Author Topic: uh-oh: Nintendo reconsidering Wii? (Read 13455 times)

wandering · « **on:** April 30, 2006, 07:36:10 AM »

Because we don't have enough Wii threads already. Kotaku has discovered that Nintendo is sending out a survey asking people what they think of Wii, and whether they prefer Wii or Revolution. Interesting. Hopefully, as Kotaku speculates, this will just be used to help market the Wii and won't result in Nintendo actually changing the name back.

mantidor · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2006, 07:51:46 AM »

never happening

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"this will just be used to help market the Wii and won't result in Nintendo actually changing the name back."

I dont see how anyone would be sad if they change the name back without looking contradictory, given that before everyone Ive seen here loved the name revolution. I cant recall anyone saying it sucked until the new name was announced when suddenly some people went "it was so pretentious and unreachable".

KDR_11k · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2006, 09:00:36 AM »

I remember calling the Rev name pretentious when it was first announced.

Hocotate · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2006, 09:18:04 AM »

I've come to like both names.... making fun of the name and talking about how bad it is will get very old very fast (It already has).... I think the name will be accepted. And when people call Ninty fans "Wii-tards" people will lol at them and give them the "you fail at originality" bit. People talked about the Xbox's massive size for awhile... but it was somewhat short lived and people accept the Xbox.

Arbok · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2006, 09:34:19 AM »

Oh please god let them change it. The Revolution name is a little cubersome, but it's a thousand times better then "Wii" and in terms of console names I would say it was second only to the DS (so simple, so nice) and the Jaguar... barring of course the Nintendo, can't go wrong there.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2006, 09:53:28 AM »

Where is the direct link to this survey, though?

How can we (and when I say we, I both the haters and the Wii followers) vote on that?

BigJim · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2006, 09:58:27 AM »

That would skew the results.

RiskyChris · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2006, 10:16:57 AM »

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Originally posted by: BigJim
That would skew the results.

Lol seriously. You think a company specializing in research quality data will just post it on the internet?

I'm dying over here.

Ceric · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2006, 10:42:20 AM »

RickyChris is right. Someone who specializes in research need to honestly know as much as possible about who is taking there survey. Online is not the ideal medium for this. Now informal maybe. It's a little late for Nintendo to renounce the name. The PR people in NOA has already went to the plate for this name. They've gone as far as to tell us to live with it. You don't say that unless it's pretty much written in stone.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2006, 11:47:58 AM »

I remember agreeing with people like KDR on the name being pretentious. Though I still thought it was okay.

IceCold · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2006, 01:56:38 PM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
I remember calling the Rev name pretentious when it was first announced.

But then you wanted to call it the Prometheus

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2006, 02:48:07 PM »

I didn't have a problem with the name Revolution, but I pretty much assumed they'd change it at some point.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2006, 02:52:29 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ceric
RickyChris is right. Someone who specializes in research need to honestly know as much as possible about who is taking there survey. Online is not the ideal medium for this. Now informal maybe. It's a little late for Nintendo to renounce the name. The PR people in NOA has already went to the plate for this name. They've gone as far as to tell us to live with it. You don't say that unless it's pretty much written in stone.

True, they may say that. But remember there have been sudden changes in the past due to either fan demand or internal affairs.

For example, Sony had said that the original PS3 controller was done. But due to a lot of whining and bitching about how ugly it was Sony decided to re-design.

For Jet Force Gemini, the original characters were kids. But apparently Nintendo and rare ran a survey and apparently people thought they looked too young, so they went back and re-designed them to look older.

There have been cases like this in which everyone believes that there won't be any changes, then suddenly it happens. I'm not saying that this may happen for sure, but you never know.

If Nintendo is thinking of changing the name, they have till the end of the year to do so.

Dasmos · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2006, 05:25:28 PM »

I would actually hate Nintendo if they changed it back from listening to all the whiny fools on the Internet. Revolution seems so bland in comparison, although the name wouldn't stop me from warranting it a purchase.

Edfishy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2006, 05:41:55 PM »

The most they'll do is change the pronunciation of the word from "Wee" to "Way or something. I doubt they'll go as far as changing the spelling or the word entirely.

wandering · « **Reply #15 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:22:01 PM »

INTERESTING IDEA: what if they aren't trying to gauge what people think of the name, so much as whether people prefer Wii or Nintendo Wii. You'll note the survey calls it 'Nintendo Wii' even though Nintendo has explicitly said 'Nintendo' is not in the title. What if half of the surveys asked people what they thought of 'Nintendo Wii' and half what they thought of 'Wii'?

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I dont see how anyone would be sad if they change the name back without looking contradictory, given that before everyone Ive seen here loved the name revolution. I cant recall anyone saying it sucked until the new name was announced when suddenly some people went "it was so pretentious and unreachable".

I never said it sucked but I think I expressed doubts from time to time. At point I remember pointing out that, if you searched for Revolution on Google or Wikipedia, you weren't going to get stuff about Nintendo's next console without digging for it.

capamerica · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:25:37 PM »

I hope they do change it. I've been at Nintendo's side through the good times and the bad, but I can't stand by them with such a God awful name as 'wii'

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #17 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:26:33 PM »

1. Nintendo Keanu
2. Nintendo Kamehameha

RiskyChris · « **Reply #18 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:30:45 PM »

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Originally posted by: capamerica
I hope they do change it. I've been at Nintendo's side through the good times and the bad, but I can't stand by them with such a God awful name as 'wii'

Then leave.

eljefe · « **Reply #19 on:** April 30, 2006, 06:33:14 PM »

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Originally posted by: wandering
I never said it sucked but I think I expressed doubts from time to time. At point I remember pointing out that, if you searched for Revolution on Google or Wikipedia, you weren't going to get stuff about Nintendo's next console without digging for it.

co-signed

heinous_anus · « **Reply #20 on:** April 30, 2006, 07:27:02 PM »

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Originally posted by: Dasmos
I would actually hate Nintendo if they changed it back from listening to all the whiny fools on the Internet. Revolution seems so bland in comparison, although the name wouldn't stop me from warranting it a purchase.

Why does it have to be changed back to "Revolution"? Couldn't it be their #2 ch...wait, maybe that's not such a good idea. Well, couldn't they get someone to give it a different name?

norebonomis · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2006, 07:44:30 PM »

my short lived point: mabye wii don't like the new name. but wii are not important. wii are but a niche market. Wii is more open and they are hoping to attract more non-gamers.

besides, does anyone plan on not buying this thing because of it's name?

MysticGohan · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2006, 07:57:00 PM »

I plan on kicking ass to anyone who doesn't buy one, hehe Feel my wrath!

mantidor · « **Reply #23 on:** April 30, 2006, 08:17:58 PM »

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
1. Nintendo Keanu
2. Nintendo Kamehameha

where have you been!? you never fail to make me laugh and I really needed it during these recent events.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2006, 06:18:31 AM »

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Originally posted by: capamerica
I hope they do change it. I've been at Nintendo's side through the good times and the bad, but I can't stand by them with such a God awful name as 'wii'

It just makes it harder to be a Nintendo fan. I don't need some assh*le at Gamestop smirking at me when I ask him for a game on the "wee". I deal with enough idiots on a daily basis as it is (GS employees already tend to be Sony/MS fanboys. This will just make them even MORE unbearable).

As for the discussion, I'd be far, far less hostile toward the name if it wasn't a real word which we use every day already. I like Wist (wireless interactive sensory technology) or any other invented word.

The best way to put it is to ask yourself this: were there any hate threads when the name Revolution was announced? Was there an outcry from gamers the world over? Did messageboards erupt into flame? Did Nintendo's feedback system crash?

No, and thus it's safe to say that people didn't think "Revolution" was this bad.

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