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Nintendo to Host Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS National Open Tournament

by GH Staff
Nintendo to Host Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS National Open Tournament

Nintendo has announced that they will be hosting a US exclusive tournament titled the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS National Open Tournament.

Starting October 4th, those interested in joining the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS National Open Tournament can visit select Gamestop stores (listed below) and, if they are one of the first 64 players to sign up, will then compete in the tournament, with the winners of each Gamestop store moving on to the finals.

The follow Gamestop stores (and the lone Nintendo World store) will host the starting tournaments on October 4th at 11 AM for each locations’ local time:

  • GameStop — Winfield Shopping Center, 966 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95123
  • GameStop — Anaheim Town Center, 2004 East Lincoln Ave., Anaheim, CA 92806
  • GameStop — c/o Barnes & Noble, 960 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80246
  • GameStop — The Brickyard S/C, 6451 W. Diversey Parkway, Suite G-9, Chicago, IL 60707
  • GameStop — Dedham Mall, 336 Providence Highway, Dedham, MA 02026
  • GameStop — St. John’s Plaza, 9150 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 16, Ellicott City, MD 21042
  • GameStop — SWM Skibo S/C, 1590 Skibo Road, Bonnie Doone, NC 28303
  • GameStop — 32 E. 14th Street, 32 E. 14th St., New York, NY 10003
  • GameStop — Bellevue Square, 242 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA 98004
  • GameStop — Tower Shops, 2140 S. University Drive, Davie, FL 33324
  • GameStop — Lake Brandon Shoppes, 11025 Causeway Blvd., Brandon, FL 33511
  • GameStop — SWM Sand Lake Corner, 8115 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL 32819
  • GameStop — Chamblee Village, 1841 Chamblee Tucker Rd., Suite 3A, Chamblee, GA 30341
  • GameStop — c/o Barnes & Noble, 3003 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77025
  • GameStop — c/o Barnes & Noble, 2201 Preston Rd., Suite E, Plano, TX 75093
  • Nintendo World — 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020

The finals will be broadcast live from the Nintendo World store in New York on October 11th at 6PM EST and will be shown on Twitch and YouTube. The winner of the finals will receive a winner’s robe and a trophy to commemorate their long road to victory.

This seems like a fun way for Nintendo to promote the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games, as well as entertain potential buyers with the skills of the semi-finalists during the broadcasted event.

Whether you’re competing or not, everyone can look forward to Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS releasing on October 3rd and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U releasing sometime in the 4th quarter of 2014.

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