Nevermind. I swear this always happens with me, I post a question and as soon as its submitted my issue goes away.

The only thing I did was to swap HDMI ports. I don't know why that would change anything as I original booted with it in the opposite port. I also now realize that the left port is the one closest to USB C plug but when using the NES case the actual USB C plug is on the other side via a daughter board.