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minus-squareUninvited Guest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132arrow-down1·18 hours agoSo much for Nintendo’s previous naming conventions. I was really hoping for the New Super Nintendo Switch U.
minus-squarecaut_R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·edit-217 hours agoThey 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.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoI 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.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoPlus it’s an actual straight upgrade, what with backwards compatibility and all.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoPartial backwards compatibility, based on their asterisk, at least.
minus-squarerbits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThat’s probably only referring to games like labo and ring fit
minus-squareDevorlonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoThey got scared after what happened with the Wii U.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoIt 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.
minus-squareCid Vicious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoThe new 3ds was very confusing too
minus-squareZC3rr0r@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYeah, everyone always brings up the Wii U but the whole “New” 3DS situation was even less clear if you ask me
minus-squareApollosArrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThen you add in the 2DS which came out after the 3DS.
minus-squareHyphlosion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoNew Super Mario Bros U2 Deluxe & Knuckles
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-216 hours agoSuper Nintendo Switch 128 Dodecahedron V.
minus-squareHyphlosion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoStarring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 hours agoIt 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.
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoI’d buy a Nintendo Switchety-Four in a heartbeat
So much for Nintendo’s previous naming conventions. I was really hoping for the New Super Nintendo Switch U.
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.
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.
Plus it’s an actual straight upgrade, what with backwards compatibility and all.
Partial backwards compatibility, based on their asterisk, at least.
That’s probably only referring to games like labo and ring fit
They got scared after what happened with the Wii U.
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.
The new 3ds was very confusing too
Yeah, everyone always brings up the Wii U but the whole “New” 3DS situation was even less clear if you ask me
Then you add in the 2DS which came out after the 3DS.
New Super Mario Bros U2 Deluxe & Knuckles
Super Nintendo Switch 128 Dodecahedron V.
& Knuckles
Starring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
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.
I’d buy a Nintendo Switchety-Four in a heartbeat
…Cube 128