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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.'"
It looks like it's pronounced "Why". And "why" is pretty much all I have to say about it.
Revolution wasn't like Dolphin, the stupid codename for the Gamecube that no one heard about. Revolution is a cool name that's been all over the game media. Everyone knows it as the Revolution, and all the Nintendo fanboys have been drooling over getting a Revolution forever. Now it's Wii? WTF.
"What is Internet Explorer 7? Are you saying we can't access the normal internet?" - I love tech support. Really.
Because.
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
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Oddly enough, I was thinking Weeeeeeeeee!
Gonads and strife.
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WWII was the first thing I thought of when I saw that name.
In any case, add my vote to a bad name, not necessarily due to the WWII, but just in general
Is it pronounced with a long I or an ee sound? Maybe Nintendo will go wee wee all the way home after coming up with this name.
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