Dakota State University, Game Chest to host Super Smash Bros. tournament in Sioux Falls

Dakota State University wants to let video game fans know they have a chance to design computer games as a career. The Madison university is promoting its computer game design major next week in a Super Smash Bros. tournament in Sioux Falls.

The tournament will be held at Game Chest at 421 N. Phillips Ave. Game Chest opened in its new location earlier this month after operating a pop-up shop on 10th Street for several weeks around the holidays.

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Super Smash Bros. is a popular Nintendo game in which characters from Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and other games battle one another.

Students and faculty will also share the strengths of the computer game design major, including more details on the types of project students will work on and the games they will study.

“These project classes push you because they’re so much work,” said Aaron Curry, senior computer game design major “but it is completely worth it for the end product."

The tournament runs 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at Game Chest. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own controllers.