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What do you think the Switch successor should be called? Keep the Switch name or nah? (lemmy.world)
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I think things would've worked out differently if Nintendo hadn't messed up the naming of the Wii U. We probably would've had a line up like this:

• Wii
• Wii Pro (Wii U)
• Wii Portable (Switch)

They're at that crossroad again with the Switch name. What do you think the Switch successor should be called? Keep the Switch name or nah?

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[–] Shinra_K@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FriendOfFalcons@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

They had no problem selling the 3DS (versus the DS) or even the 3DS XL or new 3DS.

I think they will ride a bit on the success of the Switch but will make it clear that it is a new system.