Nintendo therefore contacted the tournament organizers to ask them to stop. Melee that requires use of illegally copied versions of the game in conjunction with a mod called ‘Slippi’ during their online event. Unfortunately, the upcoming Big House tournament announced plans to host an online tournament for Super Smash Bros.
After it nixed the tourney, Nintendo put out the following statement:
And, with all kinds of events going virtual, The Big House attempted to run its tournament virtually, meaning that participants would have to use a digitized version of the game they owned, along with the mod, in order to participate. Otherwise, the whole thing basically doesn't work from a online play perspective. tournament called The Big House over its use of a mod called 'slippi.' Slippi essentially unbreaks the 20 year old game when it comes to competitive online play. Late last year, we discussed a predictably odd move by Nintendo to shut down a Smash Bros.
