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[Exile20]

The tournament will also be for Puzzle and Dragons, and will have over $ 1 million in prize money. Eight cities will hold 40 events, in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Miyagi, Hiroshima, Kagawa, and Tokyo. It all culminates in the grand finals to be held on January 30 and 31 in 2016.

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/...-japan-as-us-receives-transformers-splatfest/

 

[Newtype-001]

Lawd.

 

[oti]

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Hopefully it's streamed?

 

[BY2K]

Shit just got real.

 

[kagamin]

I'm not as surprised as I thought I would have been.

 

[Windom Earle]

I am regularly watching Ink or Sink tournament matches on Twitch. This game is fucking amazing to watch, especially when hearing the party chat with team coordination, etc.
Splatoon ESPORTS baby.

 

[Hyun Sai]

I thought prize money for tournaments were forbidden in Japan, change of policy ?

 

[oti]

eSports is saved

 

[Tadaima]

I thought prize money for tournaments were forbidden in Japan, change of policy ?

They'll probably pay with millions of small metal balls.

 

[E-phonk]

$platoon

 

[Deleted member 1235]

its amusing that nintendos first real go at a shooter is this ridiculously successful and is somehow new and interesting. very interested to see what the sequel will be like. I'm very hopeful that this competitive stuff goes really well so nintendo smells the money and does more stuff like that.

 

[Kumubou]

Hopefully it's streamed?

The event is sponsored by NicoNico -- its going to get streamed

Spoiler

on potatoes

, that's the whole point.

It sounds like there's going to be a whole bunch of other games run as well, with Splatoon being one of the big money games.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Splatoon not being a Wii U launch title may go down as one of the biggest lost opportunities for a video game console.

 

[KingSnake]

This is interesting. Splatoon matches with great players are very fun to watch.

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

I thought prize money for tournaments were forbidden in Japan, change of policy ?

They will be paid with paint in their colour of choice.

 

[Kumubou]

I thought prize money for tournaments were forbidden in Japan, change of policy ?

To my knowledge, it's specifically tournaments that charge an entry fee where the entry fee then contributes to the purse that are forbidden as gambling. There's nothing stopping a company from running a tournament as a promotional event with prizes paid out of their own pocket (hell, Arc Systems just ran an event like that for their games last week -- and have been doing so for several years).

 

[Hatchtag]

Wonder how they'll handle the gear situation. Hopefully there'll be a way of transferring loadouts by then.

 

[MrV4ltor]

Splatoon not being a Wii U launch title may go down as one of the biggest lost opportunities for a video game console.

They only came up with the idea for Splatoon after Wii U was already out. There was no opportunity there.

 

[udiie]

lmao already better than CSGO

fuck you valve?

- this title is misleading tho for real

 

[Newtype-001]

I thought prize money for tournaments were forbidden in Japan, change of policy ?

They will be paid in Squids

 

[Nightbird]

So did Splatoon just instantly passed Pokémon in terms of price Money?


That Game just keeps on surprising me

 

[TunaLover]

This will be insane, btw how japanese gamers hold with shothers?

 

[jediyoshi]

lmao already better than CSGO

fuck you valve!

Huh? What's the other game they're running a tournament for?

 

[zelas]

Dat P&D money!

 

[Forkball]

Most of that money is probably for PvD. Misleading title!

If Nintendo wants to push Splatoon as an exports game, they will hopefully put in more esports-friendly features.

 

[R.D.Blax]

This will be insane, btw how japanese gamers hold with shothers?

I don't know about other shooter, but in Splatoon, Japanese team make you cry for mercy

Spoiler

because of the lag

 

[noshten]

If they only had a Spectator mode, it could be very legit eSport.

People were unsure, but Nintendo has been trying to position it as a competitive online game. But without a Spectator mode it would be a difficult feat to achieve - I want to be able to have free control over a camera as I watch tournaments like this. Nintendo should work with some ex-Valve employees to learn about how to suss out the needed features.

 

[Razmos]

Wonder how they'll handle the gear situation. Hopefully there'll be a way of transferring loadouts by then.

I believe it was posted in the Splatoon OT, all weapons are available but everyone wears the same gear (The full amiibo schoolgirl outfit)

 

[TasTokyo]

It's for P&D and Splatoon. I don't know for sure but, given the popularity of P&D, I assume the vast majority of the prize money is for that.

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Splatoon not being a Wii U launch title may go down as one of the biggest lost opportunities for a video game console.

Ehh.. They're probably making Splatoon 2 ready for 2017, a year after NX is out.

 

[Ricerocket]

It's not just a splatoon tourney, that prize pool is for all of it total. PaD is huge.

 

[Maintenance]

Misleading title, there is P&D money in there too, probably more than Splatoon.

 

[pizzacat]

Can't wait to see those turbo nerds use gyro aiming lmaooooooo

 

[massoluk]

There it is. Should be a fun game to watch in a tournament, seeing how godly some players have become in Splatoon.

 

[belushy]

Not surprised. It has the popularity to hold up I think. It not being a PC title could hurt, as esports in Asia are mostly PC games, right?

A lot of console shooters in the esports space soon. H5, Blops, GearsUE, and now Splatoon.

 

[Machina]

Holy shit, even Japan is falling to the esports bug

 

[Exile20]

There it is. Should be a fun game to watch in a tournament, seeing how godly some players have become in Splatoon.

Now we can see the actual skill of the Japanese players and stop blaming 😂

 

[Anteo]

Squidsports is real

 

[Razmos]

Now we can see the actual skill of the Japanese players and stop blaming ��

I'd like to see how well they do with rollers without lag favouring them.

 

[Hatchtag]

I believe it was posted in the Splatoon OT, all weapons are available but everyone wears the same gear (The full amiibo schoolgirl outfit)

How will they handle its sub abilities? Will they just not have any?

 

[Razmos]

How will they handle its sub abilities? Will they just not have any?

According to google translate:
"all is the initial state"

Which I assume means they will have no abilities unlocked.

 

[Exile20]

Misleading title, there is P&D money in there too, probably more than Splatoon.

It's not just a splatoon tourney, that prize pool is for all of it total. PaD is huge.

It's for P&D and Splatoon. I don't know for sure but, given the popularity of P&D, I assume the vast majority of the prize money is for that.

I have P&D in the OP.

also this is on the page.

Pretty big logo. Nintendo is probably putting most of the money.

 

[jedmaxwell]

That's over 630,000 squid!

/poor UK money based joke

 

[massoluk]

I have P&D in the OP.

also this is on the page.

Pretty big logo. Nintendo is probably putting most of the money.

Wow, shit just got real.

 

[tonyh24613]

I have P&D in the OP.

also this is on the page.

Pretty big logo. Nintendo is probably putting most of the money.

IIRC Nintendo has been the special sponsor of togaiki for a few years, this doesn't means much.

 

[@MUWANdo]

How will they handle its sub abilities? Will they just not have any?

They use the default subs (ink recovery, swim speed up, ink saver).

 

[Razmos]

They use the default subs (ink recovery, swim speed up, ink saver).

Sub, not main.

 

[Exile20]

IIRC Nintendo has been the special sponsor of togaiki for a few years, this doesn't means much.

For which games?

Monstergear is Sega

P&D is Gungho

What tournament games were Nintendo? What games were featured that Nintendo would sponsor?

Edit: Smash was featured before so that is why Nintendo was a sponsor.

 

[phanphare]

niiiiiiice

Splatoon is really fun to watch, especially high level players