{"id":1185664,"date":"2026-02-16T03:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851777869"},"modified":"2026-02-16T03:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:05:24","slug":"switch-2-preorders-open-to-pure-chaos-and-more-of-the-weeks-top-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/switch-2-preorders-open-to-pure-chaos-and-more-of-the-weeks-top-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Preorders Open To Pure Chaos And More Of The Week&#8217;s Top Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/switch-2-preorders-open-to-pure-chaos-and-more-of-the-weeks-top-stories.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This week saw a few massive happenings in the world of games. First and foremost, after being delayed to allow Nintendo to take stock of the potential impact of President Trump\u2019s chaotic implementation of tariffs, the company finally kicked off retail pre-orders for the Switch 2 here in the U.S., and the results were\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-preorders-oblivion-remaster-marvel-rivals-1851777869\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-preorders-oblivion-remaster-marvel-rivals-1851777869\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week saw a few massive happenings in the world of games. First and foremost, after being delayed to allow Nintendo to take stock of the potential impact of President Trump\u2019s chaotic implementation of tariffs, the company finally kicked off retail pre-orders for the Switch 2 here in the U.S., and the results were\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1185665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[8688,8687,364,10559,17393,8681,10634,13,10355,6579,34,6639,1222,6640,6578,10323],"class_list":["post-1185664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-action-role-playing-video-games","tag-claire-jackson","tag-disney","tag-ethan-gach","tag-fi-goofy","tag-kenneth-shepard","tag-max","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-role-playing-video-games","tag-rpg","tag-single-player-video-games","tag-the-elder-scrolls","tag-video-game-sequels","tag-windows-games","tag-zack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Switch 2 Preorders Open To Pure Chaos And More Of The Week&#039;s Top Stories | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week saw a few massive happenings in the world of games. 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