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Switch Up
i think this has potential actually
I do like the Super Switch. But if the Switch is the standard going forward it’ll make the 3rd iteration a little difficult to name. So Switch 2 is fine
But we’re also assuming they’re going to make a Switch successor. Hopefully that is the case but I don’t quite trust Nintendo not to screw this up
The sVVitch
I think they should avoid calling it anything special and just go with Switch 2. After the Wii U not being understood by some as a new console they should just stick to what we all know works.
They could call it the New Nintendo Switch though.
i truly hope they won’t call it “new nintendo switch”
New Switch 360 Series U
They'll probably continue down the route that has been theorized off and on for the past few years.
Likely end up with a 'Switch Pro' that can run slightly more intensive games. Games will start out supporting better graphics/etc on the pro, and eventually a few games will release exclusively for the Pro edition, they'll eventually cut the price of the pro, maybe release something in a switch lite form factor and discontinue sales of the regular switch and the original edition will just slowly fade away.
Or semi-ironically a xr console called Virreal (Kid, not boy- we are tying to be gender-neutral here)
Super Switch would sort of make sense given Nintendo’s history, but it’s a shitty decision going forward. Even if you like the name, it just pushes the difficulty of renaming down to the next console generation.
Switch 2 would be fine, but I can’t see Nintendo going for it. An entirely new name would probably be the best outcome. Or they’ll pull another “New Switch U Plus” out of thin air.
I'm all good with a Switch 2, not Pro since that indicates the same console but better specs.
I'm also pretty sure the next console will stay hybride but if they decide to make a more powerful tv only console I'll definitely go for that one.
New Switch.
New Switch
Switch-a-roo
Switch U
Super Switch lol
Assuming it keeps the hybrid handheld/console model and is backwards compatible with Switch games, then calling it something along the lines of a "switch 2" or "super switch" makes sense.
Switch U
... Switch Up!
Nintendo Switch AMOLED
Assuming it's backwards-compatible with Switch games - and it really, really should be - then "Switch 2" is the logical choice; there's a reason everybody except Microsoft (who have a weird relationship with names in general) sequentially numbers their flagship hardware, it's easy to remember and easy to search for and instantly obvious what it is.
Considering the fiasco that was the WiiU was partly due to its name, I think that nintendo will want to move as far away as possible from the name of its predecessor.