Nintendo World Championships qualifying event locations announced
Nintendo has announced the eight Best Buy locations that will host the Nintendo World Championships qualifying events.
The Nintendo World Championships is making its triumphant return at this year’s E3, and today, Nintendo has announced the Best Buy locations where it will host qualifying events for tournament hopefuls to compete.
Here are the eight Best Buy locations Nintendo has chosen for the qualifying events:
- 1717 Harrison St.San Francisco, CA
- 3675 Pacific Coast HighwayTorrance, CA
- 10760 NW 17th St.Miami, FL
- 900 E. Golf RoadSchaumburg, IL
- 12905 Elm Creek Blvd. NMaple Grove, MN
- 5001 Northern Blvd.Long Island City, NY
- 9378 N. Central ExpresswayDallas, TX
- 2214 S. 48th St.Tacoma, WA
The qualifying competition will feature the Championship mode of Ultimate NES Remix on the Nintendo 3DS. Players will take on a series of three score-based challenges in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Dr. Mario. The competitor who earns the highest score from each of the eight regional competitions will move on to the Nintendo World Championships in Los Angeles, California. The final round of the championships will be a multi-round competition played across a variety of Nintendo games.
Nintendo also notes it will be selecting eight additional competitors for the Nintendo World Championships, which the company will reveal in the near future. We wonder if Reggie Fils-Aime will count as one of these special competitors, or if he’s being considered a super-special competitor? Either way, expect to hear more about this some time in the next couple of weeks.
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replyDaniel Perez posted a new article, Nintendo World Championships qualifying event locations announced
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Not exactly thrilled with how this is being handled.
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How would you prefer it be handled? Online tournament?
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More than 8 locations, use a Wii U instead of 3ds and even though the game chosen is itself a flashback to the old World tournament I would have preferred something specially crafted for the event.
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Using 3DS means they can run as many contestants as they have reps and systems to accommodate. Using Wii U's would mean 2 to 3 simultaneous runs max and they're trying to push 750 people through in one day.
The location choices are very disappointing. I live in the fifth largest metro area in the country and my closest qualifier is six hours away driving fast.-
I understand the use of 3ds from a time perspective but I'd rather they have like a dozen wii-u stations setup instead. I'm about an hour away from one but won't be there because I don't want to be apart of that mad house.
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I know it's not ideal but it's also much more of a spectacle that way and simply increases the cost to Nintendo for throwing the event a smidge.
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So the creative drought is spread over the industry...and how this make Nintendo less guilty of beating the dead horse ad infinitum?.
Nintendo's deep library is composed mainly (let's say 70%) by 80's franchises, it feeds on the endless pit of nostalgia that We gamer/consumers apparently are ...fuck, you can find people longing for the good ol' days of i-Carly.
Our sick necessity to feel like 8 year olds playing Mario for first time is forbidding us a future of amazing new worlds...I guess the huge costs of development are the reason why the companies are so reluctant to take a risk, who is going to create new stuff when Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Halo, final fantasy, CoD, Battlefield, Star Wars, Batman, Spiderman or any other of the IPs recreated a million times are a sure winner?
I know my english is not that good, but you guys are smart and understand my idea...anyway is just my opinion.
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i will pitch in $2 for travel
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