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Title: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: animecyberrat on February 22, 2006, 10:02:43 AM
Liek Regie says inhis latest interview, than who here thinks its s bad I dea to change it now? I have gotten so used to it being called Revolution and Nintendos own website has a revolution section up and so do most other game websites, so is tehre still hope that the name will stick?
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Post by: MaryJane on February 22, 2006, 10:16:12 AM
I don't think they're gonna change. Nintendo DS was a "just" a code name until like what a month before it was released. It'd be ridiculous to change it now, it could even cause confusion amongst those who don't regularly attend sites like this. The Nintendo Interaction? what's that are they making a fourth system? besides Revolution is a cool name.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on February 22, 2006, 10:20:51 AM
I personally like the name

It shortens to "Rev" nicely, which is synonymous for an engine fired to near-full capacity, bristling with power and potential. The term "Revolution" even doubles as the moniker for the controller, as a controller able to revolve in any direction is like a free object in space.

And most importantly, this is supposed to be Nintendo's Revolution in gaming where they intend to tear down the archaic and aged concepts which were holding gaming back and renew the market with an era of new concepts and innovations in gameplay.

Changing the name of the DS from "Nitro" to "DS" made perfect sense because, duh, it has dual screens, but I think "Revolution" is the ideal name for the console and I can't imagine anything else as the name.
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Post by: couchmonkey on February 22, 2006, 10:49:23 AM
I like the name, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Nintendo change it at E3.  I think it will catch on just fine...I thought Super Nintendo and SNES sounded stupid when the console was new, and I insisted on saying "Super NES", but after a year or two I stopped caring.
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Post by: bustin98 on February 22, 2006, 10:51:18 AM
Rumors I've read say the name may end up being the Nintendo RS. But I think the place I read that turned out to be a fake rumor spreading site.

Calling it the RS makes some sense to me, though.
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Post by: King of Twitch on February 22, 2006, 11:03:38 AM
They've had a year to instill the name in people's minds, and they'll have another 6 months between E3 and launch if they keep it going. The N64 had a slight name change and that didn't affect much, but the Rev isn't exactly riding the coattails of the SNES.  
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Post by: Artimus on February 22, 2006, 01:07:53 PM
The N64 jsut went from Nintendo Ultra 64 to Nintendo 64, not really hard to figure out.
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Post by: SgtShiversBen on February 22, 2006, 03:49:17 PM
We all remember how terrible we though/think the name for the Xbox's successor was/is....

Just think, if a console could be named THAT, we have nothing to worry about.
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Post by: animecyberrat on February 22, 2006, 06:24:47 PM
well I rememebr when N64 was caled Prject Reality and that went ont for a long time. Also Ultra 64 logos were in at least 2 games I know about. So it was startign to catch on. But Playstation was also Called PSX which a lot of people still call it. I just like Revolution to much for them to change but I also prefered Ultra 64 to N64.  
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Post by: wandering on February 22, 2006, 08:59:52 PM
Did sony come up with the 'psx' abbreviation?

I know they hated people using it to describe the psone for whatever reason, it'd be doubly hilarious if they were the ones who came up with it.
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Post by: ruby_onix on February 22, 2006, 10:23:13 PM
The original Play Station (commonly written with the space) was an SNES CD unit designed by Ken Kutaragi himself (who also designed the SNES sound chip), which was the source of a major coldwar between Nintendo and Sony, as well as a lot of rumors and misinformation.

When Sony finally gave up and went their own way, they announced development on what they were calling the "PlayStation-X", which was widely believed to be keeping the original PlayStation's name as an f-you to Nintendo. I don't think it ever had an "official abbreviation", but the videogame media took to calling it the "PSX". The final version was just called the "PlayStation". But the "PSX" nickname had already caught on, and everyone was calling it that, including people at various divisions of Sony.

Around the time when the PSX became the undisputed winner of the 32/64-bit era, Kutaragi decided that he was tired of being reminded that the PSX was his "second try" at the console industry every time he saw the name, and wanted to create the image of a flawless record, so he insisted that the PSX was the "original PlayStation" and demanded that people stop using the "PSX" nickname for it. Then when they were redesigning the PlayStation, he decided to invent and push the "PSone" nickname, hoping it would replace it. This is why the redesigned PS2 wasn't officially renamed the "PStwo". There was no need for a new name.

When another division of Sony made a Tivo-like device with a built-in PS2, they named it the "PSX", saying that if Kutaragi didn't want the name, they would take it, and this apparently got him really ticked off.
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Post by: Artimus on February 23, 2006, 02:47:58 AM
The X is for external, and it was indeed Sony's acronym. PSX = PlayStation External.  The name just stuck with the media (and wonderful people such as me).
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Post by: Nile Boogie on February 23, 2006, 02:53:18 AM
Change is bad. Revolution is good.
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Post by: animecyberrat on February 23, 2006, 05:52:46 AM
I neve rknew where it originated but I did remeber every magazine calling it PSX all the time. I thought it was cuz Sega had 32X and they were making fun of them. Bt I didnt hear about Playstation until after it came out, all my energy was focused on Genesis, Sega Cd and 32X at the time. oh and reading EVERY tidbit on Ultra 64 until they changed its name.  
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Post by: KDR_11k on February 23, 2006, 07:52:24 AM
Mxyllk fnsvipö gjkdnfl vodjovö? Jaskfnlsdöv Reovultion asgnb-nsgb vkmb vbfk vbkfd. Fgmöbjööh...

I'm writing Rat English!
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Post by: vudu on February 23, 2006, 08:23:56 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Mxyllk fnsvipö gjkdnfl vodjovö? Jaskfnlsdöv Reovultion asgnb-nsgb vkmb vbfk vbkfd. Fgmöbjööh...

I'm writing Rat English!
That was even funnier for the first ten seconds when I thought stevey posted it.  
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Post by: BlkPaladin on February 23, 2006, 08:30:33 AM
The full code name for the SNES CD add on was the PS1, Playstation 1, they had to come up with something quick so the PSX was choose probally in reference to the 32X since it was also a 32 bit "machine". Unfortantly for Sony the 32X tanked so the stigma associated with Sega's machine came with the X. (At least a mind set for the managment. The past sentance is speculation since the internal naming of the machine really isn't public domain.)

When they remade the Playstation they turned back to the 1 but since Nintendo owned the name they had to spell it out as One.
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Post by: Ian Sane on February 23, 2006, 09:28:28 AM
I'm wondering if "Revolution" is still a codename due to some difference of opinion between NCL and NOA.  NOA probably likes the Revolution name but NCL might have some other idea that would not go over well in North America and so they're still discussing it.

NCL: "Everyone likes rainbows so we're going to call it the Rainbow Dream Machine!"
NOA: "No you're not."
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Post by: ShyGuy on February 23, 2006, 09:34:41 AM
Holy crap! sign me up for a Rainbow Dream Machine!
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Post by: vudu on February 23, 2006, 10:16:03 AM
Do we even know if Nintendo has a rights to the name?  It's a pretty clever/cool name, so it's entirely possible that someone else already has the rights to it in one or more territories.
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Post by: Renny on February 23, 2006, 01:00:28 PM
"Rainbow Dream Machine" is disgustingly plausible. Don't give them ideas. ('Cause we all know NCL reads western Nintendo forums every day.)
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Post by: Requiem on February 23, 2006, 01:13:44 PM
I like Nintedo RS or Nintendo Revolution System.

The DSL and Rev match each other perfectly, so it's only right you match the names up as well. Nintedo RS, Nintendo DS.

Plus, this will spread mindshare in a positive way for Nintendo. Continually showing the DS and Rev at the end of each commercial will get people to realize the connection. Plus, if they truely sport some awesome connection, such as downloading Virtual Console games to your DS, then they could have a commercial showing that feature only. Having the two names so alike would make even more sense.
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Post by: Ceric on February 23, 2006, 02:20:25 PM
Ok raise you hands if you think that any console maker who would actually consider using Nitro for anything but a code name needs to be allowed to name there own console?  No one raised there hands.  That's what I thought.  With the DS Nintendo had proven that they can't name things on there own.  A marketing firm probably showed them the research that stated this "Every consumer but one we polled stated that DS is a much better name and that one also ate there own pencil if that says anything."  So they stuck with the DS.  At this point something like that is probably happenning right now.  

NCL:  We like to call it Unicorn.  Rainbow Dream Machine was to long and we couldn't get the lighting right.  This horn we'll call an antenna
Reggie: *breaks "antenna"* It will be call the Revolution. You got a problem with that *flexes massive hidden muscles* NCL-Sama? *drives "antenna" into name's artwork* leaves to start press release.

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Post by: antman100 on February 23, 2006, 03:44:37 PM
Well...they're trying to gain the 'non-gamer' market.

How about the Nintendo NGS.  Non-Gaming System.  Wait that didn't come out right.
Everybody's complaining that it is underpowered, why not embrace it?
The Digital Underpowered Device...DUD.   Hmmm.

Maybe a description:  Certainly Revolutionary And Playable.... Nope.  This is tougher than I thought.

I personally like Revo, but I think that's already taken.  How about a play on it being the fifth console?  Maybe Revolution is the best name.  Although I wouldn't be surprised to see Nintendo RS.
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Post by: nemo_83 on February 23, 2006, 08:32:29 PM
NEV
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Post by: ShyGuy on February 23, 2006, 08:43:40 PM
The Big Jim/Ian System: Nintendo Entertainment Graphics Are Vitally Important To Everyone N.E.G.A.T.I.V.E.
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Post by: Khushrenada on February 23, 2006, 09:06:39 PM
The funny thing is I actually like the Rainbow Dream Machine name. It sounds trippy and Japanese and sorta right for Nintendo like Renny mentioned. It also reminds me of Kirby, my favorite character and Iwata's as well. Maybe Iwata would go for the name. I'd like to see Reggie market that.

Myself, I tried to think of names for the console why back when they stressed Revolution was just a codename. I tried to think of a name that would match it's description. At the time, there was only photo's of the black shell unveiled at E3. So, I thought Monolith from 2001. Then I realized that the console was supposed to be small and monolith made it sound to big. So then I thought of the name Mini-lith. But that still didn't sound good. And as I pondered M names, I came upon a revelation. The Miyamoto. The Nintendo Miyamoto. Thereby appealing to the hardcore Nintendo fans as well as other gamers as well. I believe even Peter Moore was expressing interest in how great it would be to have Miyamoto work for Microsoft. With such a respected name like that, the Miyamoto would be sure to become the number one console.

Or call it the Nintendo Revelation. (I just came up with that as I was writing this.) I'm sure it would go over well in the red states and once you've got Arkansas, you've got the world. Just ask Wal-Mart.
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Post by: IceCold on February 23, 2006, 09:18:55 PM
Nintendo Miyamoto.. has a nice ring to it
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Post by: KDR_11k on February 23, 2006, 10:09:05 PM
Revolution sounds just stupid and pretentious. We've gotten used to it but I still remember how much I hated that name when it was first announced. Why not name it "Best console ever!" or something even more boastful?

Nintendo RSI. Because that's what people will call it anyway. Going up against the Sore Thumbs 3 and Brick Controller 360.

Rainbow Dream Machine sounds like a game title. Or maybe a song in Katamari Damacy.

Miyamoto doesn't want his name plastered on a game (as opposed to, say, Sid Meyer or American McGee), he really wouldn't like it if you named a system after him.

Nintendo Prometheus sounds nice and goes with the evil AI theme of the next generation (XC being called Xenon and having a Core version, Cell promising to work like SkyNet) plus Prometheus gave us enlightenment.
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Post by: Ceric on February 24, 2006, 05:38:09 AM
Martin Luther didn't want his name on a religion and yet here we have Lutheranism.

2006: Game Odyssey or N2GO for short. (Back to that whole 2001 thing)
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Post by: Ian Sane on February 24, 2006, 06:57:00 AM
One problem with the Nintendo Miyamoto (besides the fact that hardly anyone would know what it means) is that there would probably be pronunciation issues with the non-Japanese public.  When I first read his name I thought it was pronounced my-a-moh-toh but as I've become more familiar with Japanese names I think it's pronounced mee-a-moh-toh.  I'm not even sure of that but I've become so used to my initial thinking that I have to force myself to pronounce it with a mee.  Other people would probably pronounce the first o as "ah" like "motto".  I think it's best to have English words for the American public to easily pronounce.
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Post by: 31 Flavas on February 24, 2006, 07:18:32 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: Ian Sane

NCL: "Everyone likes rainbows so we're going to call it the Rainbow Dream Machine!"
NOA: "No you're not."
How about, "Fun Brick"
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Post by: TrueNerd on February 24, 2006, 10:50:36 AM
Revolution is a way better console name then Xbox 360 and doesn't invoke snores like PS3. Is it a bit arrogant? Sure, but hopefully Nintendo will be able to walk the walk after talking the talk. That's why I likes it.

Or they could call it the Nintendo "At Least This Console Doesn't Feature Connectivity" Entertainment System. That'd be enough for me.  
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Post by: couchmonkey on February 24, 2006, 11:04:10 AM
No offense KDR, but I think "Prometheus" is even more pretentious than Revolution.  I mean, it's almost like calling it a revolution, only you get to dangle your knowledge of Greek mythology over everyone's heads on top of that.  Maybe if they were marketing the system to geeks only.  But I do agree that Revolution is a bit too much.  I got used to it too, but it's certainly not humble.

I'm pretty sure they'll give it another boring acronym name.  Nintendo NC "New Control".
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Post by: KDR_11k on February 24, 2006, 08:46:37 PM
Naming things after greek mythological figures is normal. Revolution is just so blatant.
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Post by: nemo_83 on February 24, 2006, 09:18:41 PM
If you go naming the system after mythological figures the right wing will say the system is pagan, or in their words "devil worship."

You may as well name it Juanita's Circle Jerk.

NV, Nintendo Virtual; NVE, Nintendo Virtual Entertainment; NE1; NRS, Nintendo Remote System.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on February 24, 2006, 09:29:41 PM
Nintendo RS sounds good and goes well with the DS.

But I admit I like "Fun Brick" as well...
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Post by: KDR_11k on February 25, 2006, 09:19:08 AM
RS sounds too... racing-ish. Not that we know what racing-ish means.

N2GO... Just no. Having the letters N and G in your name is a bad omen as the NEO GEO and N-Gage can testify.

NVE... The virtual part just doesn't make sense, never mind NVE sounds too much like NVA, the army of the GDR.
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Post by: nemo_83 on February 25, 2006, 10:47:54 AM
pronounce it envy
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Post by: Plugabugz on February 25, 2006, 11:40:59 AM
Nintendo Europe. As a constant reminder that we're getting it last!
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Post by: zakkiel on February 25, 2006, 12:27:02 PM
Couchmonkey is right. Prometheus would be the most obscenely pretentious name ever.
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Post by: Caliban on February 25, 2006, 05:09:03 PM
NPS = Nintendo Playstation

LOL!
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Post by: IceCold on February 25, 2006, 05:46:37 PM
Brilliant. Or Nintendo PSXbox, either one..
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Post by: Smash_Brother on February 25, 2006, 05:56:46 PM
They intend to grab the previously untapped Christian gamer market with the "Nintendo Revelation".
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Post by: iMoron on February 25, 2006, 06:26:38 PM
How about:

NRES, Nintendo Revolution Entretaintment System... Or simply RES... Revolution Entretaintment System

They could just name it NES 2...

GameBrick... along the lines of GameCube... (nahhh)

Nintendo Rebellion...

Nintendo iMoron (why not... !!??!?!?... ummm)

iNintendo (errr... ok, to much apple similarities, not good)

Nintendo Genesis (it sounds sorth of nice...)

Pretendo (old joke from GamePro)

Nitendo (man I hated when people said Nitendo instead of Nintendo.)

Nintendo Jaguar (*runs for cover... "please don't shoot, I am joking about that name!")

Nintendo Ian (there "Ian Sane" would be proud... and we would be doomed... )

Nintendo Bloodworth (there thats mature enought... and better than the ubove one)

NN... Nintendo Nintendo (like Mario Mario)...

Nintendo Pipin (*ahhhh... no... why are all of you with bats... this ain't no baseball game!...)

Nintendo XXX (now... thats mature.... 3 X's are neat... its like 1x2x3x... multiply baby... errr....)

NES-SNES-N64-Cube (try say that 10 times fast... ok lame)

Nintendo Linux (... ok... I need to stop... that makes no sence)

Nintendo Millenium (that sounds just as devilish as the Millenium series...)

Nintendo Magic.......... (nahhh...)

NN.... Nintendo Nuclear (look, the wepons of mass destroction...)

GameTriangle (they just need to cut it diagonal....)

Nintendo Nitro.... Nitrogen... ...... Nintendo Mushrom

Mintendo (from that video...)

Jade.... (for all those jaded players out there)...



...ummm am tired now.... need sleep.... have fun!
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Post by: Smash_Brother on February 25, 2006, 06:32:10 PM
The Nintendo GameSphere (from Southpark).
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Post by: lastexit on February 26, 2006, 09:27:26 AM
N5 is a good name, in large part because it sounds like it's two generations ahead of the ps3 and xbox3(60)

americans are so stupid it'll work.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on February 26, 2006, 09:53:30 AM
Quote

Originally posted by: lastexit
N5 is a good name, in large part because it sounds like it's two generations ahead of the ps3 and xbox3(60)

americans are so stupid it'll work.


As an American, I humbly concur.
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Post by: animecyberrat on March 03, 2006, 06:12:07 AM
well to be fair I am a christian and I know hundreds of christian gamers and they are no diffeent from regular non crhistian gamers, my room mate is ahcristian but she is a avid Ps fan and dislikes Nintendo, and alot of my christiand freinds are ps fans. Also Nintendo didnt even get the Bible game but xbox and ps2 did.  
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Post by: UncleBob on March 03, 2006, 06:33:43 AM
Let's just call it the Sex-Box.  We'll get the X-Box hype and a more mature image.
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Post by: MaryJane on March 03, 2006, 09:08:57 AM
how about the Nintendo Freestyle?
It would attract the hip-hop culture maybe, and imagine using the voice software alrdy being implemented in mp:h to make an actual freestyle game? it would be online and the judges would be the other battlers. like you have brackets and stuff and those not in a current battle would judge the ones currently battling, idk how u'd do the final two, but you can't tell it would sell systems. look at when mtv did the battle thing, so many  people came that when they told some people they couldn't participate someone got shot, at least if they did it online people wouldn't get shot.  
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Post by: KDR_11k on March 03, 2006, 09:21:28 AM
Gawd no! Freestyle is even worse than XBox 360 as a name.
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Post by: Smash_Brother on March 03, 2006, 10:38:38 AM
Freestyle sounds like you should ride around on it. Sounds too new-age and hippy, beyond that.

I still like "Revolution".
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Post by: MaryJane on March 03, 2006, 11:17:26 AM
It was a tongue in cheek comment. while i wouldn't put it past nintendo to use the name i wish they'd just stick with revolution. that's what everyone calls it, so leave it at that. it's a good name. it wraps up their entire strategy in one word.  
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Post by: IceCold on March 03, 2006, 07:36:38 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: UncleBob
Let's just call it the Sex-Box.  We'll get the X-Box hype and a more mature image.
I kind of like Xbox 3-SUCKS-ty better; has a nice ring to it
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Post by: nickmitch on March 04, 2006, 09:21:11 AM
Nintendo On.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 04, 2006, 10:07:45 AM
Nintendo Big Screen
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Post by: Strell on March 04, 2006, 10:21:54 AM
Has anyone suggested Power NES yet?

Aye, I'd buy 2 or 3 P-Neses.
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Post by: TrueNerd on March 04, 2006, 11:00:18 AM
Ha! I get it! You were making a hilarious penis joke! The humor is not lost on me!

But seriously, that made me laugh.  
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Post by: Strell on March 04, 2006, 01:27:32 PM
Quote

Originally posted by: TrueNerd
Ha! I get it! You were making a hilarious penis joke! The humor is not lost on me!

But seriously, that made me laugh.


I'll remember that when I slap you with my P-Nes.
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Post by: IceCold on March 04, 2006, 04:56:25 PM
Poor Ness
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Post by: Strell on March 05, 2006, 12:05:44 AM
Quickly!  Load up Smash Bros, get two players, and have one person select Pichu, but the second select Ness almost immediately afterward.

Now imagine the MIGHTINESS of that name, being said over and over!

"Mommy mommy!  Buy me a P-Nes!"  
"My P-Nes is black and is WAY COOLER than your dinky white one."
"Who keeps shoving thier copy of Gilmore Girls into the P-Nes?"
"OH GOD THE P-NES IS ON FIRE!"


Best. Name. Evar.
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Post by: KDR_11k on March 05, 2006, 12:58:42 AM
"I wouldn't date that girl, she has a P-NES"
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Post by: JonLeung on March 05, 2006, 04:23:12 AM
"Want to play with my P-NES"?
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Post by: Strell on March 05, 2006, 05:00:46 AM
Touch the DS.  Feel the P-Nes.
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Post by: IceCold on March 05, 2006, 08:36:08 AM
Sequel to TouchDIC: P-NESDIC - further extending your vocabulary..
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Post by: Zach on March 05, 2006, 10:32:11 AM
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Originally posted by: Strell
Quickly!  Load up Smash Bros, get two players, and have one person select Pichu, but the second select Ness almost immediately afterward.

Now imagine the MIGHTINESS of that name, being said over and over!


The same thing works with Peach and ness.  YOu can do it with one person, you just put the chip on ness, then pick it up, and hold it over peach, but do not select her.  Now hit B B A as fast as you can, the chip goes back to ness, then hits peach. Hilarity ensues.

Edit: I would like to point out that I am not perverted enough to find this on my own, a friend told me about it, and now you all know.
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Post by: Shecky on March 23, 2006, 07:31:24 PM
Hey, it could be called the Nintendo Five.  Or N5.

* Five is a nice incremental number, N5 rolls easily
* This is the 5th Nintendo
* This system plays 5 generations of Nintendo products
* Rhymes with Wi-Fi :p


* Wi-Fi games will be able to support up to 5 opponents (instead of 3 on the DS) [Sorry small jab there]

I scanned this thread really quick and didn't see 'five' anywhere, although I'm sure someone has already brought it up somewhere.  It's also late and this thought just popped into my head.  I found it entertaining.

Any other relations to the number 5?
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Post by: wandering on March 23, 2006, 07:38:30 PM
Then it could get struck by lightning and walk around exclaiming 'number five is alive!'

Ahem.

I wouldn't mind 'N5'. Or Nintendo 'Go'. Or whatever else. Though I do still think Revolution is the better name.
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Post by: wandering on March 23, 2006, 07:42:45 PM
It's been confirmed that Revolution's name will change:

Quote

IGN: Is Revolution the final name of your new system?

Beth: No, it's not.

IGN: So it's definitely a codename?

Beth: It's a codename.

IGN: And it's going to change?

Beth: It is going to change.
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Post by: King of Twitch on March 23, 2006, 07:50:28 PM
Nintendo SofaKingcool, Nintendo FUsoni.. just tell us already!
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Post by: Arbok on March 23, 2006, 10:29:02 PM
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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
Nintendo SofaKingcool, Nintendo FUsoni.. just tell us already!


Really, I'm getting more and more attached to the Revolution name, and if its just a code name then they need to dumb it quick before I get any more used to calling it that.
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Post by: Strell on March 23, 2006, 10:51:58 PM
I have two questions.

1) What does Nintendo think they will gain by changing the name, if all it's going to do is piss off their user base?

2) Are they changing it because they don't want confusion re: 360 = a revolution?

Keep the name, Nintendo.  Nothing is better than Revolution.

And as for Beth...sigh.  It's not cute anymore, you know?  Her snarky little attitude.  J Allard and Phil Harrison might be prime rib idiots, but I don't like the polar opposite either, which is what she is - a lot of flippant, glib little replies.

IGN - Tell us about Revolution.

Beth - OH IT WILL HAVE GAMES.

IGN - Tell us more.

Beth - GOOD GAMES!

IGN - When will we hear about them?

Beth - THE FUTURE.

*sigh*

You know there is completely a right and wrong way to handle PR, and she clearly doesn't know what the distinction is.  Because this isn't simply being secretive, this is flat-out ignoring and concentrated attempts to be as unhelpful as possible.  I'd almost take a generic Gamestop employee telling me God of War 3 is in development for the Rev over her bullshit.

It also pisses me off that she's contradicting other statements by Nintendo personnel.  For example, the last secret about the Rev, to her, is "oh it could be any number of things."  Wtf?  And when asked about Zelda:TP Rev control, she insists "oh it's just a GC title and nothing more."

That is borderline damaging to potential customers, whether or not it's confined to the digital realm.  Sure Joe Consumer won't hear it, but there are plenty of techies out there watching this information like hawks.  We don't need someone who is obviously clueless running around acting like a school girl looking for a date to the dance.  

I mean here's a woman telling IGN that she almost literally doesn't know a damn thing about the system outside of the bare minimum ("It will have games!  Games you play! ....With Controllers!"), and we're supposedly 8 months or so away from launch.  That's retarded.  They could hire any one of us and we could do a better job, and I'm not even kidding.
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Hocotate on March 23, 2006, 11:52:03 PM
I hope they keep the "Revolution" name. They used the DS' code name so I guess there is still hope. I would be ok with something like "N5" but I just can't think of anything better then Revolution, plus the name is well known throught (even most casuals know it as the Rev).
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Wesisapie on March 24, 2006, 04:48:37 AM
exactly how much does the rainbow dream machine cost, and where can i preorder? (is it already out??) i want 5
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: 31 Flavas on March 24, 2006, 06:22:43 AM
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Originally posted by: Strell

You know there is completely a right and wrong way to handle PR, and she clearly doesn't know what the distinction is.  Because this isn't simply being secretive, this is flat-out ignoring and concentrated attempts to be as unhelpful as possible.  I'd almost take a generic Gamestop employee telling me God of War 3 is in development for the Rev over her bullshit.
If you keep asking questions you're not supposed to ask, you eventually going to get comical or flippant responses. Everyone at Nintendo has told you, E3 and E3 only is when you'll find out, and thats the final answer. So why are you even surpised at the responses?

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I mean here's a woman telling IGN that she almost literally doesn't know a damn thing about the system outside of the bare minimum ("It will have games!  Games you play! ....With Controllers!"), and we're supposedly 8 months or so away from launch.  That's retarded.  They could hire any one of us and we could do a better job, and I'm not even kidding.
Oh boo hoo, Nintendo won't spoil E3 for you. Too bad, so sad....
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Strell on March 24, 2006, 07:26:23 AM
You know, you completely missed the point.  I don't know if it was over your head or if you're just an idiot, or perhaps both, but you didn't even come close to making a worthwhile response.

I'm not pissed about lack of information.  I'm pissed about how the lack of information is being delivered.  I'm also pissed about how someone who is apparently high up at NOA is acting like a child.

I don't know if you understand this, but PR people are paid to do, well, PR.  That's their entire damn job.  They are the line between the faceless, secretive corporation and the public.  So when they start acting like clueless jerks and not even attempting to be helpful, there's a problem, period.  You're making up excuses for this woman because "she gets heckled and annoyed."  I could understand that for, say, Miyamoto, Iwata, or other persons actively involved in development.  That's their primary role.  They are the ones who are allowed to be a bit more flippant, not the people they are paying to do the PR job to begin with.

That's like saying a bartender should fill up a glass half full because he's tired of people asking him to make them drinks.  
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: 31 Flavas on March 24, 2006, 08:31:15 AM
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Originally posted by: Strell

I'm not pissed about lack of information.  I'm pissed about how the lack of information is being delivered.  I'm also pissed about how someone who is apparently high up at NOA is acting like a child.
Honestly, "Tell us about Revolution", there have 3 events now, at least, to answer this broad question. E3 2005, TGS 2005, and GDC 2006. You know what revolution is. The question is not being asked to gather general information, its being asked to get hints at what we don't know about revolution. So as the saying goes... "Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer". In otherwords, if you ask questions you shouldn't be asking and you'll get comical / flipant responses.

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I don't know if you understand this, but PR people are paid to do, well, PR.  That's their entire damn job.
In case its over your head, PR also means "They say what the company wants them to say". The company (Nintendo) does not want them to say anything about revolution that isn't already public knowlege. It's a given that Nintendo has also told them that if forbidden or overly broad questions are asked, smile, laugh, and give a funny response. So take a hike you momo.  
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Ceric on March 24, 2006, 08:46:14 AM
I personally would wish they would go back to sea type names for codenames like Atlantis and Dolphin.  Or just make it a general rule to no longer release information to the public vy the code name. Or even make the codename so hideous no one would like it.

As I said earlier Nintendo lost it's right to change names when they wanted to change the DS to Nitro.  What were they thinking.  It should have been the other way around Nitro to DS.  Nitro is so much a codename.

Everyone does have a point.  When you do PR everything you say should put you company in a better light and if you don't have anything to say like that then "No comment."   When your developers are doing a better job of PR then your hired PR people I would personally fire your PR person.  Unless they do the best job ever in the background stuff.  Then I give them a "new" position doing that and let someone else be the public face.
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: BigJim on March 24, 2006, 09:18:02 AM
IGN: What's at E3?
NOA: Stuff.

It would also help to ask the right questions. Everybody by now expects the big wall of spin and non-answers, so figure out an angle and don't be so open-ended. PGC tends to be a bit better at this it seems.
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on March 24, 2006, 09:35:49 AM
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Originally posted by: Ceric
As I said earlier Nintendo lost it's right to change names when they wanted to change the DS to Nitro.  What were they thinking.  It should have been the other way around Nitro to DS.  Nitro is so much a codename.


Nitro was the codename.  I remember reading rumors about a project called Nitro long before the DS was revealed.  It is odd that Nintendo doesn't release as much information about their handhelds under codenames as they do about their home consoles.  I remember reading tons about Project Reality, Dolphin, and now Revolution before learning the official names.  That wasn't the case with Atlantis and Nitro.
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 24, 2006, 09:53:04 AM
Bill and I have decided that the Nintendo Kinesis is the best choice for a name.
The Nintendo Paragon comes up in a close second.

Best names possible.
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: The Omen on March 24, 2006, 12:12:08 PM
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So as the saying goes... "Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer". In otherwords, if you ask questions you shouldn't be asking and you'll get comical / flipant responses.


Unfortunately for you entire argument to work, you have to ignore that a PR person's job is to answer the same monotonous questions over and over again with a wink and a smile, not a snarl and a smirk.  A PR person is supposed to stoke the flames of wonder , without crushing it, by using vague non answers.  In this case, she answers in such an annoying way, it's ridiculous.  This 'Beth' should be put out to pasture.
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Bill Aurion on March 24, 2006, 02:18:39 PM
What?  More like her answers were great and completely re-lit my anticipation for E3...

(Nintendo Kinesis for the win!)
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: wandering on April 15, 2006, 09:14:55 PM
How about Nintendo Reality Simulator?
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Plugabugz on April 18, 2006, 02:32:37 AM
Nintendo Wal-Mart.
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: thejeek on April 18, 2006, 03:23:13 AM
Nintendo Killah Sex Power Extra Adult XXX No Kiddeeeeeees Allowed, Oh you'll be Sooooo Growed Up, killing things and all, Purple Edition
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Requiem on April 18, 2006, 03:25:37 AM
Sources say it's Nintendo BlueWave


and by sources I mean internet

and by internet I mean bullshit
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: thejeek on April 18, 2006, 03:26:54 AM
That's not as good as my name...
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: EasyCure on April 20, 2006, 06:43:48 AM
oh man you guys crack me up. P-nes...thats just GREAT.
im not being sarcastic either i've been really really sick and sh*tty so i needed a good laugh like that.

Like alot of you the Revolution name as stuck with me. At first i didnt know what to make of it, it didnt sound like it would be a cool name for a video game system if it ever stuck but atleast it was a better code name than dolphin. the more i learned about the system the more i liked an appreciated it. all it does is tell you what Nintendo is trying to do with this machine.
if it does change though, i've always thought this would be the perfect system to continue the NES name with.
i know i've said this before in some other thread but ever since the first pictures of the revolution materialized, more-so the ones where it is set horizontal, i've pictured it as an NES in my head because it was simple. then after reading news of its virtual console and beign able to d/l so many classic games, i wanted it SO bad to look more like an NES. hopefully some of you have seen the mock-up photo on IGN where the rev was given an NES inspired paintjob. my jaw hit the floor when i saw it only because i've envisioned that in my head for a long time now.
why not call it NES-5? if sony can get away with calling their systems ps 1, 2, and 3, and microsoft calling their new system xbox 360 (by the way what does that even mean? i never cared enough to find out before), then why not just call the revolution NES-5. to 'noobs' it'll make it appear as it is 2 generations ahead of playstation (and with that innovative new controller, it might as well be) and it will truley be an "entertainment system" and besides...its the biggest throwback to retro gaming. it just makes sense. N5 sounds cool only in that abbreviation. playstation 3 and ps3 both sound better coming out of someones mouth than Nintendo 5 does.
the whole Nintendo Go thing wont work in america. people wont get it, it just menas 5 in japenese. Nintendo 5 really doesnt sound good, but N5 does. the problem with just calling it N5 is that some people might not realize its a nintendo machine.
it should either be NES-5 or revolution. if it has to be NES-5 than they should reiterate "revolution" in EVERY add for it so that anyone that soley new it as the revolution will be familiarized with it and all of us who have gotten used to calling it the revolution will continue to do so..

either that or P-nes!
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: thejeek on April 20, 2006, 10:46:55 AM
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the problem with just calling it N5 is that some people might not realize its a nintendo machine.


Given the current perception of Nintendo amongst some of the target market and the general incompetance of Nintendo's marketing department, that might not be a bad thing...

[EDIT:] Actually to be fair to Nintendo's marketing department, they're sponsoring some comedy on Channel 4 here in the UK with DS adverts that aren't too bad (although the in-game footage looks really bad for some reason)
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: wandering on April 22, 2006, 01:49:51 AM
When a brand is in trouble, it's better to promote it than it is to bury it. Why do you think Nintendo used the Nintendo brand for their latest portable instead of the more popular 'Game Boy'? They wanted to promote their brand for the Revolution.
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Edfishy on April 22, 2006, 08:33:16 PM
I've always thought NES5 would be perfectly suited for the Revolution, mostly due to the fact that it almost resembles, "Ness".
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Artimus on April 22, 2006, 08:38:17 PM
I don't know if anything but Revolution can fly now...
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Strell on April 25, 2006, 06:26:48 PM
I have decided it should be called the Reggie. Not even the Nintendo Reggie. Just the Reggie. And his snarling face should be plastered on the front of the machine, ready to eat any machines near it. As such, this is how it will be powered. You will feed it Sega Master Systems, and it will give it power.

COWER IN FEAR AT THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS THE REGGIE, MORTALS.

If they call it the RS as speculated, I personally will go to random stores and write "Reggie's System" on the retail boxes.

As much as it pains me to no longer hope for P-NES, I feel the Reggie is a mighty name indeed.
 
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Kairon on April 25, 2006, 07:54:48 PM
Does Reggie have a last name?

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: mantidor on April 25, 2006, 07:59:31 PM
Fils-Aime

Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: Kairon on April 25, 2006, 08:05:32 PM
Oh whoops. For real? Haha... I never thought of that as his last name, just as an extension of the melodic ass-kickery of his first name.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: trip1eX on April 25, 2006, 08:13:56 PM
Nintendo RS
Title: RE:IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: MattVDB on April 27, 2006, 09:43:22 PM
Despite the fact that I'm one of the few who actually have already warmed up to the name "Wii" (although I will admit it awkward using for the first time today in a sentence), I found it incredibly appropriate to quote Ian.  You know, that man may just be genius:

" I'm wondering if "Revolution" is still a codename due to some difference of opinion between NCL and NOA. NOA probably likes the Revolution name but NCL might have some other idea that would not go over well in North America and so they're still discussing it."  
Title: RE: IF Revolution still is a code name...
Post by: vudu on April 28, 2006, 09:23:26 AM
I've asked before and I'll ask again.  Would Nintendo even legally be able to call their next console the Revolution?  I'm sure someone else already owns the rights to the name.