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Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the weeeeeeeeeeee dept.

Retroneous writes "The Nintendo Revolution has had its name changed to the Nintendo Wii." Confirmation on the official Revolution site. Update: 04/27 16:32 GMT by Z : More information available from a Gamasutra article: "New details on the disc format have also been revealed: 'Instead of a tray, a single, innovative, self-loading media bay will play both 12-centimeter optical discs used for the new system as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. Owners will have the option of equipping a small, self-contained attachment to play movies and other DVD content.'"

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  1. BHAWWHAAHAHAHAHAAHA! by H3lldr0p · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    While the code-name "Revolution" expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.


    Seriously, do people read statements like this aloud before putting them out? I fully expect this console, should this change be true, to become the biggest joke among the six-year-old crowd there ever was. The jokes write themselves.

  2. Why? or should I say Wii? by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are they fucking serious?

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  3. They should add a W by polv0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They should add a W... I can't believe any Japanese company would name a product one letter short of WWII.