Developers React To 'Wii'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 2, 2006 @05:34AM from the gnashing-of-teeth dept.

Gamasutra has reactions from game developers to the announcement of the Revolution's new commercial name, 'Wii'. From the article: "It doesn't change my personal opinions of the console in the slightest. It changes my opinion of the Nintendo marketing department considerably. Did they even bother to research this? Why do they do these things? What was wrong with 'Revolution'? It's bad enough that the Japanese have a drink called "Sweat," but at least they don't try to export it to the English-speaking world with that name. Am I supposed to be happy about having to go down to the game store to purchase the 'Nintendo Wee'? For God's sake, where was Miyamoto? I can't believe he would have let this get by. - Ernest Adams"

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Re:There is no such thing as bad publicity by Danny+Rathjens · 2006-05-02 06:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

Whee!
Penny Arcade's ever relevant commentary by Vaystrem · 2006-05-02 07:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

Comic entitled 'Whence Wii'
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/28
Nintendo Vagina by mikeal · 2006-05-02 07:06 · Score: 0, Redundant

Leave it to penny arcade to nail this one.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/28
No, you're just wrong. by StarKruzr · 2006-05-02 07:40 · Score: 0, Redundant

Dick Butkus didn't choose to be called Dick Butkus.

Nintendo thought of ALL the names they could have picked for their console, and they chose "Wii." It's a fucking stupid name, man. Nintendo fans have as much of a right to complain as Nintendo does to tell them "fuck you, we're doing it our way."

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