMAZING.
Simply, utterly, amazingly funny.
It has to become a tradition, simple as that. Maybe next year we could have a competitive-only tournament, without items and with the skilled pros who were missing (Mew2King and Mango for example). This time it made sense to do it like this because well, the players wouldn't have had any idea how to play at their high levels anyway (Ken am cry).
Geoff was a little annoying at times (around the sixteenth time he asked people not to vote for Pikachu, I'd guess) but he was OK.
The commentators were good, again, they did the best they could with what they had.
The Media brawl and the Celebrity brawl were kinda random but whatever, Zelda <3.
Next time make it competitive-only, or at least make two tournaments, one for Fun and one for Glory, and maybe throw a couple of surprises in there (I think the Pac-Man reveal should've been at the end of the Invitational, but even Captain Falcon would've totally suffice really).
As far as the game goes, it looks fun as hell. I admit that around the middle of the Tournament I started to get bored a little but because they didn't have the full game at their disposal (new stages would've been neat, or at least a different one every time). The game looks fast when 1 on 1 and crazy when free-for-all.
Also, I didn't even talk about the best thing about it: it was basically a message. Nintendo is listening to the competitive players. Nintendo supports EVO. Nintendo supports the best Smash Bros. experience. Can't wait to see their presence this Summer (because Sm4sh is TOTALLY going to be there).