{"id":73940,"date":"2019-01-07T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/meet_the_switchguard_an_accessory_that_aims_to_keep_your_switch_from_being_stolen"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:15:00","slug":"meet-the-switchguard-an-accessory-that-aims-to-keep-your-switch-from-being-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/07\/meet-the-switchguard-an-accessory-that-aims-to-keep-your-switch-from-being-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The &#8216;SwitchGuard&#8217;, An Accessory That Aims To Keep Your Switch From Being Stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5c64b77618f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5c64b77618f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Switchguard\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5c64b77618f\/switchguard.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5c64b77618f\/switchguard.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switchguard\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A new, third-party accessory for the Nintendo Switch has appeared on the market, hoping to provide a way of keeping your console safe from potential thieves.<\/p>\n<p>Pintoro, the manufacturer behind the &#8216;SwitchGuard&#8217;, has described the product as &#8220;the best way to deter theft of your Nintendo Switch at a tournament, in your dorm, in an office, or in your home&#8221;. It has two locks &#8211; one on top to stop thieves from taking the console itself, as well as a cable lock and slot lower down to prevent the entire SwitchGuard from being taken &#8211; and features several cutouts to allow airflow to the system and gaps for the necessary cables.<\/p>\n<p>You can check it out in the images below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Guard4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b9d47dd6434b\/guard4.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b9d47dd6434b\/guard4.original.png\" alt=\"Guard4\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Guard2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/311058fd4bb87\/guard2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/311058fd4bb87\/guard2.original.png\" alt=\"Guard2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Guard1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df65ed6f86fc0\/guard1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df65ed6f86fc0\/guard1.original.png\" alt=\"Guard1\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Guard3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e0667147099e\/guard3.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e0667147099e\/guard3.original.png\" alt=\"Guard3\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It reminds us of the &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/this_nintendo_switch_safe_keeps_your_console_and_game_card_slot_under_lock_and_key\">Game Console Safe<\/a>&#8216; which we reported on back in October, although this new product does feature several differences in its design. If you&#8217;re interested in picking one up, you can do so directly from the manufacturer&#8217;s site for <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pintoro.gg\/products\/switchguard-for-nintendo-switch\">$49.99<\/a>. Here are some product features to give you a little more info:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Premium clear acrylic &#8211; Show off your Joycons and docks with crystal clear acrylic!<br \/>&#8211; Metal locking mechanism to secure your Nintendo Switch safely in the <em>SwitchGuard.<br \/>&#8211;<\/em> Cable lock slot mounted on the back of the <em>SwitchGuard<\/em> to allow the use of a cable lock. Use the included cable lock to secure your <em>SwitchGuard<\/em> to a table, monitor, or TV!<br \/>&#8211; Multiple cutouts to allow ventilation through the <em>SwitchGuard<\/em>Cutouts for the HDMI, Power Cable, and GameCube Adapter to cleanly flow out of the <em>SwitchGuard.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>What do you think? Would the SwitchGuard be useful for you at home or when taking your Switch out and about? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new, third-party accessory for the Nintendo Switch has appeared on the market, hoping to provide a way of keeping your console safe from potential thieves. Pintoro, the manufacturer behind the &#8216;SwitchGuard&#8217;, has described the product as &#8220;the best way to deter theft of your Nintendo Switch at a tournament, in your dorm, in an [&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-73940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73940","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=73940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}