Nursing home holds Street Fighter 6 competition with Evo trip as prize
A French nursing home company is holding a Street Fighter 6 tournament that pairs seniors with younger players, who will battle it out to win a trip to Evo France in October.
Fighting games are for every age, as one nursing home group in France is showing the world that even the elderly can put together a beastly combo or two.
Domitysis one of the leading senior residence companies in Europe, with locations across France, Belgium, and Italy, with current expansions underway in Asia.
Its primary base of operations is in France, where it has 250 senior living centers — four of which are participating in a fighting game tournament with a big trip on the line.
Seniors duke it out in Street Fighter 6 tournament
Named ‘Domitys Cup,’ thistournament circuitbrings together pairs of one young person, from 18-30 years old, and one senior, 60+ years old.
There are several regionalqualifying roundsthat will take place throughout September 2025, with each round organized into a single-elimination bracket with a best-of-three format.
This means that, unlike traditional fighting game tournaments, if the team loses one set, they’re out — but they’ll have three matches to show off their skills.
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The circuit culminates in a ‘national final’ atEvoFrance on August 07, 2025, in a single-elimination bracket with a best-of-five format. Winners will have their travel and accommodations paid for as part of their reward.
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Thus far, the grand prize for the finals has not yet been established, but the tournament will be broadcasted onKayane’s channel, a female fighting game pro from France who is famous for her top finishes at tournaments for the Soul Calibur series.
In fact, she’s even uploaded a series of simplified tutorial videos onYouTubeto help the senior players understand the game.
Both Kayane and Domitys have been promoting the tournament on social media, sharing photos and videos of the seniors learning combos alongside their younger training partners.
“No more joking around in Montpellier,” the company wrote on X. “As the regional final approaches, the seniors are motivated and starting to string together combos!”
“I see that they’re training hard,” Kayane responded. “Super excited to see the result of their efforts in the coming weeks!”
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This is just the latest seniors fighting game tournament to go viral after a nursing home in Japan hosted aseniors-only bracket for Tekken 8in July 2025. The winner, named Yoshie, used Panda to take out her opponent, a King player named Sadayuki.
