The Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo event has been canceled and will not take place in late January 2024. Nintendo announced the event’s cancellation while postponing several tournaments related to Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
The chain of event delays and cancellations began when Nintendo received persistent threats aimed at its employees. The perpetrator later expanded their targets to staff members and the public audience of the upcoming Japanese national finals tournament in Splatoon Koshien 2023, which was about to take place in Tokyo on December 16-17, 2023.
Nintendo ultimately decided to postpone the Splatoon Koshien tournament as it prioritizes the safety of visitors to the venue. As the tournament would determine the Japanese representative in the Splatoon 3 World Championship 2024, the company also postponed the world finals tournament that would take place in Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo.
Nintendo also took the time to review the safety procedures for the Tokyo event. The company ultimately canceled Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo as it concluded it would not have enough security measures to protect visitors. The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online challenge finals and 2024 World Championship, which were originally slated to take place in the same event, also ended up getting postponed.
Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo was originally scheduled to take place at Tokyo Big Sight on January 20-21, 2024 before its cancellation.
