A French nursing house firm is holding a Avenue Fighter 6 match that pairs seniors with youthful gamers, who will battle it out to win a visit to Evo France in October.
Combating video games are for each age, as one nursing house group in France is displaying the world that even the aged can put collectively a beastly combo or two.
Domitys is among the main senior residence firms in Europe, with places 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 taking part in a preventing sport match with a giant journey on the road.
Seniors duke it out in Avenue Fighter 6 match
Named ‘Domitys Cup,’ this match circuit brings collectively pairs of 1 younger individual, from 18-30 years outdated, and one senior, 60+ years outdated.
Whereas they’re providing the flexibility for younger gamers to enroll and be robotically paired with a senior residing within the house, gamers can be 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.
Because of this, in contrast to conventional preventing sport tournaments, if the group loses one set, they’re out — however they’ll have three matches to point out off their expertise.
The circuit culminates in a ‘nationwide remaining’ at Evo France on October 10, 2025, in a single-elimination bracket with a best-of-five format. Winners may have their journey and lodging paid for as a part of their reward.
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So far, the grand prize for the finals has not but been established, however the match shall be broadcasted on Kayane’s channel, a feminine preventing sport professional from France who is legendary for her prime finishes at tournaments for the Soul Calibur collection.
In truth, she’s even uploaded a collection 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 match on social media, sharing photographs 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 remaining approaches, the seniors are motivated and beginning to string collectively combos!”
“I see that they’re coaching exhausting,” Kayane responded. “Tremendous excited to see the results of their efforts within the coming weeks!”
That is simply the newest seniors preventing sport match 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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