 Hey everyone, we're getting to the end of 2023 and I thought this was an important conversation to have. Don't worry, we've got plenty of news and rumors and other crazy stuff to go over your head into 2024 and I'm really excited about pretty much everything that's going on at Nintendo whether it's the movies, we've got the Animal Crossing Legos coming, we've got the Donkey Kong theme park coming, likely a new system launching next year. I know some of you don't believe that but I guess time will tell on that. We have probably a Nintendo Direct coming up early in the year, if not February, maybe March, I have no idea if Nintendo moves it around. Princess Peach Showtime looks pretty fire, 1,000 year door, etc. There's a lot to be excited about even if we don't have like that major game, right? We don't know if Metroid Prime 4 is coming next year, we don't know about 3D Mario, we don't know about New Zelda games, we don't know about anything, a new Xenoblade game, like we don't know about any big games right now for next year but look we're not even to 2024 yet so let's not hit the panic button just yet. What I do find interesting though is this idea that, by the way this is going to apply to more than just being Nintendo, you guys have seen the title already, that being made fun of for being a fan of something. I'm a 37 year old father of three and it's very interesting watching how not only some people treat my children, other kids even treat my children, but just thinking to my own experience how much I've been, I don't know if the word is bullied, that's probably the correct term but that can encompass quite a lot of psychological warfare and you know what this entire topic really can, so maybe bullied is the right term, I've been made fun of my entire life for playing Nintendo and it's only really gotten a little worse as being a Nintendo YouTuber and I find it fascinating because when we live in our online bubble we tend to stick in the communities that are accepting of us but when you're out in the real world you don't always get that choice and I'm sure some of you have maybe never had anyone make fun of you for being a fan of Nintendo, maybe it's just where you grew up, maybe it's the company that you keep, maybe no one really cares and you would figure today in the world where we have the Mario movie being so massive and the theme parks, people would be more accepting of you being a Nintendo fan right because Nintendo is a global brand and they're massive and while they're not at the level of Disney some of their characters like Mario I would argue are just as recognizable as like Iron Man and Spider-Man and Mickey Mouse but yet for some reason if you're actually a Nintendo gamer there are still certain segments of this world that will try to tear you down and I thought this might go away as I became an adult because hey most of my audience watching this right now also happens to be an adult according to YouTube's metrics unfortunately that hasn't been the case and this video is really for everyone who's ever felt bullied for what they're into and that includes Nintendo. The thing is it's never okay to tear people down it's never okay to make fun of people especially people you don't know because they're into something that you think is childish that's like the biggest thing that happens being a Nintendo fan is being told that I can't be one or that why are you into those kiddie games if I'm sitting there at line at GameStop for some game launch that happens to launch on another day for another system right like there could be a Pokemon game launching but there's also a Call of Duty launching at the same time I'm an adult everyone there assumes I'm there for Call of Duty but what I'm sitting there busting out my switch and playing Pokemon and they start making fun of me for it because I'm actually there for the Pokemon game that is not okay it is not okay to pass that sort of judgment on to others but it feels bad right sometimes we even start to question ourselves like should I really still be doing this you know I've been a lifetime Nintendo gamer should I really still be playing Nintendo games as I near 40 years old maybe I'm the one that's wrong and that's what happens when you're pressured and bullied and made fun of is you start to question who you are and while we deal with a lot of that questioning throughout our lives right as we're trying to figure out you know going from being a little kid to being a teenager becoming an adult maybe having children or passing in your 30s and 40s and we advance in our careers and everything else going on and as we get older and eventually hit an age where hey you start to realize man I'm really damn old I can't sprint like I used to I can't do this like I used to I can't jump like I used to I can't do the things I used to do it's hard to wake up in the morning there are times just from growing old and where we question who we are where we go through this crisis of self-discovery I guess is the way to put it and because that already naturally occurs I don't think we need the pressures of others telling us what's okay to like and dislike and unfortunately we live in a world where everyone is extremely judgmental of others and maybe you and I are just as guilty I grew up when I was younger a very religious family and I was always taught hey if you don't have anything nice to say say nothing at all and I'd love to say that I've always like followed that mantra of look I might think something bad but I'm not gonna say it and I'm not gonna act like I've never you know quote-unquote judged others but I also try not to put people down for being fans of things like it I'll give you an example Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to me is a bit of a mess and I don't really enjoy conversations around most of the Pokemon series you guys have probably seen this on my podcast and if you haven't tuned in January 10th we have a literally a Pokemon episode you'll see how like disinterested I am in a lot of the Pokemon conversations but I don't judge people for being into it I don't look down on Andres restart for being into Pokemon I don't look down on you know Jake Randall another regular on my show for being really into Pokemon that's okay it's okay that they're super into something that I'm not likewise I'm really into games like Age of Empires and I you know they're not gonna sit there and judge me for it I play Madden right and God this this really is frustrating because this is you know something that is related to the Nintendo fan base there was a time a couple years ago I livestreamed me playing one of my Madden games I was playing a Madden League game on my Nintendo Prime channel and there's a reason you've never seen me do it again since then I was mocked by the Nintendo fan base I garnered for playing Madden because they think you know EA is so evil the game is so bad blah blah blah blah blah and you know what many ways I don't disagree with those opinions but I'm still having a good time playing the game and I don't need your judging eyes on me and that's why I said this applies to more than just Nintendo but I'm sure many of you have been through this in life in one point or another other people looking down on you for what you're into and the things that you enjoy and as a content creator I thought you know doing this YouTube thing I've been I've been pretty serious about it for six years the last year I've been doing it full time I thought people would maybe back off right I walk around town wearing this Nintendo Prime hat I'll walk around wearing a Zelda shirt or a Mario shirt you guys know I have that purple Kirby shirt as well yeah I like to dress up and look nice but sometimes my under shirt this one I'm wearing now doesn't happen to be one but it'll be a gamer shirt and I thought that you know people would just be accepting maybe we did Google what the hell Nintendo Prime is because they've never heard of it and instead there I'll get a lot of why are you wearing that Nintendo bullshit grow up this just happened when I was at Costco why people why why this why this particular person felt the need to tell me to grow up was quite fascinating and then they're sitting there they were wearing like a John Deere hat and a flannel shirt and I wasn't passing any judgment on them and the brands are there and two rather all are you supporting a tractor brand on your hat or whatever like why would I even care about that but for some reason because I have Nintendo Prime on my hat and was wearing at the time I think it was even a breath of the wild shirt so you would figure this is a more commonly accepted game among even you know other fan bases here was this person in their 50s or 60s again I don't really know exactly how old they were making fun of me telling me to grow up as I'm sitting there with my three children and that bothers me the most is I'm walking around with my kids shopping being a responsible parent and I'm being told in front of my children that I need to grow up because Nintendo's on my clothing and then I had to have a conversation with my kids when we left the store because they were like why was that person making fun of you you're you aren't you a Nintendo YouTuber why would anyone make fun of you dad and that was not a conversation I was prepared to have that day so sorry if I'm getting a little emotional this is just a situation that I isn't okay and the reality is we're gonna be dealing with this our entire lives there's a lot of and you know excuse my language I don't do this much on the channel assholes out there okay there's a lot of assholes out in the world and the unfortunate reality is this stuff is not gonna go away but I wanted to let everyone know that deals with this stuff and sometimes it can even add to depression and other things that we're dealing with one you're not alone okay you can always come into my live streams you can always interact with my community interact with me find a welcoming warming community that even if you have opinions that are different from ours we'll probably still like it as long as you're not going out of your way to trash things other people are into it's fine to not be into something it's fine to say oh I didn't like the most recent Zelda games I didn't like Breath of the Wilders of the Kingdom and that's a perfectly fine opinion but then you can't trash others for being into it or just trash the game overall because you didn't enjoy it yeah we don't like that because you shouldn't you know you can not be into something without trying to ruin it for other people I I want to just let you know I'm here for you and that you know we live stream every Monday Tuesday Thursday you know we have our podcast on Wednesdays come join our community and feel welcomed and this isn't a plea to get more subscribers isn't a plea to get super chats or what is that on video super thanks I think is something you can do this is more of a letting you know you're not alone because I think in times like this we feel alone when I was at that store and the unfortunate gentleman said those things to my face in front of my kids while we're in the dairy section getting eggs and milk I felt alone you know there wasn't gonna be anyone defending me I didn't have my community of YouTube people there defending me or telling this person you know that he's wrong and I didn't I didn't know what to say in the moment you know I the only response I really have was I'm sorry you feel that way and I walked away with my kids like what else was I supposed to say I wasn't gonna turn around and judge him harshly make fun of him because I don't I don't believe two wrongs make a right I don't think someone coming at you and attacking you gives you the right to fight back right this is a mental assault but two wrongs don't make a right like I don't want to also mental assault them because clearly if they're that harsh of a thinker they probably already have a lot of anger internally and I don't need to stoke those flames so yes I want to let you know you're not alone and you're obviously really welcome here and probably welcome among your friends and hopefully your family I know this YouTube kick I wasn't always welcome among my family with this YouTube gig I do think that you also need to be reminded that it's okay to be in the things that other people aren't and there's another community that probably gets chastised more than anyone you know you have like the My Little Pony fans out there I know you guys get this shit a lot and I'm not here to sit here and tell you what to be into I'm not here to tell anyone what to be into maybe it has to do with your gender maybe it has to do with your sexual preferences maybe it has to do with you still ultra love Disney animated films as an adult but everyone else tells you that that's wrong maybe you're super into really really bad foreign films and that's all you watch and everyone makes fun of you for it it doesn't really matter what it is just know it's okay to have your own interest in life so long as that interest doesn't negatively impact somebody else that's the key thing obviously there's lines right like if you're really into really strange things that harm others then absolutely that is a wrong place to be you guys probably can imagine the things that I'm referencing there but unless it harms somebody else there's no real reason to be ashamed about what you're into I don't care if it's one piece and people want to make fun of you for being into anime I don't care if you're really into the Ninja Turtles still say you're 50 years old and you just freaking love the Ninja Turtles and you have Ninja Turtle collectibles everywhere and you're wearing Ninja Turtles be proud of what you're into the reality is we're going to be bullied our entire lives for the things we're into and as Nintendo fans I can tell you I have taken a lot of heat I took a lot of heat as a kid I got duct tape to the bottom of a bench one time being called a nerd being called all sorts of names because I was into Nintendo why aren't you playing the superior PlayStation blah blah blah and it's partially why I get so upset at times when I see some of these console wars happening online because console wars really is just a bunch of bullying like if we really think about it the companies are competing for market position and you can understand some of the you know Sega does what Nintendo marketing and all that but when fans like go at each other it literally I'm watching it unfold in front of me and it looks just like a I don't even know it it just looks like bully trying to like get people to mentally submit to your ideas and oftentimes even if they did like let's say there's a spider-man to Sony fan or a horizon fan arguing with a Zelda fan from Nintendo and they're going back and forth and then the Zelda fan at one point concedes that hey yeah horizon actually is pretty good I finally played it and and you know maybe I do like it a little bit better than the Zelda game I recently played you know what the Sony fan and this isn't all of them this this is just a particular crowd of them sometimes does after that they laugh they'll laugh at the individual for finally admitting the other person might be right in in the game preference and they'll laugh at them for agreeing because haha was right the whole time haha we have this incessant need to always be right I'm just as guilty by the way go ahead and ask Jake Randall sometime about that I'm just I'm just as guilty of wanting to be right and having a hard time recognizing that you're wrong stubbornness you know no one likes to be wrong it's not it's not a fun feeling I just want to let you know it's okay you know my community is here for you I think fellow you know you're gonna find a lot of online communities that are here for you you're not to be able to do much about the in real life stuff just be proud of it just be proud you don't need to antagonize I'm not one of those people that believes in that you're being antagonized so antagonize them back be the bigger person because of all of us start being the bigger person slowly and slowly and slowly this stuff will become less and less common because now that older gentleman who is making fun of me someday I'm gonna be that older gentleman and I'm not gonna be at Costco at Sam's Club at some grocery store making fun of others because I remember what it was like to be made fun of we can be the ones that make the difference we can be that gent that next generation that trickles it down to the ones below us to let them know it's not okay it's just not thank you so much for being here I am Nathan a Rover Jans from Nintendo Prime we'll catch you in the next video