{"id":2389,"date":"2020-01-21T11:03:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-bros-ultimate-winner-evo-japan-receives-no-cash-will-get-a-pro-controller-instead"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:58:03","slug":"smash-bros-ultimate-winner-evo-japan-receives-no-cash-will-get-a-pro-controller-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-ultimate\/smash-bros-ultimate-winner-evo-japan-receives-no-cash-will-get-a-pro-controller-instead","title":{"rendered":"Smash Bros. 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although this could simply be waiting to be updated.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PracticalTAS\/status\/1219428549272227841\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; 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(@PracticalTAS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PracticalTAS\/status\/1219428549272227841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PracticalTAS\/status\/1219428549272227841\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" data-tweet-id=\"1219428549272227841\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px;\"><\/twitter-widget><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PracticalTAS\/status\/1219428549272227841\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" data-tweet-id=\"1219428549272227841\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: static; 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Furukawa said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{489bff23-08d1-4ab1-8d12-059ad7a170a3}{161}\" paraid=\"598050912\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not that we&rsquo;re opposed to it. 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