 Hey everyone, welcome back to Nintendo Prime. We got a couple stories here. I want to talk to you about this morning It is Saturday August 13th and oh boy We get to talk about someone who attempted to steal a bunch of Pokemon cards and got in some Trouble although the trouble isn't quite as bad as it could be it might get worse It's really gonna depend on what the thief himself decides to do. We also have some news here about sonic frontiers Man, this is getting pretty crazy out there with all of the backlash over this game And let me tell you there's never been a better time to subscribe to the channel than right now because all brand-new subscribers Until we hit 100,000 subscribers are automatically entered in a random drawing to win $1,000 Cash, baby. That's cash money in your pocket spending on whatever you want Also in the month of August we have an additional $20 eShop gift card for all new subscribers in the month of August, but hey, I'm not forgetting everyone else Look all of you guys have been supporting my channel for a long time We will have a hundred thousand subscriber special and we're giving away a $300 item right now to all Subscribers details on that down in the pin comment or the description All right, so our first story deals with a warehouse worker who's been found guilty of stealing $70,000 worth of Pokemon cards Wow, I'm getting this story right off a go Nintendo and it says crisis Christo has been found guilty of theft Christo worked in the warehouse for Magic Madhouse LTD an online store that sells Pokemon cards We now know that Christo was pocketing Pokemon cards over a number of weeks and his haul included booster packs and booster boxes Over time Christo sold over $70,000 worth of Pokemon cards Christo was caught when Magic Madhouse's owner Michael Duke started to notice that some of their Pokemon card catalog was missing Duke hopped on eBay to see if any of their missing cards were being sold And he noticed a number of auctions that lined up perfectly with what was missing This led to Duke catching Christo in the act via secret security Cameras the stolen property was being kept at Christo's mother's house and the entire lot of stolen items amounted to over half a million Pokemon cards 28 year old Christo pled guilty and was given a 16th month suspended sentence Christo has to repay The six thousand pounds euros whatever which is amount to seven thousand two hundred and seventy dollars US within 78 days of sentencing and must complete a hundred and seventy five hours of Unpaid work and stay crime-free for the next two years to avoid jail time So essentially if he commits even as much as a traffic violation He will be going to jail. So need to be really careful there a hundred and seventy five hours of unpaid work I tried digging deeper into this because the original article came up on kataku And I really wasn't able to see if that was supposed to be you know one of those Community service type or deals or if you legitimately has to work Let's say for mad magic mad house, which would be really really strange You still have to work there and work for free for a hundred and seventy five hours I don't know but this sentencing seems kind of like considering that it was $70,000 worth of Pokemon cards stolen. I'm assuming the amount in seven thousand two hundred and seventy dollars Was determined off of the stuff that was sold versus stuff that they didn't sell I'm assuming within this this whole thing a lot of that You know stuff was actually able to be recovered Otherwise, I would you know, he would probably have to pay back seventy thousand dollars So yeah, I'm assuming a whole bunch of that was recovered But for what was sold on eBay, yeah, seven thousand two hundred and seventy dollars needs to be repaid back So I mean this just goes to show folks don't steal. I mean, it's pretty basic It's pretty simple. I think it's something we all understand is not okay to do and pretty much any circumstance I know some people like to justify Pirating video games and stuff like that You know, I'm not talking about if you own it But if you don't own it pirating video games, some people like to justify But if we're honest, there's a little bit of a difference in some sort of digital good and something physical and Tangible and I think for the most part we all can agree stealing is just not okay It's just not the way to go There's only very specific Circumstances where we might be more understanding such as let's say a homeless kid on the street steals an apple from a vendor I think a lot of us can understand they're just trying to survive But in situations like this, these are luxury items. They are not required for any sort of subsidence to live Yeah, maybe just don't steal. Alright, man. Next up. We have another piece of news coming from Sonic Frontiers, you guys know that Sonic Frontiers is getting a lot of backlash. We also know that on the 23rd It's going to be getting a brand new trailer or hullabaloo happening at opening night live before games come hosted by Jeff Keeley So we're gonna see more of this game really soon and it is slated to come out this year But there's been a lot of backlash specifically stemming from the way that IGN first Depicted the game with raw gameplay and the problem is if the raw gameplay is what's making people criticize the game No amount of opinions is going to change people's minds So let's get into this article again over at go Nintendo It says Sega started releasing gameplay videos and trailers for Sonic Frontiers a few weeks back Well more a little bit more than that at this point. It was beginning of June And even they had a hands-on demo at select event. It was actually a single event I know maybe this writers not fully up to date on everything all of this content led to a portion of the Sonic fan base Requesting that Sega delay Sonic Frontiers in order to up the quality of the game since those calls for a delay came out Sega has said a few times that they won't be pushing the game back Now that same question came up yet again because fans are gonna keep pushing it because they feel like it needs more time But this time it was asked following Sega's most recent financial report So this was being asked literally by their own investors. This question was answered by Sega Sammy senior EVP Kochi Fukazawa and EVP Makato Takahashi and they made it extremely clear The Sonic Frontiers isn't going to be delayed. Here's their exact words We do not consider postponing the launch at this point within the communication with users We intend to reflect the parts that can be reflected within the development timeline and to build empathy with users Sonic IP is a mainstay title We will sell over the long term in the future and we will continue to strengthen it in the next fiscal year Onwards as well So this is really interesting because they're essentially saying we're listening to the feedback of the users and we will make Adjustments within our currently a lot of development cycle. What's interesting is while they're admitting that they're taking feedback You could delay the game and take more of that feedback and apply it to the development of the game There there's two things that I can infer from this one is that they're extremely stubborn They've already spent a lot of money and they're Unwilling to move the release date because it will affect their financials and they're more worried about that than anything else The other one and this might be this might be a better reason not to delay This depends on if this is what they truly feel that they feel the game They have made right now is amazing epic and something that people just need to get into their hands They might have the confidence that sonic frontiers is already an Amazingly epic game that users are misunderstanding because they don't have it in their hands And if that is the reason they won't delay it that actually makes a lot more sense because that's just saying hey look This game is really damn good. We're really proud of our work. You just haven't played it yet That is a defendable stance to take although They're not really presenting that one forward when they say things like we intend to reflect parts that can be reflected Within the development timeline suggesting that hey We are reflecting and changing some things based on user feedback, which basically means You're aware that people aren't happy with the game and you want to fix the reasons They're not happy and that's why people keep asking if you're going to delay it It's not because they think or it's not because People are asking it to be be delayed because look you are listening to feedback and you're admitting that you need to make changes So why not give it the proper time to make those changes? So it really feels like it's more of the former rather than the latter reason But I don't know guys. This is this is just something that I Would like to see when a developer recognizes that changes need to be made that they would allow the proper time to do those Changes correctly again sonic frontiers might end up being amazing and who knows maybe when it's all said and done And I beat the game and ends up being my favorite sonic game of all time I mean they're aiming for this to be a highly reviewed game They're aiming for this to be you know a really massive success story. It's just we're not seeing it at this point We're kind of seeing what looks like a concept with a couple exciting fights Rather than something that is going to excite us in the long haul looks like we might get rather bored in fact So we'll see what happens. I have hopes for sonic frontiers like I have hopes for any game that I'm mildly Anticipating so yeah, I don't know. I hope that their plan isn't to say hey We're just gonna rush this out and patch everything later That to me is not a good look. I know it has worked for some games See if these is an example launched with basically zero end game content And now today see if these is actually rather enjoyable to play But that's also an MMO style game that's not supposed to end. That's not the way sonic frontiers is it's a single-player experience So they really got to get this right out the gate And if they don't no amount of patches are gonna fix it like Breath of the Wild had patches And that was just a patch up frame rate issues if that was the problem fine That's not the problem. The problem is the gameplay itself the world itself Man, I feel I feel you Sega. I feel you're frustrated. You thought the reception would be better I also feel the fans who expect more and better from the sonic team Anyway, folks, I am Nathaniel Rumpeljans from Nintendo Prime Let me know what you think about these stories down in the comments below and I will catch you guys in that next video