Nintendo tournament coming to Worcester

When it came to selecting a suitable site for a Wii Olympics of sorts, the video-game gurus of Nintendo could not overlook Worcester.

After all, Worcester Polytechnic Institute lays claim to having launched the first-in-the-nation undergraduate majors program in interactive media and game development.

So it is only fitting and just that WPI's campus center was designated to host one of four regional Nintendo Wii game tournaments, and the Wii Worcester wing-ding is scheduled for 3 p.m. tomorrow.

The tournament is part of Nintendo's promotion of the impending launch of a new Wii game - Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

According to WPI, the 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 region; regional winners will face off in a final multiplayer "brawl" at the New York City tournament, and the grand prize winner will receive that Croix de Guerre of gaming - a crystal-coated Wii.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)