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Happy Birthday once more, Mewtwo!
11 years ago
I sit here typing this, waiting to post it at midnight Eastern on February 6th...one of the most significant days to our little corner of the world, our fandom, the thing that brought us all together.
February 6th, for the scant few of you that might not know, is Mewtwo's birthday, per in-game canon. If you're going by the Japanese release date of 2/27/1996 and counting February 6th of the same year, that would make Mewtwo 19 this year; if you're counting the US release of 1998, he'd be 17 this year. I would think the original release takes precedent and he'd be considered 19.
The last 12 months have been some of the most eventful for all of us who have a deep love for the psychic powerhouse. We saw a new movie, we saw Mega Evolutions (they may have been a hair more than one year ago, but close enough for my purposes) - for better or worse, and the debate on that stll goes on...and we went from utter disappointment on September 11th 2014, when the Japanese roster leak was confirmed true and Mewtwo appeared to be cut from Smash once more, only to be shocked on October 23rd when the 54th fact in Nintendo's 50-Fact Extravaganza was the confirmation that Mewtwo would be added to the game as downloadable content this spring. The Mewtwo fandom...everyone that has made or commissioned artwork, written fiction, bought merchandise, shown themselves in online communities in any way, shape, or form...we've shown ourselves to be a significant force within the Pokemon fandom, and thus Mewtwo's place is cemented as an important part of Nintendo's history and lore.
This is a year to celebrate!
But where do we go from here?
For the past half-decade, up until October 23rd, the bulk of my focus on Mewtwo's public presence (at least the SFW part of it, anyway) was trying to show him as worthy of something. But in that sense, there is no longer a "fight". But there doesn't need to be. The talented artists and authors of this community will keep producing wonderful pieces, and the fans will continue showing their fandom as they always have.
When I was handed control of MewtwoFurs, I thought of doing a contest for this day - but as it is, while many people search for and post Mewtwo work, trying to put out a call for art/fiction didn't seem right to me somehow. Mewtwo's birthday will come every year, and trying to force something for it, save significant milestone years (perhaps 2021, Mewtwo's 25th birthday and his age of wisdom?) would be lackluster in my opinion.
But then I thought to more recent events...back to Smash, and to the world of Pokemon as a whole. Those that train their Mewtwo for battle, but are often unable to use him as he's deemed too powerful. But there is one world in which Mewtwos can still be trained AND will not be turned away from the battlefield. That would be the wonderful world of Amiibo!
My plans to celebrate this year will not take place today, but rather if and when Mewtwo's Amiibo is announced, and pre-orders for him go live. Mewtwo has given me much over the years - a loving relationship, at many times a path to follow, and hopefully direction for the next 50 or more years I'm on this planet. If I'm going to give back, I think that should be the way I do it this year. I plan on picking up as many as possible, from as many different places, and giving them to those who are part of the Mewtwo fandom and would have use for them. (Basically, if you received a Mewtwo fandom badge from me in the past, and you play Smash, odds are I'd be trying to give you an Amiibo gift as well. That's not to say those would be the only people that get them but it'd be a good starting list!)
As it is, this is a time to celebrate, and a time to show the world of Nintendo what Mewtwo means to us. For me, that also means I need to step up over the coming months and work towards making the MewtwoFurs page a beacon for what the furry world has to offer him. I need to do some updates - thankfully, more minor ones - to The Mewtwo Codex to show what the past half-year has added, both official and custom. And on a slightly non-Mewtwo note, I need to finish playing through the last few pieces of Nintendo history that I picked up for myself, and finish hopefully before Mewtwo would be released.
While Mewtwo has existed since '96, possibly even '95 if you count conception of the series, for many of us in the United States, Mewtwo's true fandom began the day Mewtwo Strikes Back was released in theaters - November 10th (or 12th, depending on which source you believe), 1999. That means that Mewtwo has been part of our lives for a bit over 15 years now. Here's to the next 15!
It's now midnight, and time to officially kick off his special day.
Happy birthday, Mewtwo!
February 6th, for the scant few of you that might not know, is Mewtwo's birthday, per in-game canon. If you're going by the Japanese release date of 2/27/1996 and counting February 6th of the same year, that would make Mewtwo 19 this year; if you're counting the US release of 1998, he'd be 17 this year. I would think the original release takes precedent and he'd be considered 19.
The last 12 months have been some of the most eventful for all of us who have a deep love for the psychic powerhouse. We saw a new movie, we saw Mega Evolutions (they may have been a hair more than one year ago, but close enough for my purposes) - for better or worse, and the debate on that stll goes on...and we went from utter disappointment on September 11th 2014, when the Japanese roster leak was confirmed true and Mewtwo appeared to be cut from Smash once more, only to be shocked on October 23rd when the 54th fact in Nintendo's 50-Fact Extravaganza was the confirmation that Mewtwo would be added to the game as downloadable content this spring. The Mewtwo fandom...everyone that has made or commissioned artwork, written fiction, bought merchandise, shown themselves in online communities in any way, shape, or form...we've shown ourselves to be a significant force within the Pokemon fandom, and thus Mewtwo's place is cemented as an important part of Nintendo's history and lore.
This is a year to celebrate!
But where do we go from here?
For the past half-decade, up until October 23rd, the bulk of my focus on Mewtwo's public presence (at least the SFW part of it, anyway) was trying to show him as worthy of something. But in that sense, there is no longer a "fight". But there doesn't need to be. The talented artists and authors of this community will keep producing wonderful pieces, and the fans will continue showing their fandom as they always have.
When I was handed control of MewtwoFurs, I thought of doing a contest for this day - but as it is, while many people search for and post Mewtwo work, trying to put out a call for art/fiction didn't seem right to me somehow. Mewtwo's birthday will come every year, and trying to force something for it, save significant milestone years (perhaps 2021, Mewtwo's 25th birthday and his age of wisdom?) would be lackluster in my opinion.
But then I thought to more recent events...back to Smash, and to the world of Pokemon as a whole. Those that train their Mewtwo for battle, but are often unable to use him as he's deemed too powerful. But there is one world in which Mewtwos can still be trained AND will not be turned away from the battlefield. That would be the wonderful world of Amiibo!
My plans to celebrate this year will not take place today, but rather if and when Mewtwo's Amiibo is announced, and pre-orders for him go live. Mewtwo has given me much over the years - a loving relationship, at many times a path to follow, and hopefully direction for the next 50 or more years I'm on this planet. If I'm going to give back, I think that should be the way I do it this year. I plan on picking up as many as possible, from as many different places, and giving them to those who are part of the Mewtwo fandom and would have use for them. (Basically, if you received a Mewtwo fandom badge from me in the past, and you play Smash, odds are I'd be trying to give you an Amiibo gift as well. That's not to say those would be the only people that get them but it'd be a good starting list!)
As it is, this is a time to celebrate, and a time to show the world of Nintendo what Mewtwo means to us. For me, that also means I need to step up over the coming months and work towards making the MewtwoFurs page a beacon for what the furry world has to offer him. I need to do some updates - thankfully, more minor ones - to The Mewtwo Codex to show what the past half-year has added, both official and custom. And on a slightly non-Mewtwo note, I need to finish playing through the last few pieces of Nintendo history that I picked up for myself, and finish hopefully before Mewtwo would be released.
While Mewtwo has existed since '96, possibly even '95 if you count conception of the series, for many of us in the United States, Mewtwo's true fandom began the day Mewtwo Strikes Back was released in theaters - November 10th (or 12th, depending on which source you believe), 1999. That means that Mewtwo has been part of our lives for a bit over 15 years now. Here's to the next 15!
It's now midnight, and time to officially kick off his special day.
Happy birthday, Mewtwo!
http://www.smashbros.com/jp/soundtrack/ 31.3.2015!!! (at least in japan)