Nintendo Releases New Community Tournament Guidelines

UPDATE. Similar community tournament guidelines appeared on the American site as well.

Original article: Today, Nintendo released its community tournament guidelines. They were published on the Japanese website as well as the UK one. There are lots of limitations to community tournaments. We will highlight some of them:

• Tournaments may include up to 200 Participants for in-person tournaments or up to 300 Participants for online tournaments
• Entry fees are limited to  £18 / €20 per person.
• No prize may exceed a market value of £4,500 / €5,000 in total
• When hosting a Community Tournament, Organisers may not receive goods, services, money, etc., from third parties as sponsors
• Pirated or modified versions of Nintendo games must not be used
• Games with online play must use the online gameplay services and/or servers officially provided by Nintendo
• Tournaments involving the sale of food, beverages, or merchandise are not allowed

You can read the full version here. It is possible that later today, similar guidelines will be published for North America. While exact titles were not stated, we may assume that it will primarily have an impact on Smash scene. We will keep you updated. For more news about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, visit our special hub.