Nintendo nearly called the Switch 2 the "Super Nintendo Switch" as a throwback to the NES, but "it didn't feel right"

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TheNintendo Switch 2nearly had a very different name, in what would have been a 30-year throwback.

“We even considered ideas like ‘Super Nintendo Switch.”

“Super NES, which came out after the NES, couldn’t play NES games.