Nintendo Switch Karen refers to a character from the October 2016 teaser trailer for the Nintendo Switch. In the video, a woman named 'Karen' is seen bringing her console to a rooftop social gathering, leading viewers to joke about her being an anti-social gamer who forces her friends to play video games instead of socializing. The internet quickly gave her the name Karen and developed a persona for her as the person who awkwardly inserts gaming into every social situation. Today, the template is used to represent obsessive fans, social awkwardness, or simply the joy of portable gaming in unconventional settings.