Today's Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct was full of details around Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, with a particularly exciting announcement being customisable and official Tourneys; these won't be available on launch day, however.
When they do arrive, though, they look promising. Standard Tourneys are rather similar to their equivalents in Mario Kart 8; users can create up to two at a time, and various rules and customisations can be made. From the brief snippets shown you'll be able to set timeframes, win requirements, stage types and number of participants, along with other options. Official Tourneys, meanwhile, will be 64 player battles of survival as you try and advance through knockout rounds; it'll be possible to watch replays of all matches.
Details were scarce, and it'll "take a little while" for the modes to arrive in the game, but they will hopefully flesh out the experience and allow online communities to easily play each other. Yes, we're planning to host Nintendo Life Tourneys.
Are you excited about this reveal? Let us know in the comments below.
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I was most excited about this. Yes a dedicated Tournament Mode!
Looks great!
No item stock tournaments finally.
@BensonUii Please post that gif everywhere! I'm literally LOL-ing everytime I see it!
On Topic: I'm most excited for this and 8 player smash! From this point forward, 8 player smash will be the single best way to throw a party until the end of time!
This Direct was awesome. I was thinking about the article you guys ran earlier today and then the tournament announcement came up.
Also, they have an Elincia trophy, UGH!!!!!
Bring it on NLife
Hopefully the devs of The Letter,Spikey Walls and Mad Men Football take part in the NL tourneys so we can all beat the crap out of them.
This is incredible.
Wow! Had a feeling this mode was coming but great to finally see it confirmed. Looking forward to fighting skilled players online in this mode.
Can't wait to battle everyone on Nintendo Life tournaments. (Or regular matches if you want to fight me privately. )
You guys happy nintendo life. Now I better see a 10 come November or when ever you games get the review copy. I sure will be playing it come November 21.
I wish Offline Tournies would be a thing. Nothing makes me happier in games than Tournaments (or league tables), even if it is against AI.
Looks like I'll be meeting everyone here on the Battlefield, but you'll all be sending me to my Final Destination...
@Jazzer94 sniff It's everything I ever dreamed of...
Jokes aside, this is really great news! I was seriously hoping that they'd do this so I wouldn't have to add friend codes for whoever I wanted to battle. Plus, I'm super excited about being able to play with the NL community again and NOT get my butt handed to me in Mario Kart.
This is the feature I've looked forward to the most, and I got it. Thank you so much, Nintendo!
Get ready Nintendolife community! I've waited so long for this feature in Smash
So are Tourneys kinda like small custom tournaments or something?
You guys ready to rumble ! I'll be looking for tourneys on here.
This is so exciting! begins training on 3ds
Hey, I don't mind waiting for such a great feature. The question is, how long?
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Smash Bros has been BEGGING for a online feature like this.
So basically smash bros Wii U hasn't finished developing?
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