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Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-11 04:16:18
April 29 2014 19:06 GMT
#1
The tourney is over! If you missed it, the whole thing can be seen here. It starts around 7:36:30
Here's youtube if you'd rather watch it there.
UPDATE:

Who Actually will be attending:
On May 30 2014 03:47 ]343[ wrote:
Bump!

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First 3 rounds: 4-player free-for-all, 4 stocks, 5 minutes, items on. Top 2 advance.
Grand Finals: 1v1 on Battlefield, items off.

Players are character-locked via some sort of "draft picking" process. (I wonder if they'll get the chance to try out the characters beforehand, lol.)

ALSO: Gamecube controller adapters for the Wii U announced!!


More Information:
On May 30 2014 03:57 Sufinsil wrote:

Announcement video


Also
Host: Geoff Keighley

Playable Characters:
Little Mac, Zero Suit Samus, Bowser, Wii Fit Trainer, Marth, Mega Man, Pit, Villager, Pikachu, Mario, Link, Kirby, Samus, Rosalina&Luma, Sonic, Donkey Kong, Greninja, Pikmin&Olimar, Zelda, Fox,




I wonder if the GC controller will work with other, older Wii U games.

Thanks for the updates guys!

Gaze upon the sexiness!
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First Announcement:
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Looks like Nintendo has taken a page out of Valve's book and announced its first ever Super Smash Bros. Invitational tournament. The event takes place during E3 in LA, where 16 players will battle it out at the Nokia theater, where thousands of smash fans can see the new game in action, in the hands of the best!

Also in the video Nintendo announced that the new Smash Bros. game will be able to be played at Best Buys across the country.

If you haven't seen the video yet, I suggest it. It's pretty funny and has some other Nintendo E3 goodies announced in it.
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
April 29 2014 19:27 GMT
#2
On April 30 2014 04:06 Yergidy wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghEhI4CJjAM

Looks like Nintendo has taken a page out of Valve's book and announced its first ever Super Smash Bros. International tournament.

Do you have a list of the invited players since you say it's an international tournament?
Shai
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada806 Posts
April 29 2014 19:29 GMT
#3
On April 30 2014 04:27 Lucumo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2014 04:06 Yergidy wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghEhI4CJjAM

Looks like Nintendo has taken a page out of Valve's book and announced its first ever Super Smash Bros. International tournament.

Do you have a list of the invited players since you say it's an international tournament?


Pretty sure he meant invitational. That video is all we know.
Eagerly awaiting Techies.
Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
April 29 2014 19:37 GMT
#4
On April 30 2014 04:29 Shai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2014 04:27 Lucumo wrote:
On April 30 2014 04:06 Yergidy wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghEhI4CJjAM

Looks like Nintendo has taken a page out of Valve's book and announced its first ever Super Smash Bros. International tournament.

Do you have a list of the invited players since you say it's an international tournament?


Pretty sure he meant invitational. That video is all we know.

Yes Invitational, Sorry got TI4 on the brain. lol. Fixed.
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kuresuti
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
1393 Posts
April 29 2014 20:37 GMT
#5
Did Nintendo drop the anti-competitive act? Might not be a supercompetitive tournament, but a tournament none the less.
Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
April 29 2014 21:14 GMT
#6
nintendo, competitive gaming? What world am I in right now?
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
April 29 2014 21:18 GMT
#7
On April 30 2014 05:37 kuresuti wrote:
Did Nintendo drop the anti-competitive act? Might not be a supercompetitive tournament, but a tournament none the less.

probably. i think they're realizing how popular competitive gaming is and is getting
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WilliamDonaldLewis
Profile Joined April 2014
United States22 Posts
April 29 2014 22:06 GMT
#8
they need the good ingredients from diablo 2 plus the good ingredients from soul caliber with a promise of continued benefit something from previous games. imagine a character that could take part in all genres of games then the tournament would get attention from gamers from all genres. smash bros wont attract attention of questors or hack and slashers or rts players or first person shooters but it could. it could potentially add another level of strategy of rts which to level raynor or kerrigan. and it would add another level of team work. why they aint doing that? it would be greater chance to play with friends of different tastes imagine terran with whirlwind start against necro zerglings and fire golem. a place to level and rts. d2 chars would need size upgrade or ride upgrade, sonszilla !!! ultralisk or supersized barbarian!! and imagine bonus quests where the questor would benefit with the help of a rts captain that has the ability to go to the native questors game. what would you expect the tournament attention would be. I can imagine barcrafters and arcades with ultralisk ride options similar to mechanical bull!!
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ahw
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada1099 Posts
April 29 2014 23:24 GMT
#9
On April 30 2014 07:06 WilliamDonaldLewis wrote:
they need the good ingredients from diablo 2 plus the good ingredients from soul caliber with a promise of continued benefit something from previous games. imagine a character that could take part in all genres of games then the tournament would get attention from gamers from all genres. smash bros wont attract attention of questors or hack and slashers or rts players or first person shooters but it could. it could potentially add another level of strategy of rts which to level raynor or kerrigan. and it would add another level of team work. why they aint doing that? it would be greater chance to play with friends of different tastes imagine terran with whirlwind start against necro zerglings and fire golem. a place to level and rts. d2 chars would need size upgrade or ride upgrade, sonszilla !!! ultralisk or supersized barbarian!! and imagine bonus quests where the questor would benefit with the help of a rts captain that has the ability to go to the native questors game. what would you expect the tournament attention would be. I can imagine barcrafters and arcades with ultralisk ride options similar to mechanical bull!!



what?




I like how they didn't actually say which game will be played
soon.Cloak
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States983 Posts
April 29 2014 23:47 GMT
#10
On April 30 2014 08:24 ahw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2014 07:06 WilliamDonaldLewis wrote:
they need the good ingredients from diablo 2 plus the good ingredients from soul caliber with a promise of continued benefit something from previous games. imagine a character that could take part in all genres of games then the tournament would get attention from gamers from all genres. smash bros wont attract attention of questors or hack and slashers or rts players or first person shooters but it could. it could potentially add another level of strategy of rts which to level raynor or kerrigan. and it would add another level of team work. why they aint doing that? it would be greater chance to play with friends of different tastes imagine terran with whirlwind start against necro zerglings and fire golem. a place to level and rts. d2 chars would need size upgrade or ride upgrade, sonszilla !!! ultralisk or supersized barbarian!! and imagine bonus quests where the questor would benefit with the help of a rts captain that has the ability to go to the native questors game. what would you expect the tournament attention would be. I can imagine barcrafters and arcades with ultralisk ride options similar to mechanical bull!!



what?




I like how they didn't actually say which game will be played

Ya, this is the big question. PM would be way too much to ask, I think, but Melee instead of (or in addition to, I guess is more likely) Brawl...
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
April 30 2014 00:06 GMT
#11
Nintendo finally realizing that no matter what they do, SSB will be a competitive game. Hopefully they invite awesome people!
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[Phantom]
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Mexico2170 Posts
April 30 2014 00:16 GMT
#12
i hope is smash 4

supousedly the 3ds versión will be out in the summer, but i hope they also have the wii u version as a demo or in the tournament (obiously as a beta or something not finished).
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synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
April 30 2014 00:22 GMT
#13
On April 30 2014 08:24 ahw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2014 07:06 WilliamDonaldLewis wrote:
they need the good ingredients from diablo 2 plus the good ingredients from soul caliber with a promise of continued benefit something from previous games. imagine a character that could take part in all genres of games then the tournament would get attention from gamers from all genres. smash bros wont attract attention of questors or hack and slashers or rts players or first person shooters but it could. it could potentially add another level of strategy of rts which to level raynor or kerrigan. and it would add another level of team work. why they aint doing that? it would be greater chance to play with friends of different tastes imagine terran with whirlwind start against necro zerglings and fire golem. a place to level and rts. d2 chars would need size upgrade or ride upgrade, sonszilla !!! ultralisk or supersized barbarian!! and imagine bonus quests where the questor would benefit with the help of a rts captain that has the ability to go to the native questors game. what would you expect the tournament attention would be. I can imagine barcrafters and arcades with ultralisk ride options similar to mechanical bull!!



what?




I like how they didn't actually say which game will be played

logically, if they want to show off smash4 there then it'll be smash4. otherwise, hoping for melee :3
:)
Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-30 00:29:04
April 30 2014 00:26 GMT
#14
Smash 4 is going to be the game played.

he tournament will see sixteen highly-skilled Smashers converge to compete in the Wii U version of the new title, streamed live for the world to see it in the hands of these dedicated competitors for the first time.

Source: http://shoryuken.com/2014/04/29/nintendo-holding-invitational-for-upcoming-super-smash-bros-at-e3-2014/
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soon.Cloak
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States983 Posts
April 30 2014 04:44 GMT
#15
On April 30 2014 09:26 Yergidy wrote:
Smash 4 is going to be the game played.

Show nested quote +
he tournament will see sixteen highly-skilled Smashers converge to compete in the Wii U version of the new title, streamed live for the world to see it in the hands of these dedicated competitors for the first time.

Source: http://shoryuken.com/2014/04/29/nintendo-holding-invitational-for-upcoming-super-smash-bros-at-e3-2014/

Thanks for that! Now all we have to do is wait to see who's invited... I have no idea what the scene looks like now-Any chance liquid will be represented?
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
April 30 2014 05:37 GMT
#16
On April 30 2014 13:44 soon.Cloak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2014 09:26 Yergidy wrote:
Smash 4 is going to be the game played.

he tournament will see sixteen highly-skilled Smashers converge to compete in the Wii U version of the new title, streamed live for the world to see it in the hands of these dedicated competitors for the first time.

Source: http://shoryuken.com/2014/04/29/nintendo-holding-invitational-for-upcoming-super-smash-bros-at-e3-2014/

Thanks for that! Now all we have to do is wait to see who's invited... I have no idea what the scene looks like now-Any chance liquid will be represented?

i would say ken is probably going. they probably want to invite big names to get more attention, even if they're not the best right now.
:)
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
April 30 2014 05:45 GMT
#17
On April 30 2014 14:37 synapse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2014 13:44 soon.Cloak wrote:
On April 30 2014 09:26 Yergidy wrote:
Smash 4 is going to be the game played.

he tournament will see sixteen highly-skilled Smashers converge to compete in the Wii U version of the new title, streamed live for the world to see it in the hands of these dedicated competitors for the first time.

Source: http://shoryuken.com/2014/04/29/nintendo-holding-invitational-for-upcoming-super-smash-bros-at-e3-2014/

Thanks for that! Now all we have to do is wait to see who's invited... I have no idea what the scene looks like now-Any chance liquid will be represented?

i would say ken is probably going. they probably want to invite big names to get more attention, even if they're not the best right now.


Especially because it will be a new game, so no one should be that much more skilled than anyone else. He'd definitely draw in the viewers
Orcasgt24
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada3238 Posts
April 30 2014 06:58 GMT
#18
I'm going to assume they will try and invite as many different players as they can that player different characters. So I doubt the 3 best foxes are gonna make the tourney or multiple Marth guys.
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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
April 30 2014 11:14 GMT
#19
this is awesome
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Alakaslam
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States17336 Posts
April 30 2014 15:15 GMT
#20
Hello Nazgul. I agree.
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