Nintendo Live: livestream for Super Smash Bros., Splatoon and Super Mario Maker today
Yesterday, Nintendo announced a special livestream called Nintendo Live, which will be streamed on Firday (August 7th). It will be the occasion for the company to showcase three major games on the Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Splatoon, and the upcoming Super Mario Maker!
Here’s the list of guests:
– MC: Yoshiyuki Hirai (from America Zarigani)
– Abadango (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
– Ranai (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
– aMsa (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
– Squid Research Lab Researchers (Splatoon)
– Kiyo (Super Mario Maker)
– P-P (Super Mario Maker)
– Nintendo Staff (Super Mario Maker)
Here’s the schedule:
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (~8.20PM JST)
During this segment, it’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U which will be showcased. Various guests will get to play the recently-released Tourney Mode for the game… but there’s a twist! Nintendo will reveal a password, which will allow a limited number of viewers to join the tournament.
Here’s some details:
– 100 players tournament, point system
– Time limit: 5mn
– Rules: 2 stocks
– Stage: random
– Items: only Smash Ball
– No Mii Fighters
– No customisation
This segment will start at:
– Europe: 1.20PM
– UK: 12.20PM
– North America (EDT): 7.20AM
– North America (PDT): 4.20AM
– Japan: 8.20PM
Splatoon (~9.30PM JST)
During this segment, some researchers from the Squid Research Lab will play some online matches in Splatoon, using the upcoming Squad Battle mode (to be released this week).
This segment will start at:
– Europe: 2.30PM
– UK: 1.30PM
– North America (EDT): 8.30AM
– North America (PDT): 5.30AM
– Japan: 9.30PM
Super Mario Maker (~10.35PM JST)
During this final segment, staff from Nintendo will showcase Super Mario Maker. After that, the various guests will try out some of the levels made by Shinya Arino during the Game Center CX Live at NicoNico Chokaigi 2015, as well as the special levels made by the Nintendo Treehouse team for the Nintendo World Championships 2015.
This segment will start at:
– Europe: 3.35PM
– UK: 2.35PM
– North America (EDT): 9.35AM
– North America (PDT): 6.35AM
– Japan: 10.35PM
The livestream will be on NicoNico, and an account will be required to watch it.
