Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competitions Announced

<p>Nintendo has released information regarding the Early Access Competitions for<em> Pokkén Tournament<&sol;em> for the Wii U&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Players can gain an entry spot on the 2016 Pokémon Championship Series and play the new <em>Pokkén Tournament<&sol;em> before the game&&num;8217&semi;s release on March 18th by participating in the Nintendo hosted <em>Pokkén Tournament<&sol;em> Early Access Competitions which will be at certain GameStop retail stores in the U&period;S&period; on Saturday&comma; February 27th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The winners from each regional tourney will be granted advancement to the finals which will take place on March 17th at the Nintendo NY store located in New York&period; Two finalists of the Early Access Competitions will win travel accommodations to the official 2016 Pokémon US National Championships which is being held July 1-3 in Columbus&comma; Ohio&period; Then the finalists must battle to advance their place in the 2016 Pokémon World Championships&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Between 11 am through 5&colon;30 pm local time&comma; select GameStop stores will host the Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competition on Saturday&comma; February 27th&period; Those participating may begin to register at 10 am local time&period; This is the list of the selected GameStop stores which are holing the competitions&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">2201 Preston Road&comma; Plano&comma; TX<br &sol;>&NewLine;1841 Chamblee Tucker Road&comma; Chamblee&comma; GA<br &sol;>&NewLine;3972 Barranca Parkway&comma; Irvine&comma; CA<br &sol;>&NewLine;8115 S&period; John Young Parkway&comma; Orlando&comma; FL<br &sol;>&NewLine;6451 W&period; Diversey Ave&period;&comma; Chicago&comma; IL<br &sol;>&NewLine;242 Bellevue Square&comma; Bellevue&comma; WA<br &sol;>&NewLine;32 E&period; 14th St&period; – Union Square&comma; New York&comma; NY<br &sol;>&NewLine;3914 Rivermark Plaza&comma; Santa Clara&comma; CA<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo states&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>The Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competitions are open to the public on a first-come&comma; first-served basis&comma; and will be split into two age brackets&colon; players born in 2001 or later and players born in 2000 or earlier&period; The winner of each age bracket will then be trained by a professional fighting game player during fun training sessions that will be shared on Nintendo social media channels&period; Once training is complete&comma; the winner from each city and age bracket and a guest will be flown to the Nintendo NY store on March 17 for the Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competition finals&comma; where they will battle against all other local champions&period; The winners of the Pokkén Tournament Early Access Competition finals will each win a Wii U system&comma; the Pokkén Tournament game and a travel award to Columbus&comma; Ohio&comma; where they will battle at the 2016 Pokémon US National Championships for the chance to advance to the 2016 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco<&sol;em>”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can view the official <em>Pokkén Tournament<&sol;em> website <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pokkentournament&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;"><strong>here<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period; Let us know if you will be competing in the Early Access Tornaments in the comment section below&period; Good luck and happy gaming to everyone battling&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;99882" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-99882" style&equals;"width&colon; 727px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-99882 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;03235441&sol;WiiU&lowbar;PokkenTournament&lowbar;artwork&period;jpg" alt&equals;"WiiU&lowbar;PokkenTournament&lowbar;artwork" width&equals;"727" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-99882" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Pokkén Tournament &sol; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via Nintendo Press Release<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;