Nintendo Considered Calling Switch 2 the Super Nintendo Switch - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 April 2025 / 2,237 Views
Nintendo Switch 2 Producer Kouichi Kawamoto in Director Takuhiro Dohta in a Q&A revealed Nintendo considered calling the Switch 2 the Super Nintendo Switch.
"There were a lot of ideas for the name, and we really struggled to find the right one," said Kawamoto.
"We even considered ideas like 'Super Nintendo Switch.' However, Super NES, which came out after the NES, couldn’t play NES games. Since Switch 2 can play Switch games, it didn't feel right to use the same naming convention as Super NES. Switch 2 is a new system with improved performance, but we'd like players who get their hands on it not to focus on the specs, but rather to think of it as the latest system developed by Nintendo."
"So, in the hope that it becomes the new standard for Nintendo Switch, we named it Nintendo Switch 2."
Dohta added, "That’s right. From the beginning of development, we wanted Switch 2 to be a system that can be enjoyed by a wide variety of players. This hasn’t changed from Switch to Switch 2.
"I also wanted to create an experience that as many players as possible could enjoy, rather than an experience made specially for those who prefer high-performance hardware. So, we wanted a name that would communicate simply to potential customers that, if you're considering buying a Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 is the newest system."
Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on Thursday, June 5 for $449.99 USD / $629.99 CAD / £395.99 / €469.99 / 49,800 yen in the US. A Mario Kart World Bundle will also be available for $499.99 USD / $699.99 / £429.99 / €509.99 / 53,980 yen. Pre-orders will open on April 9.
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Super Switch would have been cool, harkening back to the SNES, but given that the system looks just like the Switch and these days with upgrade models of the consoles being a thing, calling it a Super Switch definitely would have sounded like it's just an upgraded Switch rather than an entirely new gen. For most people who can do 5 minutes of research online or simply pay any attention to video games at all that wouldn't have been a problem, but for clueless shoppers (perhaps parents of kids) they might be dumb enough to be like no I'll just take a regular Switch instead of a $150 more expensive Super version haha.
'Switch 2' always made the most sense.
Ha! Told you guys!
SNW, not the best of acronym but would have suited them.
SNX
I will never stop using NX as the Switch acronym lol
Nintendo Super Switch is better.
Would have confused to many parents..
I prefer Super Switch but this was a better business decision
also "SS" doesn't have a great history when googled lol
They should have, sounds better then a boring number at the end of the name.
