Nintendo's eventual handheld-only Switch should be named...

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Assuming Nintendo, at sone point, makes a handheld-only version of the Switch, what should they name it? Should they even make one?

I'd like to throw my hat in with "Switch Less". It covers all the necessary points: it's cheaper, it's smaller, and hey, it doesn't switch.

If Dumb Nintendo gets their hands on it, it'll be called the Nintendo DS (Doesn't Switch).

Your thoughts?

 

[Raijinto]

I don't like the concept and I don't like the name either.

Sorry OP.

 

[Medalion]

I can't tell if you are trolling... that's a horrible name, and puts a negative view on the brand and the device itself.

 

[Cyryus]

Nintendo Switch Go

Maybe a smaller screen, better battery life, does NOT come with a dock (duh) but still be able to work & purchase a dock in the future for TV Mode.

 

[Deleted member 249]

What? Why?

 

[Deleted member 1413]

You don't call your system "less". "Switch Less? More like Worthless, amiright???"

 

[Redmond Barry]

You... I.... Um.... FFFFF... Errr... Huh?? What!... Nah, you...

 

[Deleted member 8112]

Sorry to crush your dreams OP but Labor and the other new ways to play kill a handheld only/console only Switch.

 

[Maxina]

No. Also, a handheld only Switch kills the entire concept of the Switch.

 

[Zeeman]

If there's one thing you want to emphasize when naming a product, it's the things it doesn't do

 

[Atheerios]

lol

Now seriously:

Nintendo Go

 

[cvbas]

"Less" is a very negative word to use in a product name. It's a bad name and there's no way it would ever be used.

 

[Karateka]

Id rather a tv only switch

 

[808s & Villainy]

So a Switch that can't switch...

 

[Bunkles]

Awful name.

 

[Strangelove_77]

That's the worst thing I've ever heard.

 

[Astral Lovelace]

OP your idea is bad. The concept is bad. The name is bad. It is all bad.

This thread is bad.

 

[ASleepingMonkey]

I laugh to myself at the thought of NintenGo. A terrible name but I like it because it makes me laugh.

Also, I can't see Switch Less being a thing. Gonna have to vote no on this one OP.

 

[Atheerios]

No. Also, a handheld only Switch kills the entire concept of the Switch.

Click to shrink...

That's why it won't be called a Switch. Just like 2DS didn't have "3DS" on its name.

 

[Springy]

That's marketing suicide, OP.

 

[Skittzo]

Didn't Labo kinda confirm that this handheld only Switch is never going to happen?

 

[Boy Wander]

I'm guessing you don't work in marketing...

 

[Ginosaurio]

Switch Less sounds like a inferior version of a Switch from a marketing stand point.

If I want a Switch just for portable just call it with completely another name outside of the "Switch" brand, just adding to the system the "compatible with Nintendo Switch games" as an attribute.

 

[super-famicom]

Any name with a negative connotation (Less, in this case) will basically kill any consumer interest. The only exceptions to this would be insect sprays or something that removes or cleans unwanted dirt/grime/etc.

 

[Stuart Gipp]

How about Shitty Switch?

 

[LegendofLex]

Unless Nintendo removes the USB-C port and no longer allows the unit to connect to controllers over Bluetooth, there's absolutely no reason why any portable version of Switch won't be able to be dropped onto a dock and output to the TV.

Even a TV-only model is still going to connect to Joy-Con controllers and have a library that can be played on the go.

 

[RadioJoNES]

Nintendo Locked In Place

 

[Deleted member 437]

Ok name.

But how about

"Don't Switch"

 

[Dark Cloud]

Bruh...Switch less? Lmao

 

[Hippopuncher12]

Wait, why would they make a handheld only Switch, when the whole idea of the Switch is the hybrid nature. This makes no sense.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

What about "Switched"?

You can't switch it back, it has already been switched!

Spoiler

Nintendo, feel free to license this from me for one hundred million dollars.

...

Uhh, I'll show myself out now.

 

[scasm]

Thank you for your thoughts, please don't ever share them again.

 

[Raysoul]

 

[Monodi]

If they ever do a spinoff like that, it could be Switch Lite or something. They could definitely create a "Switch Systems Family" much like the 3DS, that said I am not sure if they'd release a version without detachable joycons.

Maybe they will find a way to make a smaller version? Who knows.

 

[Cyryus]

Unless Nintendo removes the USB-C port and no longer allows the unit to connect to controllers over Bluetooth, there's absolutely no reason why any portable version of Switch won't be able to be dropped onto a dock and output to the TV.

Click to shrink...

This!

 

[Poutine Runner 2049]

Theres a reason people do this marketing stuff for a living.

 

[CopperPuppy]

Awful.

It will obviously be called Switch Go.

 

[OldBritBloke]

Switch Solo.

 

[angel]

It would be called the dockless wonder.

 

[Tebunker]

You know there is already a handheld only Switch. Its called the Nintendo Switch.

You don't ever have to dock the damned thing.

People asking or thinking Nintendo is doing a dock only version or handheld only version anytime in the next 8 plus years are delusional. The system is already all of those things and their realignement for hardware and digital point to them moving forward with this type of arrangement. It benefits Nintendo none going back.

I hate to be the bubble burster here by why do you even assume it's happening

 

[Leafhopper]

I want a handheld only Switch but, I legit think that one of the reasons they want (other than the logistics of them basic the entire marketing about switching between handheld and TV) is that whatever the name would be, it would be awful.

 

[ghibli99]

Assuming Nintendo, at sone point, makes a handheld-only version of the Switch, what should they name it? Should they even make one?

Click to shrink...

No, and if they do, it won't be called the Switch anything.

 

[Dragonyeuw]

With due respect, please don't work in marketing. Naming your product 'less' is a terrible idea.

 

[Directed by Fulci]

Switch U

 

[Jaime.GGG]

New Game Boy

 

[Monodi]

It would be called the dockless wonder.

Click to shrink...

"It's true. This man has no dock"

 

[Duck Sauce]

Switchless?

 

[The Almighty Tria]

Lite Switch

 

[RabbidPeach]

Switch Mini.

 

[Cinemikel]

Never go into marketing. Ever