Nintendo announces Super Smash Bros. Ultimate May 2022 Challenge Cup, an open online tournament for the popular fighting game.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now available on Nintendo Switch.
Since the launch of Super Smash Bros. First released on the Nintendo 64 in 1999, the franchise has grown to become one of the most popular fighting games in the competitive fighting series, with many of its top players becoming popular throughout the community. fellow gamers. While the fighting game franchise has primarily thrived in the indie arena, Nintendo announced a new partnership with e-sports organization Panda Global last year as the developer took its first major step. towards an officially licensed round. Now, Nintendo recently announced an online tournament that will be held through Super Smash Bros.
While many fans of the franchise have argued between Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by GameCube, the latest Smash title that has seen a lot of success in the professional arena. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate appeared as a headline at EVO in 2019 and was scheduled for the 2020 tournament before being pulled by Nintendo and missing for the past two years. With Nintendo’s partnership with Panda, many fans are hoping for the future of the game and now, Nintendo has announced the next version of its Challenge Cup tournaments.
Nintendo officially revealed that the May 2022 release of the NintendoVS Challenge Cup series features Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will run for just over a week, with the online tournament set for Saturday, May 7. Players can enter the tournament for free on the day of the event via online modes. of Ultimate, and the grand prize winner will receive a Challenge Cup trophy and memorabilia, including a Switch jacket, backpack, and case, plus 10,000 Nintendo My Nintendo Gold. All participants competing in the tournament will get free entry.
Tournament date announcement from Nintendo.
The event also includes further appreciation for players who finish in the Top 4 and Top 8. Both Top 4 and Top 8 players will win a Nintendo Switch case just like the grand prize winner. , with each slot also having a lower amount of My Nintendo Gold points, 7,500 points for the Top 4 and 5,000 points for the Top 8. The tournament will run from 3pm to 6pm on May 7th and tournament notably only for residents of North America, Canada, and Mexico.
While Nintendo’s Challenge Cup will provide the opportunity for players of all skill levels to compete, many fans have been eagerly awaiting news about the future of Super Smash Bros. at the professional level. Both Nintendo and Panda Global have yet to release any specifics on the series of tournaments hosted by Panda for the game, and Smash’s absence from EVO tournaments of recent years has prompted the franchise to skip one. one of the most famous tournaments in the fighting game community. While Smash’s professional future may be coming, its ardent fan base is likely to continue to sustain the game for years to come.
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