Rivals 2 Local Scene

I know this post is probably way too early, but was more asking since I never played Rivals 1 and I'm not familiar with the local scene for the first game.

Does anyone know based off the local scene for the first game how healthy/active the local scene for the second game might be?

I'm in Richmond VA so a medium-sized city. I'm assuming NOVA might get some local tournaments, but that's a few hour drive from me. Any ideas/hope for the smaller/medium sized cities?

On top of that, how is local play support for this game so far? I've heard a mixed bag about Multiversus' local play and controller support, but if Rivals 2 is plug and play (or nearly close) then I imagine that might be a huge help in incentivizing smaller scenes.