Nintendo's Wii-Wii is showing

Well... It's different, to be sure. I suppose that's what they were going for...

This goes under the category of what el fuck?

fricking stupid

(reaction at Pure's chatroom)

<InfiniDragon> they changed the name of the Revolution
<Kiske> InfiniDragon: WHAT IS THIS FAGGOTRY LINK IT
<ChroniclerC> No! Viva la Revolution!
<Jaivaz|School> The Soviet Revolution?
<WildBill> What?!
<InfiniDragon> http://revolution.nintendo.com/
<WildBill> They did?
<InfiniDragon> to "Wii" from what I've seen
<Jaivaz|School> ....
<Jaivaz|School> By the time this loads, I'll have read all of /.
<Kiske> "Wii"?
<ChroniclerC> Wii? FTW?
<Jaivaz|School> ...
<Jaivaz|School> Wii
<Jaivaz|School> What the fuck?
<Kiske> Oh gods the world is going to end, Nintendo's used a name dumber than "DS".
<Kiske> AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
<Jaivaz|School> Already Wikipedia has an article
<ChroniclerC> Meanwhile, in hell, the demons are wondering what's with all the ice.

<Jaivaz|School> What the fuck is Nintendo smoking?
<Jaivaz|School> Did they go to Canadia and visit a farm or something?
<ChroniclerC> Whatever it is, I need to get some.
<Kiske> I want some too.
<ChroniclerC> Maybe it's the same thing the Katamari developers used.

wtf is with the page loading anyways?

The Slashdot comments are really funny and derisive.

It's wierd. It's crazy. It makes no sense at all. It makes it sound like Nintendo has gone completely ga-ga.

I'm still buying one. :shrug:

Our very own Forrest wrote:Queue the jokes about the wee-wee's and wii-wii's.

There's some deep, dark, American GI Joe watching Transformer fan race car noise making gun fanatic within the murky depths of my soul that can't help but laugh at this stupid, childish marketing scheme.

I think the Wii looks fun as a videogame platform, but the marketing is nearly to the point where it requires you to not have a penis.

I can see it now.

*Walks into a GameStop*
"Sir, may I buy a we?"
*Nearby mother/English teacher walks over to me...*

... I'm not looking forward to that moment.

screw that, I'm still calling it the Revolution
no matter what

I think it's mostly because 'ii' appearently means 'good' in Japanese or something. Well, we'll have the 360 and the Wii... what will the PS3's new name be?

At least you can make some funny comments while talking about it..

Like..

"Hey, don't touch my Wii!"

"You wanna play with my Wii?"

"I wish I had a Wii..."

And so on..

I guess I can't say "Join the Revolution" anymore.

Bad to worse ....I'm hardly suprised

Err, yeah....

Wow, that is an absolutely horrible name. They really should have done some focus group testing outside of Japan or something. I can't believe this name could make it through consumer testing, it just sounds so retarded. I don't care what it means or stands for in Japan, here and everywhere else in the world it sounds plain stupid. Revolution was an infinately better name for it and that is what I, and I'm sure every other non-japanese speaking person are going to call it regardless.

Yeah...the name is pretty goofy. I was hoping they would call it something like the "N5" (being Nintendo's 5th home console) - that sounds much better. If there's enough backlash, maybe they will change it?

vegeta1215 wrote:Yeah...the name is pretty goofy. I was hoping they would call it something like the "N5" (being Nintendo's 5th home console) - that sounds much better. If there's enough backlash, maybe they will change it?

I was thinking the same thing. E3 is coming up in a week or two and hopefully enough people with make fun or complain about the name to the reps there that they'll rethink that silly name. Nintendo isn't that far out of the loop that they can't gauge the publics reaction to the name announcment, I mean it's being made fun of all over the internet.

Hopefully they'll seriously rethink it.

What I don't get is, Nintendo does everything to be as stupid as possible and people are like, "I'm going to buy one anyway and just call it the Revolution in my head. OMG Nintendo is s0 c0ol!" But they will mercilessly insult the xbox or ps3 or whatever for the tiniest reasons.

No adult male with testicles wants to go into a store and spend hundreds of dollars on a "wee". It makes it sound like a trinket for baby girls. What a lame idea.

Meh. I really don't care what it's called. It's not like this will change the content of the games or anything. :shrug:

That being said, they could have picked something better.

Wii..wiii...riiiiiiight.

How sad. Revolution was a much better name.

I'll proabably still get one though.

I can just picture this kind of situation:
Gamer 1: "Hey, man, I got a PS3!"
Gamer 2: "Nice. I got a Wii."
Gamer 1: "You gotta what?"
Gamer 2: "I said I got a Wii!"
Gamer 1: "Ok, then go, for crying out loud."
Gamer 2: "Go what? All I said is I got a Wii!"
Gamer 1: "If you gotta go, then go!"
Gamer 2: "Arrrgh, forget it."

Heh....Wii, indeed. I feel sorry for you, Nintendo. Unwise name choice.

(Haha, it's great to be back after a 4 or 5 month hiatus)

I've been thinking about the name. Think about it guys- it's freaking brilliant.

OK, first of all, nobody (or at least a negligable minority) who was previously going to purchace a Revolution will change their mind because it's called Wii. The gaming community will, for the most part, be unaffected sales wise.

Now think about this: someone, with little to no gaming intrest, hears or reads about the Wii. It's intriguing, causing them to ask questions. They look into it, and possibly decide they like it. New sale.

Like it or not, the Wii WILL draw eyes for being so odd. This is publicity, and it's certainly going to help get information about the Wii out there a LOT. From a marketing perspective, it's really a great move.

teddyboy420 wrote:Nintendo isn't that far out of the loop that they can't gauge the publics reaction to the name announcment.

you sure about that? what was the last good idea they had?

Darth Cronic wrote:you sure about that? what was the last good idea they had?

Nintendo is making the upcoming Zelda in a non-cel shaded style and added Wifi play to Metroid Prime: Hunters - both changes were based on fan reaction. So, the public influencing Nintendo is not unheard of. However, I have doubts about them changing the console name, especially when it's launch is within several months.

Tygore wrote:I've been thinking about the name. Think about it guys- it's freaking brilliant.

OK, first of all, nobody (or at least a negligable minority) who was previously going to purchace a Revolution will change their mind because it's called Wii. The gaming community will, for the most part, be unaffected sales wise.

Now think about this: someone, with little to no gaming intrest, hears or reads about the Wii. It's intriguing, causing them to ask questions. They look into it, and possibly decide they like it. New sale.

Like it or not, the Wii WILL draw eyes for being so odd. This is publicity, and it's certainly going to help get information about the Wii out there a LOT. From a marketing perspective, it's really a great move.

This is French for "Even though the name is cock suckingly stupid, I'm going to continue to be a fan beacuse I've painted my eyes over with cement."

Beldaran wrote:This is French for "Even though the name is cock suckingly stupid, I'm going to continue to be a fan beacuse I've painted my eyes over with cement."

People aren't going to stop being Nintendo fans just because they picked a goofy name for their next console.

No, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Nintendo has called it something really stupid. Honestly, what were they thinking? Even if they do change their mind and call it something else, this is going to haunt them for years to come. Wii... Ugh.

But yeah, I'll still get one whatever. Thank god for online shopping.

[EDIT] Rant deleted

Oh, I'm sure there's a petition somewhere. A quick google search didn't turn anything up, but give it a day or two.

Aegix Drakan wrote:
Revolution was the perfect name! and now they call it WII?!?!? what are they smoking, cause it should be totally banned for causing severe brain damage.

Of course Nintendo was going to change it. "Revolution" was a code-name. As was N64's "Project Reality" and GameCube's "Dolphin".

Only this time they went with a decidedly unorthodox name for a game console. Same way they're going with something unorthodox with the controller and such.

Seems like its an appropriate, if unappealing, move, considering the concept behind Nintendo's vision for their latest videogame system.

Tygore wrote:I've been thinking about the name. Think about it guys- it's freaking brilliant.

This is what bothers me about this attitude. "Wii" may in fact be a brilliant marketing manuevre. It may raise their market share. The corporate suits might hit a home run. Sure.

But that doesn't mean it isn't completely ass poundingly stupid!

Jesus, why would you be such a fan of a company that even when they do stupid shitty things you are happy because their stock prices will go up... stock prices of stock you DON'T own. 🙄

Beldaran wrote:This is what bothers me about this attitude. "Wii" may in fact be a brilliant marketing manuevre. It may raise their market share. The corporate suits might hit a home run. Sure.

But that doesn't mean it isn't completely ass poundingly stupid!

Jesus, why would you be such a fan of a company that even when they do stupid shitty things you are happy because their stock prices will go up... stock prices of stock you DON'T own. 🙄

Hey, I never said the name wasn't stupid. It just makes some sense from a marketing perspective. No such thing as bad publicity and all that.

And I'm a fan because I enjoy their games. I won't defend every decision that Nintendo has ever made, but I still want to see them do well simply because I happen to enjoy their rather unique style.

edit: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200604/N06.0427.1154.38678.htm

GI's interview with a Nintendo Rep concerning the name. Thought it might be interesting.

what kills me most is the whole "togetherness" aspect of it all ...firstly does my gamecube or anything else i'd play from nintendo even go online and even if so why would I wanna bother? i dunno ...nintendo is the last sytem i think of when it comes to togetherness unless they mean cram onto a couch with 3 other smellier people and play smash bros? Fuck them ...there i said it.

Darth Cronic wrote:what kills me most is the whole "togetherness" aspect of it all ...firstly does my gamecube or anything else i'd play from nintendo even go online and even if so why would I wanna bother? i dunno ...nintendo is the last sytem i think of when it comes to togetherness unless they mean cram onto a couch with 3 other smellier people and play smash bros? Fuck them ...there i said it.

Word.