Back in 2015, before Nintendo was ready to fully unveil the Nintendo Switch, the console was teased as the codename NX. Nintendo kept up the secrecy for a while, continually hyping the NX console for well over a year until they debuted the finalized system as the Switch in late 2016. After that, the NX joined the list of in-development Nintendo monikers such as Revolution and Cafe, never to be used again.

Now, years later, we get to refamiliarize ourselves with the NX, thanks to the leak of a prototype game. An early development build of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was dumped, with a build date two days prior to the reveal of the Switch's final name, which occurred on October 20, 2016. This supposed beta came from what is claimed to be an early EMMC ODIN board, with footage already uploaded to YouTube.

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In addition to the Mario Kart 8 prototype, which has a debug menu and numerous in-development options, was a short boot animation. Many are familiar with the snap of Joy-Cons heard when you boot a Switch, but before that was the final design, Nintendo had a working NX logo and animation, which haven't been seen before. The MK8D prototype is already running on emulators via a patch, and is currently being datamined.

The Nintendo Switches Codename was the NX and this was an early Logo / Boot Up animation used during development of the Console ( It was found in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Prototype ) This was never seen outside Nintendo pic.twitter.com/B1bS5zCKOu

— @pfkelly.bsky.social 📯🦝 CORPONATION Out TODAY (@PaulFelixKelly) November 20, 2022

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[randy_w]

And Nintendo ninjas already took it down..

 

[lattechan]

And Nintendo ninjas already took it down..

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stupid nintendo it's on the internet it's here forever now.
I already saw like 4 people in this thread save the video lol.

 

[BlusterBong]

And Nintendo ninjas already took it down..

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Its almost like trying to bring out "Top Secret" info about a companies product that they are trying to sell is begging to be struck. Who could've guessed?

 

[1B51004]

And Nintendo ninjas already took it down..

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should i try and reupload it or would it be too risky rn?

 

[lattechan]

should i try and reupload it or would it be too risky rn?

On Youtube it will probably just get auto flagged now

 

[BlusterBong]

should i try and reupload it or would it be too risky rn?

You could just put it on as many archive sites as you can, but it's not like you can't outrun the DMCA force by spreading it everywhere you can. (Or just put it on Pirate Bay.)

 

[susbaconhairman]

Looks like it's still on the wayback machine at least! http://web.archive.org/web/20221123155026/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_pRA0WKB8

 

[TeamInject]

Nintendo's prototype names are so much cooler than the final ones, imo.

Dolphin = GCN (I actually love they named it GameCube)
Revolution = Wii (Revolution would've been awesome)
WU = Wii U (bad, should've been named Wii Pro or something)
NX = Switch (not a bad name, it's catchy and memorable)

Now to be honest. WU just reminds me of sensei wu from ninjago lol. But still I can agree on this one.

 

[ChibiMofo]

I liked NX name better, and logo now too.

I'll bet that Nintendo fans would be blaming the name now if the handheld had failed, like they hilariously did when the Wii U failed. (Like anyone actually though (for four years!) that it was an add-on for the Wii.)

 

[SylverReZ]

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I've downloaded it anyways

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should i try and reupload it or would it be too risky rn?

It's more likely to get taken down also.

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Looks like it's still on the wayback machine at least! http://web.archive.org/web/20221123155026/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_pRA0WKB8

Thanks. Screw Nintendo and their lame-ass company.

 

[reidling]

Nintendo i love and hate you so much

 

[AboodXD]

Nintendo's prototype names are so much cooler than the final ones, imo.

Dolphin = GCN (I actually love they named it GameCube)
Revolution = Wii (Revolution would've been awesome)
WU = Wii U (bad, should've been named Wii Pro or something)
NX = Switch (not a bad name, it's catchy and memorable)

Wii U's is Cafe.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Wii U's is Cafe.

Cafe? When I looked it up I found a source that claimed it was "WU."

Regardless, Cafe or WU are both pretty terrible prototype names.

 

[Juicy_Berger]

Onyx??

 

[J-Lin]

Tbh I would've given the Wii U a better dev name, like maybe Brewster or Beanbag (due to the general theme of coffee in the hardware names)

Cafe is the codename.

 

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Nintendo took the video down, to no-one's surprise.