REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pokkén Tournament DX joins the ARMS and Splatoon 2 games with its own invitational tournament at E3 2017. This third Nintendo Switch game will complete the triad of social, competitive games in action at Nintendo’s booth next week at the E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles. Fans around the world can watch all the tournament action, as well as Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3, by visiting http://e3.nintendo.com, or by watching on Nintendo’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
Here’s a handy schedule of events for the week:
Tournaments
Name: 2017 Splatoon
2 World Inkling Invitational
Date: Tuesday, June 13
Time:
2:30 p.m. PT*
Details: For the first time ever, competitors
from four different global regions will compete for world dominance in Splatoon
2. The four-person teams – from the United States, Japan, Europe and
Australia/New Zealand – defeated their local rivals and gained the
chance to take on competitors at E3.
Format: Teams will
battle in a round-robin Turf War tournament that will decide seeding for
the next round. All teams will play one another and get a chance to
scope out their opponents’ strengths and weaknesses. In the next round,
teams will battle in the game’s Ranked Battle modes, in addition to Turf
War. The semifinal stage will be a best-of-five battle, while the
championship will be best-of-seven.
Prize: The winning team
will win global bragging rights and its members will have their names
engraved on a sweet Splatoon 2 trophy.
Casters:
Jordan Kent, Ashley Esqueda and Nintendo of America’s Eric Smith
Name: 2017 Pokkén Tournament DX Invitational
Date:
Wednesday, June 14
Time: 10:30 a.m. PT*
Competitors:
Eight YouTube and Twitch stars
Format: Crew battle with four
teams and two players per team. Random draft order. The first person in
each crew must choose one of the new characters; the other person can
choose one of the original characters.
Prize: Winners will
each receive a Pokkén Tournament DX art piece signed by Tsunekazu
Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, and members of the
development team.
Casters: Jordan Kent, D1 and VikkiKitty
Name: 2017 ARMS Open Invitational
Date:
Wednesday, June 14
Time: 3:30 p.m. PT*
Competitors:
Four professional competitive fighting game players (Alex “CaliPower”
Valle, Kelsy “SuperGirlKels” Medeiros, Daniel “Tafokints” Lee and
Marie-Laure “Kayane” Norindr) will take on four E3 attendees who rise to
the top by competing in Nintendo’s booth.
Format:
Single-elimination
Prize: The coveted 2017 ARMS Open
Invitational Belt
Casters: Jordan Kent, D1 and VikkiKitty
Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3
What:
Members of Nintendo’s Treehouse will once again delve into the details
of the Nintendo Switch console and games for the Nintendo
3DS family of systems, including Super
Mario Odyssey and Pokkén Tournament DX. Viewers will get
an in-depth look at gameplay and hear behind-the-scenes details about
Nintendo’s lineup for E3.
When: On Tuesday, June 13, the
show starts right after the Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017 presentation
about 9:30 a.m. PT. On Wednesday and Thursday, June 14-15, the show
starts about 10 a.m. PT.*
Who: Treehouse members, as well as
developers and other game experts, including Tsunekazu Ishihara,
president and CEO of The Pokémon Company. Ishihara and development team
members will talk about the upcoming Pokkén Tournament DX game
for Nintendo Switch.
*Times subject to change
For more information about Nintendo’s presence at E3, visit http://e3.nintendo.com.
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