Resolution Criteria
This market will resolve based on the official name announced by Nintendo for their next major gaming console (the successor to the Nintendo Switch). The announcement must come from an official Nintendo source, such as a press release, Nintendo Direct, or official social media channels.
When adding answers, please ensure that your answer is one specific unique name. For example:
Nintendo Switch 2 ✅
Has a number in the name 🚫
Switch Attach ✅
A name that has previously been rumored 🚫
For the purposes of this market, the word "Nintendo" is ignored. For example, "Switch Attach" and "Nintendo Switch Attach" are identical. Answers that differ only by the word "Nintendo" will be deemed duplicated and invalidated. If the name is "Switch 2", that would resolve in favor of "Nintendo Switch 2". If the name is "Nintendo Swiitch", that would resolve in favor of "Swiitch".
Spelled-out numbers and numerals are also considered identical. If the name is "Nintendo Switch Two", that will resolve in favor of "Nintendo Switch 2".
The close date is provisional and may be extended if the correct resolution is not known by market close.
Considerations
Nintendo has historically used varied naming conventions for their consoles, from sequential numbering (NES, SNES) to completely new names (Wii, Switch)
The company sometimes uses working titles during development that differ from the final product name (e.g., "Revolution" became "Wii")
Trademark filings may appear before the official announcement but may not reflect the final product name
Update 2024-28-12 (PST): - Symbols are not considered equivalents to words. For example, “Switch Plus” is not the same as “Switch +” and will resolve as distinct answers. (AI summary of creator comment)
Update 2024-29-12 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - "Nintendo Super Switch" resolves to "Super Nintendo Switch"
"Nintendo Switch Super" resolves to Other (or a new option)
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3.00@retr0id "Nintendo Super Switch" resolves to "Super Nintendo Switch", "Nintendo Switch Super" resolves to Other (or a new option)
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@jim Did the 3DS look different to the DS? Just because "Switch 2" looks similar to Switch 1, doesn't mean it lacks a distinguishing feature 🏮🏮
So Nintendo will stick to doing something weird and unexpected by, this time round, actually doing what would be expected of any other manufacturer? Cunning.
@jim https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/comments/1hdvb2d/comment/m21dt4o/
Conditional on trusting the r/NintendoSwitch2 mods' verification abilities, Switch 2 is very likely the name. Do I trust that the r/NintendoSwitch2 mods aren't being fooled? No, it's definitely not 100%, not even 80%. But Switch 2 being the name is far from unsupported
(FYI I'm not the one who disliked you)
https://manifold.markets/Stralor/will-the-name-of-nintendos-next-con-8297709e78bf
This is a pretty well-trodden market that seems to put some stock in this
@OP I think that can partly be explained by two things:
Most consoles were significantly different than previous versions in form factor/media type, justifying a unique name.
Some versions of handheld consoles were named to signify the difference from previous iterations, when the form factor was not changed, like Game Boy Color or 3DS.
They did kinda do it with the DS, 3DS, and 2DS, not exactly sequential unless sorted by number instead of release date.
In this case, it looks like the Switch 2 has retained the form factor, and doesn't have the type of features (color case, 3D) that influenced the name of other versions.