Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Discussion

I don't think they're going to be allowed to pick the character either. They might be dealt out randomly or something, or they play some behind the scenes first and whoever does best gets first choice so on.

16 players + 1 fan voted bracket (presumably another 4 person round) = 20 characters. Which is the same as the number of playable characters included in this demo, so I think everyones getting handed one character and told to play with that person.

Good luck to the person who ends up getting Link, lol.

edit:
http://e3.nintendo.com/invitational/info.html

Yeah this is exactly what i thought would happen after i saw the video. Nintendo must RRREEEAAAAALLLLLYYYYYYYYY have some confidence in the balance between characters in this game to be doing this. I understand that they're just promoting the game in all the ways it can be played, which is awesome given the players, but that question as well as competitive viability is probably what everyone there is going to want to answer.

Also i'm sad mew2king didn't make it... I guess they didn't want him tearing apart the mechanics of the game during the event lol

edit:

2nd place scores have the following tiebreakers:
Most Kills
If the number of Kills are tied, 2nd place will be determined by fan vote

Lolwut

Actually, the fan vote tournament sounds awesome. Can't wait for E3