Nintendo has confirmed that it explored “lots of concepts” for what to referred to as the Switch 2 earlier than touchdown on that identify. In an Ask the Developer interview published on Nintendo’s website, Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto mentioned Nintendo’s groups had a tough time arising with a reputation for the console.

“There have been lots of concepts for the identify, and we actually struggled to search out the fitting one,” he mentioned.

One of many concepts that Nintendo thought-about was “Tremendous Nintendo Switch.” Nintendo determined towards this, nonetheless, as a result of it “did not really feel proper to make use of the identical naming conference because the Tremendous NES.”

“Switch 2 is a brand new system with improved efficiency, however we might like gamers who get their fingers on it to not give attention to the specs, however relatively to consider it as the most recent system developed by Nintendo,” Kawamoto mentioned. “So, within the hope that it turns into the brand new commonplace for Nintendo Switch, we named it Nintendo Switch 2.”

The Switch 2’s improvement director, Takuhiro Dohta, went on to say that the Switch 2 shouldn’t be geared toward individuals who want “high-performance {hardware},” however as a substitute its ambition is to be a product that may enchantment to the widest attainable viewers. “So, we needed a reputation that might talk merely to potential prospects that, in the event you’re contemplating shopping for a Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 is the latest system,” Dohta mentioned.

One other Switch 2 designer, Tetsuya Sasaki, mentioned the identify “Switch 2” is “easy and straightforward to know.” Sasaki added that it was all the time the plan for the system to be a “correct successor to Switch,” so retaining the identical identify made sense.

Dohta, in the meantime, added that the groups had “plenty of backwards and forwards” about what to name the Switch 2, however ultimately, they got here collectively and “agreed that it must be Nintendo Switch 2 in any case.”

The Switch 2 launches on June 5, priced at $450 and scaling to $500 for a bundle that features a copy of Mario Kart World. For extra, remember to take a look at GameSpot’s gallery beneath that runs via all the largest information and divulges from the Nintendo Direct.