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Everyone else "Yay they gave us exactly what we wanted, and a nice normal name too!" soypoint-2

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they didn't do an Xbox and call it something confusing, but I was hoping this console could have it's own identity.

I'm happy for a more powerful Switch, it sounds neat. Still, I kinda was hoping for something more... Nintendo weird.

~~Okay maybe I'm just mad because I was hoping after the Nintendo Switch that we'd be getting a Nintendo Dom and a Nintendo Sub~~

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[–] LibsEatPoop@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Am I the only one who thinks the Super Switch would’ve been a fun name and a nice callback to Nintendo’s past? Like, I don’t understand why they didn’t do that with the Wii U either (Wii and Super Wii sounds so cute).

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

Super Switch sounds a lot more on brand for Nintendo, Switch 2 makes it sound like they're trying to make this look like a new PlayStation. They should have hired you to do their marketing

[–] buh@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s called Switch 2 because when you see it you turn 2π radians and moonwalk away

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

That's a deep cut of online gamer humor

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

They didn't want people making the "Well if the Switch is so good, why isn't there a Switch 2?" jokes.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

switch to what? I'm confused. I think I'll just get a steamdeck.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

Switch 2 the polls planet-hillary

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

lotta, like, parents and other people on the periphery of gaming industry thought the WiiU was just an extra tablet you connected to your old Wii. Probably the sound decision here.

[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

I thought that WiiU was the sound an ambulance makes

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One time my mate's house got burgled and they stole the WiiU controller but not the actual WiiU.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah. True. At least they're more creative with naming than Sony lol

[–] butter@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

In Japanese, 2 is pronounced "ni"

So it would've been the Wii Ni

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[–] Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My discords are split between zoomers who are extremely angry that the Switch 2 will not bring them back to playing Picto Chat in middle school, old farts who will wait until it goes on sale, and even older farts who are excited about it because they have kids who can play games on it.

I kinda was hoping for something more... Nintendo weird.

I would've liked that too, but didn't expect it. One thing that snuck in though is that the new joycons can be used as mice. I bet Shiggy has something dumb planned with that.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wait until it goes on sale

Idk about where y'all live, but where I live, their consoles never go on sale

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait until the New Switch 2 comes out and get a secondhand Switch 2

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[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

I unironically think the mouse functionality will make this their most creative game library yet (if only because lots of games can safely include a creative mode with controls that don't suck)

but overall I think Nintendo is past making "weird" consoles since the launch of the first switch, the joycons have let them do the big weird stuff in individual games instead (LABO, Ring Fit) and now the joycons have even more functions. weird is coming even if the console seems standard

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

First time Nintendo has ever called a piece of hardware the whatever 2, isn't it?

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually, true. I'll give you that.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We've had:

-super whatever

-whatever advance

-3whatever

-whatever u

-whatever color

-whatever pocket

-whatever light

-whatever sp

but never whatever 2

come to think of it, I don't think they've ever reused any of their "the next version of whatever" terms, each of those is unique

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My favourite dumb name is the

-New 3whatever XL

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

i forgot about "new whatever" that shit made my craigslist search for a used one really annoying. I do think the new 2ds xl is the ideal form of the 3ds generation, but it's such a stupid name.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 month ago

After the Wii U they probably don't want to risk it.

[–] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm still calling it the Switch U.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm calling it the Switch Me

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

they probably didnt want to confuse people since they were keeping the name Switch, plus It seems nintento learned that they had such a hit with the hybrid console idea that their next consoles will just be more upgrated nintendos Switchs

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

:kelly: Bait and switch.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i'm still waiting for the nintendo 65

[–] DeathToBritain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

gamecube was nintendo 65

wii was nintendo 66

wii u nintendo 67

switch was nintendo 68

which would make the switch the... the... nintendo sixt- 💥🔫 volcel-judge

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Swatch was taken

[–] DeathToBritain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

name is mid, but eh wii u flop spooked them. not that surprised, nobody has misunderstood a ps3 for a ps2 addon.

though I do wonder how much of the wii u flop was less the name and more, it was just kind of uninteresting? personally, the wii u came out when I was in my mid teens and moving away from consoles to PC and was very much uninterested in the wii u so that could be clouding things for me, but I do not know a lot of gamers even who got a wii u and they were not confused about the name

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[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not sure what to think of the magnetic lock on the controllers. That side port they plug into looks way more fragile than however the fuck the rails worked.

[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

if Nintendo changes how their controllers are attached it is most certainly because they figured out a way to make the connection MORE secure, not less

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

From what I understand, magnets will last longer than any other part of the console. It might be a good choice.

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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Posted "Nintendo Switch 2 such a bad name" on a lemmy.world community and got downvoted.

To me the name should be Super Nintendo Switch or SNS like the SNES

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

I would have called it the Switch Army Knife.

JK I would have called it the Nintendo Power

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

I wanted the SwitchU so they wouldn't sell any again

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So there's going to be a giant 2 on the dock and controller grip? Hm.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Numba two hehehe 💩

[–] asante@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

im thinking "super switch" would've worked better but the acronym isn't exactly ideal

[–] gramxi@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

I'm still calling it the Swiitch

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm still waiting on the GameCast 2

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look, if Nintendo didn't want to make a system called Nintendo Dom, why did they make Bowser so horny berdly-smug

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Nintendo SWiiUtch sicko-wistful

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Super Switch

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

I'm proposing "Nintendo Switch & Knuckles"

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Lilo and switch

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