Nintendo Community Tournament Guidelines: Difference between revisions

Despite these issues, some welcomed Nintendo's involvement due to the belief that the community cannot regulate themselves without direct oversight. The decentralized nature of administration has allowed bad actors into the scene undetected, which has led to behavior and actions like substance abuse,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Smashbro_Z/status/1062501637724418048|title=Z on X|date=November 14, 2018|publisher=Twitter|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626185648/https://twitter.com/Smashbro_Z/status/1062501637724418048|archivedate=June 26, 2021}}</ref> and murder investigations,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dexerto.com/smash/smash-player-banned-from-tournaments-for-allegedly-murdering-his-mother-1861165/|title=Smash Bros player banned from tournaments after being arrested over mother’s murder|date=July 1, 2022|publisher=Dexerto|author=Dylan Horetski}}</ref> as well as a wave of [[sexual misconduct allegations]] during 2020, and the aforementioned attempts and regulatory bodies have never worked out. Furthermore, some in the community felt that Nintendo's involvement would become an inevitability if the tournament scene continued to grow bigger, as companies for other competitive video games have published guidelines for their tournament scenes since 2019 in response to their significant growth,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.capcomprotour.com/community-license/|title=Capcom Pro Tour Community Licence Guidelines|publisher=Capcom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ea.com/games/fifa/compete/fgs-21/community-tournament-guidelines|title=FIFA 2021 Tournament Guidelines|publisher=Electronic Arts}}</ref> especially with Nintendo releasing the competitively oriented {{Uv|Splatoon}} games.

Shortly after the announcement, organizers behind {{Trn|GENESIS X}} and {{Trn|Battle of BC 6}} announced they would continue as scheduled,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/genesis_smash/status/1716875076262592532|title=GENESIS on X|publisher=Twitter|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025192123/https://twitter.com/genesis_smash/status/1716875076262592532|archivedate=October 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/battleofbc/status/1717662395512873367|title=Battle of BC 6's announcement|publisher=Twitter|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104190211/https://twitter.com/battleofbc/status/1717662395512873367|archivedate=November 4, 2023}}</ref> while organizers behind the {{Trn|Umebura|series}} and {{Trn|Sumabato|series}} series announced that they had secured licenses for their events, with Sumabato head {{Sm|Nojinko}} notably announcing that he had secured licenses for the next ten Sumabato events within a day of the guidelines releasing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/UMBRHP/status/1717778634327699961|title=Umebura announces their license|publisher=Twitter|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027084046/https://twitter.com/UMBRHP/status/1717778634327699961|archivedate=October 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/nojinko_ike/status/1717198138266763528|title=Nojinko's announcement|publisher=Twitter|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028010713/https://twitter.com/nojinko_ike/status/1717198138266763528|archivedate=October 28, 2023}}</ref> In addition, the release of the licensing form accompanying the guidelines assuaged fears from the ''Melee'' community that Nintendo was disallowing them from playing the game. Despite neither version of ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' being eligible for a license per the guidelines, there has been little to no response from the community in regards to it, continuing the post-''Ultimate'' disinterest in the game from players and spectators alike.  

With competitive play being largely unchanged since the guideline's release, fear and uncertainty on them have since dissipated. However, a few events were nonetheless affected. Due to the rule on using modified copies of Nintendo games, ''Melee''{{'}}s online competitive play, which used the modded client [[Project Slippi]], lost their largest online tournament series after {{Sm|Hungrybox}} discontinued {{Trn|The Coinbox}} series for ''Melee'', although the online ''Melee'' scene itself still remained active. In addition, a few tournaments, including {{Trn|NRW Cup - Rise of Germany}}, had to unban {{SSBU|Steve}} due to the license,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NRWCup/status/1766500372099580174|title=NRW Cup unbans Steve due to Nintendo license}}</ref> although some events were able to circumvent the guidelines by not publicly announcing the ban, such as {{Trn|Patchwork 2024}}. Finally, the guidelines led to the name change of several tournament series that used some form of "Super Smash Bros." in its title, including Super Smash Con becoming {{Trn|Supernova}} and Smash Factor becoming {{Trn|S Factor}}.

**[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/tournament_guideline/application/index.html 法人・団体によるゲーム大会への個別許諾申請] - Nintendo Co., Ltd.

*[https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Legal-information/Community-Tournament-Guidelines-2467744.html Community Tournament Guidelines (UK English)] - Nintendo of Europe SE ([https://archive.ph/MHlMU Archive])

**[https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Legal-information/Licensed-Tournament-Application-2480361.html Licensed Tournament Application (UK English)] - Nintendo of Europe SE

**[https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/4338162fe6fb4004b8a4135deadb5981 Tournament application form (United States & Canada (excluding Quebec))] - Nintendo of America, Inc.

*[https://www.nintendo.com/au/legal/community-tournament-guidelines Community Tournament Guidelines] - Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231030221018/https://www.nintendo.com.au/legal/community-tournament-guidelines Archive])