2014 doesn't start this well on our side. After ages without news, I finally have one to post, and it's a bad one.
SMG2.5 is cancelled.
When I first met the team, I had the feeling we could do great things together, and an amazing SMG hacking scene would form.
But SMG2.5 was too ambitious. They wanted to make 49 fully custom galaxies. It just takes too much time unless you're a team like the one Nintendo hired.
Other SMG-related projects may be started, but don't get your hopes up. Over time, it appeared that outside of SMG2.5, noone cares about SMG hacking. The scene is inexistant.
On a more positive note, SM64DS has more chances of forming a good scene. We have Fiachra making the editor the best possible, Skelux making amazing hacks, and other hackers joining in too... let's hope this continues this way.