{"id":96803,"date":"2019-07-18T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/random_everyone_on_this_southwest_flight_got_a_nintendo_switch_for_free"},"modified":"2019-07-18T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:30:00","slug":"random-everyone-on-this-southwest-flight-got-a-nintendo-switch-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/18\/random-everyone-on-this-southwest-flight-got-a-nintendo-switch-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Everyone On This Southwest Flight Got A Nintendo Switch For Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2688ca438d161\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2688ca438d161\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"D S67kvUcAEZZfX.jpg Large\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2688ca438d161\/d-s67kvucaezzfx-jpg-large.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2688ca438d161\/d-s67kvucaezzfx-jpg-large.900x.jpg\" alt=\"D S67kvUcAEZZfX.jpg Large\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Nicholas Friedman<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A Nintendo Switch can easily be your best friend if you have to hop on one of those aeroplanes people use to travel long distances through the air, as we&#8217;re no doubt so many of you reading already know first-hand. But what if you don&#8217;t own one? How are you supposed to enjoy the benefits of playing <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/doom\">DOOM<\/a><\/strong> at 33,000 feet on a 7W beast of a console?<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo and Southwest seem to have an answer to that, and it&#8217;s little more than just handing them out to people along with a copy of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_maker_2\">Super Mario Maker 2<\/a><\/strong> for absolutely nothing, although admittedly people received their consoles <em>after<\/em> the flight had landed, slightly taking the edge off the magic. Having said that we certainly wouldn&#8217;t grumble if we were handed a $300 bit of kit, regardless of whether it was during or after a commercial flight.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They just gave every person on board a free Nintendo Switch and Super Mario Maker 2!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SouthwestxNintendo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SouthwestxNintendo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUPY3IdTOS\">pic.twitter.com\/BUPY3IdTOS<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nicholas Friedman @ SDCC (@NMFreed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMFreed\/status\/1151575512713781254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">oops <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz4CQIp4QJ\">pic.twitter.com\/sz4CQIp4QJ<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nicholas Friedman @ SDCC (@NMFreed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMFreed\/status\/1151594787885076480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Suffice to say this is all no doubt to drum up publicity and is not going to be a mainstay of Southwest flights for years to come. Well, it worked, because look at us talking about it here, and you reading it. It&#8217;s all a rich tapestry.<\/p>\n<p><em>What would you do if a multi-billion dollar airline offered you a Nintendo console that you may already own? Explain to us it all in great detail through the medium of that lovely comments section.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Nicholas Friedman A Nintendo Switch can easily be your best friend if you have to hop on one of those aeroplanes people use to travel long distances through the air, as we&#8217;re no doubt so many of you reading already know first-hand. But what if you don&#8217;t own one? 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