If a brand is looking to reach the Super Smash Bros. community in 2024, there’s a good chance it is doing so through Luminosity Gaming.
The Toronto-based esports organization, part of Enthusiast Gaming’s broader umbrella of gaming properties, has become one of marketers’ de facto entry points into the competitive scene for “Super Smash Bros.,” the decades-popular fighting game published by Nintendo. Unlike other major gaming publishers, Nintendo has largely ignored its games’ burgeoning competitive scenes, creating an opening for companies such as Luminosity to deepen their ties with Smash — and strengthen their ability to sell the game’s competitive scene to interested sponsors.
The latest example of Luminosity’s push into Smash came on Monday when the organization announced a $10,000 invitational tournament on April 20, sponsored by the supermarket brand Kroger. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In an annotated Q&A, Digiday spoke to Luminosity head Alex Gonzalez to better understand why Luminosity is making its mark in the Smash scene — and how it sold Kroger on the opportunity.
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