Splatoon Koshien 2017 Full Details
A nation wide(Japan only) Splatoon tournament is set to take place later this year after the first one was so successful. The event will be spit into two parts:
Various tournaments across Japan, with dates at several major cities
A major tournament where the winners of the local tournaments will battle. It will be at the Games Party Japan, which is taking place in February (on February 11th and 12th) next year
The locations for the tournament will be:
September 25th: Toukai (Aichi Prefecture): 112 teams
October 16th: Sapporo (Hokkaido Prefecture): 56 teams
October 22nd: Morioka (Iwate Prefecture): 56 teams
November 5th: Sennan (Osaka Prefecture): 112 teams
November 20th: Takamatsu (Kagawa Prefecture): 56 teams
November 23rd: Hiroshima (Hiroshima Prefecture): 56 teams
December 3rd: Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture): 112 teams
January 21st and 22nd: Tokyo (Tokyo Prefecture), at the Game Party Japan 2016, 192 teams
Of course there are rules in order to compete:
Battles: Turf Wars (1 round, except semi-finals and finals which have 2 rounds)
Stages are chosen at random among the following: Urchin Underpass, Walleye Warehouse, Kelp Dome, Flounder Heights, Museum d’Alfonsino, Mahi-Mahi Resort, Piranha Pit, Ancho-V Games). Fans voted for those during the livestream that was held today: check out below for the results of the votes!
Weapons: no restriction
Gear: no restriction (but default version of gear)
Splatoon version: the version available before the day of the tournament will be used
Controller: Wii U GamePad (special wired Wii U GamePad will be used)
Settings: you can change camera settings, but you have 90 seconds to do that and pick up your weapon and gear
