I’ve to speak about RealBreakingNate subsequent, as a result of that is the channel that dragged me into the entire universe of Pokémon playing cards, as I watched these movies with my then-seven-year-old son. To present a way of how deep this went, my now almost-nine-year-old son has playing cards on his wall signed by Nate, a YouTuber who appears to be as heat and kind-hearted in personal as he’s on his child-friendly channel.
With over 1.5 million subscribers, Nate’s channel has been a long-term challenge, starting in 2014 and working constantly since. Continuously recording along with his spouse Marie, the 2 have established a set of codecs that run with the acquainted regularity of a favourite journal present.
Probably the most notable of those are movies by which the pair go searching for Pokémon playing cards in shops like Goal, Walmart and Greenback Tree (Nate is, in any case, the KING of the greenback retailer), and seek for “hidden and out-of-place” Pokémon playing cards. This extends to lifting the underside cabinets, the place a shocking variety of packs have been found throughout the muck and detritus that gathers beneath. These are then opened again of their studio, within the hope of discovering a stand-out card, rescued from obscurity.
Different strands embody visiting Nate’s native card store to commerce playing cards and play in TCG tournaments, challenges between Nate and Marie to tug the most effective playing cards in openings, and the most recent, an try and doc gathering one in every of ever English-language Pokémon card ever printed.
However what stands out most about Nate is his kid-friendly method. In nearly each opening you’ll be able to count on to see a second the place he will get right into a battle with an evil Psyduck plush in his studio, and almost certainly an prolonged speech by which he encourages his viewers to “be yourselves,” not letting others let you know who to be, effusively telling his viewers how a lot they’re liked. He additionally has an array of catchphrases, from his opening pronouncement of “sending some constructive vibes,” to the placing out of the miniature VIP velvet ropes for ultra-rare playing cards (together with the miniature field of Bagel Bites for company), to his closing mantra of “I really like each single one in every of you, alllll all over the world…say it with me now, peace, love, and a high-five!”
As an grownup, the repetition can grow to be a bit of tiresome, but it surely’s such a sensible option to have interaction with youthful viewers. Additionally, his messages are so constructive, so uplifting to his viewers. That is made all the higher due to the channel’s lack of concentrate on how a lot playing cards are value (costs pop up, however are nearly by no means mentioned), and {that a} card value $30 tends to be reacted to the identical manner as a card value $3. Plus, actually, there’s simply one thing inexplicably compelling about watching a person search below grocery store cabinets for hidden treasure.
