Nintendo announced today that the Super Smash Brothers Invitational and Splatoon 2 World Championship will take place in Los Angeles during the week of E3 (June 11th). Viewers will be able to watch on Twitch and YouTube and will be live-streamed on June 11th and 12th.
The announcement was made by the Nintendo Versus Twitter account and you can visit the official Nintendo E3 site here!
The Super #SmashBros Invitational 2018 and #Splatoon2 World Championship 2018 tournaments will take place in Los Angeles the week of #E32018! Watch the competition on Nintendo’s Twitch & YouTube channels when the tournaments are live-streamed 6/11 & 6/12. https://t.co/wz1pIT8ndU pic.twitter.com/3itUOH8rgH
— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) March 22, 2018
Our Take
Nintendo is stepping up their game in terms of marketing presence alongside Sony and Microsoft and with Smash Brothers likely being their biggest IP of 2018, we’re sure they’ll continue to promote it heavily. We’ll report more from E3 in June!