Splatoon $1M Tourney Series Launched in Japan, or; We Esports Now

[Egregore]

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.

The tournament series is being hosted by Kadokawa and Toukaigi / Nicovideo parent company Dwango, and starts September 13 in Fukuoka. No word for now if Nintendo of America or Nintendo of Europe is planning to double down in a similar way, but fansite Squidboards just wrapped up their first tournament and are launching their second one soon, simply named Messfest.

Article references our very own IoS: Messfest, as well.

It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds, and if they plan on officially implementing a spectator mode.

What kinda strategies will we see? Weapon usage, map choices. . .I'm excited!

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

 

[DeeWee UNub]

I'm really excited about this. I hope it goes well and eventually will spread to the rest of the world.I'll definitely be keeping up with this to see how it progresses.

 

[Zoot]

Holy moley, we esports now for sure. Thanks Nintendo for supporting the game like this!

I'm gonna be in Japan during that time, so I'll definitely try to make it to one of these events.
Edit: Looks like you can only sign up as a participating team for now, I can't see any way to get spectator tickets.

 

[Sol64]

Well that escalated quickly.

 

[Hope]

but fansite Squidboards just wrapped up their first tournament

We wish...

This is really exciting, can't wait to see if this comes to NA or not. If it does, lets hope it doesn't use 4v4 turf war as the only mode.

 

[DeltaFixer]

Oh my gosh! I'm so happy to see this. WE ESPORTS NAO.

More seriously, I'm incredibly excited about this. Here's hoping it goes well in Japan and NoA does something similar here with lots of events.

 

[MaikoRules]

they need to live stream it. (which will unfortunately probably be on NicoNico :()

Wish this was team based though. and didnt use turf war.

 

[Agosta44]

Who's ready to put 100,000 on the line in turf war

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

:l

 

[Snake_Joe]

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[Misha]

I didn't expect this happen so fast. I can't wait for more events. :D

 

[RespawningJesus]

Is the 1 mil shared between Puzzle and Dragons as well as Splatoon, or just Splatoon? Also, is it 1 mil in prize money thay is shared throughout all prizes, or is that just for the people who placed 1st?