Topic: Revolution Name Announced!

[Michael8983]

The Nintendo Wii Console or "WiiCon" for short?

[wandering]

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I'm thinking that maybe if it wasn't just one syllable it would work better. What if they went with something like WiiMachine? Do you think iPod would catch on if it was just i? Ignoring the pee issue there's the issue with "we" mangling up our speech. But if it's WiiMachine or WiiTube or WiiPad or WiiBot or something like that it's more comfortable to say as a noun. And then it sounds more like it's "we" instead of "wee". They can use the same marketing "Wii will rock you" strategy as well.

Oh, I'm already going to be reffering to the system as the wii machine from now on (thanks to noa_rufus). But I'm not sure that that or any of your other examples would work well as an official name...they just sound kind of strange in that context.

Maybe Wii Entertainment System...  

[Guitar Smasher]

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Wiimote, obviously.

That's only half wiitarded.

[Michael8983]

I can already tell that once people get over the initial shock, they are going to really have fun with this name.

[Guitar Smasher]

Yeah, at Nintendo's expense.

[Shecky]

I don't like it...

Well I'll give them that the name is universal... it universally sucks.

NCL probably picked this name (despite any PR suggesting otherwise).

I mean the Japanese language has all these short sounds, what is this in Japanese?

[RickPowers]

Matt and I have had some chats while he was still at Capcom, and seeing him tap-dance around the issue must have been difficult for him, because he's always been a pretty straight shooter.

Note the following quote from the interview ...

"Once you touch the Revolution, this will make more sense."

He didn't say Wii ... because he KNEW what the response would be.  When you have to dance around and watch your wording, you've made a terrible decision.

[ruby_onix]

Wow! Look at that ad!

All right, this place must be hot. They don't need a big ad, or even correct spelling.

[Artimus]

I detest the iPod, Yahoo and Google comparison. Why? It's absolutely irrelevant.

Pod = word
Google = variant of googol, which suits a search enginge perfectly
Yahoo = word

Wii is not a word. Pod, Google and Yahoo are not synonyms for small, pee and penis. Nintendo knows this is bad and they know it's a mistake. SO WHY ARE THEY DOING IT?

Ugh, months of building good news and it all falls apart two weeks before E3. UGH. I hate Nintendo for this, HATE them.

And I have a suggestion for a new site name: PlanetPS360.

EDIT: Not to mention Amazon and Virgin are ALSO words. And Napster sounds like Rapster and, again, doesn't mean piss.

[Ian Sane]

"Note the following quote from the interview ...

'Once you touch the Revolution, this will make more sense.'

He didn't say Wii ... because he KNEW what the response would be. When you have to dance around and watch your wording, you've made a terrible decision."

I didn't even notice that.  That's hilarious.

I can always tell when a Nintendo rep obviously doesn't like what he's talking about.  The wording is usually more stiff.  You can tell they're spouting off what their boss told them to.  There's a lot of canned answers and repetition.  Case in point when they were talking about the horrible DS launch lineup the vibe those interviews gave off is the same vibe I get for this one.  But when a rep is talking about Twilight Princess or their new Wi-Fi strategy it seems more legitimate.  The answers seem more casual and there's more enthusiasm.  It is always easier to talk about something you yourself are interested in.  As a wrestling fan it has become obvious to me when someone actually likes what they're talking about and when someone is being a shill.

[Jonnyboy117]

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Wiimote, obviously.

Sounds like a baby trying to say "remote".

[Jensen]

I went to joystiq.com and I saw a post called "The Wii, in comic form"  I though it was some stupid WWII slang

Then when I saw it was the Rev's name, I thought of that stupid Intel viiv thing.  If the Revolution had an Intel CPU it could be called the wiiviiv

[Artimus]

At the very least if they HAD to have the 'ii' they could've chosen a divverent name. Even Vii is better than Wii. Ugh. I feel sick.

NINTENDO SUCKS.

Ian was right...

[NW]

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Originally posted by: Shecky

I mean the Japanese language has all these short sounds, what is this in Japanese?

"We"

a = "ah"  e = "a" i = "e" o = "oh" u = "ooh"

I dislike the name. It sounds like they took the f out of wifi and just went with that. For a company that wants to promote themselves to non-gamers and casual gamers, using a name that would be better used for a cartoon character seems to be the wrong choice. I've seen some "at least it's more original than XBox or PS3!" comments around the net, but at least those names didn't sound so...not cool.

There's also the "IT'S JUST A NAME!" crowd. Of course it's just a name, and a name means everything in the market. You're going to buy the Wii because you already know how cool it's going to be. The non-gamers/casual gamers will look at the name and not know what to think.  I'm really hoping that they'll switch it back to the Revolution, or at least some other small name that isn't as out there as Wii. (There's AWESOME out there, and "wtf?" out there. In this case, it's the latter.)

Also as of now, I have dubbed the console the Lil' NW, for it is the Nintendo Wii.

[Cap]

i think its official....

"wii" all agree that the name sucks.

[cubist]

I can just see it now..."Nintendo fans have little 'wiiwii's...."  Thank you Nintendo for making me defend you a lot harder than it already is...LOL

Well, there goes the shedding of the I LOVE HALO 2 image...it is simply going to be near impossible.  However, maybe after a week, WII will all be singing praises of WII.  WTF am I talking about.

[Bill Aurion]

"Nintendo fans have little 'wiiwii's...."

If anyone somehow uses this, I don't think I could even type up a response...I'd be too busy laughing at the person who said such a stupid thing...

[Shecky]

Heh, should have just dropped the W and called it the "Nintendo E" (the E is for Everyone)

[Guitar Smasher]

The worst part is that they recognize the issue with the name.  This reminds me a bit of Canadian Reform Alliance Party (C.R.A.P.).   However, in their defense, they were unaware of the problem until it was too late.  At least they had the balls to change thier name.  

[obscureownership]

Wow, that's different. Anyhow, I'm not disappointed in the name, so much as the community reaction here. Let me lay down a fact about marketing for you guys: it doesn't matter if the name is terrible, irritating, and stupid. The most important part about it is that it's easy to remember. If it gets any attention at all, it's done it's job extremely well.

But I guess that doesn't matter just so long as you look extremely manly to everyone, right?

[JonLeung]

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Originally posted by: Shecky
Heh, should have just dropped the W and called it the "Nintendo E" (the E is for Everyone)

When you say it straight out, "Nintendo Wii" doesn't sound much different from Nintendo-E, actually.

"We are the knights who play Wii"...heh heh...

Now maybe it's because I wasted my work day reading all the angry responses on revolutionreport.com (I much prefer here, but I can't access it at work...stupid WebSense) that I'm tired of all the hating and am actually accepting the name.  (Not like we have a choice.)

In comparison, "PlayStation" is childish (come on, it's a station for play, think about it, say it like two words over and over and you'll agree) and "Xbox" is either something sexual or so "X-treme" that it's such a parody of itself.  If you think "wee" is sexual you're probably a six-year-old.  "Hee hee, he's playing with his Wii!"  Yeah, shut up.

Yeah, Wii wouldn't have been a name I'd chosen myself.  I'm sure everyone got used to the "Revolution" but I really think all this hating is really a waste of time an energy.  Go throw it into a petition, see if that makes a difference.  I doubt it.

If Wii affects perception, so be it.  But everyone's going to call Nintendo consoles "Nintendo" anyway and I'm sure it's still about the games and how to play them and the name of it doesn't change it.

I'm going to E3 myself in less than two weeks and I will gladly play with some Wii.  

[Hostile Creation]

Artimus.

Are you serious?  Cuz if so, I don't even know how to respond.
It's like, if I named my child Orange, and my parents and wife and friends hated my child because it was named Orange.  It's stupid, senseless, and immature.

As good ol' Billy once said:
"What's in a name?  That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

So smell the friggin Wiis.

[Jin-X]

The bottom line is that the name they had before is much better, so why change it.

"But I guess that doesn't matter just so long as you look extremely manly to everyone, right?"

Yes in the US thats very important and will hurt the Revolution, because like I said, this isn't about us, wii'll get it whatever its called, but this is a big image problem that has a very good chance of hurting sales where as the name Revolution doesn't.

[mantidor]

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Originally posted by: obscureownership
Wow, that's different. Anyhow, I'm not disappointed in the name, so much as the community reaction here. Let me lay down a fact about marketing for you guys: it doesn't matter if the name is terrible, irritating, and stupid. The most important part about it is that it's easy to remember. If it gets any attention at all, it's done it's job extremely wiill.

But I guess that doesn't matter just so long as you look extremely manly to everyone, right?

"nigga" is easy to remember, "fag" is even easier to remember, will you name a product like that? will you really? yes Im exagerating of course, wii isnt as bad as those, but I think you get my point

Im still trying to wrap my head around the name,

They say its universal, but I dont see that, "W" isnt exactly an universal letter or sound, at least not here, W is a foreign letter and sound hardly seen in any spanish word, maybe "K" would be better, thats an universal sound, "Kii", I like that a lot more.

After that they contradict themselves and say it stands for "we" which is an english pronoun that half the world doesnt know or use.

But the plural in the flash is interesting, "controllers", does it mean wii get two controllers? does it mean its related to the nunchaku being finally packed in with the console?

Im out of ideas, I dont know what else to think about it.



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Damn you PGC dont filter "W E"

Ill admit one thing, Id never laughed and felt bad at the same time so much in my life, its like when I watched Life its Beautiful.

[BiLdItUp1]

GRRRH NINTENDO IS TEH DOOMED>!&#(%*#$&.
First reaction was they took the F out of WiFi. Besides all the awkwardness, I don't like that it's only 1 syllable and not abbreviatable.
The fact is, they should have just stuck with Revolution, just like they stuck with DS. I expected them to regardless of what their statements said. This isn't a dealbreaker for me, but NoA marketing must be pissed right now...