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JRPGfan said:
JWeinCom said:

Switch U.

I think to a minor degree that would have a small negative impact....
also it would leave us all scratching our heads going "Have you learnt nothing from your past?".

I don't see whats wrong with sticking to convention, and doing the obvious thing, and picking a easy to understand, consumer focused name.

Grow the Switch brand, as the core idea, of the switch is still there.
Its a key feature.

Then just toss in a 2, so people that aren't tech savvy all understand its the next in line for the switch.

Time to stop playing silly games with names, to your own detriment.

May I interest you in a sarcasm detector sir?



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The old school Nintendo fan in me says "Super Switch," but my rational side says "Switch 2." It is simple, straightforward, and avoids confusion. It's the best possible way to convey "This is a new product. It's a bigger, better, more powerful next-gen Switch."



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Switch Go

I've had this feeling for years. Imagine an AR camera being the new gimmick. Compatible with Pokémon Go. It gets Switch owners out-n-about and on the 'Go'.
Nintendo is the king of indirect marketing (aka, when the consumers advertise their products for them) such as tradable Pokémon cards, the Wii advertised the system to family members who visit on Christmas and all play in the front room, and the Gameboy and DS where carried around in public automatically advertising it to others.
It would make sense that Nintendo will think of ways how the consumers can advertise the Switch 2 to others across society.

Imagine a water-gun fight in a park. But instead of real water guns, it's virtual water-gun fight running via AR camera on the Switch 2 screen.
I have a feeling AR will be the gimmick on the Switch 2, therefore the Switch Go's naming convention will be due to the success of Pokémon Go.



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Shadow1980 said:

The old school Nintendo fan in me says "Super Switch," but my rational side says "Switch 2." It is simple, straightforward, and avoids confusion. It's the best possible way to convey "This is a new product. It's a bigger, better, more powerful next-gen Switch."

Yes I prefer "Super Switch", but if it ends up looking pretty much exactly like the Switch, I feel like some unknowledgeable consumers, specifically parents buying it for their kids, could get confused between the Switch, Switch OLED, and Super Switch all looking like basically the same dang thing and might not know the difference between it being an upgraded Switch vs a whole new system.

If it looks significantly different than the Switch then I think Super Switch would be fine, but I doubt there will be much in the way of physical differences from the Switch to make them clearly discernible. Like if the SNES had just looked like a slightly bigger NES that woulda been confusing, of if GBA had looked just like GB it'd be like okay is this another upgrade like the GBC or is it a different system? So Switch 2 seems to be the obvious and best choice.



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00Xander00 said:

Switch Go

I've had this feeling for years. Imagine an AR camera being the new gimmick. Compatible with Pokémon Go. It gets Switch owners out-n-about and on the 'Go'.
Nintendo is the king of indirect marketing (aka, when the consumers advertise their products for them) such as tradable Pokémon cards, the Wii advertised the system to family members who visit on Christmas and all play in the front room, and the Gameboy and DS where carried around in public automatically advertising it to others.
It would make sense that Nintendo will think of ways how the consumers can advertise the Switch 2 to others across society.

Imagine a water-gun fight in a park. But instead of real water guns, it's virtual water-gun fight running via AR camera on the Switch 2 screen.
I have a feeling AR will be the gimmick on the Switch 2, therefore the Switch Go's naming convention will be due to the success of Pokémon Go.

Nintendo Switch 2 Go 

Market it as 'to go' and not as '2 - Go' as if they're not two separate meanings.



EricHiggin said:
00Xander00 said:

Switch Go

I've had this feeling for years. Imagine an AR camera being the new gimmick. Compatible with Pokémon Go. It gets Switch owners out-n-about and on the 'Go'.
Nintendo is the king of indirect marketing (aka, when the consumers advertise their products for them) such as tradable Pokémon cards, the Wii advertised the system to family members who visit on Christmas and all play in the front room, and the Gameboy and DS where carried around in public automatically advertising it to others.
It would make sense that Nintendo will think of ways how the consumers can advertise the Switch 2 to others across society.

Imagine a water-gun fight in a park. But instead of real water guns, it's virtual water-gun fight running via AR camera on the Switch 2 screen.
I have a feeling AR will be the gimmick on the Switch 2, therefore the Switch Go's naming convention will be due to the success of Pokémon Go.

Nintendo Switch 2 Go 

Market it as 'to go' and not as '2 - Go' as if they're not two separate meanings.

Switch 2 Go is a good idea :D

I just realised when I spell Pokemon with the special e (é), it comes up as Pokémon lol. It must be a VGChartz thing XD

...oh (Edit), It's worked this time??? The Pokémon spelling has randomly worked and I don't know why lol. It was automatically spelling it weirdly in my post above.

(Edit 2) I just realised it's when you Quoted my comment lol. VGChartz does random things at times XD.

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DroidKnight said:

Switch 2 would be the least confusing.

How about Switch Too then?



Bofferbrauer2 said:
DroidKnight said:

Switch 2 would be the least confusing.

How about Switch Too then?

That means this is a Switch as well.  I think that could also contribute to confusement.



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00Xander00 said:

EricHiggin said:

Nintendo Switch 2 Go 

Market it as 'to go' and not as '2 - Go' as if they're not two separate meanings.

Switch 2 Go is a good idea :D

It would kinda solve both problems. It would allow Nin to be a bit creative with the name while not making it confusing by having the 2 in there.

This would also let them build off the Switch (finger snap) marketing so it doesn't get stale by adding 'to go'.

Switch 2 Go.