Nintendo Switch Reveal: 9 Ups & 10 Downs

4. All Those Horrible "Switch" Puns

Nintendo Switch Conference
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As for the conference itself, you sure could make a drinking game out of every time a presenter said the word "Switch", attempting to shoehorn in switch-related puns at any errant opportunity, and it got old incredibly quickly.

It also backfired massively as disappointed fans kept tweeting switch-related puns in response, all while the relentless use of the word in the conference, especially when shifting from presenter to presenter, just made Nintendo look awkward and out-of-touch.

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