Nintendo is very careful when it comes to partnering with other companies, but it looks like at one point they were rejected from Cyanogen when they asked Cyanogen to help develop the Switch’s OS. According to a tweet from Cyanogen’s former CEO, Nintendo came to them and asked for help developing an Android based OS for their latest console. However, Cyanogen seems to have been quite hostile with the Japanese company, McMaster claiming he told them to “stick it”.
What would it be like if the Switch was running on Android? Would it be better or worse? Who knows.
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