I should have mentioned this before, but when this was printed there wasn't a forum to post it on. This year's Nintendo Community Fangame Convention has been picked up quite a few times by the media this year, but it was mostly centred around one or two games in particular (see Psycho Waluigi). However, the whole event was picked up in a double page spread in UK Nintendo magazine NGamer. I have scans http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9540/ncfcscan1.jpg http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1011/ncfcscan2.jpg Sadly they shoved this right in the middle of the magazine so the edges didn't agree with my scanner. So, typed paragraphs [quote]There's an inexplicable love for Waluigi, too. [i]Psycho Waluigi[/i](6) - a platformaer with a psychic power twist - wants to do for the purple beanpole what [i]Wario Land[/i] did for Mario's grim doppleganger. An even madder prospect, [i]Plumber Waluigi[/i](7), pairs him with Petey Piranha in a deerstalker hat for a [i]Professor Layton[/i] clone. Poor old Wario is relegated to a handful of minigames in [i]Terror Mario[/i](8) - a frankly baffling chunk of WarioWare lunacy. Along with mascot revival, online play is on everyone's virtual lips. [i]Pokémon Battle Online[/i](9) improves on existing online battle simulators with a shared online overworld. [i]Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Online[/i] is self-explanitory [i]and[/i] does what Nintendo should have done on Wii a long time ago. Our favourite is [i]Saturn Valley Online[/i](10) - an MMO set in the [i]Earthbound[/i] universe. Grinding isn't too bad when you have evil light fittings to fight. Visiting the non-convention centre is a real eye opener. If E3 presents the future that developers are giving gamers, NCFC shows the future games want for themselves. A world where [i]Metroid 2[/i] is (next page) getting the GBA update afforded [i]Metroid 1[/i] (Project [i]AM2R[/i](11)). A world where Mega Man has gone AWOL, leaving the robot masters to take his place in [i]Mega Man 2[/i] ([i]Megaman: Day in the Limelight[/i]). A world where [i]Mother 3[/i] gets the sequel Shigesato Itoi said he'd never make. Where most fangames are the work of single minds, [i]Mother 4[/i] is the work of a full fan studio, some 12 members strong. Such is the ambition of their project that we tracked down its co-writer Zephys, to talk about the monumental task ahead. You can read what he had to say on the right. Note how carefully he held back on certain details - an old PR trick. Such is the professionalism at work that they've begun mimicking the very industry they set out to suvert. A terrifying thought. So, make the most of it while you can. Visit http://www.nintendocfc.com and prented wander the pretend convention centre in your pretend clothes and absorb games development at its purset. This time next year we could well be queuing four hours for a glimpse of [i]Mario's House of Shut the Hell Up[/i].[/quote] Marvel at the fact that a slightly bigger percentage of the UK will have heard of DJ Yoshiman.

[quote="NGamer"]NCFC offers a glimpse of a Mario free of Nintendo shareholders to appease. In bizarro land he gets to star in [i]Mario's House of Shut The Hell Up[/i] and [i]Revenge of the Walrus[/i].[/quote] Awesome. Now I can tell everyone that I've been featured in a British video game magazine.

Damn, if this place gets too much national coverage I'll [i]never[/i] get away with sneaking in adult content!

Hot damn, they actually said something about my game here. Now I'm even more motivated to finish it!

Alex? Madder than Thunder Dragon? WHAT Seriously, though, this is really neat. I agree with Yoshbert, this sure makes me more motivated. :)

I'm not really familiar with the magazine [i](UK Magazine, and I'm in the US)[/i], but that's quite an accomplishment to get noticed in at least one publisher than none at all. Congratulations on getting mentioned in the magazine. :)

First just Psycho Waluigi in a Swedish magazine, and now the NCFC in a UK magazine! Chances are if they enjoyed this year's so much they reported on it, they may come around and report on next year's, if there is a next year's. Could be a good way to get positive attention!

Makes me wish I had entered

Holy shit... We really need to make the next NCFC a hell of a lot better if we're getting this much attention...

Oh snap bros. Hope the ncfc gets a lot more attention next year.

Makes me wish I'd finished Aftermath 2 in time