{"id":5756,"date":"2017-11-20T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/time_names_the_nintendo_switch_its_number_one_gadget_of_2017"},"modified":"2017-11-20T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T21:00:00","slug":"time-names-the-nintendo-switch-its-number-one-gadget-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/time-names-the-nintendo-switch-its-number-one-gadget-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME Names the Nintendo Switch Its Number One Gadget of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Switch system.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/time_names_the_nintendo_switch_its_number_one_gadget_of_2017\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/time_names_the_nintendo_switch_its_number_one_gadget_of_2017\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switch system.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Just recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/time_names_nintendo_switch_as_one_of_the_best_inventions_of_2017\">TIME named the Switch as one of the best inventions of 2017<\/a>, albeit it was a rather peculiar list. Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid device has now arguably earned a greater honour from the respected publication, however, being named the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/5029999\/top-10-gadgets-2017\/\">number one gadget of 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a list focused on cool technology, it&#8217;s a sign of the positive impact Nintendo&#8217;s system has had that it&#8217;s taken top spot, seeing off fellow console Xbox One X and various other devices. Also of note is the SNES Classic \/ Mini in 6th place, praised for its faithfulness and ability to evoke nostalgia for the original system. The top 10 is below.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Nintendo Switch<\/li>\n<li>Apple iPhone X<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Surface Laptop<\/li>\n<li>DJI Spark<\/li>\n<li>Samsung Galaxy S8<\/li>\n<li>Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Classic<\/li>\n<li>Amazon Echo (Second Generation)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One X<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch 3<\/li>\n<li>Sony Alpha A7R III<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For about as long as game consoles have existed, players have had to choose between gaming in front of a TV or holding a tiny screen in their hands while out and about. Not so with the\u00a0Nintendo Switch, the first console that\u2019s truly designed for both at-home and on-the-go entertainment. The Switch consists of a tablet with a 6.2-inch screen with slots for attaching Nintendo\u2019s Joy-Con controllers on either side, turning it into a handheld video game machine. But when you\u2019re at home, you can slide the slate into a dock that hooks up to your TV and play it like a traditional console. That \u201cplay anywhere, anytime\u201d approach, combined with a stellar games roster, from the\u00a0recently launched\u00a0<em>Super Mario Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,<\/em>\u00a0makes the Switch a true knockout.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So there you have it, another fantastic acknowledgement of what the Switch has to offer, and yet more handy publicity ahead of the peak festive shopping season.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you think of this list in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just recently TIME named the Switch as one of the best inventions of 2017, albeit it was a rather peculiar list. Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid device has now arguably earned a greater honour from the respected publication, however, being named the number one gadget of 2017. As a list focused on cool technology, it&#8217;s a sign of [&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-5756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5756","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=5756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}