To ramp up the hype before the game's official release - and to give people the opportunity to have a bit of fun, of course - Nintendo is set to bring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to "notable" college football matches in the US over the coming months.
The action comes thanks to a partnership with Wendy’s College Tailgate Tour, the largest travelling fan experience in college football. The whole setup will feature a customised Super Smash Bros. branded trailer, complete with six gameplay stations and a jumbo-sized LED screen for the 'ultimate' gaming experience. The trailer will pull up in dedicated tailgate areas outside of major college stadiums, letting fans gather around, play, and cheer each other on before their big football matches.
Nintendo's Doug Bowser has said the following:
“Many of our biggest fans are now in college and have memories growing up playing one of the games in the Super Smash Bros. series. We want to bring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate directly to longtime and first-time players, and what better way than to combine two of college students’ favorite pastimes: video games and football.”
Here's a full list of the dates and places being visited by the tour. We don't know about you, but seeing a giant Super Smash Bros. themed trailer pull up in our vicinity would be more than enough to get us outside for a bit of much-needed fresh air.
- Sept. 22 – Stanford @ Oregon
- Oct. 6 – Alabama @ Arkansas
- Oct. 13 – Wisconsin @ Michigan
- Oct. 20 – Oklahoma @ TCU
- Oct. 27 – Clemson @ FSU
- Nov. 3 – South Carolina @ Ole Miss
- Nov. 10 – TCU @ West Virginia
- Nov. 17 – Miami @ Virginia Tech
- Nov. 24 – Michigan @ Ohio State
- Dec. 7 – The launch of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!
- Jan. 1, 2019 – Teams and location to be determined
Now then, how do we persuade them to fly this thing over to Nintendo Life HQ in the UK?
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Oct. 6 – Alabama @ Arkansas
Yep, I'll be at this one since I live in Fayetteville and attended UofA (Arkansas). I still have my bag from when they went to the game in Little Rock for Smash 4.
We gonna lose that game against Bama though.
Should I use Ganon since he fits the them for Razorbacks in a way?
Pretty cool
Probably a good move, despite any bias against college and professional sports I might have.
Oh, sure. Go to Ole Miss, but not Mississippi State. I see how it is.
@EmberTune Bama gonna hurt you real bad. Arkansas should be better at football than they are. Tons of players in that state. At least you get a consolation prize!
It's refreshing to see Nintendo aggressively market their products. What's better than dormitory Smash tourneys! If you pick up Smash, probably gonna get Mario Kart, too.
@Giygas_95 haha looks like it's just one stop per state! Those are all marquee matchups from BIG TEN, SEC, ACC, BIG 12 and PAC 12.
No Notre Dame or Army games? That's a shame.
I'm surprised, no Best Buy's here in Wisconsin have the demo available, but Nintendo will have the game set up for the WI@MI match-up.
Well, good luck Nintendo.
But, i will not playing Smash Bros.
I still waiting for Animal Crossing Switch.
If they show up with an actual portable Football game would be even better 🙄
Michigan & Ohio with all the fam in town will be amazing 😃
I wonder how long the lines will be. The December 7th and January 1st lines will probably be miles shorter.
Pretty cool idea. These are all fairly large campuses getting exposure to the game.
(No love for Tennessee. Not surprising though, we're going to suck this year.)
This totally makes sense. Smash bros is just like football, except the ball is your opponent
One of these stops is actually within three hours of me - I don’t think that’s ever happened with a Nintendo event.
Awesome they'll be in Ann Arbor but not for a game I have tickets to. Still might have to check it out since it's only about an hour drive for me.
Yet I’m still excluded unless I go to Virginia Tech. -_-
@Deadlyblack none of the best buys are close to me either, but Ann Arbor is.
Should be a great football game too.
This is incredibly surprising, but it's a really good move to get the game into the hands of people who wouldn't otherwise with the hype that'll happen around these demos.
Dear NintendoLife:
College football has games, not matches.
This is awesome. Smash and Mario Kart are perennial college favorites.
I wish Madden (and NHL for that matter) were on the Switch though. They'd be perfect for tabletop mode multiplayer, especially for college kids. The last sports games I got on a Nintendo console were Madden 2005 and NCAA Football 2005 on the GameCube. It sucks that EA basically has a monopoly on some sports games.
Nice line-up of games. I wonder if Bill Trinnen will put in a surprise appearance at the Sanford - Oregon game, he's got a thing for the Ducks.
One thing middle America has that the northeast doesn't is college football mania.
Should be a fun time had by all.
First, this is marketing awesomeness. Calling it now, 25 mil lifetime sales of Switch's sold before end of year lol
Is that the Michigan vs Ohio St game???? And Michigan gets it twice??
Whelp, gonna go to Ann Arbor for the Wisconsin vs Michigan game, then gonna drive on down to Ohio for another round. This will more than make up for the "tours" that didn't come to my city.
Michigan doesn't want my Ohio State Link!
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