A major tournament around the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is currently making waves. The host of the tournament is alleged to have lied to the audience, which has sparked extensive discussion on the topic.
What happened? In the USA, the “North America Open Event” in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate took place. Professional players competed against each other for the title. Nintendo streamed the event on Twitch and thousands of fans tuned in.
However, viewers repeatedly noticed that the game was not running smoothly and numerous bugs were complicating the gameplay.
This is what Nintendo did: Instead of continuing to show the gameplay with the bugs, they simply switched to the hosts of the event, who were commenting on all the matches.
One of the hosts then addressed the bugs in the game and assured the viewers that the players were not experiencing the errors and that it was only due to the streaming transmission.
Players accuse Nintendo of lying
This is how players reacted: Many players reacted skeptically to the host’s statement. They did not believe the commentator, as the online mode of Super Smash has faced criticism before.
Many viewers of the stream also asked the professional players via Twitter whether they were affected by the bugs.
This is what the pros said: The pro “isnacks,” who participated in the tournament, commented on the bugs as follows: “There were numerous bugs. We don’t know where they came from because the first two games ran smoothly.”
This only confirmed the viewers’ suspicions, leading them to brand the host of the stream a liar. E-sports reporter Rod ‘Slasher’ Breslau also stated about the incident that the host of the stream probably lied to the audience.
These were the reactions: After all these statements and the confirmation that the host of the tournament had apparently lied, Reddit exploded. Hundreds of players commented on the incidents.
For example, “Yumakaze” wrote about the online mode: “It’s a shame that Nintendo can’t get the online mode right. They have such great games, but they ruin them with a terrible netcode.”
The user “Tezzor” shares another clip that shows the full extent of the bug:
What do you think of the host’s statement and the bugs in Super Smash Bros.?
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