Nintendo Announces Super Smash Bros. Tournament Collaboration With Panda Global

<p>Nintendo and Super Smash Bros&period; tournaments have never really seen eye to eye in the past&period; Some of them have had rather bad rulesets anytime they tried&comma; and others have been <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-big-house-canceled-and-the-melee-communitys-indignation-freemelee&sol;">canceled entirely<&sol;a> thanks to Nintendo&period; Naturally&comma; one would think that Nintendo would want nothing to do with this scene&comma; and as such&comma; Panda Global being here wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t amount to much&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That notion changed entirely today&period; Together&comma; the two have come together to create a brand-new tournament circuit for players of Super Smash Bros&period; Ultimate and Super Smash Bros&period; Melee&period; Nintendo of America released a surprise tweet to announce the collab&comma; and everything looks to be legitimate&period; So&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s break down what exactly we know&period;<img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174647" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;19004818&sol;kazuya-smash-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nintendo Panda Global" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Coming In 2022&comma; Nintendo And Panda Global Present A Super Smash Bros&period; Collaboration<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>First off&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s take a look at the original quote tweet sent by Nintendo of America&comma; which you can view below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Confirmed&period; Ready your A-game&comma; Super <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;SmashBros&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;SmashBros<&sol;a> competitors&period; We&&num;39&semi;ve partnered with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;PandaGlobal&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;PandaGlobal<&sol;a> to launch the first officially licensed Super Smash Bros&period; championship circuit in North America&comma; coming 2022&excl; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;SmashBrosUltimate&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;SmashBrosUltimate<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;SmashBrosMelee&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;SmashBrosMelee<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;3WKbEYrMH2">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;3WKbEYrMH2<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Nintendo of America &lpar;&commat;NintendoAmerica&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NintendoAmerica&sol;status&sol;1461398329279991813&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">November 18&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; we know that this collaboration is quite real&period; In fact&comma; Panda Global was the first to announce this&comma; but Nintendo signal boosted it&period; As such&comma; the mere thought of a collaboration like this is raising eyebrows and inviting discussion to the topic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hungrybox&comma; one of Melee&&num;8217&semi;s most well-known professionals&comma; had this to say to the proposition&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">For everyone that doesn&&num;39&semi;t realize how big of a deal this is&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo&comma; along with finally providing prize pools&comma; has just acknowledged the existence of competitive Melee for the first time in years &amp&semi; choosing to embrace it&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;PandaGlobal&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;PandaGlobal<&sol;a> doing God&&num;39&semi;s work&period; Never imagined the day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; hungrybox &lpar;&commat;LiquidHbox&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LiquidHbox&sol;status&sol;1461398172392173574&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">November 18&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To put it lightly&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s all pretty surreal&comma; especially given how stingy Nintendo has been with people streaming <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendo-abruptly-cancels-riptides-super-smash-bros-ultimate-tournament&sol;">modified copies<&sol;a> of their games&period; How well this will go&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t know yet&comma; but we&&num;8217&semi;ll update with further details as they become available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Super Smash Bros&period; Ultimate is available now&comma; exclusively on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;super-smash-bros-ultimate-switch&sol;">Nintendo Switch<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What did you think about the Nintendo and Panda Global Smash tournament collaboration&quest; Are you excited about the proposition&quest; Do you think it will wind up going well for all parties involved&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;