Guess Who I bumped into today?

02-21-2003, 04:58 PM

Here's a clue;

Yes, that's right. Today, at exactly 1:26PM, I met Shigeru Miyamoto in person, complete with a handshake.

I'll give more info later (With pictures), but I gotta get some sleep - 15 hours queing was murder...

[ February 21, 2003, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Jolteon: Official SOAP member ]

02-21-2003, 05:19 PM

HOLY SHIZNITZ! Congratulations Jolt! What was it like meeting the gaming god?

02-21-2003, 05:55 PM

15 hours, damn...

Were you in time to get a copy of LttP/FS?

Greatluigi · 02-21-2003, 05:57 PM

^Jolt had one hidden taped to his leg. He's a slick one, he is.

02-21-2003, 06:06 PM

I want to meet Shiggy

imported_Kaeru 7 · 02-21-2003, 06:22 PM

Awesome. I love his signature.

If I ever meet him, I'm having him sign my still shrink-wrapped copy of Ocarina of Time (gold cartridge... of course). My father bought a second one along with the one he bought me for Christmas.

Anyways, congrats Jolt. I know you'll cherish that box just as much as I would.

02-21-2003, 06:34 PM

Woah.Um..Keep the box in a safe.And put gun turrets in the safe.

02-21-2003, 06:37 PM

Jammy Bugger

Link The Survivor · 02-21-2003, 06:42 PM

Holy mojon! You've got an unused copy of Ocarina of Time, still sitting in it's original box complete with the srink-wrap? Wow...and congrats Jolt, you lucky dog. I wish I could be as lucky as you...

imported_Kaeru 7 · 02-21-2003, 06:47 PM

That I do.

Actually, I've never seen it with my own eyes. My dad told me about it a while back but I've never bothered to ask him to take it out of wherever he's keeping it. Thanks for reminding me... I think I'll ask tonight.

Metal Mario · 02-21-2003, 07:03 PM

You should see my face right now. It's green with envy.

02-21-2003, 07:06 PM

Good. Now meet him again, and introduce him to VGF.

imported_AJ Middleton · 02-21-2003, 07:06 PM

Umm...yay?

02-21-2003, 07:08 PM

Wow, that is awesome!

Mayeb you should've had a copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES instead, but OoT isn't bad either. And it is his signature.

- Penguin Man says, "Wiggy."

02-21-2003, 08:50 PM

Wow... that is awsome Jolt. I'm jealous. Congradulations!

02-21-2003, 09:12 PM

he's not that big of a deal. Still pretty cool you got the autograph.

02-21-2003, 09:52 PM

YOU MET WHO?!?!?.....some body get me a doctor...my heart stopped.... well that is a great thing to happen, you must live in london right? only way you can see the big cheese! *sign* oh well...at least Im gonna get to meet the guys who work with NP magazine on the special chatroom feature at nintendo.com when it opens up!

02-22-2003, 12:05 AM

Right, the details. (My Photos can't be posted at the moment, but will be soon)

I live about 25 miles from Central London. I got up at 4AM Friday morning, and was at Upminster Station for the first train at 05:05. By 5@40, I was at the store, and was in the first 30 people

I didn't expect to be in the top fifteen, and I was right, as some people had been there since Wednesday, Including a couple from Holland who came over just to see the shingster.

I'm in that crowd, somewhere

it was minus 2 degrees, and it got to the point where we had to abandon a MarioKart Tournament amongst all the people there due to loss of feeling in our fingers

By 8AM, I couldn’t see the back of the line, and NoE staff were on crowd control. People kept on coming over to us, expecting there to be a pop star, then turning away in disappointment when we told them. Fools.

At 9AM, there was a cheer from the crowd; A green Toyota drove past, with Shigeru waving cheerfully out of the back window on the way to a press briefing. We wouldn’t see him for another four hours.

At 10AM, we were let into the store to queue in front of a small stage, with Wind Waker promotional material on it. It was here that I really got talking to people, and we made an interesting bunch; People from Scotland, Brixton, Wales, France, and Norway all mingled and exchanged gaming stories. Strangely, lots of people recognised me from when I had my photo in Nintendo Official Magazine for winning a Pokémon tournament back in 2000, and I ended up standing next to the guy who used to run my local games store :wink:

I’m standing just to the right of the girl holding Link to the past in the front (she actually gave some Donkey Kong Fan art to him as a present), but being vertically challenged, I’m hidden behind the guy in the leather jacket (Who worked at my games store

Oh, that’s just the basement of the store – more were on the stairwell, ground floor and outside

I was in the front row, with lots of die-hard fanatics. I thought my Collectors ocarina of time was good, but some people had Japanese Wind Waker and Mario 64, US SNES and GBA Link to the Past, Boxed original copies of Zelda I, II, Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong for NES, and some person even had a copy of F-zero expansion kit for the DD64. Lots of people were getting their ‘cube and GBA’s signed for as well. One person had an unopened copy of SNES Link to the past, with the Nintendo cellophane still on (So suck on that, Kaeru :wink: )

At 1PM, Shigeru came out, to the biggest ovation I’ve ever heard – it was defending, and he was loving it. He stood for a full minute, arms In the air , and occasionally poking his tongue out, before sitting down to dish out the front 15 their copies of Four Swords - a special 0.9 release of the PAL version. Quantity made: Less than 30.

Then onto the signatures; Due to the number of people there (Estimated to be near on 2000 by the end), we were limited to 1 item each, so I dropped Link To The Past, and went up on stage. I can’t even begin to describe how that felt – Even if you didn’t know who he was, he radiated this kinda presence that you knew was special (And I’m not BS’ing that – everyone who met him said there “Was just something about him”) It was like the most important moment of my life. I went up to the table, and he looked up and smiled, saying “Hello.” He then took my game, and signed that wonderful signature of his onto it, than handed it back. He then made eye contact, and said “thank you for coming”, then extended his right hand to mine, and embraced it in a hearty handshake. As I walked of stage in nirvana, he said goodbye before turning his attention to the next lucky and privileged person.

I milled around the store for a bit, in a kind of daze, waiting for my new found comrades to come out, before going on a games store crawl with three of them around London, all the time talking about what we all agreed was the most important day of our lives.

I’ve more to add, plus photos (And perhaps an amusing Video Diary two people next to me were making and promised to send), but I need to just let it sink in first.

Man, What a day. I’m one lucky guy....

give me food · 02-22-2003, 12:08 AM

Hardcore gamer here.

Congrats, Jolt. ^___^

02-22-2003, 12:21 AM

Awesome.

02-21-2003, 04:58 PM	#1
jolteon Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Here's a clue; Yes, that's right. Today, at exactly 1:26PM, I met Shigeru Miyamoto in person, complete with a handshake. I'll give more info later (With pictures), but I gotta get some sleep - 15 hours queing was murder... [ February 21, 2003, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Jolteon: Official SOAP member ]

02-21-2003, 05:19 PM	#2
Kirb-E Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	HOLY SHIZNITZ! Congratulations Jolt! What was it like meeting the gaming god?

02-21-2003, 05:55 PM	#3
Koga Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	15 hours, damn... Were you in time to get a copy of LttP/FS?

02-21-2003, 05:57 PM	#4
Greatluigi Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Radioactive Grinnieland Posts: 11,608 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,982.50 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,482.50 Donate	^Jolt had one hidden taped to his leg. He's a slick one, he is.

02-21-2003, 06:06 PM	#5
Falco Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I want to meet Shiggy

02-21-2003, 06:22 PM	#6
imported_Kaeru 7 Main Mod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 6,061 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,116.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,116.00 Donate	Awesome. I love his signature. If I ever meet him, I'm having him sign my still shrink-wrapped copy of Ocarina of Time (gold cartridge... of course). My father bought a second one along with the one he bought me for Christmas. Anyways, congrats Jolt. I know you'll cherish that box just as much as I would.

02-21-2003, 06:34 PM	#7
ANDROSS Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Woah.Um..Keep the box in a safe.And put gun turrets in the safe.

02-21-2003, 06:37 PM	#8
Stuaval Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Jammy Bugger

02-21-2003, 06:42 PM	#9
Link The Survivor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 日本の名古屋 Gender: Posts: 5,607 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,376.99 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 2,876.99 Donate	Holy mojon! You've got an unused copy of Ocarina of Time, still sitting in it's original box complete with the srink-wrap? Wow...and congrats Jolt, you lucky dog. I wish I could be as lucky as you...

02-21-2003, 06:47 PM	#10
imported_Kaeru 7 Main Mod Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 6,061 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,116.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,116.00 Donate	That I do. Actually, I've never seen it with my own eyes. My dad told me about it a while back but I've never bothered to ask him to take it out of wherever he's keeping it. Thanks for reminding me... I think I'll ask tonight.

02-21-2003, 07:03 PM	#11
Metal Mario Game Brain Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 14,262 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,117.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 8,117.00 Donate	You should see my face right now. It's green with envy.

02-21-2003, 07:06 PM	#12
Banned from VGF Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Good. Now meet him again, and introduce him to VGF.

02-21-2003, 07:06 PM	#13
imported_AJ Middleton Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 537.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 537.00 Donate	Umm...yay?

02-21-2003, 07:08 PM	#14
PenguinMan26 Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Wow, that is awesome! Mayeb you should've had a copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES instead, but OoT isn't bad either. And it is his signature. - Penguin Man says, "Wiggy."

02-21-2003, 08:50 PM	#15
darkintention Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Wow... that is awsome Jolt. I'm jealous. Congradulations!

02-21-2003, 09:12 PM	#16
Brandon2390 Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	he's not that big of a deal. Still pretty cool you got the autograph.

02-21-2003, 09:52 PM	#17
Ed the Spamyard Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	YOU MET WHO?!?!?.....some body get me a doctor...my heart stopped.... well that is a great thing to happen, you must live in london right? only way you can see the big cheese! sign oh well...at least Im gonna get to meet the guys who work with NP magazine on the special chatroom feature at nintendo.com when it opens up!

02-22-2003, 12:05 AM	#18
jolteon Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Right, the details. (My Photos can't be posted at the moment, but will be soon) I live about 25 miles from Central London. I got up at 4AM Friday morning, and was at Upminster Station for the first train at 05:05. By 5@40, I was at the store, and was in the first 30 people I didn't expect to be in the top fifteen, and I was right, as some people had been there since Wednesday, Including a couple from Holland who came over just to see the shingster. I'm in that crowd, somewhere it was minus 2 degrees, and it got to the point where we had to abandon a MarioKart Tournament amongst all the people there due to loss of feeling in our fingers By 8AM, I couldn’t see the back of the line, and NoE staff were on crowd control. People kept on coming over to us, expecting there to be a pop star, then turning away in disappointment when we told them. Fools. At 9AM, there was a cheer from the crowd; A green Toyota drove past, with Shigeru waving cheerfully out of the back window on the way to a press briefing. We wouldn’t see him for another four hours. At 10AM, we were let into the store to queue in front of a small stage, with Wind Waker promotional material on it. It was here that I really got talking to people, and we made an interesting bunch; People from Scotland, Brixton, Wales, France, and Norway all mingled and exchanged gaming stories. Strangely, lots of people recognised me from when I had my photo in Nintendo Official Magazine for winning a Pokémon tournament back in 2000, and I ended up standing next to the guy who used to run my local games store :wink: I’m standing just to the right of the girl holding Link to the past in the front (she actually gave some Donkey Kong Fan art to him as a present), but being vertically challenged, I’m hidden behind the guy in the leather jacket (Who worked at my games store Oh, that’s just the basement of the store – more were on the stairwell, ground floor and outside I was in the front row, with lots of die-hard fanatics. I thought my Collectors ocarina of time was good, but some people had Japanese Wind Waker and Mario 64, US SNES and GBA Link to the Past, Boxed original copies of Zelda I, II, Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong for NES, and some person even had a copy of F-zero expansion kit for the DD64. Lots of people were getting their ‘cube and GBA’s signed for as well. One person had an unopened copy of SNES Link to the past, with the Nintendo cellophane still on (So suck on that, Kaeru :wink: ) At 1PM, Shigeru came out, to the biggest ovation I’ve ever heard – it was defending, and he was loving it. He stood for a full minute, arms In the air , and occasionally poking his tongue out, before sitting down to dish out the front 15 their copies of Four Swords - a special 0.9 release of the PAL version. Quantity made: Less than 30. Then onto the signatures; Due to the number of people there (Estimated to be near on 2000 by the end), we were limited to 1 item each, so I dropped Link To The Past, and went up on stage. I can’t even begin to describe how that felt – Even if you didn’t know who he was, he radiated this kinda presence that you knew was special (And I’m not BS’ing that – everyone who met him said there “Was just something about him”) It was like the most important moment of my life. I went up to the table, and he looked up and smiled, saying “Hello.” He then took my game, and signed that wonderful signature of his onto it, than handed it back. He then made eye contact, and said “thank you for coming”, then extended his right hand to mine, and embraced it in a hearty handshake. As I walked of stage in nirvana, he said goodbye before turning his attention to the next lucky and privileged person. I milled around the store for a bit, in a kind of daze, waiting for my new found comrades to come out, before going on a games store crawl with three of them around London, all the time talking about what we all agreed was the most important day of our lives. I’ve more to add, plus photos (And perhaps an amusing Video Diary two people next to me were making and promised to send), but I need to just let it sink in first. Man, What a day. I’m one lucky guy....

02-22-2003, 12:08 AM	#19
give me food Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: :O omfg ovar tehr3!!1 Posts: 10,070 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,347.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,347.00 Donate	Hardcore gamer here. Congrats, Jolt. ^___^

02-22-2003, 12:21 AM	#20
AmyRose Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Awesome.