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Press Release:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...-Nintendo-Reveals-Additional-Details-Nintendo

Summary:

- One of the 16 competitors that qualified via the Mario Kart 7 trials is the person that won the NWC 2015.

- “Nintendo World Championships 2017 is more than just another video game tournament,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

- The 16 qualifying players will be joined by 8 special guests to compete with whom are online personalities, speed-runners and tournament players.

- Actor/Smash Bros Tournament player Asa Butterfield and WWE Superstar John Cena Bayley are two of the confirmed special guests that will be competing.

- October 7th at NYC is the event date, 5pm ET.

More information in the Press Release below:

During a video unveiled today, Nintendo announced some exciting new details about the upcoming Nintendo World Championships 2017. Thousands of competitors across the country competed in seven regional qualifiers, with 16 top players across two age brackets qualifying to travel to New York to compete against one another in Nintendo World Championships on Oct. 7. The event is a multi-game tournament that challenges players of all ages to compete in a gauntlet of games representing the past and present of Nintendo games and systems that fans will know and love. Today, Nintendo revealed just one of the many games to be included the tournament: the recently released Metroid: Samus Returns game for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

“Nintendo World Championships 2017 is more than just another video game tournament,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “It is a celebration of Nintendo games old and new, and Nintendo fans past and present. Kids, parents and gamers of all ages will be thrilled by the excitement of seeing who will come out on top.”

Included among the qualifying players are a few dedicated competitors who traveled to multiple locations across the country to secure their spot in the tournament, as well as the winner of the Nintendo World Championships 2015, who earned his way back in to defend his title. The 16 qualifying players will be joined by 8 players invited to compete from across the country and around the world, including talented speed-runners, tournament players and online personalities from the United States, Europe, Canada and Mexico. These invitees include actor and Super Smash Bros. tournament player Asa Butterfield and WWE Superstar Bayley.

When the big event kicks off in New York on Oct. 7, it will be hosted by Nintendo fan and online personality Andrea Rene, with play-by-play and analysis by gamer, sports broadcaster and Nintendo fan Jordan Kent.

The Nintendo World Championships 2017 event will be livestreamed at https://nwc.nintendo.com starting at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT on Oct. 7. Fans who are already in New York will have the opportunity to witness all the action in person. A limited number of free tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis outside Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom the day of the event (minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian).

For more information about Nintendo World Championships 2017, including the full list of players, visit https://nwc.nintendo.com.

 

[thestopsign]

Wait the NWC 2015 champ qualified on his own again? That is impressive.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Wait the NWC 2015 champ qualified on his own again? That is impressive.

John Numbers is the champ for a reason.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Chance of new game(s) being announced?

 

[Mariner]

He shouldn’t have had to requalify imo. :/

Glad he’s in.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

He shouldn’t have had to requalify imo. :/

Glad he’s in.

Maybe if they had one last year that probably would've been the case.

 

[ggx2ac]

Maybe John Cena will be one of the special guests? He was pictured here with Reggie and Bowser earlier in the week:

 

[Plum]

Maybe John Cena will be one of the special guests? He was pictured here with Reggie and Bowser earlier in the week:

That's just a picture of Reggie and Bowser. What are you on about?

 

[Firemind]

they skipped 2016 or something?

not hiding at all it's a marketing stunt

 

[ggx2ac]

That's just a picture of Reggie and Bowser. What are you on about?

You're right, these are the special guests apparently. I don't even know who they are:

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

Wow. John Numbers is good at video games. Also, Asa and Bayley are cool guests

 

[Vecks]

I find it odd that John Numbers had to go through qualifiers to get in again. But whatever the case, he's there one way or another. So that's good.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Probably should have put Asa Butterfield and Bayley in the title.

Wait the NWC 2015 champ qualified on his own again? That is impressive.

Seriously. It crazy how he was able to do it again.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnNumbers/status/899378092254351365

It makes it all the more impressive if he wins.

You're right, these are the special guests apparently. I don't even know who they are:

I only knew of Asa and Bayley. Everyone using an online handle makes them stick out as well.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I find it odd that John Numbers had to go through qualifiers to get in again. But whatever the case, he's there one way or another. So that's good.

Pretty sure he got in through one of the first qualifiers, so maybe they just hadn't sent out invites yet and thus excluded him from those because it would be redundant

 

[pretty done]

WWE Superstar John Cena Bayley

holy shit :lol what a downgrade

 

[SinCityAssassin]

holy shit :lol what a downgrade

Saving Cena for an important mission.

 

[Gaiaknight]

WWE and Nintendo are getting pretty chummy lately...

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Also who is Tuboorn?

You're right, these are the special guests apparently. I don't even know who they are:

I can find everyone else online except him. Nothing.

He looks super young as well. Weird.