MomoCon 2022 Breaks New Record After Two-year Hiatus

<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;momocon&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">MomoCon<&sol;a>&comma; the recent MomoCon 2022 was the most attended in the show’s history after its two year hiatus with 42&comma;000 gamers&comma; animation fans&comma; and cosplayers filling the Georgia World Congress Center for the largest gaming convention in the Southeast United States from May 26-29&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jess Merriman&comma; co-founder of MomoCon had this to say about the recent event&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was amazing being able to bring back MomoCon and have such a tremendous turnout&period; Seeing everyone apart of our tight-knit community have the opportunity to reconnect in person reminded us why we are so passionate about MomoCon&period; We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone back in 2023 and expanding to even greater horizons&excl;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-178043 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;03230932&sol;unnamed-1-1024x683&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"683" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Additional Details<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>MomoCon 2022 was the first event taking place in the traditional Memorial Day Weekend window since 2019&comma; when organizers skipped two regularly-scheduled events for the health and safety of the community&period; Despite this extended absence&comma; fans came roaring back&comma; breaking the show’s previous attendance record&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many special guests helped make this record possible&comma; as the four-day event featured many luminaries from the gaming and animation communities&period; Charles Martinet&comma; the voice of Mario and Luigi since 1992&comma; hosted a panel where fans got to see the voice behind two of gaming’s most iconic characters&period; Fans also got to meet Steve Downes &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hail-chief-halo-master-chief-collection-review&sol;">Halo’s Master Chief<&sol;a>&rpar; and Jen Taylor &lpar;Halo’s Cortana in the games and TV series&comma; RWBY’s Salem&rpar;&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of both western and eastern animation got to meet some of the talent behind their favorite series&period; The voices of Avatar&colon; The Last Airbender brought more than 2&comma;000 fans together to celebrate the franchise ahead of the reveal of the three upcoming films&period; Greg Baldwin also hosted his own panel&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tea with Uncle Iroh”&comma; welcoming another 2&comma;000 excited fans ready to get some one-on-one time with their beloved Uncle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans also got to hear from and take part in Q&amp&semi;A sessions with cast members from beloved series like My Hero Academia&comma; Teen Titans&comma; Samurai Jack&comma; and more&period; Attendees also had the chance to meet Bill Farmer&comma; the iconic voice of Disney’s Goofy since 1987&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MomoCon hosted a variety of competitive gaming tournaments across Memorial Day weekend&comma; including a &dollar;5&comma;000 Super Smash Bros&period; Ultimate tournament&period; Along with other gaming tournaments&comma; fans took in high-flying Stranglehold Championship Wrestling matches&comma; melodic tunes in the Disney Singing Contest Finale&comma; indie game showcases&comma; and the return of MomoCon’s Friday night cosplay showcase&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;