It's been about six years since he told us to do it ourselves. Back when WarioWare DIY first came out, Nintendo held microgame competitions. Basically, you would create a microgame, send it in and, if it won, it would be downloadable for everyone! Well, everyone in your region perhaps. But these were only held for a short time, honestly. A [i]remarkably[/i] short time. Anyway, I figured it might be fun to hold a little unofficial DIY comp and the reaction to this idea [url=http://www.forums.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=19119&p=487958]seems mostly positive[/url]. However, in the spirit of the game itself, I want to do it with a bit of a twist: [b]this will be a microcompetition[/b]. "But Dustin!" you may ask. "What on [i]Earth[/i] does that even [i]MEAN[/i]?" Well, I'll tell ya. I'll tell ya real good. Basically, after the competition starts, [b][i]you will have two days to create a microgame[/b][/i]. Wario only accepts the fastest developers, clearly! [b]-How to Upload Microgames With Real Hardware-[/b] Items required: Nintendo DS or 3DS, Nintendo Wii or Wii U (Wii Mode), SD card (any size) and copies of WarioWare DIY and DIY Showcase [spoiler]Step 1: Create and save your microgame, naturally Step 2: Transfer it from your Nintendo DS system to your Nintendo Wii or Wii U (in Wii Mode) Step 3: Navigate to Wii Options > Data Management > Save Data > Wii Step 4: Find your DIY Showcase save and transfer it to the SD card Step 5: Open [url=http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1008/]WarioWare DIY Editor[/url] Step 6: On the SD card, navigate to "(sd card drive):\private\wii\title\WA4E\" (this code may vary depending on region) and open "data.bin" Step 7: In DIY Editor, go to "modify games", right click your microgame and select "extract" Step 8: Save .mio file and upload! Note: [i]Playing[/i] microgames operates on a very similar system, except you inject the microgame and then transfer the save [i]back[/i] to the Wii console[/spoiler] [b]-How to Upload Microgames From an Emulated Copy-[/b] Items required: DS emulator, ROM file (not provided) [spoiler]Step 1: Acquire [url=http://desmume.org/download/]DeSmuME 0.9.11[/url] (other versions and emulators may work, but I can vouch for this one) Step 2: Also acquire a WarioWare DIY rom file. I will not be providing one for obvious reasons Step 3 (optional): Download [url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/tg6cxj3dmuftif9/WarioWareDIY_AllEditors.7z?dl=0]this save file[/url]. It'll allow you to skip the tutorial stuff and have all of the MakerMatic functions already unlocked Step 4: Create your microgame and save it Step 5: In DeSmuME, click file > export backup memory and save it as a .sav file Step 6: Open [url=http://scupizzaboy.blogspot.com/]CrygorTool[/url] Step 7: In CrygorTool, click file > .sav tools and open your save Step 8: Find your microgame, click it and click export Step 9: Save your microgame![/spoiler] [b]-Useful Tools-[/b] [url=http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1008/]WarioWare DIY Editor[/url] - Allows you to modify your saves and mio files in a number of ways [url=http://scupizzaboy.blogspot.com/]CrygorTool[/url] - An alternative to the above, may be needed for emulated saves [url=http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1009/]miotool[/url] - Another alternative to the above, but not recommended as it modifies your microgame ID [url=http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1011/]mioedit[/url] - Allows you to insert bitmap files as microgame graphics and may speed up that aspect The competition will start and the theme will be revealed on [b]Monday, November 7th at 12:00 AM EST[/b]. The competition will end on [b]Wednesday, November 9th at 12:00 AM EST[/b]. There are [b]no badges involved[/b], so this is really just for fun.

I don't have a DS, but I heard DS games work on 3DS as well. I can't tell whether it's true or not, since I don't have WarioWare DIY or any DS game to test on my 3DS. To make it worse, I don't know how to make a DS emulator save files, which forces me to go through all the introduction and game-making learning thing everytime I want to play this game. Guess I have no hope in joining. :< EDIT: Ooops, I mistyped 3DS as DS

[quote="[url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?p=496204#p496204]SuperArthurBros[/url]"]I don't have a DS, but I heard DS games work on DS as well. I can't tell whether it's true or not, since I don't have WarioWare DIY or any DS game to test on my DS. To make it worse, I don't know how to make a DS emulator save files, which forces me to go through all the introduction and game-making learning thing everytime I want to play this game. Guess I have no hope in joining. :<[/quote] Emulating DIY has always been a bit of a tricky subject, but the latest version of DeSmuME seems to run it and save just fine. Perhaps you could try that plus the save file I linked in the second tutorial?

(I mistyped 3DS on that post) I managed to get it working and saving successfully and easily! Kind of a shame I am only succeeding in doing it now, as I felt more like playing this game years ago... I don't remember why it was so hard back then. :P Now my current problem is the excessive lagging. I am excited to see what will be done for this competition, but I am not sure if I'll enter myself.

It's about that time, fellas! The theme of this competition is... [b][size=200]Retro Fangames[/size][/b] Your goal is to create a microgame based on a fangame from 2005 or earlier. Super Mario Storm, Mario's Mansion, etc. As stated before, you have until [b]Wednesday, November 9th at 12:00 AM EST[/b] to make and submit your microgame. Good luck and hopefully we see a few entries!

2005- fangames?? That's a hard choice! Information about the oldest fangames in MFGG are lacking... I can't think up any microgame revolving on the old fangames I know.

Maybe it'd be better if the theme was both retro [i]and[/i] famous fangames (like Psycho Waluigi, Abducted Toad, Super Mario Flashback, Mushroom Kingdom Fusion, etc)

Oh come on, there are plenty of classic (or infamous) fangames pre-2005. Super Mario Storm? Yoshi Gone MFGG? Paper Mario World? Have you people just been ignoring the MFGG catalogue your whole time here? XD

I have my doubts that anybody else is gonna be entering, but here's my microgame regardless. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/LI5SDbI.png[/img] Name: Puzzle Land Based on: [url=http://mfgg.net/index.php?act=resdb&param=02&c=2&id=330]Nintendo vs Everyone Else[/url] Original release: Sep 27, 2003 [url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/ycderaiionirl5s/PuzzleLand.mio?dl=0]Microgame Download[/url][/center]

[quote="Vimimin"]Oh come on, there are plenty of classic (or infamous) fangames pre-2005. Super Mario Storm? Yoshi Gone MFGG? Paper Mario World? Have you people just been ignoring the MFGG catalogue your whole time here? XD[/quote] I gotta agree there. This is more than a broad enough theme for any comp.

Well, it seems that I won by default and nobody else entered. Bit of a shame, really. Anyway, I suppose we got a feel for the popularity of this concept and I probably shan't be trying it again.

I would like another microgame comp... With a different theme; golly I am the only one who had trouble getting ideas from it. xP