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Ninja wanted to hold a 500k Smash Bros tournament through EVO but Nintendo ghosted him
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I am not sure getting linked with even somewhat controversial influencers is something Nintendo would be remotely interested in. Especially considering the absolutely horrifying news that came out of the Smash community is just barely behind us. Not saying it makes sense but I understand.
They just announced a collaboration with Panda Global for a big Melee and Ultimate tournament circuit.
LOL. It aint that deep for Nintendo. They are just terrible at capitalizing on something the scene really wants.
I stand corrected then. They ignored it completely for the last two years so I thought they abandoned it. Good on them.
The way that tournament series will be handled should give us a good idea of how Nintendo wants things run going forward.
Given how large EVO is & how many sponsors it has, Nintendo has to sign off on their game(s) being included.
They need to sign off on it.
EVO 2022 confirms ‘Nintendo has chosen’ Smash Bros. will not return | VGC
Evo, the long-running fighting game tournament has revealed that Super Smash Bros. will not be part of the 2022 event.
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They literally announced they're putting together their own pro tour for Ultimate and Melee.
Why would a casino channel want Ninja, Ludwig and XQC's teenage viewer base? Absolutely nothing nefarious going on with this.
I'm kinda glad Nintendo ghosted Ninja here, not sure about anyone else in this place but for some reason I just get douchey vibes from him, I think the reason Nintendo ghosted him because maybe they know something about him that we dont and was trying to avoid him, either way? I'm glad they passed on Ninja.
Do they sign off on Ludwig's Smash stuff?They need to sign off on it.
EVO 2022 confirms ‘Nintendo has chosen’ Smash Bros. will not return | VGC
Evo, the long-running fighting game tournament has revealed that Super Smash Bros. will not be part of the 2022 event.
That's not Evo and also Melee. Which Nintendo pretends doesn't exist.
Nintendo would literally try and shutdown Evo.
edit: small reminder about Nintendo and Evo:
"Nintendo of America initially sent a cease and desist in order to cancel the event, however, the backlash was so significant, especially due to the fact that the event was raising money for charity, that the matches proceeded as planned."
No idea, but he's definitely at their mercy.
But no plaintiff, no judge, as they say.
I don't think it's ghosting if they don't respond to a tweet. He talks about his team trying to make it happen, but who knows how deep the talks went.
I really dislike his complaint that he constantly gets tweets about it. That's on him for tweeting it out before anything was put in place.
I really dislike his complaint that he constantly gets tweets about it. That's on him for tweeting it out before anything was put in place.
Nintendo won't give anything to Sony, regardless who is the spokesperson, or how it's the end.
Didn't you guys live the 90-2000 years?
Didn't you guys live the 90-2000 years?
There a large part of me that think he's full of shit on this but then again it makes sense that Nintendo wouldn't want to fuck with him.
I imagine this goes hand in hand with having tight control over sponsors, marketing, announcers, and tournament admissions. Nintendo of all companies probably doesn't want to be milkshake duck'd.
Oh this is much much older than I realized, I just assumed it was relatively recent. It all stems down to this tweet 3.5 years ago which never amounted to anything.
So the Evo in question was Evo 2019. It's hard to know what he actually intended to do and how he actually wanted to go about doing it. I'm not sure why he would need Nintendo's approval to donate to the prize pool unless he had specific stipulations around his branding or if Evo had specific requirements about their agreement with Nintendo which would have prevented that. At any rate he could have partnered with countless other major tournaments that were not affiliated with Nintendo
So the Evo in question was Evo 2019. It's hard to know what he actually intended to do and how he actually wanted to go about doing it. I'm not sure why he would need Nintendo's approval to donate to the prize pool unless he had specific stipulations around his branding or if Evo had specific requirements about their agreement with Nintendo which would have prevented that. At any rate he could have partnered with countless other major tournaments that were not affiliated with Nintendo
Nintendo has a pro circuit arranged which includes both Ultimate and Melee.
I don't think Sony is the main problem here, otherwise Nintendo wouldn't bother advertising MLB: The Show as hard as they are.
Nintendo definitely confuse me with their attitude towards the pro scene. Especially when the scene fully embraces Smash as a whole, not just a competition. There are plenty of side events and fun dumb stuff in tournaments, even if they aren't always shown on screen, so Smash as a whole is still a great party game portrayal.
Pretty much, with top players like Zero, Hungrybox, and others outing themselves as shitheads it'd be good for Nintendo to cultivate their own scene.
It's already the most successful fighting game series of all time, so it's not like Nintendo would have has much to gain.