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minus-squareUninvited Guest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up157arrow-down1·2 months agoSo much for Nintendo’s previous naming conventions. I was really hoping for the New Super Nintendo Switch U.
minus-squarecaut_R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·edit-22 months 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-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoPlus it’s an actual straight upgrade, what with backwards compatibility and all.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoPartial backwards compatibility, based on their asterisk, at least.
minus-squarerbits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s probably only referring to games like labo and ring fit
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah it’s going to be the same as PS4 on PS5. The disclaimer is on every game.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-squarePlexSheep@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell they did just slap a 3 onto the DS
minus-squarelka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAnd then called the second gen 3DS the “New 3DS”.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 months agoSuper Nintendo Switch 128 Dodecahedron V.
minus-squareHyphlosion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoStarring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
minus-squareDevorlonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThey got scared after what happened with the Wii U.
minus-squareCid Vicious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe new 3ds was very confusing too
minus-squareZC3rr0r@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-up4·2 months agoThen you add in the 2DS which came out after the 3DS.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months 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-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months 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-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoI’d buy a Nintendo Switchety-Four in a heartbeat
minus-squareSʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI was hoping for the Swiitch
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’ll be waiting for the swivtch
minus-squareHyphlosion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNew Super Mario Bros U2 Deluxe & Knuckles
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.
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
Yeah it’s going to be the same as PS4 on PS5. The disclaimer is on every game.
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.
Well they did just slap a 3 onto the DS
And then called the second gen 3DS the “New 3DS”.
Super Nintendo Switch 128 Dodecahedron V.
& Knuckles
Starring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
They got scared after what happened with the Wii U.
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.
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.
…Cube 128
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
I was hoping for the Swiitch
I’ll be waiting for the swivtch
New Super Mario Bros U2 Deluxe & Knuckles