Hudson announced Star Soldier R tournament and sweepstakes (credit: kotaku)

[7th lutz]

http://kotaku.com/5011076/hudson-hol...dier-r-tourney

Sign Up Today on Hudson's Website

“SHOOT NOW, WIN PRIZES LATER”
TOURNAMENT & SWEEPSTAKES FOR STAR SOLDIER R ANNOUNCED

Players Can Sign Up on Hudson’s Website Beginning May 27

REDWOOD CITY, CA – May 27, 2008 - Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, today announced that registration for both a tournament and a sweepstakes for the recently launched galactic shooter, Star Soldier R for WiiWare™ on Wii™ begins May 27, 2008 and will go through June 24, 2008, concurrent with the contests.

For players who want to see if they can achieve the highest score in Star Soldier R in the nation, Hudson Entertainment is hosting the 'Star Soldier R "Shoot Now, Win Prizes Later" Tournament & Sweepstakes', beginning at 12 a.m. May 27, 2008 and runs through 7 p.m. on June 24, 2008. Gamers will have one month to vie for the high score in Star Soldier R’s “5-Minute Mode” where the top players on the ranking leaderboards have the chance to win prizes. Two rounds of tournament prizes will be awarded based on players' scores. To sign up, players must register on the tournament registration page, located at http://hudsonentertainment.com/tourn...ournament_id=2 .

The first place winners will receive Hudson's Top 5 Wii Games along with 16,000 Wii Points™, 10th place winners will receive 10,000 Wii Points, and the players in 16th place will win 4,000 Wii Points. For the sweepstakes, 10 users will be picked in one random drawing to win prizes. For more information about the contests please visit the registration page.
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I found this announcement on kotaku and I posted this as a heads up since past DP members entered video game tournaments in the past.

[xfrumx]

this sounds awesome, anyone else gonna try?

[Neil Koch]

I've been playing SSR a bit. My scores are nowhere near close to the top to qualify for the contest though. At least it seems somewhat attainable since it is just vs people in the USA... the Japanese scores are insane.

[davidbrit2]

I've been going at it pretty hardcore. I managed 6th place in both 2-minute and 5-minute mode earlier tonight (US Northeast region). The Hori arcade stick works wonders, that's for sure.

[davidbrit2]

This just hit my inbox:

Hello Dave,

Congratulations! The first half of the Star Soldier R tournament has recently wrapped up. After reviewing the leaderboards, you’ve ranked #10! This is no small feat, and your hard work has earned you 10,000 Wii Points! There are just a few quick steps we need to take care of before we can send you your prize.

[djbeatmongrel]

congrats dude. thats fucking awesome

[GarrettCRW]

This just hit my inbox:

10,000? Holy fuckballs!

[poloplayr]

Sounds really cool! Hope more competitions like this will increase the popularity somewhat of the glorious 2d shmup genre.

[davidbrit2]

Just for reference, there's apparently a second portion to the competition, which ends around June 24 or so. I'm not totally sure what it entails, or if anything is different, but gunning for high scores seems like a safe strategy.

[Neil Koch]

Congrats, Dave. The highest I got was #46.