Camp Hyrule: Difference between revisions

'''{{wp|Camp Hyrule}}''' was an annual online virtual camp by [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]], which began in 1995 and ran until its official closing in 2007. It was named after [[zeldawiki:Hyrule|Hyrule]], the main setting in the ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' series. Registration would be open for one week at a time, usually in July, and the actual event would take place for four days in August. Players would be assigned a cabin to participate in, and the camp program would allow players to chat with one another, play online games, and participate in sweepstakes or win prizes. Each cabin would compete against one another with a winner being chosen on the last day. All cabin winner members would receive some sort of prize.

Beginning in 2000, each year would have its own theme. Two of the years had a ''Super Mario'' game as a theme: ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' for 2002 and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' for 2006. At the end of the four days of the camp, some event would take place forcing the camp to shut down.

The 1999 Camp Hyrule had ''[[Donkey Konk|Donkey Konk Game]]'',{{sic}} "The Rooftop", ''[[Kremling Krunch|Kremling Krunch Game]]'', "The Vine", "The Gator Pit" and "The Tree House" as ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]''-themed areas.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/ch-99map-night_flash|title=Camp Hyrule 1999 Map - Night|publisher=Internet Archive}}</ref> Through Camp Hyrule, Nintendo of America hosted a ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' tournament online and in-game called the '''Camp Hyrule Cup'''. The North American release of the title had a special password coded into the game that players could type in and be entered into the "Camp Hyrule Cup" in-game. Upon completion of the cup, players would be given a password that would be typed in online. This secret password would be tied to their score achieved in-game, and would verify the legitimacy of their score as only Nintendo of America themselves would be able to verify the score it matched up to.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CJsHIFjabU|date=May 5, 2021|title=Password Tournament #1 - 1st Camp Hyrule Cup with DK! {{!}} Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref> This was repeated in 2000, with a second Camp Hyrule Cup in the Nintendo 64 ''Mario Golf'', and would also be repeated in 2003 for ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''. Ports of ''Mario Golf'' for the [[Virtual Console]] removed the Camp Hyrule Cup.

The 2004 iteration of Camp Hyrule was themed after the Nintendo DS, though the "DK Jungle" was its own section of the camp, where players could play the ''[[Donkey Konga]]''-themed {{wp|Adobe Flash}} game ''[[Donkey Konga Beat]]''.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/camphyrule2004map_flash software|title=Camp Hyrule 2004 Map|publisher=Internet Archive}}</ref>