There is no doubt that the Nintendo Switch is present everywhere in the world, in every home, business and office. Due to its incredible portability, which allows us to take it everywhere. On this occasion, this portability allowed us to take it to one of the places that many people really need it to keep them entertained before what happened in Japan in the first days of 2024.
Nintendo Switch brought to evacuation centers in Japan
In the first days of the year in question, Japan has had a series of unfortunate and sad events, starting with the earthquake that took place on January 1st, 2024 with a magnitude of 7.5. It was one of the largest earthquakes in recent years, followed by two planes crashing at Tokyo airport, a girl injuring several boys on a train, and finally, fires in apartments and the home of the former Prime Minister of Japan.
Following this major catastrophe in Japan, evacuation centers were set up for those who were left homeless or had to be moved out of the area at risk after the major earthquake. This includes both the elderly and children, who are the most defenseless population in these cases.
Although it is not the first time that Japan goes through difficult times, and of course, you can notice the great work that everyone is doing to support each other. We could appreciate this thanks to a user on Twitter, who shared some photos of the evacuation center, in which we can see children playing a Nintendo Switch. Likewise, the user comments that the importance of entertainment in this type of events is very important. Since if we go back in time, many of us were able to cope well thanks to video games in the C19 pandemic.
So seeing kids playing on a Nintendo Switch in this kind of event is super comforting, because it’s a way to distract us from the most difficult moments, and video games are an important part of that. Since if we remember that during the C19 pandemic, video games were part of our day to day, many titles, both from Nintendo and other companies, were given the task of distracting us and helping us in those difficult times. So many of us who love video games feel that they are an important part of each of us.
At that time, the consoles that accompanied us the most were the Nintendo Switch, which being portable and having a very extensive catalog for the whole family, such as SUPER MARIO BROS, KIRBY, SONIC, SPLATOON, THE LENGEND OF ZELDA games, made those moments of confinement not so eternal.
After the January 1, 2024 earthquake event, many have considered adding a handheld console to every disaster prevention kit, either a Nintendo Switch or from some other company that manufactures handheld consoles such as AYANEO, ASUS ROG ALLY or Steam Deck. So as to entertain people who need that support today. Although not only in Japan, but in most of the world. Since we don’t know when something similar to what our Japanese friends are experiencing will happen to us.
There is no doubt that this proves that video games do not make users violent, but instead help us cope and distract us from high-impact events. So we ask you, do you agree to add a portable console to your prevention kits?