Back in late February Nintendo of America (and GameStop) hosted some small regional contests for Pokkén Tournament as part of its 'Early Access' tournament. The idea was simple, regional winners progress to a live final and - should they win that - they can then have a crack at winning the Nationals and then Worlds of the official Pokkén Tournament Championship Series. Along with a Wii U and copy of the game, that's a handsome prize.
Well, the final at the NY Store is almost upon us, and in recent days Nintendo has been introducing its 'trainers' - recognisable faces from the competitive gaming scene - and its 16 regional winners (eight each in two age brackets). It should be a fun contest, especially as there'll hopefully be an eager crowd at the NY Store venue - with the tournament being the day before the game's release there'll certainly be some buzz.
The tournament kicks off at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 8pm UK / 9pm CET on 17th March, and we're planning to host the stream and run the usual live blog and comments. Are you looking forward to seeing some competitive Pokkén Tournament action?
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A palm-inward V-sign, Tasty Steve? Watch it, this is a mostly British site!
justin mother effin wong. that's his full name. i don't think there's a fighting game this guy hasn't done well in. even then, i still remember him most for daigo's parry.
This is actually pretty cool that these guys aren't just directly competing, but are TRAINING others to compete. I like the sense of community involvement here. I really wasn't on board with Pokken Tourney until I read Alex's review on NL. Def think I'll be picking it up.
Seeing as so many youtubers got sent early copies of the game for publicity reasons I have to wonder if these competitive fighting game players got sent early copies so they could actually practice and know what they're doing for this event. I'd be kind of silly to ask these guys to teach others how to play unless they had a decent amount of practice and experience themselves, otherwise all they can do is talk about fighting game fundamentals.
@DarkKirby I don't know if the trainers got early copies, but all the trainers except for ESAM, Nairo, and DKWill were in the Pokken invitational that was part of last year's Pokemon World Championship, so they have at least some experience with the game.
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