Hex

so the big N announces the new console will be call 'Wii' - pronounced wee. what were they thinking?

"Okay, the name ... we want to thank everyone that had good things to say about it ... both of you," quips Nintendo superhero Reggie Fils-Aime

DJ Dunk

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Cr@p name, great looking piece of kit IMO

Iain Young

Why is it a naff name? It's got everyone talking about it, so surely it's worked as planned

Sorely tempted to get one of these. It's a good looking bit of kit...

Mogsi

And if the rumours are to be believed it's going to be very affordable.....

kingofturds

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ninendos show at the e3 has sent their shares rocketing

DJ Dunk

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Because Wii stinks. Perhaps Shiit or Piiss ?

I'm sure their pretentious marketing department thought it was a great idea, but it just doesn't translate well in english. Respect due for what they are setting out to do though, unlike Sony and their poor attempt this time around.

jpor

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Why couldn't they stay with the name revolution? Sounds like the name is taking the p!ss out of itself.

Iain Young

I still say it's all down to the marketing. The name "revolution", whilst more conventional, is hardly attention grabbing. The name Wii has generated an insane amount of interest in the console from people who had never heard of it before.

There's an old saying ... "There's no such thing as bad publicity", and from the debates this name has caused, I have to agree...

leonpoole

i need a wii. when are they getting released ?

Shaolin

But will it flop like the gamecube did?
Its really the Nintendo fan boys who love it, where most of the games are really pap to be honest apart from the resident evil series.
They didnt market the gamecube enough in this country when it came out, they need to actually do something this time or its going the same way as the cube.

Iain Young

Hope not. It looks genuinely good this time around.

You can say that about all the consoles though. It's the sony fanboys that keep that console alive as well. I bought a ps2 a year ago, and since then I've only played about 2 games on it which I can genuinely say I've enjoyed and were any better than pap.

Agreed there. There are loads of people who say they want to develop for it this time around though. Not just Nintendo (which was the case with the gc).

MJW

At least the games for recent Nintendo systems have been innovative instead of the constant stream of sports / driving / shooters you see on every other console. But yes, I agree they're on the whole crap I can't see me needing a Wii anytime soon though

bob269

Zelda 18, Mario Kart 23, sonic 48....such an array of original titles from Nintendo

Iain Young

There are very few innovative games on any platform, be it pc, gc, ps2, xbox etc. There have been more than usual on the nintendo machines though. Whether you personally like them or not is irrelevant. At least they are brave enough to try something different.

spectrum48k

do you mean the name or the concept ?

Because right now we're still using the same friggin' joysticks and input devices for games that we were back in the 80's

Its about time someone moved things on, in a games world obsessed with graphics.

mattbeef

Thats why the GC never did well in the US/Europe because the GC was about the games over the graphics. Good job us Nintendo fan boys kept it going