Nintendo announces North American Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments

by Scott Jon Siegel on Feb 14th 2008 11:59AM

Impatient to get your Brawl on? Some of you North American gamers could get a chance to play Nintendo's all-star fighter as early as this Saturday, when Nintendo kicks off the first of four regional Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments across the United States.

The regional tournaments will take place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, and New York City, with a maximum of 256 participants at each location. The winners from each tournament will meet in New York for the finals, with the grand prize winner walking away with a crystal-coated Wii, home theatre system, and (of course) a copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

The three finalists will win non-crystal-coated Wii consoles, extra Wii remotes, copies of Brawl, and Best Buy gift certificates ranging from $250 to $1,000. Regional tournaments register players on a first-come, first-serve basis, so we'd recommend getting there nice and early to compete. The first tourney is this Saturday, February 16 in Los Angeles. Full regional tournament details after the break.

The regional tournaments will take place on four separate days, in four separate locations:

Saturday, Feb. 16
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Orpheum Theater
842 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Saturday, Feb. 23
Doors open at 2 p.m.
Ten15 Folsom
1015 Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

Saturday, March 1
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Olden Hall
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609

Saturday, March 8
Doors open at 5 p.m.
Best Buy (NOHO)
622 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

The finals will also take place in New York on March 8, as part of Best Buy's Midnight Madness launch event for Smash Bros. Brawl. All tournament participants will receive $10 Best Buy gift certificates.

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Tags: brawl, nintendo, smash-bros, smash-bros-brawl, smashbros, ssbb, super-smash-bros-brawl, tournaments, Wii

Reader Comments (63)

Nice prizes =)

But... from where are they going to get the Wii's for the prizes?

Too bad we Texans get no love :(

But... Texas rules! This is for Texas haters... enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMyjOAacyA

We gave them the Metroid Prime series, and this is the thanks we get.

What? No Canadian locations? Don't Canadians deserve the sweet sweet Nintendo lurrve?

Look for me and a friend at this Saturday's tourney. :)

"The three finalists will win non-crystal-coated Wii console"

So there are crystal coated Wii consoles?

When I first read that, I saw the word "crystal" and I immediately thought of something else.

If I was American, and I lived in one of those locations, and I didn't work weekends, I'd consider entering.

If I didn't have to work this weekend I'd be all over this.

Stupid living in Utah...

I agree:(

I'm not sure how they decided on these "regions" for this. Why not cover some other areas of the country? There are a lot of areas that just aren't ever covered in these things. Why not Seattle? Denver? Dallas or San Antonio? Chicago? Atlanta? Miami? D.C./Baltimore? Raleigh/Charlotte? Nothing ever happens outside of NY, CA and MA.

I think Bungie is in Seattle and they did an event once there. I think there is also some other big developer there. I have heard about gaming events in Seattle also.

Right...I guess they're not really in the same category as the rest of us, but I was trying to think what actual "regions" would be, and Seattle is the obvious Northwest location. Personally, I'm from NC, and nothing happens here, which is fine, but you think they could at least bring it within driving distance (DC or Atlanta).

Nintendo themselves are in Seattle, though, a local tourney would make a lot more sense

I think a decent question is what the hell does a crystal-coated Wii look like?

Contests are neat though.

They [Nintendo] couldn't do a better job about spreading it out over the five time zones in the US?

You know, there's people in the center of the country as well...

That was my first thought exactly. I can understand NY, what with having the Nintendo World Store there, and LA, but Boston and San Francisco? WTF?

Suck it Nintendo. From your friends in the midwest.

I agree

I didn't know the four major regions of America were Northern California, Southern California, New England, and New York...

Crystal Wii = Crystal Pepsi

I miss that drink... :(

No Philly Love? Bleh!

Only in Philly would the true winner of the tournament come in 2nd place since the 1st place winner would get shot during the closing ceremony.

NO PHILLY LOVE FOR YOU!!

I'm sooo in, look for a kickass fox....assuming he plays anything like in melee.

I feel sorry for the guys that didn't believe this dude :)
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=928518&topic=41084826

LOL "THE EARTH IS ROUND, I TELL YOU!"

wonder how the format will work is it 1v1 or 4 person FFA. items or no items. my guess is 4 person FFA winner moves on with items engaged.

you know the sad thing is the winner of those tournament in the highest probability would already have the japanese version of the game. making the whole getting brawl early kinda moot. they are basically giving rewards to those who modded their wii(something that ninty is against). this tournament would have been better if it was placed at the japan release so everyone sits at the same level rather than some impatient people have huge advantage over those who are waiting for the actual release date

2 Minute match
Items on

"Real men use items"
-Sakurai

Broadway St. in Los Angeles is like freakin Tijuana!

Regional indeed....

More like east and west coast exclusivity.

No kidding. Where's the Midwest love, Nintendo? People who like Smash Bros live in the middle, as well!

this is most excellent

Ack, I'm not going down to CA until this summer. Why couldn't they have one in Seattle, a place I can actually get to? I'm sure it's big enough to be a worthwhile location.

Figures they bring it to NYC a mere few hours before the launch.

So much for my interest...But MAYBE I'll show up for the midnight launch.

Is it no items, Fox only, Final Destination?

Did you read it as Smash Melee because that generalization of what a fair tournament is looks to be based on that assumption IMO. And then it would be shiek only since she is the unequivocally best character in the game.

No serious smash players will show, because the advanced techniques are gone.

Which means these tournaments will be fun!!!

youtube.com/user/dmbrandon

Hi, I'll be there.

I'm sorry: With bells on.

Sillness: No serious smash players will show, because the advanced techniques are gone.

Are they, silliness? Are they all gone? I hope we catch each other.

Expect all melee pros that live in tristate to show up.

;-;

;-;

;-;

;-;

*bawls*

STUPID WORK KEEPING ME THERE UNTIL 11pm THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!!

*continues bawling*

Bawlin' for some Brawlin'?

*sniffles*

Yes...

(this is exactly why Valentine's Day sucks: it tears out your frail heart and repeatedly stomps on it.) :l

Nintendo: "Screw you, flyover country."

[sigh]

Hey, Phoenix is the sixth most populated city in America. Can't we get some love, too?

...and what about Chicago?? c'mon!!

I...I'm leaving the country on Feb. 22.

...

SAKURAI!

/rage&depression

BEWARE SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!

For those big fans who want spoilers, go to WWW.Smashbros.com for a complete list that just keeps updating. They have characters from the old game and new characters, they also have hidden characters. They have items, modes, characters, stages, and notices.Some new characters include; Sonic, Snake, pokemon trainer, Lucas ( from a japan only release of earthbound), wario, and King DeDe. But remember these are just a few of the characters there are still many more! Also a few new stages are;pictochat, warioware, Smashville ( a DS animal crossing type stage), New Pork City ( a huge Stage), and Mushroomy Kingdom ( an old mario game stage on the original gameboy where you go and find the flag, but its now all desert and ruins!). So remember people, if you want all the hot details on this game, then remember, GO TO WWW.SMASHBROS.COM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought the way these things were supposed to go is NYC, LA, Chicago, and DFW?

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