Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

Re:Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft by OkayPhysicist on Monday February 02, 2026 @07:59PM (#46864806)

Nintendo's strategy isn't the absolute worst. They mostly just give new names to new console designs, with modifiers to specify next-gen-without-major-changes. So the SNES was a next-gen NES, the N64 was its own thing, the GameCube was its own thing, the Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advanced were iterations on the same thing, DS, DSi, 3DS were all generation steps. WiiU was a next-gen Wii, Switch 2 is a next-gen Switch.

They probably should have called the WiiU the Super Wii or Wii 2 or something, but on the whole they've got a mostly coherent naming convention.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft by somat on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:53PM (#46865836)

I would put the would put the wii firmly in the gamecube family line. it's a uprated gamecube with a weird controller.

    nes:snes = 6502
    n64 = mips
    gamecube:wii:wiiu = powerpc
    switch:switch2 = arm

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft by pezezin on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:49AM (#46867861)

Yes, the Wii is essentially an overclocked GameCube with a bit more RAM and as you mentioned, a weird controller.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft by davidron on Thursday February 05, 2026 @07:53PM (#46907617)

As a regular human who plays games and doesn't know about chip architectures, one woud probably lump the wii and the switch closer together than the game cube based on the modes in which one can interact with the systems.

Wii is a game cube with a funny controller. Or, wii is a tv-only olde switch.

I appreciate that it has its own name due to being a transitional experience.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft by Macha on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:54PM (#46865840)

I don’t think Nintendo’s scheme was ever that great as it blurred the difference between variant form factors (Game Boy Pocket vs Game Boy, Game Boy Micro/SP vs Game Boy Advance, DS Lite, 2/3DS XL, Wii Mini), pro models with limited exclusives (Game Boy Color, DSi, New 2/3DS), and full on new generations (Game Boy Advance, 3DS, Wii U).

[ Parent | on HN ]