{"id":15648,"date":"2018-03-22T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/super_smash_bros_switch_and_splatoon_2_tournaments_will_take_place_at_e3_this_summer"},"modified":"2018-03-22T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T12:30:00","slug":"super-smash-bros-switch-and-splatoon-2-tournaments-will-take-place-at-e3-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/22\/super-smash-bros-switch-and-splatoon-2-tournaments-will-take-place-at-e3-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Smash Bros. Switch And Splatoon 2 Tournaments Will Take Place At E3 This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/super_smash_bros_switch_and_splatoon_2_tournaments_will_take_place_at_e3_this_summer\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo has confirmed that it will be hosting both the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> World Championship 2018, and <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros\">Super Smash Bros.<\/a><\/strong> Invitational 2018, in an E3-related event in Los Angeles, CA on 11th &#8211; 12th June.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first exhibition tournament featuring the recently announced\u00a0Super Smash Bros.\u00a0game coming to Switch in 2018, and suggests that the game may well be making its first grand appearance during the event.\u00a0This\u00a0is an invitational competition, with an undisclosed number of the game&#8217;s best players set to be invited by Nintendo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Splatoon\u00a02\u00a0World Championship will feature four top teams, each of which will qualify for the event from Japan, Europe, U.S.\/Canada, and Australia\/New Zealand.\u00a0Prior to this\u00a0Championship, Nintendo will host U.S.\/Canada online qualifiers which will allow\u00a0teams of four, ages 13 and up, to try and earn their place in the grand finals. These qualifiers will take place on 21st April starting at 11am PT, and finals will take place on 28th April at 8am PT. If you&#8217;re interested, you can find out more <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fe3.nintendo.com%2Fsplatoon-2-inkling-open%2F&amp;esheet=51777382&amp;newsitemid=20180322005412&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fe3.nintendo.com%2Fsplatoon-2-inkling-open%2F&amp;index=3&amp;md5=cde955f73469b96534fde287ac8ba339\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Bowser, Nintendo\u00a0of America\u2019s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNintendo always takes an original approach to video game competitions, and the portability of Nintendo Switch enables unique gameplay possibilities. We\u2019re looking forward to watching some of the best players in the world test their skills against each other in these two uniquely competitive games.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The competitions will be live-streamed, allowing viewers at home to soak up all of the action, and there is no doubt that some ridiculously high levels of play will be on show.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to see Super Smash Bros. at E3? The countdown begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Nintendo has confirmed that it will be hosting both the Splatoon 2 World Championship 2018, and Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018, in an E3-related event in Los Angeles, CA on 11th &#8211; 12th June. This will be the first exhibition tournament featuring the recently announced\u00a0Super Smash Bros.\u00a0game coming to Switch in 2018, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}