{"id":1097762,"date":"2026-01-26T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851741509"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:25:45","slug":"heres-when-switch-2-pre-orders-might-go-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heres-when-switch-2-pre-orders-might-go-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s When Switch 2 Pre-Orders Might Go Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/heres-when-switch-2-pre-orders-might-go-live.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On January 16, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to its incredibly popular Switch. The new device is simply called the <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-reveal-trailer-date-nintendo-mario-kart-9-1851739487\">Switch 2<\/a>, it\u2019s bigger, sleeker, and most of your old games should work on it. But now, the next question you might have is \u201cWhen or where can I pre-order this thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-pre-orders-date-time-april-nintendo-direct-1851741509\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-pre-orders-date-time-april-nintendo-direct-1851741509\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 16, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to its incredibly popular Switch. The new device is simply called the Switch 2, it\u2019s bigger, sleeker, and most of your old games should work on it. But now, the next question you might have is \u201cWhen or where can I pre-order this thing?\u201d Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1097763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[10324,13,1284,21],"class_list":["post-1097762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-handheld-game-consoles","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-direct","tag-nintendo-switch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Here&#039;s When Switch 2 Pre-Orders Might Go Live | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On January 16, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to its incredibly popular Switch. 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