Super Smash Bros 3DS Tournaments Announced Nationwide

<p>Super Smash Bros&period; on 3DS is out on <strong>Oct&period; 3rd<&sol;strong>&period; Just one day later&comma; Nintendo and GameStop will be hosting tournaments at 15 locations plus the Nintendo World Store in New York City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 64-player tournaments are first-come&comma; first-served and you don’t need to pre-register&period; You can bring your own system and game&comma; but if you don’t want to &lpar;or don’t have access&rpar;&comma; the necessary hardware will be provided for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Winners at each of the locations will go onto win an all expenses &lpar;including travel and hotel accommodations for two&rpar; paid trip to New York City to compete in the Super Smash Bros&period; National Open Tournament on <strong>Oct&period; 11th<&sol;strong> in New York City&period; The winners in question will also receive a 3DS XL&comma; a copy of the game&comma; and a &dollar;250 Visa Gift Card&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re also in the Big Apple&comma; you can also purchase the game early&period; A meet-up and early purchase opportunity is taking place at the Nintendo World Store on<strong> Oct&period; 2nd<&sol;strong> at 8 p&period;m&period; Eastern&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Local tournaments will take place at the following locations&comma; beginning at 11 a&period;m&period; local time&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; New York City&comma; New York &&num;8211&semi; 32 E&period; 14th Street<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; San Jose&comma; California &&num;8211&semi; Winfield Shopping Center<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Anaheim&comma; California &&num;8211&semi; Anaheim Town Center<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Denver&comma; Colorado &&num;8211&semi; S&period; Colorado Blvd&period; Gamestop &lpar;c&sol;o Barnes &amp&semi; Noble&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Chicago&comma; Illinois &&num;8211&semi; The Brickyard Shopping Center<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Dedham&comma; Massachusetts &&num;8211&semi; Dedham Mall<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Ellicott City&comma; Maryland &&num;8211&semi; St&period; John’s Plaza<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Bonnie Doone&comma; North Carolina &&num;8211&semi; SWM Skibo Shopping Center<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Bellevue&comma; Washington &&num;8211&semi; Bellevue Square<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Davie&comma; Florida &&num;8211&semi; Tower Shops<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Brandon&comma; Florida &&num;8211&semi; Lake Brandon Shoppes<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Orlando&comma; Florida &&num;8211&semi; SWM Sand Lake Corner<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Chamblee&comma; Georgia &&num;8211&semi; Chamblee Village<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Houston&comma; Texas &&num;8211&semi; Holcombe Blvd&period; Gamestop &lpar;c&sol;o Barnes &amp&semi; Noble&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-Plano&comma; Texas &&num;8211&semi; Preston Road Gamestop &lpar;c&sol;o Barnes &amp&semi; Noble&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;divider&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And the prize for the Open National&quest; A real-life &&num;8220&semi;champion&&num;8217&semi;s robe&&num;8221&semi; and a full-scale trophy with an estimated retail value of &dollar;900&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demo for <em>Super Smash Bros&period; for 3DS<&sol;em> is out everywhere on the Nintendo eShop for free digital download and can be opened up to 30 times per system&period; Whether its Wii U counterpart &lpar;which remains undated&rpar; will have a tournament of its own is unknown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;super-smash-bros-3ds-nationwide-us-tournament-anno&sol;1100-6422555&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;