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Reggie's just doing damage control for the Japanese side, but I do think they think hard about their console names -- too hard in fact. Nintendo has had terrible names for each of their systems dating back to the Famicom. Outside of Japan, Nintendo should never have moved away from 'Nintendo Entertainment System'.

NES
NES 2 (SNES)
NES 3 (N64)
NES 4 (Gamecube)
NES 5 (Wii)
NES 6 (Wii U)



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