 Hey everyone, I am Nathan DeRuffel Janssen from Nintendo Prime, and I'm here to give you a channel update one of the very first ones ever since the Takeover for those who don't know this channel used to be the Zelda informer YouTube channel and part of my contractual agreement in Really, I've done it Zelda for more April 30th So there was kind of a signing out contract which enabled me to have this YouTube channel and Now that I have this channel, it's rebranded Nintendo Prime and it's been you know a couple months I just want to give you an update on where things stand with the future of the channel and why it's actually been a while since You've seen me on camera probably about a couple weeks meal Maybe a week and a half at this point and there's a few reasons for this for starters The recording area I was using before is no longer available to me to use on a Regular weekly daily basis and it's not because it vanished that studio area It's actually part of my house in part of my living areas and it was difficult keeping that up every day because You know, I have a family. I've got three kids I got a girlfriend and it was really hard every time you come to the basement one of the very first things You see this massive studio set up right next to the playroom So it's one of those things that I can only have set up every once in a while so I was trying to find a new solution for this and This area this place you're seeing me recording right now is actually in my own home office and my home office isn't very big maybe it's 10 by 7 or so it's really not that big of a space and Trying to squeeze all of my work stuff in here my ability to do streams when I play games in here and my ability to set up video recording like this was a Journey let's just put it that way and if you guys saw the last episode of the podcast which again I do apologize we haven't had one, but I'm gonna get to explanation here There was audio issues on my end and part of that was the hiccups with this new setup so The audio and this should sign sound a fine Pretesting and we find with a single microphone and having an issue when we bring mic number two into the mix Although they work well individually So it's something I'm still working out had an issue with the headphones So there's a lot of little things. I'm trying to work out before we go back into podcast producing full-time because Last episode we brought in a third person and I think bringing the third person into the conversation Really up the ante it really improved the quality of the conversation and I want to ensure that we continue to improve the quality of the podcast So I didn't want to keep producing podcast episodes at a suboptimal level with bad editing bad audio a green screen That wasn't working now back here. I know I have a new green screen up on the wall It's probably not even perfect for this video. I know as an example I don't know if it's gonna show up because I haven't edited this video yet but there I know there's a lot of crease here that Probably is impossible for me to get rid of an editing So I got to find a way to smooth out that crease or at least move the crease further off camera Hum, but anyways, you know, so part of this video is obviously a test for me See if my new setup actually works and functions the way that I want it to So yeah, that's kind of where the podcast is that I'm hoping to have the podcast back not this week, but next week again, I have to do some more testing some more editing and Making sure everything's working out great again. We do not have a mixer board You know, I had thought about purchasing one, but again, we're really small I don't really have the money to purchase a proper mixing board for all the audio to make all the different feeds Whether it's being streamed online from Skype or something or from local microphones all mixed together. Well It's something that hopefully I will have someday. So for now, I'm doing the best I can So that's why the podcast hasn't been around. I also want to say I think we're finally over the slump Anytime a YouTube channel changes branding even though I've been on this YouTube channel the entire time Like since the YouTube channel's inception I've been here Anytime there's a branding change. There's bound to be People who aren't too enthused that we're not doing just nothing but Zelda so It was all the informer now. We're in centerprime. We've done plenty of like Breath of the Wild livestreams and stuff and and some Zelda videos, but it's Finally reached a point where we are gaining subscribers more than we are losing them Which is a wholly positive sign In fact, I'm thinking of even doing a celebration when we hit 21,000 likes doing a big Thank You video because that's a milestone to me. That is like a 500 like milestone Over what we lost. So we dipped down at one point to it was actually 20,498 subscribers and now we're up at the 2700s. I'm sorry 2700s. That's the 20,700 and So if I can go from that up to 21,000 total that means that we've gained 500 subs since becoming Nintendo Prime and that is exciting for me That's like our first true 500 subs and I will be you know, emphatically. Thank you for all of that In the meantime, you guys have probably noticed that I put up some discussion videos and These discussion type videos these topics these rants are things that seem to be doing well You guys seem to be responding well to them. They're getting a lot of vibes a lot of views a lot of likes And I think it's been a big reason. We've had such a turnaround and subscribers over the past week So I thank you that you're enjoying, you know those those quick little ditties those news reports those reactions And I'm gonna keep those going now I hope to have myself on camera with the green screen more often as I do them because they're mostly unscripted I basically do some research into the topic I'm talking about and as soon as I start getting bubbling thoughts in my head about how I'm going to react to it I I don't even say it to anyone I wait to save my very first words when I record the video because I want everything to be raw I don't want myself to be too scripted or too careful in what I'm saying I'd rather you get my instant raw reactions to whatever the news is or whatever the topic ends up being So I am really happy to enjoy that content I also have a new video that I'm going to be producing Especially if the podcast doesn't happen next week It's a conversation with Eric Who is the co-host of the nintendo prime podcast and the conversation for all you zelda fans out there Is going to be based on breath of the wild because for those who don't know eric the co-host of that podcast This is basically his first zelda game. He has seen me play other zelda games He did Play some triforce heroes, but this is the first one. He's invested in this is the game that's making him want to play other zelda games So I want to start have a conversation with him as someone who is almost 30 years old Just now getting into the franchise with arguably his first zelda experience and what that is What what about that is drawing him in what made him want to try this now And I think it'll be interesting conversation because you have me who you know 18 year you know in the industry veteran of zelda 30 year veteran of plain zelda and then you have him who's brand new but around the same age And I think there might be an interesting dynamic talking about breath of the wild in that setting I wasn't going to save it for the podcast alone, but I think it's going to be such a long segment that it's going to be deserving of its own video Separate from any podcast recording. So again If I can't get anything else going for the podcast next week that is something I hope to to do Uh beyond that The channel has It is kind of a limbo for other other video ideas right now I know I promised in the past a zelda increase episode every single week again. There's been so many issues Uh in my recording studio that it hasn't been feasible Uh, and I hope to get back into that and hopefully get that zelda increase show going back because you guys really liked it Which is no surprise. Um, we have a lot of zelda You know people who followed this this youtube channel for zelda So I want to make sure that we are being true to the people who originally followed the channel While venturing off into new air avenues such as these discussion videos And one thing I want to do And this is a far off idea because this is nintendo prime I want to make sure we nail nintendo is I do want to have a once or twice a week Uh Kind of discussion series that deals with things outside of nintendo So even though the discussion video is like when I talked about game stop or when I talked about jon tron Or when I talked about anita it all dealt with things that affected nintendo, right? So you like jon tron affected ukulele and ukulele is a game that's coming out on the nintendo switch You had anita sarkeesian and her comments had to do with breath of the wild you had Uh, what was the other one? I just said the game stop thing and well how that impacts nintendo and Then predicting the sales and yada yada of nintendo switch So some of this has been controversial not all of it has there was the one video that was strictly basically news and just my reaction to that news And I enjoy making that content It's way more enjoyable to me than going out and writing a news post on nintendo prime dot net So i'm i'm in a conundrum now where I want to keep creating video content And I have nintendo prime dot net and I don't know if the focus should be the channel or if the focus should be on the You know reporting of news so I want your guys's feedback on that front otherwise Uh, you know, I'm still you know, we still have daniel making some videos He had an equipment malfunction. He had a breath of the wild video in the works and his capture card died So he he and I are kind of working out some kinks between the capture card issues And the footage he needs and trying to make sure that he can get his video flowing to him because He's the one who did the thing like, you know, why we love metroid, you know, why zelda means so much to us The super mario maker episode all those were done by daniel and I want to make sure that kind of quality content keeps coming in at a consistent basis Uh, so yeah, that that's really all I got for you guys Uh, hopefully you continue to check us out like what you like Uh, we do have a patreon for those who are interested I need to update that patreon because it's massively out of date with what we do at nintendo prime Uh, but that allows us to do things like Upgrade our you know recording studio And be able to generally afford to keep doing nintendo prime as a full-time job The more time I can afford to give to nintendo prime the more content you're going to get in the higher quality that content's going to become As fun as it has been doing those daily videos. It Hurts me knowing that it's just audio with mostly still images Even as I try to jazz up those still images it's still That's not the quality of content that I feel like you guys deserve. I feel like you deserve me on camera So you get my raw expression and you can see how much I mean when I'm saying these things Uh, I do want to get that boss man series rolling again, but again, this is kind of like my test video So sorry for being rambly. This is totally unscripted unhinged Just raw nate letting you know what's happening at nintendo prime Uh, and one final note. This is it. We're about a little we're about a month and a couple days away from me no longer being part of zelda and former and um That's it's this is a really emotional time for me. So I apologize ahead of time if I Uh in certain videos, uh, invoke some emotions emotional reactions are to be Like I'm kind of getting a tear right now over leaving zelda and former because Zelda former was kind of my baby. I didn't found the place. I wasn't one of the founders I didn't create it But I was there when the site had, you know 100 viewers and now today it's getting 30 40 50 000 some days It's I've I was it had almost 200 000 on some days I Help build that I was a big reason it got to where it was Uh and where it is today So it's going to be hard letting all that go But I believe And I hope you guys believe too that this journey. We're on together at nintendo prime Is something personal Something fun and something we all it will enjoy together Thank you and I'll see you next time