Statement makes it sounds like Nintendo didn't want to play ball with Evo this time around. Unfortunate news regardless.
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Evo 2022 announcement show on March 8, Smash Bros. will not be part of the lineup
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Statement makes it sounds like Nintendo didn't want to play ball with Evo this time around. Unfortunate news regardless.
Given that EVO is now Sony owned, I wonder if there was a lot more backstory to this than we'll ever realize
Plus, the Smash community will make something like CEO or something their premier event (which has usually rivaled EVO's view count), so let's see if that happens again this time
Plus, the Smash community will make something like CEO or something their premier event (which has usually rivaled EVO's view count), so let's see if that happens again this time
Sadly, this.
Most games featured there arent on Switch and its a Sony owned event.
This has zero to do with console wars.
Nintendo's relationship with competitive scenes for their games is...complicated.
It's just what I thought, it may be linked to EVO being owned by Sony.
People will point to Sony owning it. But my guess this is because of Mr. Wizard
Nintendo barely tolerated it before. But after all that shit went down in an event they don't control. They want no Association regardless if They've all been removed.
Nintendo barely tolerated it before. But after all that shit went down in an event they don't control. They want no Association regardless if They've all been removed.
You seriously don't think that EVO being owned by a direct competitor plays a part here? Really?
As if there is no precedence of Nintendo being shitty with tournament organizers.
I think it has more to do with why EVO has new management in the first place.
No idea if the Sony acquisition has anything to do with it, but I do kind of think that it might have more to do with Ultimate's development (and thus its marketing) being finished. No more games or character passes to sell and they've never seemed particularly interested in pushing the game's competitive side just for the sake of it if they don't feel there's a direct sales incentive to do so. Disappointing, to say the least, no matter the circumstances.
Uh, it kinda wasn't for most recent years (outside of talking about their netcode at the start of the pandemic).
Smash has been at EVO for a while now and only after Sony takes over they leave.
What do you think happened?
What did you expect?
Sony owns Evo now.
Nintendo has a new partnership for a Smash tournaments with another party.
And also maybe the Grand Finals won't end at 1:00AM Vegas time this year. :P
I'm pretty sure it has more to do with why management was changed in the first place. That said, Nintendo just recently advertised a PlayStation Studios game during a Nintendo Direct, so I'm not sure that's the main cause.
Mr Wizard. All the stories that came out and he got canned. All the bad press around evo to the point it was cancelled. You think Nintendo wants anything to do with that scene now?
Honestly think that era of EVO is over for good, writing was on the wall when Melee got dropped. It was fun while it lasted, at least that Panda Circuit is gonna be around.
Hype as shit for KOFXV this year as far as EVO is concerned
Hype as shit for KOFXV this year as far as EVO is concerned
I'm not blaming Sony cause I'm sure they didn't lock them out I just wonder if this is what made Nintendo leave Evo.
True, that could be a reason as well.
This doesn't make much sense unless we're ignoring the last near decade of Smash being at evo regularly with Nintendo's approval. Something obviously changed, even if the Sony thing is not the sole reason.
Didn't Nintendo just parter with an esports group for Smash Bros. as well? I get the vibe they're going 100% "in house" with competitions at this point - if they don't have control they're not interested. That matches their MO with, well, everything else.
Yes something changed, Nintendo did. The issue is immediately jumping to console war conspiracy theories as the conclusion.
The new deal with a different eSports group is kinda a big detail.
Yeah between EVO's history and the last few years in the Smash scene I wonder why Nintendo wouldn't want to be involved
And as others have brought up, EVO still has to prove itself under new management after Mr. Wizard was, well...