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Leadified on 17 January 2015
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*Sound Of Rain said:
Leadified said:

I disagree, the days of the "NES" and "Gameboy" are long gone and represent a different time. It wouldn't make much sense to call a modern console a "NES" or "Gameboy" when it would have practically no resemblance to the original console other than the fact both are made by Nintendo and are a home consoles/handheld.

HDS is alright I think, it's not a very original name but it gets the message across and it seems to be unique enough not to be confusing.

While it represents a different time, I believe it represents a better time for the core market. The NES name probably holds more weight than the Wii name.

GameBoy might not be the best name but it's familiar while allowing Nintendo to ditch the DS name. I think it's time to ditch it. After the DS, DS Lite, DSi, DsiXL, 3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, New 3DS, and New 3DSXL, the HDS would be confusing to some. Unlike Nintendo consoles, it would seem that the casual market still cares for Nintendo HH's. They should avoid confusing them.

In the very least for home consoles, I think definitely they should bring back "Nintendo" as a core part of the name, which it was from the NES to the Gamecube. Handhelds really I have no idea, perhaps they could somehow tie in the name of the handheld with the name of the home console to reflect a new generation of shared architecture between home consoles and portables.

Honestly when it comes to Nintendo consoles and names, anything is possible so who knows what they will go with .