{"id":123608,"date":"2022-04-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-129821"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:00:00","slug":"random-fake-switch-version-of-elden-ring-appears-online-but-its-just-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/05\/random-fake-switch-version-of-elden-ring-appears-online-but-its-just-for-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: &#8220;Fake&#8221; Switch Version Of Elden Ring Appears Online, But It&#8217;s Just For Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/78a65a161c9c2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/78a65a161c9c2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Elden Ring\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/78a65a161c9c2\/elden-ring.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/78a65a161c9c2\/elden-ring.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Elden Ring\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em>Image: Bandai Namco<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/elden_ring\">Elden Ring<\/a><\/strong> is an <em>astonishing<\/em> video game, but it&#8217;s not on Switch \u2013 at least not yet, anyway (or perhaps ever \u2013 it&#8217;s one <em>seriously<\/em> ambitious understanding from a technical perspective and it breaks our heart to admit it might never be possible on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid console).<\/p>\n<p>However, that doesn&#8217;t mean that some less clued-up Switch owners won&#8217;t have seen the positive reviews and pondered to themselves about the game perhaps being available on Nintendo&#8217;s console. One person has actually gone a step closer and made their own (totally non-functional) version of the game.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by Twitter user <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielOlimac\">Daniel Olimac<\/a>, someone has created a fake Switch version of Elden Ring, right down to including a game card with an Elden Ring label on it \u2013 and they&#8217;re selling it, too.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, they&#8217;re honest enough to say that it&#8217;s just a spot of fun and isn&#8217;t actually the &#8216;real deal&#8217;, but we can imagine a few people might get caught out here. It looks so convincing!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Impressed with this Nintendo Switch fake version of Elden Ring being shown in an online selling platform (\u54b8\u9c7c). The seller does mention this is just for show, and not actually trying to scam or fool people. <br \/>Back cover in thread&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2bcttihMHZ\">pic.twitter.com\/2bcttihMHZ<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Daniel Camilo (@DanielOlimac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielOlimac\/status\/1511349604339666960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Bandai Namco Elden Ring is an astonishing video game, but it&#8217;s not on Switch \u2013 at least not yet, anyway (or perhaps ever \u2013 it&#8217;s one seriously ambitious understanding from a technical perspective and it breaks our heart to admit it might never be possible on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid console). However, that doesn&#8217;t mean that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}