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Nintendo FTWii

  • Izuno
  • April 27, 2006 at 5:53 PM
  • Izuno
    • April 27, 2006 at 5:53 PM
    • #1

    Wheeee!!! I mean Wii!!!!!

    http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=12535

    Discuss.

  • Mazy
    • April 27, 2006 at 5:59 PM
    • #2

    Donno if I'm too keen on the name, but I guess I'll get used to it. But as for meaning and stuff its apparently good and stuff

  • spacer
    • April 27, 2006 at 6:45 PM
    • #3

    What the hell is going on with that name?

  • Section_Ei8ht
    • April 27, 2006 at 7:15 PM
    • #4

    was just about to post this

    Revolution sounded cooler. Dont know what the hell to make of Wii. Sounds too fruity and uncool. But as mazy said, I'll get used to it.

  • Gaz
    • April 27, 2006 at 7:19 PM
    • #5

    Wee is english slang/child talk for urine.

    Wii is pronouced the same, So its not that great a name sound wise.

    Its a cool logo though, and I understand why they went for it. But revolution was slightly better imo, but its still cool.

    I'm just not looking forward to the chavs about making inuendos like "My 360 takes a dump on your Wii" or something equally as lame.

    None the less, Its still the console that I actually WANT to buy this generation round.

  • Izuno
    • April 27, 2006 at 7:39 PM
    • #6

    Xbox360's code name was Xenon.

    "Xenon" > "Xbox360", but obviously they wanted to keep "Xbox" in the name and not simply call it "Xbox2" because Sony uses the idea of PS1, PS2, PS3, etc...

    The other thing about "360" is that Microsoft wanted a more "mass market" console that was "softer" (i.e. more appealing to non hardcore gamers as the Xbox rep was that it was a core gamer platform). So Xbox360 has more egglike and rounded or soft edges on the actual machine, in the logos, in the operating system, in the Microsoft advertising, in the accessories... But it still has "Xbox" in the name so that immediately reminds of us of its "hardcore" roots. So jam them together for "Xbox360" and you have a mass market console that still appeals to the hardcore.

    "Xbox360, hardcore for the grognards, yet accessible to the masses."

    Now...someone explain "Wii".

  • Tequila
    • April 27, 2006 at 7:47 PM
    • #7

    Terrible, terrible name.

    Irrelevant to me purchasing it or not though.

  • Ginger Lord
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:17 PM
    • #8

    Odd choice, then again I didn't like GameCube when it was announced.

  • sensee
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:25 PM
    • #9

    I like the idea behind the name and the logo looks cool.

    The main problem is like Gaz said, that it sounds too much like wee. That's going to cause a lot of immature jokes...

    cOuNtEr-$Tr1kE1994: "LoL RoFL wii soundz like WEE"


    g4ngst4_50c3nt: "nintendo suxxx!!!!!!!!111111 L0L"

  • ReNo
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:25 PM
    • #10

    I really liked Revolution, I really don't like Wii. But I'll still be taking a Wii over a PS3

  • Hourences
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:46 PM
    • #11

    Sounded real strange to me too on first sight but the more I read it the better it gets.

    Its kinda cool and all this controverse over their name makes people talk about it

  • General Vivi
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:47 PM
    • #12

    it will be funny to hear people talking about it in regular conversations.

    Janet " Hey i got a wii today."

    John " Yeah i heard that the wii came out a bit ago. How does the wii

    play?"

    Janet " I dont know yet but you wanna come over and play on my wii

    with me?"

    John " Yeah that sounds like fun, my wii broke the other day so

    playing with someone elses wii would ease my mind a bit ."

    -vivi

  • alexroyce
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:55 PM
    • #13

    Horrible name..

    Is it "Wee" or "Why"?

  • sensee
    • April 27, 2006 at 8:56 PM
    • #14

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    it's gonna sound funny when those kids get the wii...

  • dissonance
    • April 27, 2006 at 9:24 PM
    • #15

    I'm still gonna call it the Revolution.

  • GrayFox
    • April 27, 2006 at 9:52 PM
    • #16

    Why would anyone care what it's called??

  • Grinwhrl
    • April 27, 2006 at 10:01 PM
    • #17

    sounds pretty cool..... I mean Gay!

  • Thrik
    • April 27, 2006 at 10:43 PM
    • #18
    Quote from Izuno

    Xbox360's code name was Xenon."Xenon" > "Xbox360", but obviously they wanted to keep "Xbox" in the name and not simply call it "Xbox2" because Sony uses the idea of PS1, PS2, PS3, etc...

    The other thing about "360" is that Microsoft wanted a more "mass market" console that was "softer" (i.e. more appealing to non hardcore gamers as the Xbox rep was that it was a core gamer platform). So Xbox360 has more egglike and rounded or soft edges on the actual machine, in the logos, in the operating system, in the Microsoft advertising, in the accessories... But it still has "Xbox" in the name so that immediately reminds of us of its "hardcore" roots. So jam them together for "Xbox360" and you have a mass market console that still appeals to the hardcore.

    "Xbox360, hardcore for the grognards, yet accessible to the masses."

    Now...someone explain "Wii".

    Just look at the article you posted in your first post; there's like two paragraphs of writing from Nintendo explaining it. xD

    http://revolution.nintendo.com/

  • alexroyce
    • April 27, 2006 at 10:55 PM
    • #19

    You know somethings wrong when the company has to explain why on Earth they named it the way it is..

  • zaphod
    • April 27, 2006 at 11:06 PM
    • #20

    no such thing as bad press . . . it's got everyone talking about it dosen't it?

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