Switch 2 was almost called the 'Super Nintendo Switch
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“There were a lot of ideas for the name, and we really struggled to find the right one,” Kawamoto says in the interview.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 looks very similar to the original system, albeit with a larger display, magnetic Joy-Cons and a sleeker design.
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Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
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At a presentation unveiling the Nintendo Switch 2, longtime Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto revealed that at one point, he considered calling the
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In a newly published interview on Nintendo’s official website, Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto and Switch 2 director Takuhiro Dohta discussed how they settled on the upcoming console’s name. And they revealed that at one point they almost called it the Super Nintendo Switch.
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