Mew2King | |
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Jason Zimmerman | |
Status | Active |
Born | Jason Sheldon Zimmerman February 5, 1989 |
Hometown | Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey |
Nationality | United States (American) |
Current team | Echo Fox, Most Valuable Gaming |
Games |
Super Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. Brawl Project M Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U |
Career prize money | $218,283.12 |
Nickname(s) | Mew2King M2K The Robot |
2011–2014 | CLASH Tournaments |
2009–2015 | Empire Arcadia |
2012–2014 | Play-For-Keeps |
2014–present | Most Valuable Gaming |
2014–?? | Pastime Legends |
2015–2016 | COGnitive Gaming |
2016–present | Echo Fox |
Jason Sheldon Zimmerman (born February 5, 1989), known by his gamertag Mew2King, shortened as M2K, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player. He has won over 70 tournaments during his career and has won the most prize money playing Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Melee Mew2King primarily plays Sheik, Marth, and Fox. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mew2King mains Meta Knight; however in MK-Banned tournaments, he plays King Dedede or Falco. In Project M, Mew2King plays his namesake character Mewtwo as well as Fox and Mario. In Super Smash Bros. 64, Mew2King is a Kirby specialist. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mew2King's main is Cloud. Mew2King's extremely methodical style of play has earned him the nickname The Robot. He is currently considered one of the "Five Gods" of Melee, along with MaNg0, PPMD, Armada and Hungrybox, Mew2King is known to play Melee using the "claw" grip on his controller. He is considered one of the best Melee players in the world. At one point, he was even considered the best Brawl player in the world, as well as the best Meta Knight player in the world. Although M2K has only won 2 Melee majors since 2013, he has still placed second or third at many of them, and also regularly beats other members of the Big Six. Zimmerman was ranked 3rd in the world in the 2013 SSBMRank, 4th in 2014, 5th in 2015, and 4th in 2016.