 Don't really know how to start this video to be honest. Um Okay last week Nintendo emailed me to inform me they no longer wanted to collaborate With me on my channel or At all they even asked me to please remove any mention of the Nintendo brand ambassador program from your social channels bios email signatures Etc essentially saying You do not work with us anymore You are not a Nintendo brand ambassador anymore So please don't tell anyone that you are and I wasn't sure if I wanted to make it public or talk about it Because initially the way they worded it made it seem like there was a new program And maybe I hadn't been switched over to it yet Maybe I will get switched over to the new one, but I decided to tweet about it And that tweet ended up getting some traction and a couple of people picked it up and made Articles about Nintendo's changing their ambassador program and blah blah blah based on on what I said and all I said I don't have the tweet in front of me But all I essentially said was Nintendo has decided to no longer continue my membership because they're switching over to some new program Which is what I thought I was told But I had a great time while I was working with them I thanked the team at Golan, which to be clear Golan is hired by Nintendo to run the Nintendo Ambassador programs But I mean the email I was sent was signed with the Golan team on behalf of Nintendo And when you say it's on behalf of Nintendo and the email is essentially saying that I'm not a good fit for their brand anymore I feel like this has come from Nintendo. At least that's That's what they've said. I can't show you this email I I'll I'll show you bits of it, but it does say this this message contains information that may be confidential or privileged And I'm not trying to burn any bridges here. I'm not mad. I'm definitely disappointed Like a good parent would say so I'm not I'm not angry. I'm not this isn't an attack Not asking everyone to get up on the internet and and tweet people and be like, well what what do you mean? But as I said, I wasn't going to make a whole video on it when I initially received just this email But then the very next day nintendo emailed me again was something extremely confusing that I didn't understand And so I clarified what the heck was going on like am I in this program? Am I not in this program and they Reiterated that I was not and they told me why I was not and the why It feels like a slap in the face And again, like I'm not trying to be Like oh, well is me, right? Like there's so much bigger things happening in the world right now that Make this It's nothing. This is nothing But I ultimately decided to make this video because I made the tweet it picked up traction A lot of people store it and a lot of people had questions And I tried to address those questions the main one being what does this mean for your channel now that you're no longer working with nintendo And what I don't think a lot of people realize and something I wanted to address is as much as I enjoyed working with nintendo As much as I enjoyed being on their program with them and and feeling like You know this this brand I have built this channel I have built that's so closely tied to nintendo to to actually be collaborating with nintendo to be able to call myself a Brand ambassador and have them send me game codes every now and then it made me feel I guess more legitimized But it also just made me feel closer to nintendo on on it with everything I do and it was a really cool feeling I mean I grew up with an nes in my house Like I grew up playing nintendo games if you were to tell a little tiny kid me that one day not only Would I be a semi successful youtuber making content about all these games you grew up with and more But nintendo themselves would want to send you their games to talk about because they appreciate what you do I think my my little my little kid heart would explode with excitement So to lose that is obviously upsetting at the same time Nothing will change Because again, I love nintendo. I'm not going to stop talking about nintendo out of spite Um, I love them with all of my heart. I love the switch nintendo and me is synonymous And it has been ever since my channel has existed on the platform But what I think a lot of people don't understand Again as much as I love Loved being on the program How little they actually did Which is why it feels like a slap in the face For them to not want to work with me anymore Because they didn't really have to do anything And as far as I can see looking online and and the feedback that I got No one else got dropped So it was just me And when you do as little as they they do it, so it's almost like going out of your way To drop me from the program But here's how it went down I received an email seven days ago. So literally a week ago it was a very It was a very chain-looking email Like it was sent to me, but it wasn't addressed by the people I usually work with my direct contacts at the company It was addressed by the goal and team on behalf of nintendo So I figured this went out to a lot of people and I'm not going to read it verbatim or word for word because again I'm going to paraphrase it so I don't hopefully get in trouble But it says they are taking a different direction. They'll continue to give me access To certain things like the game codes they give me and possibly events Which I don't know what events they could be because I never get invited to anything But while they'd like to do that, they can't continue my membership at this time And there's a new program starting they threw they they threw in there Uh and that confused me because all nintendo has all this company's ever done for me Is give me codes and sometimes invite me to e3 and they're saying that they'll continue to do that But I can't be in the program anymore So they can keep doing everything they were doing, but they don't want to be associated with me And that's the thing that was like Well, hold up a minute So literally what you're telling me is the only thing you want to change here You don't want me to stop reviewing your games. You want to keep giving me the games because obviously I sell a lot of games I I mean, I'm an influencer. I hate that word, but And I don't try to be but love it or hate it. I'm an influencer on the platform as far as nintendo goes I'm sure I'm sure and you can let me know down below Like what have I convinced you to pick up because I've reviewed so many things I've talked about so many games and the switch in general I every day people tell me I bought the switch because of you. I bought this because of you and I love that So clearly nintendo doesn't want to lose that because I make the money, but they don't want to be associated with me anymore Initially, I said, okay fine. Um Did I do anything wrong though? Was it anything I did it felt like a bad breakup Like it felt like they were breaking up with me and they were like, it's not it's not you would it's us behalf of nintendo it's us So I said, well Did I do anything like a like come on come on. Don't give me that tight old excuse I've been broken up with before I think Actually, I think I always never mind. I've given that excuse before I know what it really means. I did something wrong, didn't I? So I said, what did I do wrong paraphrasing even what I said? Um, and then they said paraphrasing again It had nothing to do with your content And that was the first day that they emailed me So when they said it has nothing to do with your content, that's when I made my tweet Because I figured well, then I can't be the only one. They said it's a case by case basis So I can't be the only one I made my tweet And I was the only one And people started speculating when I made that tweet initially like what what it would do to upset nintendo Uh, and a lot of people were quick to point out my my last video on the channel was a mod video Where I where I modded and I broke breath of the wild I modded it to holy heck and nintendo typically doesn't like stuff like that But nintendo already said it wasn't my content and I looked at that video and I I Did I don't think that's the case even now I don't think that's the case because nintendo is very quick to uh Delete mod videos to claim them whatever to get rid of them and nintendo obviously knows who I am We've worked together for a while and so if they had a problem with it, they would have said something I know they would have and they didn't and you could say well, this is saying something But let me let me continue the thing that made this most baffling was The day after or two days after I put up that mod video I believe I could be a day off nintendo sent me a code for minecraft dungeons They asked well, they asked me if I wanted a code. They sent it a couple day a day late actually Because nintendo never sends codes early anymore Which is a whole nother thing we can get into um and at least and what what I mean by We'll get into it. I'll get into it quickly is this isn't going to change my content at all because nintendo was barely helping They would send codes on the day if I was lucky sometimes the day after you know on the day I'm going to go and buy it physical like I very rarely don't buy a nintendo game physical you guys know me You've seen my games so codes. I usually just not up giving away because I'm like Too little too late, but they sent me minecraft dungeons then they sent me this email the day after saying See you the day after Just a pile on the confusion nintendo asked me if I wanted the two gay games on switch They asked me if I wanted Bioshock borderland the same person who had the same contact who had just sent me the email telling me that You know they weren't going to send me things still, but they didn't want to work with me anymore Asked me if I wanted the borderlands and bioshock and xcom and you know I I had already bought them because that was the day the game came out. I bought them in the morning But I said yes because I wanted to see if they would send them or if it was a mistake or an automated email and then they sent them So I emailed back And I said I'm a little surprised to see this. I don't think I'm confused about the last email. That's what I said um And then they replied with sorry about the confusion I'm happy to answer any questions. So that's when I was like, okay. I gotta figure this out. So I sent them a ton of questions Because they said I could ask I asked Is there currently a new program? But I didn't qualify for it Does this mean that if that's true that creators on the old program are automatically carried over to this new one already Or will everyone on the old program eventually have their memberships cancelled and maybe I was first To which the reply essentially said paraphrasing. There's a new program In effect now So if you have a favorite creator that you know is a nintendo brand ambassador They are on the new program. I As far as I talked to my friends that are on the program No one received an email about shifting over to a new program. So nobody got notified about a new program I was really the only one that got emailed about a new program in effect right now And I found out because I didn't qualify for it And I was the only one I guess unless there's there might be other creators out there that I don't know. Maybe they're smaller creators and it just didn't get back to me But you would think that someone would be like, hey The my my favorite youtuber billy joe bob Also got kicked. You're not alone would No, I'm I think I'm alone. But here's the kicker Yeah, I said that it was a slap in the face and This part I guess it's upsetting Because I don't really know what they're trying to say And I'm going to have to read this one a little bit more closely to what they said So hopefully I won't get in trouble. Um, but I It paraphrasing won't do it justice Content creators for the program are evaluated on several things including Their passion for nintendo Their social following The quality and brand friendliness of their content So these are the things in this at this point, by the way, you might have gathered this is personalized emails between me and my contact So this isn't something that nintendo or golland have wrote to send me. This is something That this person has chosen to say in regards to why I may not have qualified There's three things passion for nintendo Oh, no, where's my channel? Can I bring that? Do I have to say anything? Is there a mistake? like Is there something about this that doesn't Scream passion am I am I supposed to get down on my knees and Make out with my switch? All right, so maybe I don't have passion for nintendo A little salty a little sad. It's just a little sad for me Because it feels it feels like I did something wrong and I'm still trying to figure out what it is And I have theories and we'll get to that next their social following I'm not sure what this means. I'm not sure if this means how many followers they have Just total or what their social following is like like what their community is like, I guess Um, let's tackle it from both ends one. My community is freaking awesome. You guys rock um, like I legitimately have one of the greatest Uh communities on youtube and I and I'm not just saying that if if you've been around here you can attest for it Um, hey, if you've been following me on twitch and watching my twitch streams You know firsthand how nice everyone is we have mods in my twitch streams and we don't need them Because everyone's so freaking nice and then let's let's talk about the amount now I don't like talking numbers. We are getting close to a million subs smash that subscribe button. Um And I don't want to sound like I'm bragging at all, but Let's prove a point here I am coming up on a million subs. I am one of The largest nintendo switch channels Kind of cringe for me to say that because it feels like I'm bragging, but let's not beat around a bush I am for what I do on the platform. It's very unique. I feel I tackle a lot of different things Most 90 percent of it is all nintendo based and switch based But I don't limit myself to any one thing because I have a short attention span And I can't do any one thing for too long I have all of these different playlists to try and group up the different things I do from reviews to discussions to e shops to girlfriend challenges to my unboxing videos Even my popular uploads are so different. Usually you shouldn't do youtube like I do, but um I think What makes what I do a little bit more successful than it should be is everything I do is backed by my personality And I'm very aware of that and it's something that it's very intentional because I love what I do on the platform I love nintendo. I love talking about nintendo, but first and foremost I want the videos to be backed by my personality So no matter what i'm doing you should be able to enjoy it if you're a fan of me because you're a fan of me And I've intentionally done that as much as possible because I do cover so many different things And I have to do it that way because I split my audience down the middle so much the only consistent The only consistency between my channel is me Which is actually a theory that I have as to why nintendo dropped me But anyway, the social following we got that in spades And then the last one is quality And brand friendliness of their content. I'm brand friendly I mean when yoshi came out my review for yoshi was literally me and kim making crafts from the game Like things like that It's so What I feel nintendo and I do it not because I want to peas nintendo Not because I want to make nintendo happy, but it's because it's who I am I've never catered my videos in any way to nintendo I've never tried to appease nintendo with the way I make my content This is just who I am. There's nothing about this that isn't family friendly I know that my channel is rated PG with youtube. It's not an m rated channel It's it's a family friendly channel. So I feel like I fall into this criteria But nintendo or gollin doesn't so here are my theories. Here's What I think are the reason are possible reasons why they wouldn't want to work with me anymore the number the number one the big one Um, I already talked about my personality My personality isn't bad I don't think But it's so heavily Entwined in my videos. My face is in every thumbnail It's gotten to the point where for a lot of people Wood from beena mubs is so closely related to nintendo. I have become Synonymous with nintendo for a lot of people. I know you can't really think of the switch and not think of me I've intertwined my personality for better or worse good personality bad personality family family friendly or not Into my content and intertwined it with nintendo. My dang logo Has the joy cons in it and that could be a risk For nintendo and I get that because all it would take is my jarred from subway moment Terrible to compare myself That's not gonna happen There's nothing like that that could happen But that's all it would take is a jarred from subway moment where The one of the people one of the main influences so heavily Tied to a very family friendly brand Um Does something stupid has his PewDiePie on a bridge moment And I get that it might be scary It might be a risk and that could be why nintendo wanted me to remove Any association online with them as far as their actual program They're still happy to send me games because they love what I do But i'm a risk And I get that I don't feel like i'm a risk But I literally am a risk in that sense And I think that might be the biggest I think that might be the case. That's my guess and it does make sense But it also it does suck and it does hurt I guess that someone somewhere in marketing went This guy Don't trust him. They said it was not my content explicitly said it wasn't my content Um, but if we were to assume they were lying again, I'm not making an accusation Um, this is this isn't even an assumption. It's just well, maybe and kim when I told kim. She went maybe Is my uh advocacy for mental health I don't know why That would be a problem. Um, I don't know that's not something nintendo really associates himself with It's kind of a weird juxtaposition in a way. I don't know. Maybe i'm overthinking it Um, but it's the only other part of my brand that I can think of that's so strong other than nintendo I think if you said like what is you know, tell me a little bit about wood from beat-em-ups, you know He's a nintendo youtuber. He you know, he suffers from depression. So he does charity live streams I think that's just part of what people might see is my brand which i'm perfectly okay with um, but maybe nintendo isn't and That would be kind of weird But I don't think it's that but I think if it is that or in part that I think that ties into the personality thing Where it is such a personality thing and you know, what if one day I have a complete breakdown and you know It just looks really bad on nintendo It's my guess So what does this mean going forward? Um Nothing really uh, it sucks for me big boohoo, right? But uh, my content isn't gonna change I poured I did a little bit of research to find out in the last three years since the switch has been out Like what nintendo like being on the band the brand ambassador program like what they they did for me And again, I'm not discrediting what they did for me I even if it was like one thing a year. I just loved being associated with them like it again my little kid my little kid hot Beated an extra beat for five years because of it because I was so excited the the reality is they didn't do much Um, it's just the reality. I'm not trying to be mean So I wrote this up. So in the last three years since the switch has been out, these are the games they've sent me Uh, recently as I said 2k in minecraft dungeons sandwiched right in between the you know The The harsh betrayal. I can't spell betray. That's totally how you spell betrayal. No, it's not that can't be All right, never mind. Don't look at that. I can't spell Before that they sent me dawnless like a week early, which was pretty nice, but it's a free game So it's not like that would have changed my review too much. Uh, this year so far that that's all They literally didn't talk to me really all year until minecraft dungeons and then the day later They gave me the email. So I've got two this year. Um and then last year there was four Uh dragon quest links marvel and cadence are high roll And then the year before that toad smash bros wolfenstein octopath traveler and myro tennis every one of these Were launch day other than minecraft dungeons was a day after launch every single one of these I bought myself on launch day physical everything. Nintendo has ever done for me. I also only bought for myself. So Literally nothing will change. Nintendo hooks me up on some occasions But mostly the devs themselves don't go through nintendo. They just reach out directly Most games I like think of the last time you heard me say This game was provided by the dev team on nintendo or whatever. It doesn't happen. I don't get review codes actually I'm not salty about it because it's my own fault Um, because I don't actively seek out codes. I'm so busy reviewing things Um that just honestly even just for my e-shop videos. I've done 21 right 10 games in each That's 210 games out of all of those Maybe 10 or 20 of those were review codes that I was lucky enough to get But even if I was to try and reach out to all those different dev teams for review codes I'd be waiting days for replies weeks for replies. Like it's a whole gig in itself Just to do that. I don't have time It's so much easier for me to buy the game as soon as I see it and know that I want to review it Support the dev team as well because they're mostly indie teams And I don't want to reach out for a review code all the time Especially if it's like a five dollar game. Come on. Just buy it support them Um, so I most of the time I just buy them anyway Like 90% of the time I buy all my games And I do have to thank my patreons for that It's something I don't bring up much and I have a giant support over on patreon and I don't need anymore So don't feel like you have to But that's where patreon comes in handy. That's how I can afford to buy Literally hundreds of games that I review. It's because of patreon. They also help me pay my editor They help me buy new equipment and all of that patreon is a heaven sent And I wouldn't be able to do what I do without it. And that's how I do what I do and I still have patreon. That's not going anywhere So, uh, nintendo booting me from the program What I'm trying to say is nothing is going to change. So don't worry All of this is backed with either my own money or support from the people that support my channel But it's 100 percent backed 100 percent 110 percent backed by my pure raw passion That I have for nintendo And it's made possible by my social following Every single one of you that subscribe and watch my videos make what I do possible And thankfully youtube shares my videos out like crazy Because I'm extremely Family friendly So we're gonna be just fine At the point when nintendo asked me to remove any association with them uh I didn't want to just remove all association quietly Uh, I wanted to at least tweet about it and thank them for everything they done for me And then when I did that it raised a lot of questions questions that I eventually got answers to and Answers that I wanted to make sure everyone saw the main one being Nothing's gonna change I'm really really excited to get my reviews out of the 2k games of xeno blade Of outer worlds just everything I have on my plate right now I'm working like crazy to get all these reviews done It's a lot and I'm loving it and I will always love it and I will continue what I do And until someone physically makes me stop and I don't know what that'll take because I love what I do And thank you all for making it possible I honestly can't thank all of you enough. Yeah, but that's it I don't need anything from you other than just Continually supporting me in whatever way you have been if you're looking to do something that'll make me happy I started streaming on twitch and I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's a great time So if you wanted to follow me over there, I'd appreciate that a lot that actually make me really happy, you know, uh, hopefully They said that they review channels on a case-by-case basis and and maybe somewhere down the line They'll decide that I am right for their new program Like everyone else apparently was But um, I'm telling you now as much as I would love I'd take it right now if you said oh, we made a mistake Welcome back. I'd happily happily. I'd be ecstatic and you know, it'd be fine Um, but my content ain't changing and and I'm not becoming any kind of different person anytime soon And my content isn't going anywhere or changing anytime soon So if I don't fit that program now, I ain't ever gonna fit that program and honestly, I'm okay with that It sucks But I would rather be me So I'm gonna go ahead and keep doing that. I love you all and I'll see you in the next video. Bye