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.
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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.
Switch Color
You skipped a step. We aren't there yet. It will be the Switch Pocket.
Maybe more important: What should they change about the Switch?
The last console they released that didn't essentially re-invent the entire console was, what, the SNES? Everything since has drastically changed the controller, plus the core console mechanics in a few cases.
Do we think they'll do something very different again, or are they ready to settle into a less change-focused mindset?
TLDR: I'd bet my pinky toe that they iterate on the switch.
I mean the reason that things didn't change much from NES to SNES is NES was successful. But in the SNES era, they got a ton of competition and there were no typical conventions for games. Then with the N64, they were jumping into the 3d world and that required some extra changes and Nintendo had some stable competition. Gamecube started having some of the newer conventions but kind of failed (thus why not make big changes?). So the Wii took a different route and made something very different and didn't get into the tflops race that the other consoles were doing. Wii was successful so why not iterate? Well bad advertising, naming, etc caused the WiiU to flop.
But at the same time, GB -> GBP -> GBC -> GBA all of which were backwards compatible. That is stability from 1989 to 2001. Then GBA -> DS had backwards compat, DS ->3DS same thing. And basically all of those handhelds were successful. So they combined those markets. Something more high end than a 3DS (which for people like me that didn't have one and didn't realize the quality of graphics on that thing, it's kind of huge to see what the switch offered as a handheld), but still portable. Something that can play modern games, but still be mobile.
So given their history, I imagine they have to iterate on the next console. Especially since they basically combined their handheld and console into one thing. And given that they will want to get people off of the switch, they need to give them a reason. They almost certainly aren't going to make something more powerful than a PS5 or Series X, so why would I get a stationary console that is less good and will have far less games? But give me another handheld console that can play even better games than TOTK and can maybe even play pokemon violet well... no we are talking. And honestly, people look at their console stuff out of context so often and think that Nintendo just tries crazy stuff. But really, they have just tried and failed at times, but had the money to keep on going. And also success in another area when something failed.
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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.
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.
Well, Microsoft and Nintendo ...
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Switch U. Don't mess with the classics. Unless it's to add a bunch of games with Hakchi. What were we talking about?
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.
Switch Up.
The familiar Switch name give reassurance to existing consumers, the 'Up' part conveys improvement on the original.
Might not make the guys who created that YouTube site too happy, though.
Part of me wants them to call it the "Super Switch", but that might make it feel like less of a new product.
It'd be hilarious and bold if they called it just "Nintendo".
Depends on how much of a departure the successor is from the original Switch. If it's a completely different machine, it needs a completely different name. One of the problems they had with the marketing of the Wii U: it was a totally different console from the Wii, but branding it with the Wii name didn't convey that well enough. The Game Boy line worked up to the GBA because each new iteration did basically the same things as the one before it, but with improved internal hardware. The DS changed things up enough that a new name was warranted. If the successor to the Switch is basically/mostly an internal hardware upgrade and they stick with the handheld/dock mechanic, keeping the Switch name makes sense from a branding and marketing standpoint: the Switch sold like hotcakes, this is a better Switch, capitalize on that. But if it's straight up its own thing, tell people that with its own unique name.
Honestly considering we've had Gameboy with Gameboy Advance and DS with 3DS they certainly can.
Going Switch Pro would be a bad move though considering it may lead to misinterpretation with the PS4 Pro comparison as an upgraded Switch(rather than a successor) which is part of what happened to the Wii U.
That being said, I'd say it would be hard to guess the name that will be used because ultimately if Nintendo are adding some sort of new feature to the successor, they'll probably adopt a name connected to that. If it doesn't add other features and is just more powerful then Switch Advance isn't a terrible idea.
Probably would be a good time for them to redesign the joycons a bit though, would make the Switch 2 more physically distinct from the Switch which wouldn't lead to the same confusion.
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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.
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