 Welcome back to Nintendo Prime. We got a bevy of new stories for you today including some brand new news on Sonic Frontiers That's right that game shown off last week at the game awards coming holiday 2022 also to Nintendo switch So we have that to look forward to also some updates on sales data from the holiday period How the hell did switch do I mean you've seen probably part of the headline at this point So you might already be aware that yeah, Nintendo did quite good at least here in North America the United States in particular Thanks to the NPD report and yes folks. We have some potential news here on the next Nintendo Direct Which by the way should actually be coming sometime in the next two months based on Nintendo's Track history not counting 2020 when they basically didn't do anything that being said I am Nathan de Roble That's from Nintendo Prime. We were giving away three copies of Pokemon legends Arceus to enter all you guys do is head down to the description or the pin comment and click clacky tap away on that viral sweep link I wish all you guys look on that also we're on our road to 80 Thousand subscribers so if we get somehow hit 80k and well before the end of the month I want to do something really special for you guys So let's just see what happens with that that being so let's get into our first story And this is about Sonic frontiers the game obviously looked fantastic at the reveal trailer last week, however There's a little bit of Conundrum over whether or not we can obviously trust Sonic games Sonic games almost always have really exciting reveals and don't always deliver at the end I'm not trying to throw shade at the franchise I actually quite enjoyed some of the more recent releases, but you know then you have things like Sonic boom And others that just end up not hitting so we have to obviously be cautiously Optimistic and hype Responsibly when it comes to Sonic frontiers There's been a lot of debate of whether that was in engine footage or CGI now the difference between in engine and CGI is Obviously CGI is computer generated, you know graphics and all that so they're basically Not representative of what the game will look in game outside of cut scenes Or as in engine is more representative of what the game could look like When you play it although oftentimes in engine doesn't really match the final product either So both of them aren't really perfect although people prefer in engine over CGI But reality is we didn't actually see gameplay so we can't be sure what this game even is However, there were some details that came out after the game awards I want to cover and then brand new details that just dropped today So here you go take a look at that trailer on repeat here and let's actually get into this stuff So developed by the experienced members and by the way this comes from Game Informer of Sega's Sonic Team Japan led by a producer Sachiko Kawamura and director Morio Keshimoto Sonic Frontiers will bring Sonic fans an all-new type of Sonic experience in the dangerous and vast world of Sonic Frontiers Anything is possible and players will have the freedom to explore the visually stunning open zone realm Sonic Frontiers is a huge leap forward for the franchise Delivering an evolved gameplay experience that can be enjoyed by long-time Sonic fans and action adventure enthusiasts alike Said Takahashi Iizuka creative officer at Sonic Team USA With the effort of the talented developers at Sonic Team Japan We've created an all-new style of gameplay experience for Sonic the Hedgehog Where players will be able to explore lush and expansive landscapes with Sonic's signature speed and abilities There's sure to be a lot of twists and turns around every corner in Sonic Frontiers And we're excited to unveil more information about the game over the coming months Worlds will collide in the Sonic the Hedgehog's newest adventure and experience like never before Accelerate to new heights and experience the thrill of high velocity open zone freedom Battle powerful enemies as you speed through starfall islands Landscapes brimming with dense forests overflowing waterfalls Sizzling deserts and more and it's being planned for holiday 2022, but then today from hollygum We actually got a bit of a glimpse of the actual story You can consider the spoilers although like with Sonic and Mario. Is it really much of a spoiler the Sonic Frontiers? Sonic long-time nemesis dr. Eggman discovers an ancient technology on the Starfall Islands and installs his AI program Sage to hack in and take over But there is more to this technology than he realizes and unintended consequences immediately come to bear Sonic was racing its time to discover the truth save his friends and maybe even save himself at the same time So obviously what we have here is a pretty intense Sonic game Although again when it comes to the story that's pretty atypical of Sonic story So not much to really glean from that. However, it is kind of cool that it's an open zone concept So not open world, but still gonna have these big massive expansive zones I don't really have a problem with that think of it kind of like if each area in Breath of the Wild Well, you know, which is fully open you just couldn't cross over into the other areas, you know without actually Going through a hub zone or whatever the case might be so well to see how this works out. I'm very curious Obviously, there's a lot of promise here It does look like they're trying to take Sonic in a new direction now that they haven't tried something similar before You know, you kind of get some Sonic adventure vibes from the trailer But still I think it's really exciting to at least think about and we'll have to see if they can pull off what they're hoping to be a New direction for Sonic. So yeah, I obviously always have hope for Sonic again Doesn't always deliver, but here is hoping they put their best foot forward So this next story is actually about the MPD report that came out today from Matt Piscotella for the month of November This is obviously one of the biggest sales period and it really determines who Quote-unquote wins the holiday season as in who had the most sales over the holiday and there's numbers to go around But interestingly enough PlayStation 5 doesn't really get mentioned much in these numbers So that's really curious considering obviously the demand for that system But obviously that could take you to stock problems as well So for what you need to know as Nintendo fans Nintendo switch actually took the number one spot both in unit sales and dollar sales and Nintendo themselves actually gave us exact numbers on this Following up the MPD report by saying they sold 1.13 million units just in the United States last month and 550,000 of those units were sold on Black Friday. So yeah, Nintendo won in terms of the sales So yeah, Nintendo won the holidays. I guess that's the story there Call of Duty Vanguard is actually the number one best-selling game and number two best-selling game overall for the year So, you know, I guess that that that Activision Blizzard company Isn't worrying about too much when it comes to making money still so there's that I guess fans didn't react as negatively as Maybe some people out there hoped to the news around that company I don't think the casuals pay as much of as much attention so that might have something to do with it But again then categorizing fans by hardcore core casual I don't even know that that's even an accurate way to put it. All I know is the game did well Obviously, if you want to look for Nintendo Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and shiny pearl actually dropped in at the number three spot And Mario Party superstars from the month prior actually chimed in at number six Which is ironically two spots higher than in its launch month. So yeah, Mario Party superstars did really really well Also Mario Kart live home circuit came in at number 10 I find that to be really really nice to see obviously had a massive price drop and I do think Mario Kart live home Circuit is really really fun, especially if you happen to have children, although it can be fun as adults as well playing with friends in Particular that being said here's Nintendo's top ten software titles from that month And as you can see it's just chock full of a lot of evergreen titles along with the new releases sprinkled in one special note Here though is on Shin Megami Tensei five. So while it's number six on Nintendo's charts It's actually the most money in terms of just dollars made a Shimigami Tensei game has ever made in the history of the franchise So Shimigami Tensei five made more money during its launch month than any other Shimigami Tensei game now Notably, it doesn't mean it led in unit sales. There's been versions of Your Shimigami Tensei that actually sold better during launch in terms of its numbers But they were being sold for a smaller price point So just something to kind of keep in the back of your mind This is actually a really good success story for Shimigami Tensei five That's literally on just one platform So I do think that this is actually mostly really really good news And here's the I'll look at the other top ten for just overall software and all that Notably Xbox series isn't talked about much as well We had heard that the Xbox series S might have been the best Individual unit selling on Black Friday, but that doesn't mean it was the best for the month Doesn't really matter Nintendo took the crown Nintendo's now taking the crown for 35 of the last 36 months And it really doesn't look like they're gonna lose that crown anytime soon based on the game slate coming out next year Nintendo literally could lead every single month next year in sales as well I don't really know where the switch train stops. So good for them They're also kind of proving that hey, you know what? The weakest hardware continues to be the best selling hardware that has actually proven true throughout gaming console history If you actually go back Throughout the history of every generation of console. It's always been the weakest that sells best there has a bit of an exception PlayStation 4 Xbox one Wii U that all being in the same era PlayStation 4 was actually the best selling That's like the one exception to the rule. Otherwise. It's always been the weakest hardware sells best So yeah, take that for what you will so this last story is a rumor So grab those tinfoil haps get the salt ready throw it over your right shoulder Do whatever you need to do because we are getting into rumor territory here Part of the rumor is safe the rest of the rumor not so much and this comes from Sharon over on Twitter She does have a history now. I would say going back a little bit over a year. She doesn't have a huge following Which is why she's kind of flown under the radar But she's actually said a lot of things were gonna happen and they have happened So kind of like with Samus Hunter before if this stuff ends up not being true We'll just toss Sharon to the side and move on with our day But until then she has actually mentioned that hey, you know She told us before the game awards that Breath of the Wild 2 let alone zero Zelda zero Nintendo was going to be at The game or she was actually the only quote-unquote Insider Stating quite plainly. We were getting nothing Nintendo at the game award So give her some credit for that now She did say that you know because the reason we're not getting that stuff at the game awards is because Nintendo wants to have a Jam-packed first Nintendo Direct of the year now Nintendo Direct tradition Traditionally happened in January or February for their first one You know we're talking about a general direct not a specific game director might very well be a Pokemon Legends Arceus Direct in January and it does make sense for Nintendo to maybe push the Nintendo Direct till February Wait for Legends Arceus to come out don't take away You know some of that marketing that the Pokemon Company is gonna want to do all next month So what she is basically saying is look forward to February where a Nintendo Direct will happen now that on its own Isn't really worth reporting But it's what's going to be in that direct that she was very specific about that we need to pay attention to so she Did say Breath of the Wild 2 is going to be in that direct that's obviously a really bold statement But also it's supposed to be coming next year, so maybe not too surprising. She also says Splatoon 3 Is going to be in that direct again another game supposed to come next year wouldn't be that surprising but now we get into the ones that Okay, two more games. She talks about one of them being we're going to see the reveal of the Metroid Prime remake now This has been long rumored by more credible leakers out there So it would be interesting to see if it does get unveiled here And maybe it's because it gives a little distance between it and Metroid Dread But yeah, that is something she does say is going to be unveiled there So that's another thing. We'll just have to wait and see another thing She says will be unveiled there and this is just something we assume exists But we haven't actually seen a lot of evidence pointing to it She says Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is going to get announced at this direct And I find that to be obviously very fascinating because if you remember Xenoblade Chronicles 2 came out back in 2017 so Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gets announced in this direct you are presumed it's coming next year and that's just another 2017 IP coming out again in 2022 so 2022 is literally shaping up assuming that this is true to really match up with what happened in 2017 Maybe not though it may not the order of the game releases obviously breath of the wild It's not like the first thing coming out next year Pokemon Legends Arceus is but it looks like the slate of games is really trying hard to repeat 2017's absolutely banger list and this is one reason why I noted earlier in the NPD That I don't think switch sales are actually going to slow down all that much over the next year Even though this following year is traditionally the big drop-off year for most consoles even PlayStation 4 Starts to decline during year 5 and year 6 it might still maintain 20 mil or 18 mil 17 But it usually is in the decline I don't know if switch is going to be in the decline It might even sell more than it did this year, so we'll have to wait and see I'm not sure what's gonna happen I'm not sure if we're getting a Mario Kart next year or a new Mario game But hey right now we know about sparks of hope we know about legends Arceus We know about breath of the wild too. We know about Splatoon 3 We know about Kirby in the forgotten land like the list is just building and building and building to the point that Nintendo will have either a major game coming You know every other month if not, you know two out of every three months Nintendo could have major games come out and that's really gonna be exciting It's gonna be interesting to see how Nintendo lines up some of these major hits with the holidays Do they save Zelda for the holidays? Do they have a different game a Mario Kart or a new Mario game to hit for the holidays? Do they want Xenoblade 3 to kind of get a holiday bumper? They think Zelda will sell no matter when they release it which is probably true or they want to have Splatoon 3 I don't really know what they're gonna do. What's gonna be their big March game, right? Is that Kirby are they gonna put Kirby in that slot Splatoon in that slot? There's a lot of questions. We don't know and most of them should be answered in this direct. So again history tells us Yeah, we're getting a direct in the next two months Okay, history also tells us if there's a major game coming out in January. It probably won't be in January There'll be individual game directs for the major game. Okay, fine So February is probably the month It's reasonable to see what she would say that and guess that or these you know if you presume that she's making it up But there's other stuff. I find that fascinating again rumors rains of salt truckload of salt do what you want to do with it I wanted to bring it up because I've been following Sharon now for a little while and been noticing that almost everything She says is correct. There is one thing she did say recently That maybe gave me a little bit of pause And that's that Metroid Prime 4 isn't coming till 2026 and I even asked her and she didn't respond Like that seems a little crazy that in one that game would be in 2026 and two that Nintendo would actually be planning a game Oh for five years from now when it's already been in development for two to three years But that could also mean the games in development hell. I have no idea. That's another thing. She does have floating out there I don't want to ignore that in case Metroid Prime 4 gets announced and is coming next year or the year after So I'm just throwing that out there as well. She did say that I Sincerely hope that's not true, but it is what it is folks Thanks everyone for tuning in I am Nathaniel Rubble Jance from the Nintendo Prime and I'll catch each of you guys in my next video But I think maybe a live stream tonight. We'll see what happens