A Direct is announced for April 2nd to cover the games.

  • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    So much for Nintendo’s previous naming conventions. I was really hoping for the New Super Nintendo Switch U.

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      16 hours ago

      They wanna make it very clear that this is their best-selling console ever but better, I would‘ve been surprised if they didn‘t just slap a 2 on it. There‘s so much riding on this for them.

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        6 hours ago

        I think that’s still the DS. The Switch got close, but didn’t beat it, and now that attention is on the Switch2, it probably won’t.

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        16 hours ago

        I don’t think Nintendo have ever done a Console 2 before though. I was hoping for Super Switch but as ever Nintendo absolutely refuse to be predictable!

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        8 hours ago

        It was Iwata. They must have been saving those easy decisions for the days he was really feeling the chemo, and he made the loopiest choices possible.

        In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure he was the one who wanted to name the DS the City Boy.

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      12 hours ago

      It occurred to me that this is the first time Nintendo has ever not used some new weird naming convention for a successor console. Just 2.

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        11 hours ago

        I’d buy a Nintendo Switchety-Four in a heartbeat