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Many kids, every year, bagger off to camp. If they're athletic, they go to Sports camp, if Science is their thing, they'll most probably go to, well, Science camp, and if they play an instrument, they'll go to the immortal Band camp. Anyway, this year is different. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are all set to start their own Summer camps, and to see just what they are doing, Howard "Microchips" (Me), Calum "AJ" and "Dark" Mark are off to the Nintendo, Sony and MS summer camps. First up: Ninty Camp.
Me: Hi, yes, today I go off to Ninty camp for six weeks, for, hopefully, an entirely new gaming experience. Being a Nintendo fan for the majority of my 15 years, I saw it fitting that I should go to Ninty Camp, and then I could really be a Nintendo fan through and through. The first thing I had to do was fill out an application form, consisting of questions such as: What is your favourite Nintendo Character? Why is this? What do you hope Nintendo achieve in the future? Of course, there were many more, and believe it or not, out of the 2, 000, 000 applicants, only 300 can go, and luckily for me, I was one of them! I received a pack through the door, giving me information on a few things I should know, what to take, how much money etc. It's quite affordable, if you were to save for a year, earning £5 a week; you'd still have enough. Anyway, enough waffle, I'm going to skip straight to the action.
When I arrived at Ninty Camp, one thing really amazed me. Yes, there were trees, but not like the ones outside. I couldn't put my finger on it, but something was definitely different. Perhaps the strange white and green spotted fruit, like an egg I suppose, hanging from the branches gave me an edge about the place, but for now, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, as our coach pulled up to the main building, I quickly realised we were the first there. "Oh good, we get choice of beds!" I thought, which would be good. The last thing you want would be sleeping in an uncomfortable bed for six weeks.
I clambered off and walked up to the main desk, flashing my "Ninty Camp member" security pass hanging from my neck, giving me a sense of pride. "Name please" said the woman at the desk, bearing a strange resemblance to Princess peach. "Howard, er, How." "Ah yes, How. You're in Dorm Hyrule. "Dorm Hyrule?" I thought. That's a strange coincidence, considering that I chose Link as my favourite character. The woman, who I knew as "Peach" gave me a new Security pass, in exchange for my old one, which I put around my neck. It read "Hyrule Dorm". "Cool" I realised "At least it's better than Mushroom Dorm!" I said, as I walked off to my dorm Chuckling. I swiped my new pass through the slot, and opened the door. I stood back amazed. The whole room looked like, well, the Kokiri Forest! It was amazing! I stepped outside again, at studied the building. It was somewhat small, and as I walked in again, it became a massive forest! "Cool, just like a Pokeball!" I remembered, and with that I climbed the stairs to my treehouse. It was a round room, relatively small, but big enough to feel relaxed and comfortable inside.
I chucked down my stuff, and looked at my watch. As I did, I felt a strange tingling. Right in front of me, my watch morphed into an arm band, one on each arm, and my clothes! "Whoa! Heh, I take it this is the Link look, eh?" I thought to myself, as I studied my recently morphed green tunic and Leather boots. When I looked in the mirror, I almost fell over! I had pointy ears, blonde hair and a green cap! And what was this? I had an earring in my ear! "Wow! I'm a real life Hyrulian!" Although I didn't look at all like Link, it was quite weird seeing myself standing there with pointy ears.
I went and looked in my bag. All my stuff was gone! In its place were a few items. Some bottles, a hookshot, a shield, and, WOW! My own sword! "Heh, can't stop me having one now, eh Mum?" I smirked, and waved it about in the air, in a somewhat puzzling natural fashion. It's like I had had it all my life. I thought nothing of it, so I slung my Wooden shield (Which turned out later to be a Deku shield) on my back, put the sword in it's holder on my waist and headed outside. Everyone else had arrived in the Hyrule Dorm, and were all standing on their respective Treehouse. I noticed a boy over the other side of the forest, who had a green tinge to his skin. He looked somewhat like a Kokiri, but he still had Human elements that reminded me he was actually a boy.
After we had all settled into our new surroundings, a man called us all down from our trees and we assembled down in the middle of the forest.
"Firstly, I'd like to welcome you to camp Nintendo. Now, if you'll remember that questionnaire we sent you, you may realise that you are now your favourite Nintendo Character."
Sure enough, as I looked around the room, everyone looked like they were straight out of OOT. There was Saria "Hellooooo!" I thought, smirking at the whole situation, Milo had his nose turned up at the sky in a rebellious fashion and the poor person who said they liked the deku tree now had roots and branches. The man went to speak again.
"Now, it's no good being a character if you can't live like the Character. For the rest of your lives, you will become your favourite character. Any questions?"
"Yes. You mean, we never have to go home?" I asked, excited at the prospect of staying here forever.
"If you want to go home, we can arrange it, but by the end of today, you'll want to stay. Trust me."
"Alright!" I thought. Then I realised something. I had chosen Link as my favourite character, which ultimately meant, I GET TO GO ON ADVENTURES! Yeah!
"I will be leaving you now. This is the last time you will see someone that doesn't appear in a Zelda game. Remember the door that you came in through? That now leads out to Hyrule Field. Before I go, I'd like to have a word with How, er, Link."
Everyone retreated back to their Treehouses, cheerfully talking about their new lives to the rest of the Kokri's, who I now realised, were all Green.
"How, you chose Link. This means that whatever Adventures Link had and will have in the future, you will go on them too. Are you OK with this?"
"Am I! This is the best thing that has ever happened to me!"
"Oh great. Well, I had best be off now. I have to tend to the people who chose to be Goomba's. Seems they're not too happy."
"Understandable."
"How, good luck."
"Thanks."
And with that, he left through a beam of light. That reminded me. I had better go and talk to the Deku tree. As I walked off in its direction; everyone was cheerfully singing, gardening, and conversing about their new situations. I couldn't help feeling different, but after all, I was a Hyrulian, so it was understandable. I finally approached the Deku tree, and the once boy turned tree spoke to me.
"How, er, Link. You should already know this, but I'll tell you anyway. A great Danger is spreading through Hyrule. Ganondorf is…"
As he told me the story, I couldn't help thinking I had been here before, it was like a Deja Vú, but…different. I knew what I had to do, and I was ready to go off on my adventure, but something bugged me.
"Hang on a minute." I said. "Who chose to be Ganondorf?" I asked.
"J Savo."
"NOOO!"
Thanks for reading.
Microchips.
Sony Camp next week!
Me: Hi, yes, today I go off to Ninty camp for six weeks, for, hopefully, an entirely new gaming experience. Being a Nintendo fan for the majority of my 15 years, I saw it fitting that I should go to Ninty Camp, and then I could really be a Nintendo fan through and through. The first thing I had to do was fill out an application form, consisting of questions such as: What is your favourite Nintendo Character? Why is this? What do you hope Nintendo achieve in the future? Of course, there were many more, and believe it or not, out of the 2, 000, 000 applicants, only 300 can go, and luckily for me, I was one of them! I received a pack through the door, giving me information on a few things I should know, what to take, how much money etc. It's quite affordable, if you were to save for a year, earning £5 a week; you'd still have enough. Anyway, enough waffle, I'm going to skip straight to the action.
When I arrived at Ninty Camp, one thing really amazed me. Yes, there were trees, but not like the ones outside. I couldn't put my finger on it, but something was definitely different. Perhaps the strange white and green spotted fruit, like an egg I suppose, hanging from the branches gave me an edge about the place, but for now, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, as our coach pulled up to the main building, I quickly realised we were the first there. "Oh good, we get choice of beds!" I thought, which would be good. The last thing you want would be sleeping in an uncomfortable bed for six weeks.
I clambered off and walked up to the main desk, flashing my "Ninty Camp member" security pass hanging from my neck, giving me a sense of pride. "Name please" said the woman at the desk, bearing a strange resemblance to Princess peach. "Howard, er, How." "Ah yes, How. You're in Dorm Hyrule. "Dorm Hyrule?" I thought. That's a strange coincidence, considering that I chose Link as my favourite character. The woman, who I knew as "Peach" gave me a new Security pass, in exchange for my old one, which I put around my neck. It read "Hyrule Dorm". "Cool" I realised "At least it's better than Mushroom Dorm!" I said, as I walked off to my dorm Chuckling. I swiped my new pass through the slot, and opened the door. I stood back amazed. The whole room looked like, well, the Kokiri Forest! It was amazing! I stepped outside again, at studied the building. It was somewhat small, and as I walked in again, it became a massive forest! "Cool, just like a Pokeball!" I remembered, and with that I climbed the stairs to my treehouse. It was a round room, relatively small, but big enough to feel relaxed and comfortable inside.
I chucked down my stuff, and looked at my watch. As I did, I felt a strange tingling. Right in front of me, my watch morphed into an arm band, one on each arm, and my clothes! "Whoa! Heh, I take it this is the Link look, eh?" I thought to myself, as I studied my recently morphed green tunic and Leather boots. When I looked in the mirror, I almost fell over! I had pointy ears, blonde hair and a green cap! And what was this? I had an earring in my ear! "Wow! I'm a real life Hyrulian!" Although I didn't look at all like Link, it was quite weird seeing myself standing there with pointy ears.
I went and looked in my bag. All my stuff was gone! In its place were a few items. Some bottles, a hookshot, a shield, and, WOW! My own sword! "Heh, can't stop me having one now, eh Mum?" I smirked, and waved it about in the air, in a somewhat puzzling natural fashion. It's like I had had it all my life. I thought nothing of it, so I slung my Wooden shield (Which turned out later to be a Deku shield) on my back, put the sword in it's holder on my waist and headed outside. Everyone else had arrived in the Hyrule Dorm, and were all standing on their respective Treehouse. I noticed a boy over the other side of the forest, who had a green tinge to his skin. He looked somewhat like a Kokiri, but he still had Human elements that reminded me he was actually a boy.
After we had all settled into our new surroundings, a man called us all down from our trees and we assembled down in the middle of the forest.
"Firstly, I'd like to welcome you to camp Nintendo. Now, if you'll remember that questionnaire we sent you, you may realise that you are now your favourite Nintendo Character."
Sure enough, as I looked around the room, everyone looked like they were straight out of OOT. There was Saria "Hellooooo!" I thought, smirking at the whole situation, Milo had his nose turned up at the sky in a rebellious fashion and the poor person who said they liked the deku tree now had roots and branches. The man went to speak again.
"Now, it's no good being a character if you can't live like the Character. For the rest of your lives, you will become your favourite character. Any questions?"
"Yes. You mean, we never have to go home?" I asked, excited at the prospect of staying here forever.
"If you want to go home, we can arrange it, but by the end of today, you'll want to stay. Trust me."
"Alright!" I thought. Then I realised something. I had chosen Link as my favourite character, which ultimately meant, I GET TO GO ON ADVENTURES! Yeah!
"I will be leaving you now. This is the last time you will see someone that doesn't appear in a Zelda game. Remember the door that you came in through? That now leads out to Hyrule Field. Before I go, I'd like to have a word with How, er, Link."
Everyone retreated back to their Treehouses, cheerfully talking about their new lives to the rest of the Kokri's, who I now realised, were all Green.
"How, you chose Link. This means that whatever Adventures Link had and will have in the future, you will go on them too. Are you OK with this?"
"Am I! This is the best thing that has ever happened to me!"
"Oh great. Well, I had best be off now. I have to tend to the people who chose to be Goomba's. Seems they're not too happy."
"Understandable."
"How, good luck."
"Thanks."
And with that, he left through a beam of light. That reminded me. I had better go and talk to the Deku tree. As I walked off in its direction; everyone was cheerfully singing, gardening, and conversing about their new situations. I couldn't help feeling different, but after all, I was a Hyrulian, so it was understandable. I finally approached the Deku tree, and the once boy turned tree spoke to me.
"How, er, Link. You should already know this, but I'll tell you anyway. A great Danger is spreading through Hyrule. Ganondorf is…"
As he told me the story, I couldn't help thinking I had been here before, it was like a Deja Vú, but…different. I knew what I had to do, and I was ready to go off on my adventure, but something bugged me.
"Hang on a minute." I said. "Who chose to be Ganondorf?" I asked.
"J Savo."
"NOOO!"
Thanks for reading.
Microchips.
Sony Camp next week!
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Microchips wrote:
> Were you around for the first two?
>
> :)
Nah, unforunately not. Where they any good? Heh, dumb question, they probably were.
> Were you around for the first two?
>
> :)
Nah, unforunately not. Where they any good? Heh, dumb question, they probably were.
Killer Nightmare wrote:
> band camp...oh the memories.... "and one time at band camp i
> shoved a flute...."
heh, it's actually funny, because I was going to call it "This one time, at Ninty camp" but I saw that coming and decided to call it Camp nintendo instead, to avoid name confusion. then Rickoss and Blank both think it's about how Nintendo are gay.
You just can't win!
:D
> band camp...oh the memories.... "and one time at band camp i
> shoved a flute...."
heh, it's actually funny, because I was going to call it "This one time, at Ninty camp" but I saw that coming and decided to call it Camp nintendo instead, to avoid name confusion. then Rickoss and Blank both think it's about how Nintendo are gay.
You just can't win!
:D
band camp...oh the memories.... "and one time at band camp i shoved a flute...."
tut tut losing your touch lol ;D Jus kidding Chip I found it really good and with the amount of films I go to I know a good story when I see one. Keep em coming:D
Cheers. :D
Hurru for Chips good post mate.
Hurrah!
:-)
:-)
Yes, our joint project. The whole bond series- with a chippy twist to it. We will be sharing the spoofs- and since there are too many, there will be no sign ups. We'll fit peeps in who spring into ur mind.
:D
Current list so far:
fry another day J
license to grill
Live and let fry
Moonbaker
Octochippy
Holmans are forever
you only sieve twice
From the kitchen: with love
the spam with the golden crumb
Goldenfry
Tomorrow never fries
Dr Hellohowartthou
a view to a grill
For her Majerstys secret sauces
For your fries only
The kitchen is not enough
Thunderoil
Never say Vinegar again
We're still working on a name for "The living Daylights"
and have so far come up with:
The Chipping daylights
The Frying Daybites.
(any suggestions on the name for this one would be helpful)
:D
:D
Current list so far:
fry another day J
license to grill
Live and let fry
Moonbaker
Octochippy
Holmans are forever
you only sieve twice
From the kitchen: with love
the spam with the golden crumb
Goldenfry
Tomorrow never fries
Dr Hellohowartthou
a view to a grill
For her Majerstys secret sauces
For your fries only
The kitchen is not enough
Thunderoil
Never say Vinegar again
We're still working on a name for "The living Daylights"
and have so far come up with:
The Chipping daylights
The Frying Daybites.
(any suggestions on the name for this one would be helpful)
:D
He is now joint creator of my bond spoofs so except there to be funny pouring out of this guy. I already made my first one but no-one read it :(
Cool, cheers. Didn't know everyone liked EATM that much!
Were you around for the first two?
:)
Were you around for the first two?
:)
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