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Is there anything worse than a sleazy used car salesman with a bad gimmick? Based on this piece of viral marketing from the upcoming YouTube Red series Cobra Kai–which follows the events of Karate Kid–the answer is a clear no.

Instead of a trailer, viewers are treated to a 30-second commercial for Daniel LaRusso’s (Ralph Macchio) car dealership. In the short clip, he literally karate chops prices and promises a free bonsai tree to every customer that buys a car.

That’s sort of ridiculous on a couple of levels. Firstly, if you’re going to reward your customers for spending $20,000, maybe have something a little more substantial than a tree you can buy for as little as 10 bucks. The alternative is to not give them a gift, which would be fine. More importantly, though, is that Daniel has taken everything he learned from Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), including the care and treatment of bonsai trees, and turned it into a marketing tactic. This isn’t why Miyagi took him on as a student in Karate Kid.

It’s understandable that Daniel would take the things in his life to craft a persona around when running his business, but this just feels kind of dirty. Couple that with how mean he is to Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) in an earlier trailer for Cobra Kai, and it certainly seems like Daniel is the villain of this story.

Then again, this is Johnny and the returning Cobra Kai dojo we’re talking about. Perhaps neither of them is the hero or villain, but instead, they have to save each other. Whatever the case, if Cobra Kai was trying to put Daniel in a bad light ahead of the series premiere, they’re doing a fantastic job. And, honestly, that makes the prospect of this series all the more exciting.

Cobra Kai premieres May 2 on YouTube Red. If you can’t wait that long, the first two episodes will be screened on April 25 along with the original Karate Kid movie as part of a Fathom Event.

Whether you need a replacement for your Nintendo Switch‘s AC adapter or just want to pick up a second one to keep in a different location, Amazon has a good deal on them now. For a limited time, you can buy a official Switch AC adapter for $24.97, 17% off its normal price of $30.

As Switch players will know, this AC adapter lets you charge the system in portable mode (even while playing) and also powers the dock from any 120-volt outlet. While you’re at it, you might want to pick up a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, which is also on sale on Amazon, for $59 (normal price $70).

In other Switch news, the system continues to be a huge sales success for Nintendo. The Switch just celebrated its one year anniversary, and as you can see in the video above, it’s the best-selling console ever in the US. It also has a huge roster of great games, as well. Check out our gallery of all the Nintendo Switch games that have received an 8/10 or higher since its release.

There’s much more on the way from Nintendo this year, as well. For all the news, including the latest details on upcoming releases like Super Smash Bros. for Switch, Pokemon for Switch, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, check out our full coverage.

Kratos is the hero of God of War, but his role in the franchise was at some point put into question, however briefly or non-seriously it might have been. In a new interview, creative director Cory Barlog said Kratos has always been important to him personally, but some inside Sony–and some fans–questioned if it might be time to leave Kratos behind.

“A lot of people, throughout the development process, [in the public] and in the studio, were like: ‘Why keep Kratos?'” Barlog told IGN. But when asked directly if Sony ever seriously considered dropping the character, Barlog said, “No.” However, there was a point in development that Barlog was apparently being pushed to drop Kratos’ son, Atreus, but he pushed back.

“There was a point where I was almost forced to get rid of Atreus, because everyone was panicked about how complicated it was going to be,” Barlog said. “But Kratos, no; I was pretty adamant right from the beginning in saying: I wanted the challenge of taking a character that some people loathed. They’re like, ‘Look, I don’t like this character. He’s just reprehensible at times.’ We wrote him that way. We made him the anti-hero intentionally.”

In the new God of War, Kratos is not going to be an all-around good guy. He will still have some rough edges, but the overall goal is to make Kratos more relatable. Barlog said he wants players to come away from God of War feeling bad for Kratos, rooting for him, or relating to his experiences.

From what we’ve seen and learned of God of War so far, we are seeing a softer side of Kratos who is still firm with his son, Atreus, but also more understanding. Of course, Kratos is still a brutal killer who eviscerates enemies with savagery. So it will be interesting to see how the game balances this. We’ll find out relatively soon, as God of War, a Nordic adventure set in Scandinavia, arrives for PS4 on April 20.

For more on God of War, check out GameSpot’s new opinion piece, “God Of War Finally Fixes The Series’ Boring Combat.”