 Hey everyone, welcome to Nintendo Prime. We have a bevy of news stories here today five big ones dropping your way and Before I get into those stories. I want to thank you guys so much for tuning in If this is the first time you've ever checked out a Nintendo Prime video I would appreciate if you would drop a like leave a comment subscribe to the channel if you end up enjoying what you see and Without further ado, let's get right into the gaming news starting with our very first story And that story is about advanced wars one plus two Reboot camp so interestingly enough when Nintendo delayed this game outside of this you know this month outside of April and decided that they were going to just wait for current world events to sort of Calm down eventually before they release a game. That's you know, literally has war in its name Some people were able to preload the game and you know It wasn't like an extremely common thing not a ton of people actually got it preloaded on their system But some did and one user in particular when launch day came. It's somehow Authenticated with Nintendo servers allowing them to play it just as if they would have normally on release day And this person has posted up a numerous amount of clips and screenshots clearly proving they are playing the game They are playing it on a switch light. So you're not getting like, you know direct feed capture stuff through a capture card This is just using switches in belt, you know, you can record 30 second clip kind of thing But still it's really cool to see this stuff get out there and the thing is Nintendo's already been in contact with her and will be revoking her access and giving her a full refund for the game What's interesting though is that since this is on their primary switch They can't get it to work on other switches because every time you load the game they have to authenticate your account She actually if she perks a airplane modon can retain access for about 30 days This is actually something that Surprisingly not a lot of switch gamers are aware of which maybe it's not so shocking considering We're in the middle of the switch era and most of us are always connected all the time But for those who don't know your switch account needs to be authenticated once every 30 days for digital purchases Now the primary reason that this authentication method exists isn't because they need to authenticate so you can play a game It's actually to protect your own account in case you get hacked or if your switch gets stolen because without this protection Someone could theoretically steal your switch and you could lose access to all of your digital games You wouldn't be able to change your primary account off of that switch to anything else All your other systems would only be able to access it with second-hand authentication if they change your password or some Figure all that up you'd be really really screwed but doing these online auth checks allows Nintendo to verify that you are the person that you're Supposed to be by forcing the person who stole it to have to log in So what's interesting with all of this in protecting your digital purchases is this also brought out a whole debate over man I can't play my digital games offline forever even with my primary account. What the heck? Yeah, there's always going to be a concern that down the line Nintendo doesn't remove the required off then the servers go down and then you lose access to your digital library This has obviously been a concern with digital for a while But we have no evidence to suggest they wouldn't just remove that online Authorization requirement someday after switches lifecycle comes to an end But hey, you know what as I told this person because I tweeted to her directly I said hey, just make sure you put it on airplane mode You'll get 30 days to play the game for free Nintendo's not going to come after you so long as you don't live stream it which live streaming switchlights Not exactly easy to do anyways enjoy the game and then when the off comes up Obviously the game is no longer on your account. So when it goes to authorize it It'll just won't let you play it anymore. So, you know, hey, it's kind of cool though That at least somebody out there gets to play this game. I actually think that you know There's nothing really hidden here. These are just remakes or like remasterings of old games So we already know everything. There's nothing to really spoil, but hey somebody gets to enjoy a game I wish I was playing right now today has been quite an interesting day though for Nintendo's next big game coming out on the platform And that is Nintendo switch sports because today Official previews have dropped from many youtubers and outlets who got to go to a Nintendo sanctioned area and Actually play the game and get direct feed gameplay and all that they got to play most of the sport Somehow it's only got to play like one sport. Some got to play all of them I think it just kind of dependent on how big of a deal your outlet is I don't know how Nintendo made those decisions and know they weren't in my inbox asking me if I would like to come out and Preview it might have been willing to make that flight Nintendo. You should hit up my email Nathan at nintendoprime.net anyways, so The previews I just want to bring these up not because they exist if you're interested more information You should go watch them because I'm not gonna like dig through everyone's previews and tell you everything They said I'm gonna give you a general overview of what the general feelings are on the various sports And I'm really gonna focus on like three of them So one is volleyball it pretty much seems the consensus from everyone who played the volleyball is that it's not very good Doesn't work very well There's a lot of reasons for why they feel like it doesn't play very well doesn't feel good But hey, that is just something to keep in the back of your mind that maybe that's not going to be a sport People enjoy or maybe Nintendo can hear these you know messages and tweak it and try to make it more fun All the games do require motion controls. I don't think that needs to be You know too big of a shocker there we sports is always required motion controls now The others on the other side of the coin people's favorite game obviously seems to be bowling bowling It works flawlessly a four player split split screen multiplayer Meaning four people can actually bowl all at the same time now. That's a lot of fun Pretty much all the other sports are passable soccer is one of those hit and miss some people really enjoyed the soccer Some people didn't but it does sound like pretty much every other sport in the package besides soccer and volleyball Is enjoyed by all and people had a ton of fun with it So I honestly think that Nintendo sports could be incredible a couple more sports getting added later this year Who knows on future dlc pass this year. So I'm just excited to see what happens with this game I know there was some debate over the customization and should mes go away I don't know if they all seem to like the customization when they got to customize their characters. So Yeah, this is just Nintendo. It is what this maybe the mes are creepy to you now Maybe they're not maybe you're over them Maybe you want Nintendo to have a completely different avatar system these days But whatever this is what we get Nintendo switch sports is available at the end of this month. So unless you've been living under a literal rock this weekend And you know what? I shouldn't insult people who actually live under rocks You guys are living the good life But here's the thing Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced this weekend Really interesting announcement a nice trailer put together showing a brand new saura and there's like Debates over saura's look and debates over this game And you know Is this actual in-game graphics then you have like developers coming out saying oh, this is in engine Visuals in unreal engine 4, but the final game is going to be unreal engine 5 Why are they making an unreal engine 4 and then going to 5? I don't know. Why don't they just straight make it in 5? I don't know 5, you know 4 actually ports really easily into 5 So it's not that big a deal But sending all of those debates aside because we're not here to dive into Kingdom Hearts lore and how there's actually a Story reason that saura looks the way that he does You know if you are deep in that Kingdom Hearts lore and have that mind going all crazy because of how complicated it is you might actually understand why he looks that way, but I actually want to talk about the prospects of this game coming to switch because that's actually been what people have been talking to me about All weekend is Nate. We got Kingdom Hearts, you know one two three Are we going to get four on switch and there's a couple caveats. I want to say about this Sure, maybe someday But not in the way you want it now We got Kingdom Hearts one two three You got a lot of those games are basically streaming games They sucked Square units of streaming servers were horrible. They kind of gave us our worst case nightmare We've actually seen some streaming games like control and others do fairly well on switch in terms of how well they perform Even hitman 3 does pretty well on switch another streaming game, but Kingdom Hearts games even now when there's less players have been a hot Mess whatever square is doing streaming wise whatever servers whatever company they partnered with It's a shit show and they need to stop and uh, I think because of it being the shit show It's possible. We don't even get Kingdom Hearts 4 on switch But I have another reason why we won't get Kingdom Hearts 4 on switch Maybe we will still get it on an internal platform is They came out and basically admitted the game is an early development That means we're at least three four maybe five years away based on how long square takes to typically make these games So by then we could easily be on nintendo's next platform And you can never say never on nintendo's next platform It will be more powerful much more capable to run unreal engine 5 not that switch can't switch is a supported platform for unreal engine 5 But to really get the full brux of it and hopefully get a native port That's what we all hope for and that's where we look to nintendo's next hardware Which I think we all can agree will be out in four or five years right like I don't think i'm Sitting you know, this isn't like switch pro stuff coming now, you know, let's all get angry. We're talking hypothetically So next up is a really interesting story Uh, it's causing a lot of conversation and that's because sony, you know the group that does playstation and everything Invested one billion dollars. Well, sort of they partnered with another company to do it Into epic games now epic games have seen its valuation skyrocket year over year over year in fact They're worth over 30 billion dollars at this point And they're doing really well epic games is obviously well known for the unreal engine and well Fortnite right like that's kind of their big bread and butter. They're consistent money making game Nothing wrong with that. That's neither here or there. It's not the only game they make But that's the one they focus on obviously their engine and licensing fees make a ton of money So why is sony investing all this money because sony's already been investing in Epic games 250 million dollars less than a year ago. So why are they going in deeper? Well, let's actually dive into some direct quotes from some people at sony the partner company partnering with them for this investment And from tim sweeney from epic games himself So the first quote is actually going to be coming from kinshiro yoshita chairman president and ceo of sony group corporation And he says as a creative entertainment company We are thrilled to invest in epic to deepen our relationship in the metaverse field a space where creators and users share their time We are also confident that epics expertise including their powerful game engine combined with sony technologies will accelerate our various efforts Such as the development of new digital fan experiences in sports and our virtual production initiatives And then the partner the company that partnered with sony is actually called kirk b And this is from soren thorep sorenson the ceo of kirk b And he says epic games is known for building playful and creative experiences and empowering creators large and small Reportion of our investments is focused on trends We believe will impact the future world that we and our children will live in this investment Will accelerate our engagement in the world of digital play And we are pleased to be investing in epic games and support their continued growth journey with a long term focus toward future Metaverse and then tim sweeney ceo and founder of epic games said the following as we re-imagine the future of entertainment and play We need partners who share our vision We have found this in our partnership with sony and kirk b This investment will accelerate our work to build the metaverse and create spaces where players can have fun with friends Brands can build creatives and immersive experiences and creators can build the community that thrives Now obviously, uh, this is just a lot of Pretends a lot of talk about potential stuff that could happen in the future Obviously sony's planning to use on real engine 5 for a bunch of their games So, you know, I don't you know, they could have just licensed that they don't gonna invest a billion dollars to do that But that's neither here nor there I do think that they have a fundamental belief that epic games is going to be a market leader in the metaverse You know, technically the metaverse already exists It's more of an idea than a full reality at this moment The metaverse is supposed to be the future of the internet and web 3.0 and Where we're all living in this like virtual space and I don't know It kind of seems more wishy-washy than anything I don't know that we're gonna ever fully exist in a metaverse like area But you know what we've seen like ready player one that movie and and other things kind of explore This this whole future of a metaverse like existence. So who am I to say never? It probably happened some time in my lifetime I guess my no someday my kids will be walking around with contacts in their eyes that put them in a virtual world More than they're in the real world And they get hit by a bus as they walk across the street because they're not looking where they're going because they're too busy Playing some virtual game as they walk like, you know Kind of like people now when they're walking with their cell phones and don't pay any attention and bump into things and Hit by cars and all sorts of dumb crap. So look, okay Like I'm not going to say that this isn't going to exist or doesn't exist in some form already It's just kind of interesting to see that these companies believe in it this much to invest so much money But hey, you know what epic games does have a huge community They do have a huge support system within the game industry due to their engine So, uh, yeah, I guess we'll just have to sit around and see what the future of the metaverse holds And I just hope it's not like just an nft fest because I think we've seen too much negative Not that positive can't come out of nfts, but too much negative to really bet the future of gaming on such a Outlandish idea as to buy virtual spaces on a server And our last story is one where I'm trying to save you guys some money best buys running a really cool sale right now on some big games Uh, basically knocking a bunch of AAA exclusive games on switch down to 40 bucks and one down to 30 In fact, the one that got not done to 30 is me topia digital or physical doesn't matter But the 40 dollar ones are obviously the ones that we're more interested in that's breath of the wild Mario odyssey fire emblem three hopes Oh, and by the way, zealot chronicles the finnard of addition physical or digital doesn't matter Which when you get their 40 dollars right now for a limited time at best buy and you know what? Credit to best buy can we give them like a shout out? I don't know what's going on with them like in calendar year 2022 They've been running some really insane and consistent sales on switch exclusive games That i've just not seen anyone else do every now and then you'll see amazon lower something like 45 dollars But nothing really competing you never see walmart with these kind of sales or target You know every now and then you get like a buy to get one sale like on amazon just did but Man, this is a really really weird I guess I chose a good time to partner with best buy this year And I guess my representative at best buy was not kidding when he said nintendo is really pushing Best buy is a major partner for these sales So a lot of these sales are made possible because nintendo is pushing for them So hey, you know what if nintendo and best buy I want to get like this cool You guys can go ahead and use my affiliate link down below. I'm not even going to link to the individual games I'm going to link because they have an entire sales section page set up for these games So yeah, go go check that out and get some cheap games That maybe you were waiting for price drops on maybe you wanted me to hope we had to be cheaper Maybe you wanted I don't know. Maybe you were waiting price drop on zealot chronicles definitive edition I don't know. You guys let me know if you decide to purchase any of these games down in the comments below I want to thank everyone so much for tuning in. I am the thinner double chance from nintendo prime And i'm going to catch you guys in the next video This thing sold really well in the uk