Nintendo World Championships Locations Announced

May 19, 2015

Nintendo announced the return of the Nintendo World Championships last week, and now fans will be able to qualify for the tournament in a number of locations.

Qualifying rounds are going to be held in eight different cities across the country on May 30. The cities include:

San Francisco, CA
Torrance, CA
Miami, FL
Schaumburg, IL
Maple Grove, MN
Long Island City, NY
Dallas, TX
Tacoma, WA

All qualifying rounds take place in Best Buy locations in the aforementioned cities. Participants will play the Championship mode in Ultimate NES Remix in an effort to post high scores in Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3 and Dr. Mario.

The players with the highest scores in each city will be flown to E3 to participate in the final rounds on June 14. Fans at home can watch, as Nintendo plans to stream the event at E3.

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