Nintendo is bringing its live tournaments back to E3 in June, with this year’s events focusing on Splatoon 2 and the newly announced Super Smash Bros. game for Switch.
The tournaments, which will be held in Los Angeles on June 11 and 12, will have two different formats. The Splatoon 2 World Championship will feature four top teams who qualified in four regions — the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia — and is being touted as the game’s first world championship.
The Smash Bros. tournament is an invitational, with an undisclosed number of top players invited by Nintendo.
Those in the United States and Canada interested in participating in qualifiers for the Splatoon 2 tournament can sign up online for the Splatoon 2 Inkling Open 2018, which will have matches starting April 21.
This is the first of “many” E3 announcements regarding Nintendo’s programming, and we should hear more in the next month or so. If pro players are getting their hands on Super Smash Bros. for Switch, it’s safe to assume E3 attendees — including ticket holders from the public — will be able to do the same when the show floor opens June 12.
