5 names Nintendo could give its 2021 Switch update

Here we go! Here are 5 possibilities. by Danny Paez Aug. 25, 2020 Shutterstock

BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Reports of a Nintendo Switch update have resurfaced this August. Fans have been calling the system the “ Switch Pro ” since rumors emerged in 2019, but what will it really be called?

Nintendo Bloomberg ’s Takashi Mochizuki published a report Monday claiming an upgraded Switch with 4K suppor t and improved computing power will launch in 2021 . But in more than a year of reporting, Mochizuki has never called it the “Switch Pro.”

“Did you know? I have nerver used the "Switch Pro" word in my stories....” Takashi Mochizuki

Here are 5 possible names Nintendo could give its new Switch

5. Nintendo Switch (U)ltra Looking back at the tragic Wii U , Nintendo could try to redeem 2012 console by slapping an “Ultra” or "U" tag on the Switch. While not impossible , anything that calls back to Nintendo’s worst-selling console seems farfetched. Edge Magazine/Future/Getty Images

4. New Nintendo Switch It would be absolutely laughable, but Nintendo has done it before. The 2014 follow-up to the Nintendo 3DS was just the “ New Nintendo 3DS ,” so a Switch upgrade might get the same treatment.

3. Nintendo Switch XL Many fans used the name “Switch XL” in 2019 because unconfirmed rumors predicted a larger handheld screen . The 3DS and 2DS did both receive "XL" versions in the past. Mochizuki’s report doesn't mention a larger screen, but XL on a bigger console is a no-brainer.

2. Nintendo Switch Pro Nintendo could call it the “Switch Pro” because that’s the most common parlance, but seeing as Sony already has a PlayStation 4 Pro , it would be unlike Nintendo to copy the naming convention of a competitor.

The sleeper hit and obvious highbrow-brilliant option that Nintendo needs to consider, Super Nintendo Switch would feel like a retro callback to the SNES, one of Nintendo’s most iconic consoles of all-time.

1. Super Nintendo Switch (SNS) Shutterstock

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5 names Nintendo could give its 2021 Switch update

The sleeper hit and obvious highbrow-brilliant option that Nintendo needs to consider, Super Nintendo Switch would feel like a retro callback to the SNES, one of Nintendo’s most iconic consoles of all-time.

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