A French nursing house firm is holding a Avenue Fighter 6 event that pairs seniors with youthful gamers, who will battle it out to win a visit to Evo France in October.
Preventing video games are for each age, as one nursing house group in France is exhibiting the world that even the aged can put collectively a beastly combo or two.
Domitys is among the main senior residence corporations in Europe, with areas throughout France, Belgium, and Italy, with present expansions underway in Asia.
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Its main base of operations is in France, the place it has 250 senior residing facilities — 4 of that are collaborating in a preventing sport event with an enormous journey on the road.
Seniors duke it out in Avenue Fighter 6 event
Named ‘Domitys Cup,’ this event circuit brings collectively pairs of 1 younger particular person, from 18-30 years outdated, and one senior, 60+ years outdated.
Whereas they’re providing the flexibility for younger gamers to enroll and be mechanically paired with a senior residing within the house, gamers can be a part of with their dad and mom or grandparents if they need a shot at competing. The competitors is supposed to incorporate everybody.
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There are a number of regional qualifying rounds that may happen all through September 2025, with every spherical organized right into a single-elimination bracket with a best-of-three format.
Which means, in contrast to conventional preventing sport tournaments, if the staff loses one set, they’re out — however they’ll have three matches to indicate off their abilities.
The circuit culminates in a ‘nationwide last’ at Evo France on October 10, 2025, in a single-elimination bracket with a best-of-five format. Winners could have their journey and lodging paid for as a part of their reward.
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Up to now, the grand prize for the finals has not but been established, however the event shall be broadcasted on Kayane’s channel, a feminine preventing sport professional from France who is legendary for her high finishes at tournaments for the Soul Calibur sequence.
The truth is, she’s even uploaded a sequence of simplified tutorial movies on YouTube to assist the senior gamers perceive the sport.
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Each Kayane and Domitys have been selling the event on social media, sharing pictures and movies of the seniors studying combos alongside their youthful coaching companions.
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“No extra joking round in Montpellier,” the corporate wrote on X. “Because the regional last approaches, the seniors are motivated and beginning to string collectively combos!”
“I see that they’re coaching onerous,” Kayane responded. “Tremendous excited to see the results of their efforts within the coming weeks!”
That is simply the most recent seniors preventing sport event to go viral after a nursing house in Japan hosted a seniors-only bracket for Tekken 8 in July 2025. The winner, named Yoshie, used Panda to take out her opponent, a King participant named Sadayuki.
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