Nintendo.... Wii? wtf...

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Bull Dog

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I was a bit horrified at first, but I can live with the name. Its ok, and I like "short and sweet" names.
 
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Cabages

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My friends laugh whenever they see my Gamecube. I cannot buy one, for fear of ultimate humiliation.

How are they going to market this? Imagine commercials...
 
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Originally posted by: Cabages
My friends laugh whenever they see my Gamecube. I cannot buy one, for fear of ultimate humiliation.
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rightly so...


PS3 FTW :D

 
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Lonyo

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Do when someone says the word "we" do you automatically think of pissing as well?
Yay for children. Except not.
 
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Originally posted by: 5150Joker
So what do you think of Nintendo (Revolution..RIP) Wii's new name? Here's a few YTMND pages dedicated to it:

1. http://carltonwii.ytmnd.com/ <---my favorite.
2. http://adamwii.ytmnd.com/
3. http://celebrateourwii.ytmnd.com/
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Thanks to Nintendo, this heavily repressed music video (not for work) came back to the forfront of my mind. Gonads in the lightning! I think there will be this mental block to purchasing this console now. :(
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LOL nice.
 
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Nirach

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Man, who cares what they call it, it's going to be a badass controller and a strangely badass console.

You're not gonna say "Sorry, can't come out I'm playing with my wii" (aside from it sounding like some sort of depraved sexual act) you'd probably say something like "Hoorah! Another good console from Nintendo!" and promptly jump back into a sword fight you started previously.

Or fisshing, if you're that way inclined.
 
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Originally posted by: Cabages
How are they going to market this?
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"Hey TV audience, our new console is much cheaper than the 360 or PS3. It also offers games $20 cheaper. I't won't accidentally set your room on fire either. Finally, remember those great graphics the 360 promised a yea ago? Remember how it's video and CPU tech is already completely obsolete and cannot compare to current PC games? Like the idea of completely unique, intuitive controlls? How about being able to download and play every nintendo game ever for nominal fees? Like all of this? Well we've got a console for you, and it won't even run into shortages or force us to loose $200 on every unit sold. Only problem is the name isn't the coolest. Anyone care? Didn't think so. Line forms over there"

I think it will market just fine :)
 
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OMG!! The puns/jokes are endless...

"Xbox 360 and PS3 will Wii all over the competition"

"People will continuely take the 'p1ss' out of Nintendo"

"Nintendo are in 'hot' water"

"Financially they were in the black, now they will be in the yellow"

"As long as they come out with a 'stream' of new games they'll be fine"

"I wonder if anybody will 'leak' any new game announcements"

What on earth were Nintendo thinking!!!!!?????
 
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fierydemise

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Nintendo claims wii reflects the goal of the console as something thats accessible and fun for everyone not just gamers.
 
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450R

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Wii don't need no education!

Nintendo is doing something different and refreshing which is exactly what the console market needs. Innovation will last a lot longer than eye-candy. The name isn't that important but it still makes me Wii my pants.
 
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jiffylube1024

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I think they will change the name for the North American market, if Nintendo has any good sense left.

Btw, the DS is good clean fun ;) .
 
Golgatha

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Just thought about this. Wii is coming from the same company who called their last generation graphics chip Flipper (Gamecube by ATI). Maybe they're just regressing with words, in which case their next-next generation will be ma ma.
 
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Originally posted by: Golgatha
Just thought about this. Wii is coming from the same company who called their last generation graphics chip Flipper (Gamecube by ATI). Maybe they're just regressing with words, in which case their next-next generation will be ma ma.
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it was flipper because the console was code-named dolphin.

it words just as well as G70 for a code name. or E90. or anything else.



anyway, this console will sell, because you can have sword fights.
 
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Originally posted by: Golgatha
Just thought about this. Wii is coming from the same company who called their last generation graphics chip Flipper (Gamecube by ATI). Maybe they're just regressing with words, in which case their next-next generation will be ma ma.
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LOL. :laugh:
And maybe it will also be backwards compatible with Pong and Space Invaders.
 
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They WILL change the name for the NA market. I can assure that. Once they see the feedback from the name, they will probably change it to Revolution.
 
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Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
I think they will change the name for the North American market, if Nintendo has any good sense left.
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I think they will change the name for the world market if Nintendo has any good sense left.
 
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