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.'"

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WTF8

[iGN97]

"Because, it's really not about you or me. It's about Wii."

To quote Irwin Mahatma Fletcher: I R pissed.

Re:WTF8

[Rogue Eve]

This is Wiik.

Re:WTF8

[ctr2sprt]

Man, I gotta take a wicked Revolution.

First Pun!

[fm6]

Wii not?!

Re:First Pun!

[thatguywhoiam]

what fucktard thought that custom optical discs would be a good idea?

The same fucktards that want to make pirating games difficult without breaking the game or your system.

The important thing here is: we agree that they are fucktards.

This goes a long way...

[gEvil (beta)]

This goes a long way to putting to rest all that crap about Nintendos only being made for kids...

Gonads and strife... SHUT UP!

[tepples]

Is it pronounced Yo mutha fucka weeee! or Wheee! (nyeh nyeh nyeh)?

Weeeeee!

[spaztik]

The first thing I though of upon hearing this name was the Gonads and Strife flash animation.

also announced

[rayde]

it will be released in 3 sizes to combat the 3 colors of PS3. these sizes are:

Wii. Not so Wii. and FREAKIN HUGE.

Re:also announced

[rayde]

and to continue my own thread... this made me laugh out loud..

"Touching is good...", "Wii-wii..." Oh My

[AudioEfex]

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

Super, 64, DS

[uberjoe]

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.

I feel victimised

[mccalli]

This year, my Powerbook become a MacBook Pro and now my likely console upgrade has turned into wee.

Was it something I said?

Cheers,
Ian

A rose by any other name...

[192939495969798999]

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.

Re:A rose by any other name...

[fred_sanford]

Props to Mel Brooks

Prince John: Such an unusual name, "Latrine." How did your family come by it?
Latrine: We changed it in the 9th century.
Prince John: You mean you changed it TO "Latrine"?
Latrine: Yeah. Used to be "Shithouse."
Prince John: It's a good change. That's a good change!

wii

[drwiii]

I fully approve of this name, even if it is one 'i' short.

Nintendo Wtf?

[Kenshin]

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?

All I can say is...

[abes]

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!

Re:April 1st was 26 days ago

[88NoSoup4U88]

I actually liked their explanation of chosing for Wii : The video also shows it quite well.

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.

What about Japanese?

[tktk]

Can someone fluent in Japanese tell me if Wii means something cool in the Japanese language?

Please? I don't care if you have to lie.

Re:Oh Good Lord

[david.given]

Wii Nintendo, Wii? Gotta say that's a very bad name...

I can visualise the Penny Arcade strip already...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/05/27

Re:No way

[iapetus]

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'.

Obligatory Monty Python Joke

[metal slime]

We are the systems that say "Wii!" Now I demand you bring me.....a mushroom!

Re:April 1st was 26 days ago

[chris_eineke]

I can think [..] that this is the first half of some multi-staga announcement

Of course it is! Next month they're going to call it wii-wii, then pii-pii. Then they're going to call it an accident and rename it back to Revolution, because it takes a revolution to potty-train a gamer.

N Wii

[Midnight Thunder]

Call it the 'N Wii' instead of the 'Nintendo Wii' and it doesn't sound so bad.

Gollum

[Stormwatch]

Wii hates it, wii hates it, wii hates it for ever!

As overheard at the retail counter+prank calls...

[JonTurner]

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.

Re:What about Japanese?

[Braino420]

It's when a ninja is wailing on his guitar really hard.

Re:"Touching is good...", "Wii-wii..." Oh My

[daenris]

My dad's college roommate was Richard Rash. I kid you not.

Re:Add another one to the list of marketing mistak

[tutori]

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.

Re:Why wii? Confusion with Wifi?

[Ford Prefect]

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!

Re:Why wii? Confusion with Wifi?

[ChrisGilliard]

Or WIkI? or WIsconsIn? Or WIssIssippi?

Re:Why wii? Confusion with Wifi?

[victim]

Apparently it doesn't have 802.11 since Wii is what you get if you have No F-in Wifi.

Yes, I know it's too late in the thread for anyone to read this, but it needed saying.