Author Topic: Japan hates Wii. (Read 10669 times)

Terranigma Freak · « **on:** April 28, 2006, 11:12:50 AM »

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/28/forum-chatter-japan-responds-to-wii/

I mean, I can understand saying "Revolution" might not be natural to them, but anyone can say Rev/Revo. Check the comments for that article to find out what people from other nations think about it. The French also hate it.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:14:58 AM »

The Nintendo "Yes" probably wouldn't go over well with me, either.

ThePerm · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:39:41 AM »

lol, seriously why are their marketing team so incompetant? I wanna punch Perrin Kaplan in the face.

bustin98 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:43:20 AM »

But Perrin is a hottie. Don't punch hotties. Make an effigy and punch that instead.

ThePerm · « **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:50:44 AM »

shes not hot...she looks like a skinny white shrek

Ian Sane · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:52:01 AM »

The only way the name will get changed is if the Japanese hate it. But then knowing Nintendo they'll chalk this up to Japanese hardcore gamers which don't fit in the non-gamers crowd. Japanese grandmas have to hate it.

The comparison to Stan Hansen is odd. Stan Hansen yells "HOOOOOO" at the top of his lungs but I don't really associate that with "WEEEEEEEEE". He also kicks ass and I would personally consider it good if something reminded me of him.

nemo_83 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:55:04 AM »

After all the puns about pricks and piss where off people will realize that it is also suggests tiny, so it will start all over again, but with the tiny dicks; then it will progress to homoerotic jokes because of the pairing of phalices. From there it can only get worse. The only positive is what the logo's look suggests, the dots in the ii could represent stereoscopics. If so, the name still sucks, and the timing was even worse off.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #7 on:** April 28, 2006, 11:58:04 AM »

Homoerotics already arrived:

"Guys, let's go home and play with my wee."
"Can we all play with your wee?"
"Sure. The more people playing with my wee, the better."

"Mom, Timmy's coming over to hook our wees together."

It will only get worse.

Was anyone mocking Revolution? I don't think so. In fact, people loved saying "Viva la Revolution!"

nemo_83 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2006, 12:15:06 PM »

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother

"Mom, Timmy's coming over to hook our wees together."

It will only get worse.

Was anyone mocking Revolution? I don't think so. In fact, people loved saying "Viva la Revolution!"

My gosh it has gotten worse, now there is incest involved.

thejeek · « **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2006, 12:23:12 PM »

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The only way the name will get changed is if the Japanese hate it

So I guess there is some hope now then. They won't want to back down though

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2006, 12:27:06 PM »

Nintendo has officially disappointed me like never before.

Nephilim · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2006, 01:17:27 PM »

This thread LIES
they dont hate it, they just state they like the other word better

RiskyChris · « **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2006, 01:33:54 PM »

I love this name. I also find this drama deliciously hilarious.

ruby_onix · « **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2006, 01:42:55 PM »

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Originally posted by: DeadlyD
This thread LIES
they dont hate it, they just state they like the other word better

But according to Nintendo, Japan hated "Reboryushen".

Nephilim · « **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2006, 06:51:08 PM »

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Your search - Reboryushen - did not match any documents.

Google hates Reboryushen also

mantidor · « **Reply #15 on:** April 28, 2006, 06:52:19 PM »

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Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
Nintendo has officially disappointed me like never before.

The top for me is and will always be Twilight Princess remote functionality, but this is awfully close.

wandering · « **Reply #16 on:** April 28, 2006, 07:26:03 PM »

I'm reading more bafflement than hate. Hate sounds like "This is the worst name ever and my interest in the system has dropped to zero and now I'm going to pick up the system in 2007 in a bargain bin because it's like Nintendo just killed my first born child"

Caliban · « **Reply #17 on:** April 28, 2006, 07:47:09 PM »

Kotaku also had something to say about the Japanese: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo/wii-what-the-japanese-think-170421.php

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #18 on:** April 28, 2006, 08:58:52 PM »

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The top for me is and will always be Twilight Princess remote functionality, but this is awfully close.

This blows TP revmote clear out of the water for me. Revmote functionality isn't going to hinder sales like this will.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #19 on:** April 28, 2006, 09:06:16 PM »

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Originally posted by: bustin98
But Perrin is a hottie.

Flaccid.

jasonditz · « **Reply #20 on:** April 28, 2006, 09:17:16 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
The only way the name will get changed is if the Japanese hate it. But then knowing Nintendo they'll chalk this up to Japanese hardcore gamers which don't fit in the non-gamers crowd. Japanese grandmas have to hate it.

The comparison to Stan Hansen is odd. Stan Hansen yells "HOOOOOO" at the top of his lungs but I don't really associate that with "WEEEEEEEEE". He also kicks ass and I would personally consider it good if something reminded me of him.

You know, now that you mention it, I think in Fire Pro Wrestling S (and probably D too), Stan Hansen yelled "Wii!" when he did his jumping lariat.

Maybe when he was in Japan there was some cultural reason Hooo! wouldn't fly so they had him change it to Wii?

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #21 on:** April 28, 2006, 10:01:04 PM »

Don't the Japanese pronounce R as L?

So wouldn't the Revolution in Japan sound like levolution?

Bloodworth · « **Reply #22 on:** April 28, 2006, 10:52:36 PM »

No, that's a misconception promoted by bad translators and Japanese people trying to figure out when L or R is appropriate because the corresponding sound in Japanese is really kind of in-between the English L and R sounds.

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #23 on:** April 28, 2006, 10:57:34 PM »

Oh, because in Anime a lot of names that seem to be spelled with an R sound like they are being spoken with an L.

But if its due to the reason you mentioned then ist should be ok to use Revolution.

MysticGohan · « **Reply #24 on:** April 28, 2006, 10:59:35 PM »

Ryboushen it would sound like, not a great thing in Japanese tounge. Hey Bloodworth, it'll be ok. wii sounds like it'll be intresting. I think we should wait for E3 to make the call on the name, in the end the product sells the name, not the other way around.

I still wuv you :p

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