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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #50 on: December 10, 2011, 12:23:13 AM »
They should call it Nintendo Player

"don't be a player hater"

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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #51 on: December 10, 2011, 08:57:33 PM »
They should call it Nintendo Player

"don't be a player hater"

"don't hate the player, hate the game"

"that plays DVDs, this plays Nintendo"

"I nintendo'd all day long yesterday"

"You play Nintendo? in Russia Nintendo Plays You"

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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #52 on: December 10, 2011, 11:59:20 PM »
Hate to say it, but Ian stated exactly my thoughts about the name 'Stream' and the connection to Wii. Juvenille or not, there is that loud mouth 10% which over-rides the silent 90%. I do not like Stream as a name. And the name should not be so descriptive of what the system does, it should be descriptive of what it is.

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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #53 on: December 11, 2011, 02:17:35 AM »
Wii jokes died eventually, Stream jokes would die too. Wii was a great name. Short, simple and easy to remember. Not particularly arguing for the name, just pointing that out.
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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #54 on: December 11, 2011, 05:49:40 PM »
True...and the Wii jokes were a type of publicity.  It wasn't even really that negative.  It made people curious. 

Also, in the end the Wii was a great name.  WiiU is little lame.  But maybe they can do something with it. 

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« Reply #55 on: December 11, 2011, 10:56:41 PM »
Wii jokes died eventually,

Only because the Wii stopped being talked about (or played).
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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #56 on: December 12, 2011, 03:19:40 AM »
Actually we frequently talked about how we weren't playing the Wii (LOLZ SOUNDZ LIEK FAPPING!!!!!111) and are now pretty all playing or have played Zelda and to a lessor extent Kirby.
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« Reply #57 on: December 12, 2011, 04:49:36 AM »
Why not just drop the WII part and call it Nintendo U? 

If you don't like my idea then you can just NU yourself :0.

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« Reply #58 on: December 12, 2011, 09:05:50 AM »
They should drop the Wii part and call it YOO. Yoo is a funny and weird way of spelling "you" just like Wii was a funny and weird way of spelling "we".
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« Reply #59 on: December 12, 2011, 10:25:09 AM »
i kinda like the name nintendo reptar

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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #60 on: December 12, 2011, 03:16:41 PM »
Just call it Nintendo Bitches and be done with it.
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« Reply #61 on: December 12, 2011, 06:45:44 PM »
Just call it Nintendo Bitches and be done with it.

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« Reply #62 on: December 12, 2011, 07:14:55 PM »
I'm simply of the idea that if you can come up with a name that doesn't allow for easy juvenile jokes, why not?  Why go with the pee joke name if you don't have to?  It probably won't matter but it COULD.  The Wii name COULD have been a PR disaster so why not cover your butt and play it safe?  You certainly have nothing to gain from a stupid name so why risk it?  Doesn't Nintendo do a good enough job making things harder for themselves for no reason?

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« Reply #63 on: December 12, 2011, 07:29:34 PM »
They should just forget fancy names. Movie players don't have fancy names. They should call it the Gamie. Movies move, and the Gamie games. Simple enough.

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« Reply #64 on: December 12, 2011, 07:50:07 PM »
I'm simply of the idea that if you can come up with a name that doesn't allow for easy juvenile jokes, why not?  Why go with the pee joke name if you don't have to?  It probably won't matter but it COULD.  The Wii name COULD have been a PR disaster so why not cover your butt and play it safe?  You certainly have nothing to gain from a stupid name so why risk it?  Doesn't Nintendo do a good enough job making things harder for themselves for no reason?
But you can turn anything into a juvenile joke. That's what makes them juvenile and ultimately, not funny since it appeals to the lowest common denominator. We're not talking sharp humor here. We're talking about dick and fart jokes and bad ones at that.

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« Reply #65 on: December 12, 2011, 08:00:43 PM »
Something like GayCube or SexBox requires one to change the name.  But Wii and Stream don't need to even be changed to make the joke.

It's like if you name your son "Bart" bullies will call him "Fart".  But that's not as bad as naming him "Gaylord" where the name itself is the butt of the joke.  See the difference?

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« Reply #66 on: December 12, 2011, 08:30:09 PM »
Stogi: Who wants to play Nintendo Bitches!?

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« Reply #67 on: December 12, 2011, 08:43:23 PM »
Yeah, I got it. What I don't get is why it matters or more specifically, why you think it makes a difference. They're still just dick and fart jokes. One simply requires a pinch more effort to pull off.

There's barely even a joke with Stream. You would have to say pee stream for there to even be a punchline. Otherwise, you're just explaining the joke and it's not one at that point. And since that's the case, you can just do that with anything. You can add a modifier to any word to turn it into something else. You say Stream to people and they'll most likely think of music first. In fact, that might be the most problematic thing about naming a console "Stream." It'd sound like Nintendo is trying to make an iTunes-killer.

In any case, people got over Wii pretty quickly. It still sounds silly but it's there. It's a part of pop culture and vernacular. No one even really thinks about it unless it's brought up on a message board and even then, it's between people who accept that exists and people who are still railing against it even after 5 years.

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Re: Wii U has quad core 3GHz CPU, 768 MB of RAM
« Reply #68 on: December 12, 2011, 09:58:44 PM »
Nintendo is not gonna drop the Wii name after the huge success it was.

If they did incorporate Stream in to the name in place of U, then it would just be Wii Stream
or Wii Striim and now we are back to the same discussion we were having moments after the name was revealed back in June @ E3.

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« Reply #69 on: December 12, 2011, 10:13:30 PM »
Nintendo dropped "Gameboy." I know why they did but the point is that there's precedence for letting go of a popular brand. A truly great product can stand on its own even if being attached to a brand helps. Nintendo made Wii popular. They made a lot of brands popular. I see no reason why thy couldn't do so again.

And I don't think Nintendo will actually change the name. I just don't think there's anything inherently wrong with Stream. As I've said before, I think the best name is the most boring one, just so everyone would stop talking about it.

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« Reply #70 on: December 13, 2011, 12:44:52 AM »
Gameboy had run it's course and they shelved it for reasons they explained.

The term "boy" being in the title seem to limit it's appeal, so they went something much more neutral. With DS and Wii being their mist successful hardware in both portable and console, it would only make sense that they would want to ride out the brand recognition while it's still hot.

Now Assuming Wii U doesn't sell 100million in it's 5-6year cycle, I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo dropped the Wii name in favor of something new next next gen.

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« Reply #71 on: December 13, 2011, 01:02:24 AM »
I'm simply of the idea that if you can come up with a name that doesn't allow for easy juvenile jokes, why not?  Why go with the pee joke name if you don't have to?  It probably won't matter but it COULD.  The Wii name COULD have been a PR disaster so why not cover your butt and play it safe?  You certainly have nothing to gain from a stupid name so why risk it?  Doesn't Nintendo do a good enough job making things harder for themselves for no reason?

The problem is these decisions are made in Japan and the people involved in these decisions either speak English only as a second language, or don't even speak it at all. They did not grow up with English speaking juveniles, so they don't understand how they will react to these names they come up with. What Nintendo should have done is listened to some input from American consumers and see what they like and want it to be named.

The console could have a different name in Japan and a different name elsewhere. That's how it was with the NES and SNES which were named Famicom and Super Famicom respectively in Japan. So Nintendo could go with the Wii U name in Japan, but in America it might be better to give it a cool name like Grizzly or whatever so that people won't feel ashamed owning and playing it, or be afraid they will get their asses kicked at school by bullies because of being a fan of it.
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« Reply #72 on: December 13, 2011, 01:08:26 AM »
People got used to "PlayStation" (which sounds like something you might buy to keep you might buy from Hasbro to keep your 2 year old busy), so I don't see why that would be hard for Wii U.
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« Reply #73 on: December 13, 2011, 01:34:34 AM »
People got used to "PlayStation" (which sounds like something you might buy to keep you might buy from Hasbro to keep your 2 year old busy), so I don't see why that would be hard for Wii U.

The difference is Sony has always had that edgy content from day one. They never had a problem convincing Rockstar to bring games like GTA to its systems. Nintendo on the other hand does have this problem. Continuing on with the Wii brand name makes convincing hardcore/mature gamers to come over a much more uphill battle than it would otherwise be. I'm not saying its impossible to make the Wii brand cool, but it would take a lot of effort and a lot of edgy content which I don't think Nintendo is going to invest in. But if they named the console after some large carnivorous animal like a Lion or Grizzly Bear then it immediately has that cool factor going for it. It then becomes a much easier task to get hardcore gamers to come back.

Nintendo shouldn't be content with just merely winning over the gamers they lost with the Wii. They should be more ambitious and aim for winning back all the gamers they lost as far back as 1995 when the SNES was on its last legs and the majority of the hardcore crowd went over to the Playstation instead of waiting another year for the N64. This was a turning point year for Nintendo, and that's the moment when they started being classified as "kiddie". This is the wrong they need to address, but the stupid Wii brand name sure isn't helping. It needs to be ditched.
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« Reply #74 on: December 13, 2011, 02:17:13 AM »
I'm simply of the idea that if you can come up with a name that doesn't allow for easy juvenile jokes, why not?  Why go with the pee joke name if you don't have to?  It probably won't matter but it COULD.  The Wii name COULD have been a PR disaster so why not cover your butt and play it safe?  You certainly have nothing to gain from a stupid name so why risk it?  Doesn't Nintendo do a good enough job making things harder for themselves for no reason?

The problem is these decisions are made in Japan and the people involved in these decisions either speak English only as a second language, or don't even speak it at all. They did not grow up with English speaking juveniles, so they don't understand how they will react to these names they come up with. What Nintendo should have done is listened to some input from American consumers and see what they like and want it to be named.

The console could have a different name in Japan and a different name elsewhere. That's how it was with the NES and SNES which were named Famicom and Super Famicom respectively in Japan. So Nintendo could go with the Wii U name in Japan, but in America it might be better to give it a cool name like Grizzly or whatever so that people won't feel ashamed owning and playing it, or be afraid they will get their asses kicked at school by bullies because of being a fan of it.

years ago they had Arakawa to tell them if it was a bad idea, and explain why. He may have been Japanese, but he lived in the U.S. for a long time. It probably would be better if the system had a different name in the U.S. than Japan, it makes sense. If that will happen...we'll have to see.
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