No word on whether Gamecube controllers will experience a revival in production.
There will be 16 playable characters in the E3 Smash area this year, 14 of which are known: Wii Fit Trainer, Marth, Megaman, Pit, Villager, Pikachu, Mario, Link, Kirby, Samus, Rosalina & Luma, Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong, and Greninja. Similarly, a roster of competitive Smash players from all over the country will be attending the event to play in a tournament to showcase and judge the new Smash Bros‘ mechanics.
Lilian “milktea” Chen, Hugo “HugS” Gonzalez, Ken “LiquidKen” Hoang, Daniel “LiquidKDJ” Jung, Neha “Lilo” Chhetri, Hendrick “DJNintendo” Pilar, Kris “Toph” Aldenderfer, Sam “PeachyHime” McNaughton, Juan “Crs. Hungrybox” Debiedma, Kevin “PewPewU” Toy, Kevin “EG PPMD” Nanney, Dakota “TheRapture” Lasky, Cristin “Crismas” DeSaro, McCain “MacD” LaVelle, Masaya “aMSa” Chikamoto, and Gonzalo “CT ZeRo” Barrios.
These contestants are well known in the Smash Brothers community for their tournament prowess. In order to make them feel more at home, they will be announced by regular Super Smash Brothers: Melee commentators:
Wynton “Prog” Smith, Bobby “Scar” Scarnewman, and D’Ron “D1” Maingrette. The event will be hosted by none other than Geoff Keighley.
E3 takes place this year June 10-12 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angelos, California. The Smash Brothers Invitational will be happening from 4:00PM to 6:30PM Pacific Time. With Nintendo’s unprecedented efforts to include competitive players, E3 2014 is sure to be an interesting event for the gaming community. Count on a stream and updates from Hyrule.net’s Twitter @hyruledotnet.
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I’m pretty excited to see a stream of the event. I hope the tournament is exciting.
I agree, this seems like really cool event to be a part of and good on Nintendo for putting it on!