Nintendo is bringing Smash and Splatoon esports to high schools
Splatoon 2. Nintendo is expanding its esports efforts by moving into high schools. The company has announced a new partnership with PlayVS, which will see games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 introduced into varsity athletics starting in the fall. What's magical about this opportunity is that it's a way for kids to participate, to compete against their peer levels, and to do so as part of high school athletics," Nintendo's Bill Trinen tells The Verge.
PlayVS is an amateur esports platform that has partnerships with state and national high school athletic associations, turning competitive gaming into officially recognized competition. It currently operates at three age brackets - youth, high school, and college - with games including...