Ready to jump into the #Splatoon2 North America Inkling Open 2019 and the Super #SmashBrosUltimate North America Open 2019? Here’s what you need to know for your chance to reach the top of the ranks! #NintendoNAO19 pic.twitter.com/PBpqllyAQF
— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) January 22, 2019
Nintendo of America has announced a North American Open Tournaments for Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch. These online qualifying events for the Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 will begin starting this February, leading up to the final event at the PAX East video game conference in Boston on March 30th.
The schedule for the online qualifying events for both the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 and Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 tournaments are listed below. For the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019, players will have the chance to qualify in one of four regions across North America. Three individual rounds of qualifying online events will give players three separate chances to represent their region at PAX East.
| Nintendo Switch Game | Region* | Online Event | Date
All times are approximate |
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
Northeast Region |
Online Event 1 | Qualifiers | Feb. 2, 9 a.m. PT | |||||
| Finals | Feb. 9, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 2 | Qualifiers | Feb. 16, 9 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 2, 11 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 3 | Qualifiers | March 9, 9 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 16, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
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Southeast Region |
Online Event 1 | Qualifiers | Feb. 2, 10 a.m. PT | ||||||
| Finals | Feb. 9, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 2 | Qualifiers | Feb. 16, 10 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 2, 11 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 3 | Qualifiers | March 9, 10 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 16, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
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Southwest Region |
Online Event 1 | Qualifiers | Feb. 2, 11 a.m. PT | ||||||
| Finals | Feb. 9, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 2 | Qualifiers | Feb. 16, 11 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 2, 11 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 3 | Qualifiers | March 9, 11 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 16, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
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Northwest Region |
Online Event 1 | Qualifiers | Feb. 2, 12 p.m. PT | ||||||
| Finals | Feb. 9, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 2 | Qualifiers | Feb. 16, 12 p.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 2, 11 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Online Event 3 | Qualifiers | March 9, 12 p.m. PT | |||||||
| Finals | March 16, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
| Nintendo Switch Game | Online Event | Date
All times are approximate |
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| Splatoon 2 | Ink Pools | Feb. 10, 9 a.m. PT | |||||||
| Online Qualifier Finals | March 2, 9 a.m. PT | ||||||||
*Each region has a cap of 2,048 check-in players for each qualifier, for a total of 8,192 players per qualifier series across the four regions of play.
If you’re considering in participating, more information regarding these events can be found by clicking here. If you’re unable to join, the final rounds of the North American Open Tournaments for Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be livestreamed. More information and a livestream URL will be shared at a later date.
Let us know in the comments below if you’ll be participating during the Open Tournaments for Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? For all things, Nintendo, stay tuned to NinMobileNews!
Source: Nintendo PR
