Nintendo explains how it chose Switch 2’s name, considered calling it Super Nintendo Switch
Posted on 1 day ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch 2 | 0 comments
Nintendo has opened up on the name for Switch 2 and revealed that it considered various other possibilities, including Super Nintendo Switch.
While Nintendo Switch 2 is straightforward, it apparently wasn’t an easy decision for the team. The company’s Kouichi Kawamoto noted that “we really struggled” to find the best name for the hardware.
Super Nintendo Switch would have used the same path as the NES to the SNES. However, Kawamoto said that it “didn’t feel right.”
Here’s the full exchange with Kawamoto as well as Takuhiro Dohta and Tetsuya Sasaki:
