 Normally I tell you to hype responsibly it is something I put on repeat keep your hype in check Don't let yourself get massively disappointed whether an event comes or not, but I'm fine This increasingly hard to do personally in heading into this week. Yes. We've had all the rumors Jeff grubb and others saying there It's probably a direct this week. I know Jeff grubb date 100% commit to it He just said what he heard but Nate the hate has now come out and committed to it He did a podcast a couple days ago where he said yeah, Nintendo direct announcements happening in the next few days Which meant early this upcoming week, but He went on spawncast last night and just came straight on said there's a Nintendo direct this week It's just happening right now. I know some of you guys don't feel like it's this week yet Sundays the beginning of my week for me for some of you guys at the end of the week I understand weekend Saturday and Sunday a part of the weekend. So it's the end of the week I get it. I know we all look at our calendars differently but for me Sundays always that turning point at least into that next week so for me the next week has already really begun and I'm having a hard time hyping responsibly And I want to talk about that because a dangerous thing happens when we overhype ourselves and that dangerous thing is an effect on our mental state I Think you know the anger and stuff like that that some people get I think is a bit overdone But there are some people that do get super excited for these events like they're the highlight of their week It's their gaming Christmas of the week and Nintendo direct. We only get two to three of them per year usually three Yeah, we get partner showcases up with these big directs We only usually get two to three of them every year So they are a big deal but a lot of this tie a lot of emotional value behind this stuff and I am Definitely one of them. I have three children and a fiancee and had a lovely weekend so far With with my family, but I just I want to Keep in perspective Everything that's headed into this week and why people like me are having such a hard time and probably people like you Maybe you watching this video having a hard time hyping responsibly We're Highly likely having an internet right this week. I think it'd be I mean at this point I'm just gonna say we're having a direct this week if we don't It's not my sources, but then everyone else is wrong. So we're having an internet or direct this week and That means that we are almost assuredly going to see tears of the kingdom and look you guys can could say maybe I'm I'm letting myself get too hyped for a game that has no promises beyond sky stuff and I get it But Breath of the Wild is my favorite game of all time Breath of the Wild Fundamentally changed my life in many aspects and it feels weird to say that because am I a different person today? Because the Breath of the Wild no, but things that did for me at that time of my life really mattered and heck Yulia is getting really deep in the Breath of the Wild right now herself my fiancee and it's making a change in her life She's becoming a much happier person to be around She is finding things to fill that time that she used to Spend you know maybe letting her mind wander into the dark spaces and instead enjoying the light that breath of the Wild is bringing into her life. So You know video games can have a profound impact on us and because of that tears of the kingdom coming out Isn't just another game to me like Fire Emblem, you know engage. I was excited for that game coming I was excited for sparks of hope last year. I even got a review copy and reviewed the game for you guys I know basically nobody watches the review because nobody watches my videos for Reviews right like that's that's just not the base I built up But you guys hear for the news and the discussion around the news and the hype and you know maybe some gameplay here and there but You guys are here to talk about games not necessarily here to hear my opinion on if a game is good or not but I find it to be fascinating looking at this tears of the kingdom situation because it is the game of Games for me. This is all that matters to me in 2023 when it comes to video games Look, we can get another Mario game like my audio Odyssey 2. That's great We can get f0 remastered that be great We can get Metro Prime 4 and I'll be really excited for that and look we're gonna cover all these games coming to switch It's not like we're just gonna only talk about tears of the kingdom all year, but Zelda holds a special place in my life. I don't know if it holds a special place in yours But without Zelda, I wouldn't be here talking to you guys through the camera lens here into this nice microphone Getting that audible stuff into your ears I'm that podcast that a lot of people love you know We had kitten Krista on and player essence and super mal dave and all the rest my goddess yanders restart Hoops and hip-hop mandy Lee plays etc etc like all these people that we've had on our show won't happen None of this would happen None of us would be here listening and watching this and enjoying this content together me making it you Ingesting it if it wasn't for Zelda ocarina of time got me into the Into the franchise hardcore was links awakening with my first ocarina of time is what led me into creating a fan website Which ultimately long haul led to this youtube channel and me taking this youtube thing seriously in 2017 I had no idea at the time that I would be a full-time youtuber. I kind of always in the back of my mind I hoped it would be a dream, but here I am fast forward You know from 2017 to 2023 and I'm now a full-time youtuber making content on my favorite video games and I find this to be Quite the journey that I owe directly to Zelda and the various ways its impact of my life And there's a reason the Zelda franchise has maintained as my Personal favorite franchise doesn't have all of my favorite games like yeah breath of the wilds my favorite game of all time Before that my favorite Zelda game was Zelda 2 but Zelda 2 wasn't my favorite game of all time So breath of the wild is you know that big of a gap from where my favorite Zelda game used to be And I know a lot of you guys cringe by me mentioning Zelda 2 the adventure link as my now second favorite Zelda game But still Zelda has always been my favorite franchise Even though I've ranked individual games higher than Zelda until breath of the wild So tears of the kingdom to me. This is just This is my gaming Christmas. This is you know everyone's like disappointed. Oh Nintendo won't be at E3 Zelda's coming out before E3 I'm so excited For this that I went ahead and got press badges for me and Eric for PAX East Just in case tears of the kingdom is playable at PAX East That's right making it a specific trip to a different part of the country to play the game early If it's possibly available there We don't even know yet But you know what to go you got a book and make the plans now where you're not going to be able to go right? So I got two press badges already Ready to go so I could set up a private demo and and wherever else I'm going to need to set up to play tears of the kingdom Early presuming that tears of the kingdom will have a presence there We don't know if it will be but tears of the kingdom does happen in March or sorry tears of the kingdom PAX East does happen in March which is before the game comes out So we're kind of hoping then we get an announcement that it's going to be present at PAX East But I'm just I'm a little flabbergasted, you know I've been waiting for this particular direct. I think since the game was announced We know when the game is coming out So this is the beginning of the marketing campaign and look we're gonna hear some other fantastic things right GameCube remasters You know we might hear about some of those advanced words one plus two reboot camp a lot of people excited about that Maybe a new Mario game. Maybe we see some more of the Mario movie I have no idea we could see a bunch of things in this director because I don't know if we're gonna get another one Until September but what I do know is that tears of the kingdom is Causing me to not be able to follow my own rule I'm not hyping responsibly. I'm scared that I'm not hyping responsibly. I'm scared about being disappointed. I Am scared About a lot of things with this direct and all of that fear comes from Me being hyped But you know what? For this direct, I'm just gonna let myself enjoy the hype I've decided as I get to the end of this video I'm taking off my hyper-sponsibly new clothing the sunglasses are being removed from my eyes from my brain And we're hyping it to the moon and back baby because you know what? It might be another five six years before we get our next console the Zelda game That's how long it might be So I'm gonna bask in this a little bit. I'm gonna enjoy it. I'm gonna ride this hype train I'm gonna hopefully absolutely love everything they show about this game at the Nintendo Direct be jumping out of my seat live Reacting with all of you guys getting super hyped and excited and and gonna be Hyping it to the moon this game baby if you're tired to hear about tears of the kingdom on my channel if you're tired of Talking Zelda you are at the wrong channel. I'm just gonna tell you right now Tears of the kingdom is gonna be getting covered Almost daily from the moment this direct happens until the game comes out and maybe even for multiple months after because the bottom line is This is my coup de gras this year This is What started my journey and is bringing my journey full circle here in 2023? I'm 36 years old, baby Been doing this gosh 24 years and it's happening with Zelda I'll take that baby. I'll take that you guys let me know how you're feeling about this direct Are you nervous? Are you excited? Are you trying to hypersponsibly? But you're like me and you just you can't help me You're so excited. Oh, man. It's just it's bubbled in there. I want to let it out So expect a very very happy Nate all week long and if the direct gets announced on Tuesday or Wednesday or whatever Just my video on that is going to be so high energy Because no matter how tired I might be that day the direct itself is gonna Fly me to the moon. Thank you guys for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video