GameStop announced today that it will hold Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments and midnight launches this Saturday at 2,500 of its stores. The single-elimination tournaments will begin at 10PM (local time), but contestants are asked to check with their store for exact time and must be there 30 minutes before the event.
Winners of the local GameStop store SSBB tournaments will continue up a chain, with a few more qualifying rounds, leading to the finals on April 12 in San Jose, CA. The last brawler standing will receive an LCD-TV (that's what the release says, but the flyer after the break says plasma), a Wii console plus accessories, "an entire Nintendo Wii Software Library" and $5,000 in cash. The second and third place finishers will receive a gift card, and will likely be asked if they'd like to pre-order any games.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:24PM Alexisonfire said
Joystiq: "The last brawler standing will receive an LCD-TV..."
Flyer: "Win a Plasma TV..."
Phail, but on who's part?
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Flyer: "Win a Plasma TV..."
Phail, but on who's part?
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:25PM (Unverified) said
great use of family pictures. tournament sounds kool.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:25PM (Unverified) said
I would go to this, but im gonna be at a party and I have my copy reserved at circuit city for the $10 gift card offer so i can use it to get a cube controller
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:31PM (Unverified) said
Same here... but with the $10 gift card I will pick Zack & Wiki (I already have four Wavebirds) =p
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:35PM (Unverified) said
I sold the two i had when i sold my cube a long while back. I will try the other control schemes, but the cube one i think will be the one im best with. Wish wavebirds were still in production
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:25PM (Unverified) said
Ha Ha ...Pedophiles.
(Pedophilia is not funny but that picture is great)
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(Pedophilia is not funny but that picture is great)
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:30PM (Unverified) said
What makes it better is that you have the guy from To Catch A Predator as your avatar
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:52PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
You missed the opportunity to say:
"Have a seat."
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"Have a seat."
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 2:46PM (Unverified) said
On the contrary, pedophilia is very funny indeed.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 3:19PM (Unverified) said
HalfAzn
Mar 6th 2008
2:46PMOn the contrary, pedophilia is very funny indeed.
Why don't you take a seat right over there.
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Mar 6th 2008
2:46PMOn the contrary, pedophilia is very funny indeed.
Why don't you take a seat right over there.
Posted: Mar 7th 2008 8:32AM (Unverified) said
Concerned Citizen
Seriously Joystiq/Joystiq readers, out there in the real world there are many real victims of child abuse. Making light of such things is truly distasteful.
We can only hope that all children can have the happy, healthy childhoods you have had. But spare a thought for those who have suffered.
Let's keep to a discussion about games and help create a better world where child abuse is not a joke.
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Seriously Joystiq/Joystiq readers, out there in the real world there are many real victims of child abuse. Making light of such things is truly distasteful.
We can only hope that all children can have the happy, healthy childhoods you have had. But spare a thought for those who have suffered.
Let's keep to a discussion about games and help create a better world where child abuse is not a joke.
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:30PM (Unverified) said
Awesome, if you win it all you could sell the plasma, since the Wii doesn't have HD. You keep the 3 good wii games out of the collection and sell the rest and end up with quiet alot of cash.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:33PM (Unverified) said
Do you have an HDTV? And if you do... did you sold all of your past systems?
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:30PM (Unverified) said
I'm thinking about it... I'm an unstoppable force in my circle of friends but I don't want to be absolutely destroyed by some little kid...
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:41PM (Unverified) said
Yes, specially if the library includes the second best rated game in the history of videogames (Super Mario Galaxy), the game with the best control for a console FPS (Metroid Prime 3), and one of the best fighters ever created (SSBB).
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:53PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
I think everyone needs to be less offensive AND defensive.
Neutrality FTW.
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Neutrality FTW.
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 2:08PM (Unverified) said
We're at terror level beige.
Futurama references FTW!
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Futurama references FTW!
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 2:19PM Ballistic3188 said
I hate these filthy neutrals. With enemies, you know where they stand, but with neutrals—who knows. It sickens me
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 3:05PM (Unverified) said
Futurama on Adult Swim = Win
Futurama on Comedy Central = Fail
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Futurama on Comedy Central = Fail
Posted: Mar 7th 2008 8:48AM Korova Pamplona said
You will get more Petz games than you can shake a mote at.
They will load the library into you car with a Nintendo brand shovel accessory
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They will load the library into you car with a Nintendo brand shovel accessory
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
Don't want to hurt yourselves playing video games. Make sure you stretch out those creamy hamstrings!
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 2:29PM (Unverified) said
Just don't walk into any strnager's Van even if they offer you free candy.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:43PM HighFiveJesus said
uhh yeah do you sell any vans that have nintendo characters on them, and has been tricked out to look like an ice cream truck..mmm
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:45PM (Unverified) said
Dude that is gold... Gotta call my guy now...
In all seriousness that would be awesome...
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In all seriousness that would be awesome...
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:51PM (Unverified) said
Hopefully they have a kart tournament too, I suck at smash, going to skip this one.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:53PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
That picture reminds me why I'm glad I'm 22.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:56PM (Unverified) said
You guys read the fine print about the tournament? You CAN NOT use your own controller. That blows.
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Posted: Mar 6th 2008 1:56PM DonaldMick said
"The second and third place finishers will receive a gift card, and will likely be asked if they'd like to pre-order any games."
Oh, TAG.
Though they're more likely to ask if they want to trade in any copies of that Smash Brothers game that just came out.
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Oh, TAG.
Though they're more likely to ask if they want to trade in any copies of that Smash Brothers game that just came out.
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 2:05PM (Unverified) said
So how exactly do they decide to send just EIGHT players to the final location? Are ranks decided by points? There are just too many stores even for round 3.
And yeah, I'll be going to the Gamestop a block from house even though it's likely that the top 8 are going to be people who have already intensively played Brawl when it first came out =/
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And yeah, I'll be going to the Gamestop a block from house even though it's likely that the top 8 are going to be people who have already intensively played Brawl when it first came out =/
Posted: Mar 6th 2008 2:11PM (Unverified) said
Brawl isn't out yet in the US, so I doubt there's a very large group of people who have "played it intensively". They are even making everyone use the Wii-mote, so there's no huge advantage for huge GC SSB players.
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