Now it’s official. The race to unveil Nintendo’s next console has begun and the announcement will take place later this financial year. This week, we not only got the balance of last year’s results and the promise of seeing the Nintendo Switch 2 in the coming months, but we also got a glimpse of some of the key components and what to expect from the console.
Now comes a new confirmation of the Switch’s successor: the code name. The Famiboards forums have been dripping (and very scattered) information from Nintendo insiders, and this internal designation for the Switch 2 has now come to light. We can now call it Nintendo Switch MUJI.
According to Nintendo Universe editor Necrolipa voice recognized as a reliable source of Nintendo news, confirms that this is the actual codename by which the new console is known, and that it has been circulating for months among certain circles close to Nintendo.
What does Muji, the name of the Nintendo Switch 2, mean?
While secret internal product designations are often meaningless, the name of Nintendo has often revealed some evolution in the way the console is used (or revolution, as the codename for the Wii was).
As for Muji, we’re not sure what that might mean, though Nintendo duo have come up with a pretty solid theory about what that means. They claim that Muji is a word that comes from combining two Japanese kanji that create the expression “formless” or “flat”, which can also be described as a blank canvas. Another explanation is another way of forming the phonetics of Muji with other kanji, which would give an expression that can be translated as “next dream”.
Anyway, the only thing we can say so far is that we already have a name for the Switch 2, and that’s MUJI.
