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darkknight109 posted...

About the only anomaly in that list is that the N64 didn't really retain any naming similarities with the SNES, despite the latter moving a tonne of units.

Not so much in the official name, but given how many people just called the SNES "Super Nintendo," "Nintendo" with a different qualifying adjective is pretty consistent. In the modern era, "64" doesn't seem very descriptive because technical progression has gotten so nuanced and most people don't understand any of it anymore, but at the time people were generally aware of the difference between 8-bit and 16-bit, such that emphasizing that it was 64-bit (which even skipped 32-bit! How exciting!) made it clear that it was an upgrade.

Sonicplys posted...

I hope this console is underpowered too.

I unironically agree, to a certain extent. Chasing power is boring, and I've already got a PC for that. We've hit a point where there isn't that much more that can be done to meaningfully improve games with additional power (TotK's phenomenal draw distance and near-seamless transitions are an example of something that can be improved with a stronger system, but TotK has already done about as much as anyone can be expected to in that regard, on the Switch), so I'd rather see a weaker system for the sake of keeping the cost down and/or adding further utility (like handheld mode) than sacrifice those savings/utility for the sake of shinier pixels.