{"id":1161500,"date":"2026-02-10T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851773101"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:11:10","slug":"everything-we-saw-at-nintendos-last-big-direct-for-the-og-switch-and-more-of-the-weeks-top-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/everything-we-saw-at-nintendos-last-big-direct-for-the-og-switch-and-more-of-the-weeks-top-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything We Saw At Nintendo&#8217;s Last Big Direct For The OG Switch And More Of The Week&#8217;s Top News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/everything-we-saw-at-nintendos-last-big-direct-for-the-og-switch-and-more-of-the-weeks-top-news.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The big event of the week was Thursday\u2019s Nintendo Direct, the last one focused on the original Switch before the curtain gets pulled back on its successor next Tuesday. 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