With Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS now just a little over a week away, Nintendo of America has announced a national tournament in the US to find the best fighter in the country. In addition, the Nintendo World Store in New York will run a special event on 2nd October (at 8pm Eastern time) for gamers to get hold of the game early.
The tournament will run with a series of GameStop events on 4th October at 11am in each respective local time. First-come-first-served for 64 players, the winners of each tournament will progress to a live final. The heats, for starters, are below.
- GameStop — Winfield Shopping Center, 966 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95123
- GameStop — Anaheim Town Center, 2004 East Lincoln Ave., Anaheim, CA 92806
- GameStop — c/o Barnes & Noble, 960 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80246
- GameStop — The Brickyard S/C, 6451 W. Diversey Parkway, Suite G-9, Chicago, IL 60707
- GameStop — Dedham Mall, 336 Providence Highway, Dedham, MA 02026
- GameStop — St. John’s Plaza, 9150 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 16, Ellicott City, MD 21042
- GameStop — SWM Skibo S/C, 1590 Skibo Road, Bonnie Doone, NC 28303
- GameStop — 32 E. 14th Street, 32 E. 14th St., New York, NY 10003
- GameStop — Bellevue Square, 242 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA 98004
- GameStop — Tower Shops, 2140 S. University Drive, Davie, FL 33324
- GameStop — Lake Brandon Shoppes, 11025 Causeway Blvd., Brandon, FL 33511
- GameStop — SWM Sand Lake Corner, 8115 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL 32819
- GameStop — Chamblee Village, 1841 Chamblee Tucker Rd., Suite 3A, Chamblee, GA 30341
- GameStop — c/o Barnes & Noble, 3003 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
- GameStop — c/o Barnes & Noble, 2201 Preston Rd., Suite E, Plano, TX 75093
- Nintendo World — 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
Local winners will get a trip to the final at the Nintendo World store in New York on 11th October, with the overall winner earning prestige, a winner's robe and a trophy. We'll all be able to watch live online, as well, with a broadcast at 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK / midnight CET live on Twitch and YouTube.
Are you in the US and planning to compete in a heat, or heading to the advance launch in New York on 2nd October? Let us know.
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None of those places are near me... ;_;
And..... none in PA. -_-
..........
I'm speechless.
@Maelstrom 3 stops on Florida and not one in PA. Lame.
Yay! Nintendo doing another event that's hours away from WV! I guess this time a lot of states aren't included though.
I wonder if the scarf kid from E3 is gonna show up!
One day after the game launches? That's gonna be tough.
I suppose if you've had plenty of practice in the demo that's an advantage!
Did Nintendo of America forgot about the state where their headquarters are.
I live in Canada so doesn't affect me.
Nothing near me other then a 5 hour drive to Chicago.....then again I'd get my behind kicked anyway so I guess I save the embarrassment.
Nintendo never has anything in Austin, TX.
I was planning on going to the Big House 4 instead, which is also on October 4th. I'd rather see top players like Mew2King, Armanda, and HungryBox in person instead to going to a casual FFA tournament with items on. Big House 4 it is!
Nintendo did something like this for Brawl. I didn't get to play, but my GameStop participated. Still fun to watch.
Aw, nothing near Huntsville AL...
I'm in Rome, GA... not sure how Chamblee GA is, so I'll look that up. I want to go to this, but I will just have to see. EDIT: Looked it up - two hours away. Not bad at all - I drove two hours for Smash Fest at Best Buy, so may go to this.
...nope. Two in NYC, but I'm like 7 hours from there.
@SphericalCrusher How close is it to the Alabama/Georgia border?
Ahhww nothin close to Rio de Janeiro =/ just kidding in Brazil we almost never got good stuff like this.
Yay... nothing in CT. Thanks alot Nintendo.
Yay one in Houston. Unless the line of people waiting to participate is insanely long then I'll go and have a crack at it
GameStop — Tower Shops, 2140 S. University Drive, Davie, FL 33324
HOLY CRAP!! That's right around my house! This is the closest place that a Nintendo event had ever been to me!! Now I feel guilty if I didn't participate! Why can't they do this with the limited edition collector games like the Hyrule Warriors skarf! DX
Why do you hate my city, Nintendo?
Ouch. None of that is near me. Good luck to anyone that enters!
Circle Pads will Break
None in Pennsylvania... oh well. I'll have the game.
@UnseatingKDawg There's some in NY and NY is next to Pensylvania
Oh look, none in Virginia! Ah, well, I don't think I'd win very many matches anyways, especially since my brother would come as well if it was near us, and he would cream me.
@MrMario02 True, and so is Maryland; but depending on where you live in PA, it could mean a 6+ hour drive for an opportunity to get into the event. The entire tournament is lame. If you want to find out who the best is, open it up to more people!
On a side note, I didn't know there were this many PA games on here....Keystone represent!
Is there money involved?
Chamblee over Atlanta or Savannah??? What gives????
Where's the love for Philly? Ah well. I'm still going anyway.
Only in NYC NY?
One in Denver? That's really rare.
I'd like to go, but I don't think I really have the means to get there. Good luck to everyone who enters!
"we're looking for the best fighter"
everybody plays as the same character..
@Stomatopod17 Mega Mans... Mega Mans EVERYWHERE!!!
Just like NoA, it's only west of the Cascades... Bellevue, Wa
The closest one to me is in Chicago, which is just a mere 8-9hrs away... Don't think I'll be participating.
If they really wanted a "National" event, then they would have state tourneys that became regional that became national. This on the other hand is great if you happen to live on of the selected Metropolis but most of us don't.
damn i hate living in South Carolina
sighs Not a single event near me yet again. T.T
First rhe Smash Club in Canada and now this? I won't stop saying it, WE NEED A NINTENDO OF LATIN AMERICA branch
If by "best in the country" they mean best in New York and Florida and a handfull of other areas, then this is great. But I nor many other people can't participate in an event spread across 16 gamestops for a whole country. :/
@Obito_Tennyson I know right! I missed the Best Buy Smashfest but the Gamestop on Davie Rd is only 10 min from my house so no excuse for me I'll definitely be there...
HOLY CRAP. JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY, ORLANDO?! THAT'S LITERALLY A HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM MY HOUSE
But a trip? I can't win then because I can't just leave my job.
Meh. I might try to go. You never know how well you'll do until you try.
Put it on Twitch! Plus, why no Ohio places?
No way I'm taking a 2 hour trip for a first come-first served event, even though I usually excell at free for alls since most competitive players couldn't care less about it
It ok not to have one in Ohio, but not in the surrounding states is a little sad, especially PA.
@Maelstrom i feel you bro. I live in little old Reading.
I live in MA, but in the pioneer valley, so this might pose a problem
Well, Better start traning cause I HAVE TO BE THERE!
None in Arizona... I see how it is, Nintendo.
"National Open Tournament"
15 locations. 10 states. Out of 50. Those are terrible ratios, Nintendo. Ah well, have fun to those of you who go.
@Senario Yay, another competitive player! I'm sorry that you can't make the trip to Big House 4, but it's good to know that I'm not the only one here who knows that this GameStop tournament is going to be trash compared to Big House 4.
I'm not expecting to do extremely well or anything, but it should still be a great experience and I can finally meet some top players in person. My tournament tag is Handy Man, keep a lookout for me!
Love the idea but really...none in ohio? Or they could just have more not in NY
Wow only 4 hours away! I might attend but I'll have to wait a couple hours to play. I think I'll just stay home.
I'm there.
Anaheim isn't too far, let's do this s***.
Look out DFW, because I'm ready to SMASH
Even if I was currently in my home state of Indiana instead of Australia, there is pretty much no way that I could get to Chicago before sixty other Nintendo fans from Chicago got there. Maybe they think that they have trouble getting people (although I have seen enough evidence to disagree), but I would appreciate it if they would find a second spot in the Midwest to host these kinds of events. Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, even Fort Wayne. Just to spread the traffic out a little at these kinds of events. I did have a good time at the Zelda concert in Chicago though.
NOW IM REALLY FIRED UP!!! So going for the first time it actually in my area!
Nice! I think I may actually head to the one at the Anaheim Town Center. I guess it's time to brush up on my skills!
...With the demo.
I live somewhat near San Jose, but I doubt I will make it. :/
@MrMario02: I realize that. But I don't have time for a road trip.
This might be limited in scope to see if a larger second one would be successful.
Bonnie Doone lol?? What a frickin' oddball location to pick in NC. The middle of nowhere and too far to drive. Oh well.
I wish something like this could happen in Scandinavia, but when was the last time Nintendo did that?
@Luigifan141 Where can I find out about Big Proffesional tourneys for smash?
@xSinCarax SmashBoards is a great website for Super Smash Bros. in general, and they have a ton of tournament listings there. The /r/smashbros SubReddit also has some competitive posts made now and then, and Facebook has a ton of groups for Smash based on your area. Click the link below to find a group in your area:
http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/wiki/facebook
I hope I could help!
@Luigifan141 you joking right? You just helped a TON! add my Fan Page so I can play against you sometime and LIVE stream it facebook.com/xSinCarax THANKS for the info!
I should check this site more often. The one in Davie is like a half hour drive from my house, at most. I could have gone.
Though, I DO think Nintendo should have waited until longer than the morning the day after it's released. Seems a bit early, doesn't it?
Ah, well. I'm better at traditional fighting games like MvC or Street Fighter anyhow. I lost, like, five matches out of eight against the AI in the demo.
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