JOIN NINTENDO UK AT @NINTENDOUKVS LIVE: LONDON: A BRAND NEW NINTENDO EVENT CELEBRATING FUN COMPETITIVE NINTENDO GAMING!

@NintendoUKVS Live: London is taking place 28-29 July offering the first official qualifier for the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 as well as first ever opportunity to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch in the UK!

Mark your calendars, Nintendo UK is kickstarting the rest of its 2018 event schedule with @NintendoUKVS Live: London, taking place 28-29 July 2018 at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London. The @NintendoUKVS Live: London event will cater for the hardened competitors seeking fame and glory in intense tournaments, to more relaxed gamers eager to chill-out with like-minded fans and go hands-on with the latest games for Nintendo Switch. @NintendoUKVS Live: London will provide social competitive entertainment for players of all skill levels and abilities and will play host to the first official qualifier for the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 series.

Watch the NintendoUKVS trailer here.

The @NintendoUKVS Live: London event, on top of being the first official qualifier for the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 on Saturday 28 July, will be the first ever event in the UK to go hands-on with the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch. The game will be playable on both days, with a headline Invitational tournament running on Sunday 29 July 2018. As well as these headline events, multiplayer favourites like Mario Tennis Aces, ARMS, Pokkén Tournament DX and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be available to play alongside other upcoming titles for free play all weekend – stay tuned for more announcements around other games which will be playable! There will also be an exciting stage show schedule to watch and take part in at the event, including the brand new @NintendoUKVS Game Show which made its debut at MCM.

For more information on @NintendoUKVS Live; London and other events Nintendo will be partaking in this year, please head to the Nintendo website.

Headline Tournaments at @NintendoUKVS Live: London

Saturday 28 July – Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018: Qualifier Tournament

This Tournament will offer qualifier spots in both the Inkling League, for teams of players aged 13 and under, and the Octo League, for teams of any age. We are accepting pre-registration from full four-squid squads now. To pre-register your team please send an email to NintendoCommunity@Nintendo.co.uk with the subject ‘NintendoUKVS Live: London – Splatoon 2’, stating your team’s name and members. For players not in full teams that attend the event and wish to compete, we will endeavour to match any squids for hire with others looking to create a team if there is space in the tournament.

Sunday 29 July – The @NintendoUKVS Live: London, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitational

@NintendoUKVS Live: London will play host to an invitational tournament in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, giving top UK Super Smash Bros. players a chance to show their abilities in this new title. More details will be announced soon, so please follow @NintendoUKVS on Twitter to keep up to date with this event.

Watch the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate trailer here.

*Pre-registration deadline for headline tournaments is Friday 13 July. Pre-registration spaces are limited and are assigned on a first come first served basis.

For those that can’t make it to the event, fear not! We will be livestreaming both days of the show, bringing to you the action from the headline tournaments, as well as interviews with top players, and general coverage from the @NintendoUKVS Live event. Make sure to tune in at Twitch.tv/NintendoUK, and follow @NintendoUKVS on Twitter, to keep up to date with all the Nintendo social competitive updates from the UK.

Secure your ticket now!

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• Once you have ordered your tickets for your chosen day, they will be emailed to you. Please bring your tickets to your chosen day to gain entry.

Event information

This page is for @NintendoUKVS: Live London only.

Please go to www.nintendo.co.uk to see other events.

Where:

Royal Horticultural Halls

The Lindley Hall

Elverton Street

London

SW1P 2PB

United Kingdom

When:

Saturday 28th July – 10:00am – 20:00pm

Sunday 29th July – 10:00am – 20:00pm

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Bring your tickets with you. You will need them to gain entry.

• Attendees aged 16 years and under must be accompanied by an adult (18 years or older) at all times.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

We want everyone to have a chance to come along, so please be aware of the following:

• Entry is gained by a valid ticket for that day. No valid ticket, no entry.

• Multiple bookings are not permitted and will be deleted at the discretion of the Event Organiser.

• Tickets are based on a first come, first served basis and are non-refundable or transferable in any way or form (e.g. one day cannot be swapped or used for another day).

For further updates:

Nintendo website http://www.nintendo.co.uk

Nintendo Switch website https://www.nintendo.co.uk/nintendoswitch

Nintendo UK on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendouk

Nintendo UK VS on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendoukvs

Nintendo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo

Nintendo Switch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NintendoSwitch

Nintendo UK on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK

Nintendo UK on Twitch http://www.twitch.tv/nintendouk

Nintendo on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NintendoUK

Splatoon 2 website http://nintendo.co.uk/splatoon2

Splatoon on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Splatoon

Super Smash Bros on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SmashBros