This Year's Genesis 5 Smash Bros Tournament To Officially Partner With Nintendo

Inb4 "We want Smash for Switch"

All we need now is confirmation of "Smash Bros for Switch gameplay will be shown"

@Tsurii Many people do. Why wouldn't they?

I can’t see SSB Brawl mentioned. Isn’t it as popular?

I thought we were getting a genesis style smash game for a second.

C'mon, Nintendo Life. Everyone who Genesis is: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks.

@BornInNorway81 quite the opposite. Brawl was panned globally in the competitive circuit because of the trip/slip mechanic.

Also the Japanese name for the Architect in Xenoblade Chronicles 2! (God of Genesis)

Confusing headline.

Nice, maybe they'll announce Sm4sh DX there, hahaha.

@progx
Oh man, this is already 5th Genesis without Genesis, they gotta fix it.

Holier than a book from the Bible? Wow. XD Okay then...

@Snakesglowcaps
Thanks. I didn't know. I never played Brawl.

SSB Rumble for Nintendo Switch surprise announcement and mini tournament at the end of the event.

Is it weird that I hope this isn't to announce a Smash game/port?

If it isn't for the game then this is huge for the Smash competitive scene. Actually being taken seriously by Nintendo and getting to partner with them. Other companies do this, it would be about time Nintendo did this.

I love watching competitive Smash, but I'm good with playing mostly just for fun. So either way I'll be happy.

If there is any plans to port Smash 4 to the Switch, this event seems like the most obvious time and place to announce it.

LOL, I saw a "5", "Smash" and right away misread it! XD
I found "Nintendo Genesis" humorous though

Oh great.......Nintendo is now patronizing the toxic Smash community.

@Tsurii It's easily the fastest out of the Smash Bros games when it comes to matches. Also, the attacks "feel" like they hit harder, anywhere from Meteor smashes and to Smash attacks. It definitely has its fans due to those things.

Important thing about Genesis 5, it's the first big tournament since ZeRo the best player in the world announced his retirement from Smash 4, so we're entering a new era of dominance.

@JJ286 Woah, calm down there. Making broad generalizations ends up poorly for everyone. I'm a part of that community, and while I find a lot of them to be pretty annoying personally and get what you're saying, there's no reason to start making such broad statements. Once you get to know them, they're not all that "toxic". It's easier to say a group is bad when you don't spend much time with them (which, I could be wrong, I'm assuming you don't). In isolation, you don't have anything to keep caricatures in check, and groups of people warp into parodies of themselves.

@BornInNorway81 there actually were Brawl tournaments but pretty much everyone who played that game competitively moved on to Smash Wii U as soon as it came out

Smashbros switch pleace! I think we will see a teaser soon and a full trailer at E3 and the hypetrain blows up again lol.
i think that bandai namco will handle it this time because they helped with the last one. Would be awesome tho, adventure mode back please, cutscene endings etc, larger roster.

"If you've got any Smash tourney memories, share them with us below..."

My friend took me to a weekly event at a local college. There was maybe one other normal person there, but the rest was all neckbeards and weirdos lol.

@Tsurii Sure, Melee and Smash 4 are much more popular, but SSB64 has different mechanics, so it's absolutely playable as its own game.