Nintendo UK Defends the Wii

GamesIndustry.biz is running a story defending the Wii from across the pond. Nintendo's UK boss David Yarnton has nothing but good words for the new name for the Revolution. From the article: "It's like any new name ... it takes a while to get established. I think that you'll find that in not even six months, in a short period of time, people will accept it; they won't be referring to Revolution or next-generation, it'll just be Wii."

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Wii playable at E3?

[Mr. Sketch]

From TFA:
Yarnton encouraged commentators to "look beyond just the name, at the whole philosophy of what we're about," and said that he expected people to have a very different perception of the Wii once they've played the device at E3. [Emphasis mine]

This makes it sound like there will be a Wii playable on the floor at E3. Other reports I've heard made it sound like it would only be playable by a few select people.

Hasn't hurt their stock much

[antifoidulus]

NTDOY.PK has been increasing in value for the past week, it's up around $19.15 now, though that is probably due in part to the huge gains the yen has been making in the past 2 weeks.

Still call it Nintendo

[strider2k]

Amongst my friends and I, we call it "Wii". Amongst my FOB parents and FOB relatives, all video game products are called "Nintendo" with the exception of "Atari". Btw, the last game my parents played was Pac-Man on the Atari 2600. It requires no English skills, easy to learn, and fun for the whole family. With the remote style controller, I wouldn't need to explain how to play a game with my broken foreign language skills to my parents and/or relatives. FOB = Fresh Off the Boat (slang for immigrants coming from Asia to America)