I'm headed to Portland! | August 2024 Report (Patreon)

That certainly was a month! September's also looking pretty packed, with seemingly a bajillion new games coming out and stuff, so I feel like I'm about to get busy even outside of working on videos. I've got quite a few things to share this time, so let's go over the videos released this month:

I Broke the Nintendo World Championships Leaderboards

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I hope you all enjoyed the antics of 'pro gamer', born February 2024, the number 1 AND only player on the Nintendo World Championships NES Edition leaderboards! And yes, this has just been a silly experiment I wanted to document in video form.

If you're curious though, I submitted a record to the 2024 Birth Year Ranking again on the week the video was released, and it turned out I was still the only one on the leaderboards, which probably means that despite what I said in the video, I don't think anyone else has enough time on their hands to replicate what I did to get their own spot in the 0-year-old leaderboard. But that will be the last time I do myself, so if you ever want to do it down the line...be my guest.

Pyoro: The Bird, The Beans, The Legend

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Thankfully, I finally managed to keep a promise and release the Pyoro core video during August! And the response so far has absolutely exceeded my expectations.

Kinda funny how a clip from my sponsor segment managed to go viral on Twitter as well, I suppose for the first ever sponsor on the channel, I did a decent job at it! As I said in the last report, this is really just a water-testing moment and I'm not sure if sponsors will become a regular thing on the channel (since I'm still picky with them), but if there are more in the future, I hope to keep the ad reads about as entertaining!

If you're in the Expansion Pack tier and haven't seen them yet, I've uploaded a storyboard animatic and outtakes for the VRChat skit segments right here on Patreon, so feel free to check those out!

By the way, after I finished the video, I realized I forgot to mention one additional Pyoro appearance in WarioWare: Move It:

I'll add it here for you guys but I'll leave it as something for regular viewers to find out on their own! Definitely not an excuse, nope.

What's next (for now)

Okay, so as for the next core video after Pyoro...I actually haven't decided yet! I will probably pick an idea from my idea pool in the future, but it won't be my next immediate project.

I'll be working on the Useless Nintendo Trivia #5 next as a breather from things, and right now the most likely candidate for the video after that is...a Things of Interest about the Nintendo 64 Bio Sensor!

Yes, that is indeed a Japanese eBay seller letter. Some shenanigans on my Discord led me to being able to pick this relatively rare accessory up, so it will make for a pretty straightforward Things of Interest where I put it through its paces in the only game it supports, Tetris 64!

There have been a few videos about the N64 Bio Sensor online already, including some fairly recent ones, but of course I'll try to bring my own spin on the topic as well. As for when this will be out, I can't give an estimate yet because as I said, September might be a busy month for me, and y'know what isn't helping?

I'm going to Portland!

I made a small announcement about this on my Discord server a while back, but yes, on September 25, I'll be visiting the US for the first time, specifically to attend the 2024 Portland Retro Gaming Expo with some mutuals of mine! To be honest, this is a bit of a daunting thing for me, since this is going to be the first long trip I'm making on my own, compared to my Tokyo trip last year where I was accompanied by my brother, but thankfully, I have friends and relatives who are willing to offer me support while I'm there, and I am very thankful for that!

I'm simply attending PRGE as a visitor, so I have no idea what wacky things will transpire there, but if you're in the area when it happens from September 27-29 at the Oregon Convention Center, you might be able to hit me up in person, who knows? After PRGE, I'll be on a bit of a chill, casual trip around the Portland area! Not sure what to expect, but I suppose that's part of the fun! I also haven't decided on if I will document the trip in a video, but I'll definitely be making a few recordings while I'm there, just in case!

That's it for this month's report! Some of the details above I'll also be sharing with regular viewers in a YouTube community update soon as well! Thank you all for watching! To end this report, I'll leave you all with one of my recent pick-ups of sorts: pimping out my Super Famicom with a transparent case.

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