{"id":20787,"date":"2018-05-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/events_attending_the_mcm_london_comic_con_so_are_we"},"modified":"2018-05-17T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:00:00","slug":"events-attending-the-mcm-london-comic-con-so-are-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/17\/events-attending-the-mcm-london-comic-con-so-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Events: Attending The MCM London Comic Con? So Are We&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/events_attending_the_mcm_london_comic_con_so_are_we\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/events_attending_the_mcm_london_comic_con_so_are_we\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/events_attending_the_mcm_london_comic_con_so_are_we\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resize\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X8iuk4_7-nE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmcomiccon.com\/london\/\">MCM London Comic Con<\/a> takes place between the 25th and 27th May at the Excel in England&#8217;s capital, and as ever, there were be plenty of video game-related points of interest among the TV stars, merchandise and cosplay.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed stars include\u00a0David Harewood (Supergirl),\u00a0Rosario Dawson (Marvel Cinematic Universe),\u00a0John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time),\u00a0Caroline Blakiston (Star Wars),\u00a0Anthony Daniels (Star Wars) and many more besides.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo is making a big splash at this year&#8217;s event, and our very own YouTube host Alex Olney will be in attendance on the Saturday. Nintendo will be running a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/nintendouk\">livestream<\/a> during the event, with a number of headline tournaments taking place during the three days.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/arms\"><strong>ARMS<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokken_tournament_dx\">Pokk\u00e9n Tournament DX<\/a><\/strong>, Saturday will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> and Sunday will showcase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rocket_league\"><strong>Rocket League<\/strong><\/a>. In addition to these games, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_tennis_aces\"><strong>Mario Tennis Aces<\/strong><\/a> will be <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.uk\/News\/2018\/April\/Get-on-the-court-with-Mario-Tennis-Aces-at-MCM-London-Comic-Con-in-May-1371950.html\">getting a push<\/a> on each day. If you&#8217;d like to sign up to take part in these events, head <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.uk\/News\/2018\/April\/Get-on-the-court-with-Mario-Tennis-Aces-at-MCM-London-Comic-Con-in-May-1371950.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While he&#8217;s not on stage providing questionable commentary, Alex will be milling about the Excel on the Saturday and is more than happy to take some photos with all you <em>lovely<\/em> people. If you happen to see him aimlessly wandering around the Excel, please approach with caution as it may have been some time since his last meal and his bite is quite nasty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you <em>do<\/em> get close enough to take a photo and still have enough fingers intact to operate your smartphone, post your selfie on Twitter with the hashtags\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;q=%23HelloThereLovelyPhoto&amp;src=typd\">#HelloThereLovelyPhoto<\/a> and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;q=%23MCMcomiccon%E2%80%8B&amp;src=typd\">#MCMcomiccon<\/a>, and be sure to tag both <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alex_Olney\">Alex<\/a> &#8211; we&#8217;ll be sure to share the least harrowing examples with our Twitter followers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] The MCM London Comic Con takes place between the 25th and 27th May at the Excel in England&#8217;s capital, and as ever, there were be plenty of video game-related points of interest among the TV stars, merchandise and cosplay. Confirmed stars include\u00a0David Harewood (Supergirl),\u00a0Rosario Dawson (Marvel Cinematic Universe),\u00a0John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time),\u00a0Caroline Blakiston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}