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Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii'
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.'"
"Because, it's really not about you or me. It's about Wii."
To quote Irwin Mahatma Fletcher: I R pissed.
Wii not?!
My initial reaction: let the namecalling begin. Wii Nintendo Revolution becomes too easy an acronym. I can't be the only one to think of this.
And it has just dreadful connotations..
I need to go Wii Wii,
ha ha, my wii wii is bigger than yours,
WII the second world war,
W2 time to pay taxes,
this little piggie goes Wii Wii Wii all the way home,
honey, wii need to talk...
This goes a long way to putting to rest all that crap about Nintendos only being made for kids...
This guy's the limit!
Is it pronounced Yo mutha fucka weeee! or Wheee! (nyeh nyeh nyeh)?
The first thing I though of upon hearing this name was the Gonads and Strife flash animation.
Wii. Not so Wii. and FREAKIN HUGE.
Just like the marketing guy who coined the "Touching is good..." slogan for the NDS, the guy who came up with this and thought it was clever needs to be a bit more in-touch (pun intended) with American culture.
Just like parents thought twice about buying a product for their child that kept telling you how good it was to "touch", it's going to be hard for self-respecting gamers to ask for a "Wii". And God-help us when the 16-year-old behind the counter at Wal-Mart explains to the nervous parents how the NDS will interface with the Wii, so the product with the catch-phrase "Touching is good" can be used to interface with your..."Wii."
I love Nintendo, and I think the new console is going to rock - but naming it "Wii" is like naming your kid Richard when your last name is Head; you're just gimping them unnecessarily from the start.
AE
So does this mean that all the games are going to be appended with Wii? Super Mario Wii, Zelda Wii, Metroid Wii? Or even worse Madden Wii? This has got to be the worst product name since the Kia Smegma.
The days of the digital watch are numbered.
Was it something I said?
Cheers,
Ian
They could call it the Nintendo crap bucket, doesn't matter. I'm still getting one so I can play all those old Nintendo games.
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I fully approve of this name, even if it is one 'i' short.
I think "Nintendo Wtf" would have much more universal recognicion than "Nintendo Wii", because "Wtf" is what I think when I see that name.
WTF?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
"I can't wait to get home and play with my Wii!"
"Want to come over and play with my Wii?"
"Will this run on my Wii?"
I'm sorry, but I can't find the right way to incorprate the Wii into conversation.
I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
wii are not amused. It's going to cause all sorts of havoc asking for it.
Me: Can I have a 'wii' please?
Irish counter guy: A wee bit of what lad?
Me: No, a wii. 'Wii you've heard of it, right?
Irish guy: There'll be no sort of that behavior in this store sonny!
Admittedly, Wii does sound strange (and alot like 'weeeeeeeeeeeeee' :) ), but it also has something that makes one wonder what this 'wee-thing you just talked about' is.
Off record: If the Wii's can connect to eachother, would it be a 'wiiwii' ? And would I be in trouble if I told people I'm off playing with my friends and our WiiWii's ?
*cough* I'm sorry.
We are the Knights who say "Wii"!
Please? I don't care if you have to lie.
I can visualise the Penny Arcade strip already...
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/05/27
Yeah pretty much..umm Wii? Does this mean someting in Japansese? Is this its tittle in Japan? Because if it is the American Name then American are going to call the Wii the Gay Revolution.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
Perhaps the pronunciation will be regionalised. In Japan it will be pronounced 'Wee'. In most of Europe it will be pronounced 'Why'. In the US it will be pronounced 'Why? Dear Lord, Nintendo, why?' Only in Newcastle will it be pronounced 'Why-eye'.
++ Say to Elrond "Hello.".
Elrond says "No.". Elrond gives you some lunch.
We are the systems that say "Wii!" Now I demand you bring me.....a mushroom!
"All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
Call it the 'N Wii' instead of the 'Nintendo Wii' and it doesn't sound so bad.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
Yeah, I can't wait for Twilight Princess to come out for the Dolphin...
I wish I could filter out the annoying Pickens articles...
Wii hates it, wii hates it, wii hates it for ever!
Circumcision is child abuse.
Something tells me this is going to get ugly. Just off the top of my head:
1) Shopper: "Hi. I see these are on sale. I would like to take a Wii."
2) Son, you've been playing with your Wii all day on that tiny monitor -- give it a rest or you'll go blind.
3) Headline: Wii usage linked to possible repetitive stress injury?
BTW, Is a cluster of these called a Wii-Wii?
Surely there are more jokes to be had... your turn, Slashdotters.
Shareholders will eventually get upset with all the money being pissed away.
Don't you mean Wii-Wii'ed away?
"Wii are not amused"
Did you get that thing I sent ya?
Judging by the price of consoles, they'll demand a little more than a shrubbery...
The Knights who say Wii demand... a sacrifice!
Windows isn't the answer... it's the question. NO is the answer!
It's when a ninja is wailing on his guitar really hard.
They call me the wookie man, I guess that's what I am
Only if you somehow ran Be on your Wi, or perhaps coded something in C. (i know, i know.)
If Jesus wants me it knows where to find me.
Do you have any resources to back that up?
I recently bought a BetaMax player and entire collection of 10 tapes at a garage sale a couple days ago. I think that means BetaMax is now outselling UMD.
I'm watching and seeing no such things. If your refering to the balls it is throwing thats hardly a wifi reference.. More of a throwing the controller across the room reference! :)
BTW, Is a cluster of these called a Wii-Wii?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Wii-wiis!
That said, I'm not sure how I feel about the name, I like Revolution better, but Wii might turn out good/fun too. (And I'm looking forward to getting my hands on that Wii.)
Oh, a million puns and only so little time.
"Live free or don't."
While I didn't know Mr. Head, I did go to school with a Michael Hunt. Went by Mike, naturally.
You're special forces then? That's great! I just love your olympics!
Wii vs. Emacs 360
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
THIS IS THE INTERNET. PLEASE PICK UP YOUR SERIOUS BUSINESS SUIT AT THE FRONT COUNTER.
My dad's college roommate was Richard Rash. I kid you not.
Fine then. How do we pronounce it?
Well, I can't speak officially, but I think an American company named 'Wang' has bigger problems than a slogan meaning something else in Britain.. Because really, and slogan involving Wang is going to be problematic.
"You're under arrest!"
WIIABOO
WIIABOO
The other proposed name was the Power Nintendo Entertainment System. But then Nintendo realized they would have millions of children saying "Mommy, can I get a PNES for christmas?"
For bonus fun, if you pronounce it like "Wifi" but dropping the "f", you sound like a Northerner saying "wahey".
Why-aye, pet! Nintendo's a canny bastard fer choosing a name like that. Te can always tell when a Geordie's left the toon and got a job somewhere proper, aye!
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
Surely a top-loading CD drive like the Jaguar toilet seat would be more appropriate?
Congratulations, Nintendo. You're up against stiff competition, and we weren't sure you could pull it off; but with a branding decision like this, urine the running for sure. The guy who came up with this name must be a real whizz.
No doubt there will be a shower of solid gold hit software--a veritable golden shower of games. You'll be flush with cash in no time.
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
In Repressive Burma, it's not just your connection that dies. slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=314547&cid=20819199
Or WIkI? or WIsconsIn? Or WIssIssippi?
No Sigs!
Yes, I know it's too late in the thread for anyone to read this, but it needed saying.
...or they could call it Penis.
Haha! Oh, man, could you imagine that? "Hey, you wanna come over and play with my penis?" ROFL!
Sorry, I'm not big on subtlety.