The Swap 2 was nearly known as the ‘Tremendous Nintendo Swap’

Following its huge Swap 2 presentation, Nintendo revealed in an interview with the group behind the console that one of many (arguably higher) names the corporate was contemplating earlier than it landed on Swap 2 was "Tremendous Nintendo Swap."

"There have been a number of concepts for the identify, and we actually struggled to seek out the suitable one," Kouichi Kawamato, the producer on the Swap 2, says. "We even thought of concepts like 'Tremendous Nintendo Swap.'" The difficulty with the identify was that although drawing a parallel to the Nintendo Leisure System (NES) and Tremendous Nintendo Leisure System (SNES) was enjoyable, it was additionally probably complicated. The SNES was the successor to the NES, however it couldn't play NES video games. "Since Swap 2 can play Swap video games, it didn't really feel proper to make use of the identical naming conference as Tremendous NES."

Including a quantity to the top of the unique console's identify (the final technique Nintendo's competitor Sony has taken with the PlayStation) simply made issues loads less complicated and simpler to grasp. Nintendo's warning isn't completely unfounded. The Wii U was extra highly effective than the Wii and featured a novel controller within the Wii U GamePad. As a result of it's identify was so just like Nintendo's older console, it was backwards suitable with the Wii and it supported pre-existing equipment like Wii Remotes, although, it was considered as an add-on reasonably than a brand new gadget value upgrading to.

There have been different issues that helped do the Wii U in, like a steep decline in assist from third-party sport builders and a failure on Nintendo's half to elucidate what made the console distinct, however the identify definitely didn't assist. The Swap 2 is a lot better arrange for fulfillment than the Wii U, however "sticking to what works" looks like the defining thought of the brand new console, so the identify is following go well with.

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