{"id":2951,"date":"2017-10-20T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/anniversary_its_one_year_since_nintendo_showed_us_the_switch"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:30:00","slug":"anniversary-its-one-year-since-nintendo-showed-us-the-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/anniversary-its-one-year-since-nintendo-showed-us-the-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary: It&#8217;s One Year Since Nintendo Showed Us The Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Incredibly, it&#8217;s now <em>one year<\/em> since Nintendo lifted the lid on the Switch &#8211; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/04\/random_switch_actress_karen_embraces_her_nintendo_meme\">Nintendo Karen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leaked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/07\/multiple_sources_outline_a_portable_nx_with_detachable_controllers_including_a_base_station_for_tv\">many months ahead<\/a> of the official reveal, the hybrid nature of the Switch &#8211; then known as &#8220;NX&#8221; &#8211; left some unconvinced. Even the announcement video itself &#8211; which focused on the system&#8217;s ability to transition smoothly between home console and handheld modes &#8211; left some unanswered questions, and it wasn&#8217;t until the machine was actually in the hands of the general public a few months later that the unique nature of Nintendo&#8217;s vision finally shone through.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rest, as they say, is history; Switch is selling like hot cakes and is inundated with quality games. But dammit, we <em>still<\/em> don&#8217;t have that cool in-car attachment. What gives, Nintendo?<\/p>\n<p>What were your initial thoughts when you watched this trailer 12 months ago, and have they changed since then? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Incredibly, it&#8217;s now one year since Nintendo lifted the lid on the Switch &#8211; and Nintendo Karen. Leaked many months ahead of the official reveal, the hybrid nature of the Switch &#8211; then known as &#8220;NX&#8221; &#8211; left some unconvinced. Even the announcement video itself &#8211; which focused on the system&#8217;s ability to [&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-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951","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=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}