Post by: wandering on June 19, 2006, 03:07:58 PM
Wiipointer (the remote?), WiiCulture (online?), and, my personal favorite, !!M...which one assumes is the Wii's evil twin brother.
Post by: AgentV3 on June 19, 2006, 03:14:31 PM
Post by: Athrun Zala on June 19, 2006, 05:01:23 PM
oh well, no clue, really....
Post by: Crimm on June 19, 2006, 05:21:31 PM
Post by: Ceric on June 19, 2006, 06:00:49 PM
Post by: Renny on June 19, 2006, 06:48:18 PM
Wii!!M
Post by: 31 Flavas on June 19, 2006, 07:01:26 PM
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Originally posted by: Crimm
how the hell do you pronounce "!!M"
Just put the empasis on the wrong syllable.
Post by: AnyoneEB on June 20, 2006, 04:02:35 AM
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Originally posted by: Crimm
how the hell do you pronounce "!!M"
Ask the Khoisans.
Seriously, I agree with the iim reading, although that is only slightly easier to pronounce.Aw, why does Nintendo refuse to call the Wiimote by its proper name?
Post by: Darkheart on June 20, 2006, 05:26:59 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on June 20, 2006, 05:31:43 AM
Post by: JonLeung on June 20, 2006, 06:17:55 AM
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Originally posted by: darkheart
Does anyone else notice that when you take !!M and turn it upside down you have wii. . . .
That's if you turn it, yes. I'm sure that's the whole point. If you flip "Wii", you get "M!!"
Wii = "we"
iiW = "eew"
M!! = "em!!"
!!M = "I'm" (???)
Next thing you know, Apple will release a new iPod model (again) called the Pod!
Post by: wandering on June 20, 2006, 06:19:33 AM
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I think that's what the "evil twin brother" comment meant.
Indeed.
It's hard for me to imagine the name !!M working well for anything. Expecting people to know how to pronounce wii is bad enough, expecting them to understand that 2 exclamation points are supposed to be i's is just going too far. If they want an IM service, I think it should be called WiiMessenger or similiar.
Post by: JonLeung on June 20, 2006, 06:26:02 AM
!!M = I'm = I am = the answer to Nintendo's "Who Are You?" campaign = maybe a personal stats-tracking profile thing especially useful for online play?
I think Xbox Live has something like that. I'd love for people to see my profile of games I've completed and how well I did in some of them.
Post by: Spak-Spang on June 20, 2006, 07:10:34 AM
Wii
Wiipointer (This is much better than Wiimote because it seperates it from a remote control, and describes how you will use it in games. Very nontraditional, nongamer friendly)
WiiCulture (Online/Internet, and such is cool. But there are people that don't know how to use a messageboard and such. This name creates an image, of community, yet seperates it from net or the web.)
!!M (This is just playful fun. take the name and rotate it. Nobody really knows what this means, but the rumors are instant messaging. And you know what, it makes since. Once again its important to realize imaging to the comsumer is more important than figuring out how to pronounce something. You can be taught that.)
The one thing that sticks out to me is that it is very Apple. You know an Apple product because of its marketing naming strategy.
IMac
IPod
IPhoto
This brand name wouldn't have worked with Revolution, and it doesn't work with 360 or PS3.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 20, 2006, 08:15:57 AM
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Originally posted by: JonLeung
Wii = "we"
iiW = "eew"
M!! = "em!!"
!!M = "I'm" (???)
Actually... if
Wii = wee
&
iiW = eew
wouldn't
M!! = mee
&
!!M = eem
?
Post by: KDR_11k on June 20, 2006, 09:02:10 AM
IMac
IPod
IPhoto
iQue.
Post by: JonLeung on June 20, 2006, 09:15:07 AM
(If Microsoft were to buy Apple, you might see an operating system called "iWin"...or perhaps Microsoft would be saying that anyway.)
I agree that "Wii" stands out visually but "!!M" is more "out there", especially with pronounciation. It might work better once we find out what it is, but hopefully we won't have to be told how to pronounce every new thing of Nintendo's, especially since punctuation is apparently available in Nintendo's alphabet. "Like, this is the new Nintendo %@*$&#!" Unless we were a race of Q*berts, that has no meaning to me on its own.
I think WiiCulture could be like Touch Generations for the DS (and I think Europe's got something like Bit Generations for the GBA). It could include a set of games, like Wii Sports, that have "Wii" in the title itself and are simple to play and don't require top-of-the-line graphics or epic storylines. Non-gamers will want a "safe" set of games to choose from, instead of suddenly picking up Metroid Prime 3: Corruption thinking that they'll be able to play it but then get intimidated away from games again when they find out it's not quite as pick-up-and-play.
Post by: ThePerm on June 20, 2006, 10:46:52 AM
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Post by: Ceric on June 20, 2006, 04:28:15 PM
Actually I think think the i in iPod is like the e in e-Mail. Originally it was not proper Netiquett to capitalize it since it meant Electronic. Eventually so many people started doing it wrong you couldn't correct them enough and it became standard. Sort of like Person and Persons when the plural is really People.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 20, 2006, 04:35:40 PM
Google "Russell Peters" and watch his old comedy special. You'll understand...
Post by: wandering on June 20, 2006, 04:49:59 PM
...Pokemon Channel: Mario edition?
You know, like, the clicks represent you clicking through the channels?
Lamest joke ever? I think so!
