The international tournament takes place before NEC XVI.
The 2 players from the US are qualified by Community Vote, however anyone is able to attend the Festival tournament.
I saw this too after I saw the english link. This "International Tournament" was briefly mentioned to me at D-1 Ultimate Climax Blade, but no one knew anything about any details, and the only question I cared about asking was "when?" and they told me sometime late this year or next year.
What makes me mad is that every other tournament was hella in advance and this one pops up within 2 months and a couple weeks after I leave Japan? That's annoying. Though I'm pretty sure the plan was to try and rush it in so NEC XVI could be like the grandest, most badass DOA tournament to have ever happened in DOA history, with guaranteed winners/top players from all parts of the world. At least this means there's going to be a high chance of Japanese showing up. I hope Katsuninken and Flack enter, because apparently Katsuninken had better things to do than win DOA tournaments at D-1. He didn't even enter any of the previous qualifiers. Maybe this will be big enough.
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