Why did Nintendo decide to go with the name ‘Nintendo Switch 2’ instead of something more flavourful?
Kouichi Kawamoto, the group manager of Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4, states:
‘There were a lot of ideas for the name, and we really struggled to find the right one. We even considered ideas like “Super Nintendo Switch”. However, Super NES, which came out after the NES, couldn’t play NES games. Since Switch 2 can play Switch games, it didn’t feel right to use the same naming convention as Super NES.
‘Switch 2 is a new console with improved performance, but we’d like players who get their hands on it not to focus on the specs, but rather to think of it as the latest console developed by Nintendo. So in the hope that it becomes the new standard for Nintendo Switch, we named it Nintendo Switch 2’.
There you have it.
Let’s be honest. By the time people figured out what the Wii U was, it was already discontinued. The console died how it lived: misunderstood and underappreciated!
This time around, they’ve given it some KISS.