Probably didn't because (among, I'm sure, other reasons) the SNES was such a major upgrade over the NES that it would've drawn a negative comparison between the lesser difference of the Switch 2 versus the Switch. Younger audiences wouldn't get it/wouldn't care, and older audiences would see it as pandering/unwarranted.

Could also be that audiences were still wary of the whole Wii/Wii U debacle and just wanted reassurance that it'd be "more of the same but better".

And lastly, if they wanted a "Switch 3" in the future, it's been shown by Xbox that funny naming schemes can go awry after the second iteration.

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Nintendo Switch

So much silliness in this thread, I love it.

To be the wet blanket, no, Nintendo did the right thing because they learned their lesson from Wii U, and to a lesser extent from the New 3DS

It's not about the players, it's about who buys it, and the ones who buy it are parents and adults who aren't always up to date on gaming news.

PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5. That makes sense, you want the latest one? Buy the bigger number.

Wii U? I already have a Wii at the house, the kids don't even use it. It's a tablet? They already have a tablet though.

New 3DS? I already got a DS and they tricked me into the 3DS! I don't even need the 3D feature, that was a waste of money. It's still pretty new, I don't need another new one.

I worked at GameStop all those releases and I can't emphasize just HOW MAY TIMES I had those conversations with customers. Not just parents either, but casual consumers.

Xbox was confusing too eventually.

Nobody got confused on Playstation.

No, it should have been The Switcheroo

I'm still bummed they didn't call the N64 any of the following:

Ultra Nintendo

Turbo Nintendo

Super Duper Nintendo

The Nintendo Router

Fun side note, I've had more than one fun conversation where someone forgets to say "Nintendo" when asking about connecting a switch to my network (especially back when it was a new thing...)

Should’ve called the Switch Lite the Switch Pocket, and the Switch 2 the Switch Advance

Super Switch Fighter II Turbo

They should have named the joy-cons the super drift controller too

Although, considering that all of the joy-cons all seem to eventually fail, the "con" part of the name was certainly appropriate

or the switch U

Oh, that would have been sweet. Then the next Switch would be Switch 64. :D

Nintendo Potentiometer

I thought this for a while as well. Until it became blatantly obvious how much of a "Wii U" moment that would be. Not as bad, but nowhere near as concise and obvious as Switch 2.

It would also be the Nintendo Super Nintendo Switch. Or the Nintendo Super Switch. And that last one doesn't sound good to me personally.

Switch 2 makes the most sense when you really dive in to it.

They should have made two spin off consoles, The Nintendo Top and the Nintendo Bottom. That way they have a complete set.

Super Nintendo Switch U cube.

Nah, people understand numbers.

Switch Ultra 64

Switch too electric bugaloo.

Should have been called the Bait and Switch, because of the physical media situation.

May as well call it “Switch 2 Linux Gaming PCs” based on their actions pushing us all that direction anyway. Their legal team especially can get fucked. Not that Nintendo is any better or worse than Sony or Microsoft.

The good part is that we don’t need their stupid consoles because most games are available for PC and the few exclusives that aren’t will be available to emulate at some point.

Go full 80s.

Switch Turbo: Radical Edition

Then there's MS over here ruining decades of easily understood versioning and thinking that was a Good Move™.