This weekend, Nintendo will be hosting Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's "biggest competition of the year", giving all players the chance to walk away with some very welcome prizes.
The European Online Challenge will be taking place on Saturday 11th December, running from 1pm - 4pm UK time. Every fighter can participate, and players will be taking part in one-vs-one bouts to secure their place at the top of the leaderboards.
Battles will consist of two-stock bouts lasting five minutes, with items and Final Smash meters turned off. Stages will be limited to Omega and Battlefield versions only, with stage hazards also turned off. When all's said and done, the top ten players will each win 2,500 Gold Points (that's £25 to spend on the eShop), and 1,000 Gold Points (£10) will be awarded to each of the remaining top 100 players.
To enter, simply head to the Online Tourney menu during the times mentioned above!
If you don't have an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription, don't worry – you can claim a free seven-day trial to enjoy the event without paying a penny.
[source nintendo.co.uk]
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> Omega and Battlefield only
@iLikeUrAttitude
It's not the worst arrangement for a low stakes online tournament, it reduces downtime between matches.
Cool they finally host a tournament with competitive rules. The pay-outs are trash tho.
@RupeeClock True I was mostly joking anyway lol.
Its cool to see Nintendo finally acknowledge the competitive community for smash even if the rules are a bit iffy and the prize pools are garbage.
Baby steps.
Arghh, I'm working during this time. I'm missing out.
Cooooll! I will join.
At first when they mentioned 100,000 gold points I thought they'd all go to one person, lol.
But I'm still in it to win it!
Even as someone who's getting something from the recent Challenge Cups that NoA ran, I'm torn on which approach I'd personally prefer in the long run.
NoA gave sizeable prizes, but to a small pool. So if you weren't Top 8 or 16 (depending on the recent events), that's 3+ hours down the drain. But NoE giving a minimum of 10€'s worth of Gold Points to the Top 100 gives you a chance of walking away with something, even if it's not terribly valuable.
So do we have to start at 1 o'clock on the dot? Can we start at 4? Is it 'win as many as you possibly can in the time limit'? Win one and have to wait for the next round?
The email I got and this article doesn't explain it well enough for my feeble excuse for a brain.
Not that I'll even win the first fight but would be fun to enter.
@DABYX I also wonder about this. I was curious about joining, but it's my first time so I have no idea how it usually works.
@Imerion Not just me then.
It's funn because the email has a link to 'find out more' but it just repeats the email with no further information.
@Imerion I actually read the small print. It's the dumbest thing ever.
Each match you win adds to a tournament score and you can play an unlimited number of battles.
So the only ones who will win are those who can play from 1-4 for 3 hrs straight.
That's bonkers.
I thought it may have been like the normal online tournament mode but multiples.
@DABYX Oh, I see. That is odd, but thanks for the info!
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