Nintendo recently introduced via twitter the Splatoon Showdown Series, in partnership with Battlefy and Leagues Under the Ink- a growing eSports network. The Splatoon Showdown Series will take place in November, broken into four modes : Turf War, Splat Zones, Tower Control and Rainmaker. To enter you must have a Splatoon team and register on BattleFY.com. Then visit the Splatoon Showdown Series sign-up page to enter any of the available Splatoon qualifiers, there’s three qualifiers for each Splatoon mode. Each qualifier is on a different day, with the first starting on November 5th, 2016. See the full rules below.

Registration & Check In Registration is handled through Battlefy. Click the Join button to register your team for the tournament.

button to register your team for the tournament. You must have at least four members on your team to join.

You may include up to four substitutes but only the players who played in the final match will be eligible for prizing.

The captain should be on Battlefy to click Check In in the hour leading up to the start of the tournament

in the hour leading up to the start of the tournament The captain will have 10 minutes after each match starts to click Ready Up on Battlefy and begin setting up the game

on Battlefy and begin setting up the game If a match has not started within 15 minutes after the round has opened, the captain is expected to contact support on Discord

Support must also be contacted in case of delays during a match

If a match has not been completed 40 minutes after the round has opened and no contact with support has been made by either captain, both teams will be disqualified Hosting & Disconnections This tournament is open to North American players

The player from the team with the fastest but more importantly most stable connection should host (a wired connection is preferred)

If there is a dispute on who should host, the team with the higher seed number will host

If a player disconnects, the team will need to finish off the game without that player. Communication Set up the game with your opponent using the included Private Match Chat on Battlefy and the tournament Discord server

The winner should report the score on the bracket once the match is complete

Both teams should take a picture of the victory and defeat screen in case of a dispute

There should be at least one representative of each team in the tournament’s support server on Discord

If you have any problems, please contact a tournament admin on Discord and link them to your match with full details of the issue Seeding Seeding will be done by the tournament organizers for the first tournament of each mode

After this first tournament, results will be accounted for in seeding

Only the top 32 teams will be seeded, the rest will be randomize

Captains can report their team’s score. Splatoon Showdown Series Prizes 1st Place Prize (x4) Exclusive Poster Autographed by the Splatoon Development Team

Splatoon Plush

Splatoon Series amiibo Figures (3-pack set)

Squid Pin

Splatoon Squid Collectible Figure 2nd Place Prize (x4) Splatoon Series amiibo Figure

Splatoon Plush

Squid Pin

Splatoon Squid Collectible Figure 3rd Place Prize (x4) Splatoon Plush

Squid Pin

Splatoon Squid Collectible Figure Only four members from each team will receive prizing.

Splatoon Showdown Series Schedule

Check In: 12:00 PM to 12:59 PM Pacific

Tournament will begin once seeding is complete. Please play your match each round as soon as you have an opponent.

Turf War

Qualifier 1: November 5th, 1:00 PM Pacific Qualifier 2: November 6th, 1:00 PM Pacific Finals: November 12th, 10:00 AM Pacific

Tower Control

Qualifier 1: November 12th, 1:00 PM Pacific Qualifier 2: November 13th, 1:00 PM Pacific Finals: November 19th, 10:00 AM Pacific

Splat Zones

Qualifier 1: November 19th, 1:00 PM Pacific Qualifier 2: November 20th, 1:00 PM Pacific Finals: November 26th, 10:00 AM Pacific

Rainmaker

Qualifier 1: November 26th, 1:00 PM Pacific Qualifier 2: November 27th, 1:00 PM Pacific Finals: December 3rd, 10:00 AM Pacific

For more information on the Splatoon Showdown Series please visit the official Battlefy.com Splatoon page.