{"id":1102298,"date":"2026-01-27T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/i-really-hope-the-switch-2-brings-back-the-ds-best-feature"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:30:27","slug":"i-know-nintendo-wont-do-it-but-i-really-hope-the-switch-2-brings-back-the-ds-best-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-know-nintendo-wont-do-it-but-i-really-hope-the-switch-2-brings-back-the-ds-best-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"I know Nintendo won&#8217;t do it, but I really hope the Switch 2 brings back the DS&#8217; best feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/i-know-nintendo-wont-do-it-but-i-really-hope-the-switch-2-brings-back-the-ds-best-feature.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nAs popular as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/companies\/nintendo\">Nintendo<\/a> Switch has been, and as successful as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> will likely be, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;ll be a Nintendo console I&#8217;ll look back on more fondly than the DS. The blinds of notalgia are highly likely to be an influence on that fact, with many an hour spent on car rides on the way to school spent playing Mario Kart with my friends, but who cares, I&#8217;m getting close to my thirties, now is the right time to wax poetic about my childhood.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/i-really-hope-the-switch-2-brings-back-the-ds-best-feature\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/i-really-hope-the-switch-2-brings-back-the-ds-best-feature\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As popular as the Nintendo Switch has been, and as successful as the Switch 2 will likely be, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;ll be a Nintendo console I&#8217;ll look back on more fondly than the DS. The blinds of notalgia are highly likely to be an influence on that fact, with many an hour spent on car rides on the way to school spent playing Mario Kart with my friends, but who cares, I&#8217;m getting close to my thirties, now is the right time to wax poetic about my childhood. 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