It's not uncommon to attend an expo nowadays, see a particularly long queue and accurately assume that those fans are in line to see a YouTube star. Some online celebs have millions of subscribers and over a billion views to their name, making them a big draw for the crowds at events.
Legends of Gaming is an expo that aims to tap into that, which brings together some of the biggest YouTube names in the UK for live arena tournaments and stage appearances. On top of that there are exhibitors showing off their latest games, and Nintendo is confirmed to be in attendance with a booth at the Alexandra Palace London event.
It's all happening from 4th - 6th September and tickets are on sale - specifics on which games Nintendo will be showing are unknown, but the trailer below suggests that Mario Kart 8 will feature in some of the live stage matches.
If you want more information you can check out the official website. Meanwhile, one of the confirmed YouTube stars that'll be competing - Dan The Diamond Minecart - is pretty darn good at MK8. He cleaned house in our special YouTuber tournament at EGX last year.
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ohh noo. The youtubers vibe are really off-putting, am i the only one, it just seems so generic xD
Nintendo will let them play Mario Kart, but they sure as hell won't let them put video of it online.
You can play the games, but you can't show people video of you playing them!
Ugh, I'm getting sick just from the phrase "YouTube star". That's just as meaningful as having the most likes/friends on Facebook, which is nothing. Just like everywhere else, popularity doesn't equal quality, and the difference between both is the highest on YouTube.
Wow, everyone and their mom is getting sponsored these days, I can't even tell who's paying who in that Nintendolife video xD
I hope you guys have a license to use that version of Rush Hour during your video If its not Nintendo taking down videos, its music labels!
@Kaze_Memaryu Yeah, the only "non-news" YouTube channel I watch is James Rolf's just because he and Mike Mattei crack me up.
@Tazcat2011
Mega64 and JonTronShow are fantastic as well.
@RadicalYoseph thanks for the tip, I'll check them out.
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