If you can get to Los Angeles this weekend, you’re in luck.  Nintendo is holding a free Brawl tournament there this Saturday (February 16) at 3:00 p.m. in the Orpheum Theatre.  The tournament is open to the public, but only the first 256 people in line will be able to participate.  If you really want to get in, camping out is probably not a bad idea.  Future tournaments are planned for San Francisco, Boston, and New York.  Click below to see the full press release and details for all events including some amazing prizes.

NINTENDO’S SUPER SMASH BROS. BRAWL TOURNAMENTS STORM THE COUNTRY

Nintendo and Best Buy Team Up to Crown a National Champion

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 13, 2008 - Attention all Smash fans: Put up your dukes! Just before the launch of the much-anticipated Super Smash Bros.® Brawl, Mario™ and friends are hosting four regional Wii™ tournaments. The competitions will visit Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and finally New York for a Midnight Madness Launch event at the Best Buy store at 622 Broadway in New York. All of the 256 participants at each location will receive a $10 Best Buy gift card. One lucky grand prize winner will receive a custom-designed, crystal-covered Wii, a home theater system from Best Buy and other prizes.

“Super Smash Bros. is one of the world’s most popular game franchises because it draws in characters from across the Nintendo universe and beyond for some all-out fighting fun,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales & marketing. “Super Smash Bros. Brawl has extreme appeal among our core audience, but these tournaments are a great way to get new fans involved as well - before the game is even available in stores.”

Each regional tournament will provide the first 256 people in attendance the chance to “brawl” one-on-one with other contestants in a single-elimination tournament to determine a winner in each market. Regional winners will face off in a final multiplayer “brawl” at the New York City tournament.

The grand prize winner will receive a crystal-coated Wii with a design from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a home theater system from Best Buy and a copy of the game. The second-place finisher will receive one Wii system and Wii Remote, one copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and a $1,000 Best Buy gift card. The third-place finisher will receive a Wii and Wii Remote, a copy of the game and a $500 Best Buy gift card. The fourth-place finisher will receive a Wii, an extra Wii Remote, a copy of the game and a $250 Best Buy gift card. For more information about the tournaments, visit Nintendo.com.

The tournaments will take place at the following times and locations:

Feb. 16
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Orpheum Theater
842 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Feb. 23
Doors open at 2 p.m.
Ten15 Folsom
1015 Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

March 1
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Olden Hall
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609

March 8
Doors open at 5 p.m.
Best Buy (NOHO)
622 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

I would probably go if I didn’t have so much else going on. I have a lot to do this weekend in preparation for moving across country.

I would like to go, but only the first 256 people? The chances that I’ll actually get to play are slim.

I’m assuming they’ll have a ton of units set up, it is Nintendo after all.  I would think/hope of the 256 that get in, all of them get to play but I can’t guarantee it.

I’d like to go but I really don’t want to have to get up early enough to make sure I have a spot in to play.

Can’t wait to play this. Looks like a worthy sequel to Melee.

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