 Hey everyone, welcome back to the Nintendo Prime and I got a bunch of stories for you today I was just gonna do one story for this video, but holy crub. He has updates to some older stories But let's start with Nintendo Direct. Do you know? It's been 162 days since our last general Nintendo Direct This has the internet going crazy and conspiracy theories and obviously we still have the rumors are too direct today Well something interesting happened and it's likely nothing The Nintendo Direct official playlist on Nintendo's YouTube channel has been updated today Now of note, it's weird because there's some strange gaps It says there's 21 videos, but like the Nintendo Direct from 21319 has been suddenly deleted or sent to private and that could constitute an update to the list So maybe all they do is privatize some older directs, but why would they privatize one from last year? When this year some people are theorizing there's gonna be one tomorrow Last year's general direct that happened on 21319 actually happened on 214 19 in Japan So people are theorizing that maybe we're getting a direct tomorrow just to throw off the whole Nintendo every direct is like on Tuesdays and Thursdays But honestly at this point, I think people are just wishful thinking We all really really want an internet to happen soon Some people wonder if maybe if there was a direct plan for either late last month or this month that maybe it's been delayed Because of the coronavirus outbreak which has now been renamed to something more scientific II But yeah, I'm honestly at this point No one knows when a direct is coming. So your guess is as good as mine. All right next up We're gonna be talking about some E3 stuff First off, this is just kind of a general note about E3 Jeff Keely. I don't know if you guys know him He's the one who runs the game awards. I used to work at game trailers doing some stuff He's hosted game award shows over the years I've been the host of the E3 Coliseum event for the last few years at E3 He will not be attending E3 for the first time in 25 years E3 has been going on for I think 25 or 26 years So this would be the only E3 he's ever missed and the reasoning he's given for not attending is that He basically tells people you need to ask the the ESA about it or the E3 committee What he's seen so far behind the scenes. He doesn't like the direction of the show now E3 itself has had a lot of issues over the years Especially lately trying to figure out what it is because E3 used to be an industry event That would sometimes get some some TV shows on G4 TV back in the day But we would get streams online and stuff from IGNs and game spots and all that Nintendo Treehouse obviously lately And the thing is the event went from being where only media members could go to opening up to fans And this was just due to kind of demands from Sony and other companies that really wanted it to be more of a fan event But they never fully committed to the fan event mantra and it kind of led to a Mismatch of media industry insiders and fans all in one venue which just ends up being chaos and as someone who has attended last three of The last four years it is pretty chaotic in there and it's always been chaotic But it's even worse now And they're trying to ease it up by this year by making the very first day the show floor opens is going to be media only Maybe industry and insiders as well And then the last two days will be open to everyone And they're making the gamer pass cheaper because of it is dropping from $250 to $160 But to be honest It still feels confusing as to what this event is this isn't like packs and gamescom where it's open to everyone And it's always been that way this was an industry only event or an industry insider event that Is trying to transform into something else and it's not doing a good job at it In my opinion e3 probably should have just stayed as an industry insider event because it was the only major Video game event of the year that was industry only in the first place but uh at this point they were trying to give in to demands of publishers and And uh platform holders and they just didn't do a good job of it now Speaking of e3 and as much as it's going to be sad to see jeff kealy not participate in e3 for the first time in His career nintendo is attending e3 yesterday We wondered if nintendo was attending e3 because they were not out on the first Exhibitor list which are people who are actually going to have booths on the show floor nintendo wasn't listed But actually it turns out that dug bows are confirmed back in january with an interview with hollywood reporters talking about how you know They're you know, they're sad that sony's not going to be there But we feel it's a great venue for us and all of that and we will be there this year So dug bows are technically already committed to e3 back in january And we just kind of all forgot about it because when the exhibitor list comes out and it doesn't have nintendo listed You're kind of like, huh, maybe nintendo backed out so they committed in january may be backed out Well, the esa made an announcement late yesterday in wake of all of us talking about you know other outlets as well talking about How is nintendo going what's going on? They came out and announced all of the currently confirmed attendees Which does include microsoft and xbox and did include nintendo So yes, nintendo is attending e3 as usual. We could expect the digital event the tree house live stuff You know great presence on the show floor and all that so nintendo will be at e3 this year e3 2020 There are no changes to nintendo's current plans and how they're handling that event And to be fair nintendo has handled e3 maybe the best over the last handful of years as as people were wondering about shifting and changing Treehouse is widely considered one of the greatest live shows during e3 Not that nintendo needs to be at e3 to do a show like that But they don't really have they have other treehouse live streams throughout the year. None of them seem to capture that e3 magic So maybe nintendo thinks the whole mantra or the whole atmosphere around e3 with fans and everything Just really helps uplift what they're doing and maybe helps inspire their employees as well to be a bit more energetic Even though it's got to be pretty tiring to work for nintendo and work the hours they work during e3 So yeah, nintendo is going to be there. That's good news. That's great news You know it makes my decision on whether or not i'm going to e3 this year even harder Because i've gone Three of the last four years and nintendo is obviously a big thing what we do at nintendo prime So i'm not sure i'm not sure at this point Um, uh, I will have to talk it over with eric and i'll get back to you guys Um, because it's going to affect how we cover e3, uh, whether i'm doing it from home or whether i'm doing it there There's other reasons i might want to stay home. They have nothing to do with the event But anyways, we're getting to that more in the future and our last story today Is one where i get to eat a little bit of crow Um, can i just remember when i put up that video talking about how oh, there's micro transactions in animal crossing New horizons and oh Yesterday i said animal crossing new leaf by the way correction. I meant new horizons new leaf new horizons get rid of the new part It's confusing me nintendo Well, the esrb rating that had in game purchases listed on the official website has been Removed so there apparently at least at this point are no in game purchases inside animal crossing New horizons, of course this also supports my theory that in game purchases didn't include the nintendo switch online service Uh, because i kind of tried proving last time that that wasn't part of it people were like, oh these games have it But the games that have it i also have other things, uh, so i honestly think that um Animal crossing new horizons at least at this point has no announced um Micro transactions no announced Uh dlc or anything and maybe that's why it was removed from the website Or it was just a mistake an honest mistake and the nintendo employee made when putting up the esrb ratings And that wasn't actually in there from the esrb and there's not going to be any in game purchases and crisis is averted At this point, uh, i don't know what to think Um, i obviously made some mistakes in the video anyways I said some things about fire alone three houses that weren't exactly true Uh, and i'm fully willing to admit when i i've made some mistakes in my reporting days I've made mistakes in the past and i'll probably make mistakes in the future. I'm only human Um, in reality, i should have did a little bit more research on each individual game I thought i had such a strong argument already that i didn't need to do that And there were other reasons that i think there might be micro transactions inside animal crossing such as pretty much everything animal crossing related Since new leaf has micro transactions of some type and even if it's amiibo festival where you have to buy individual amiibo uh, but I didn't bring that stuff up. I didn't bring up how the esrb ranks in game purchases What their exact definition of it is because in game purchases is not a nintendo thing. It's an esrb thing Uh, so there's that as well that i didn't bring up. I did bring it up in the comments Um, why as as evidence as to why i believe it means micro transactions And then there was someone on twitter who who tried to explain to me the difference between dlc And micro transactions and how it's tied to your account or or you always downloadable in the future Or all this different stuff Um, i'm still of belief that micro transactions come down to the raw definition of what a micro transaction is Which is just a small purchase made online in some form for something And then obviously what the definition of small purchase is is varying from is 10 bucks a small purchase or is it like a dollar You know, it's it's kind of up in the air Um, at this point, I am just going to rescind my comments from that video for now Right now there is no in game purchases listed for animal crossing new horizons. So based on new information We had assumed there's no micro transactions. There's no in game purchases Uh, we do know that the Nintendo Switch Online service will be required to do any online stuff with it But apparently that's not considered an in game purchase. So, um, yeah, I was wrong At least wrong for now until unless it's announced in the future Um, or less in game. I don't there's a thing like they remove the one thing that pointed to it. So At this point then it's just speculating there might be micro transactions, but um, there's no actual evidence to suggest it now. So I was wrong. It happens Go ahead and burn me at the stake. I guess maybe Maybe I'm really just a witch. What makes you think she's a witch? Well, she turned me into a newt A newt I got better Anyway, folks, I am tender over jets from nintendo prime. I'm honored that you so much for tuner now again I hope you're enjoying this new format. Um, some people actually commented Uh, yesterday that hey, is this like the prime news thing I could replace my prime I don't really know it kind of has that prime newsy feel because there's more than one story But not always sometimes there's only going to be one story Um, I just been playing around with my different formats because I do have this huge studio that I've Barely used you guys have seen me essentially for a while at least the last few weeks use my portable green screen Which is off to the side over here And then uh, just do myself sitting in my office chair reading stories with the story in the background And I do like those style of videos Time to time and I'm not going to say those styles will never come back There'll be times when I don't have time to set this all up because to set this up I've got one, two, three, four, uh, five lights running right now to set this all up And that's um, and I gotta move my lights because I don't have extra lights. So Sometimes this isn't gonna happen, but um, I like this I like using this desk Used to be the podcast desk. I like using it. I like using the script I like the green screen back here sometimes that maybe sometimes it'll take the green screen down Because I do have like a nintendo s background behind it Um, and obviously you guys some people really like the discussion videos where I'm sitting in front of the gaming collection as well So I've been reading all your comments and and taking them into consideration and you know me I'm always playing around with formats. I'm always playing around with what I want to do Um, and as long as I'm making something I'm proud of Something that I think is worthwhile and I'm reporting on things and talking about things I think that interests you I'm going to keep playing around and experimenting, uh, if that makes my channel inconsistent I guess I really don't give a crap. Um Maybe that's just what my channel is an inconsistent mismatch of nintendo news and discussions Uh, but I apologize for misreporting in the past. I'll try to do better in the future Um, hey nintendo is going to be uh at e3. So that's great as well Uh, jeff kealy skipping that sucks Tenor directs when are we getting them? Oh nintendo All right, folks. So like subscribe leave comment below. In fact, let me give you a Something to answer down below What is Your most anticipated switch game that we're aware of whether it's indy third party or first party second party etc This year that has not come out yet. What is your most anticipated? Let me know down in the comments below. Anyways, folks like subscribe hit that bell icon and I'll catch you in the next video