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Originally posted by: Gamebasher When people play Metroid Prime 3, Legend of Zelda: TLP, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, Red Steel they will become less hostile towards the name of the machine.
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Originally posted by: 31 Flavas Wii boring? Why does it have you and the internet all hot and bothered then?
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Here we go again, you're projecting your opinion as fact. Have you asked non-gamers yet what they think of Wii? We saw this last time with the DS vs PSP.
I mean, geez, EVERYONE was going to buy a PSP over a DS or GBA. It was just one of those internet FACTS. The PSP was quickly and succinctly going to put an end to Nintendo and the DS would just get miserable ports of a few general audience PSP games. What happened in the end? DS killed the PSP in Japan and 7 year old GBA out sold PSP in North America. So much for that widely held fact...
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Weeee, more of these "facts".
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane Less sales means less market share which means less third party support which means less satisfaction on my part.
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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation I hope you realize, and everyone that's intent on calling it Rev, that when this system is released in five or so months things will be different. I'll go into the store and ask for the Wii, and they'll give it to me without even cracking a grin. They'll probably own one themselves. You'll go in and ask for a Revolution, and depending on who you ask they may not even know what you're talking about. "Oh we don't carry that" or "You still call it Rev?". You'll make a fool out of yourself for calling it a code name that died nearly half a year ago.
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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation Oh, come on! What? They're not replacing the word, what that word means is an integral part of the name. Don't be ridiculous.
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What's wrong with being boring? Are you kidding? No strong opinion means no interest means no sales. Safe and neutral will never work for Nintendo because they aren't a safe and neutral company. They're leaders, not followers. And until they stop acting like wannabe losers, and start actually flaunting their true personality, the majority of americans won't respect them or show much interest in them.
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hey i take offense to that. i'm an apple and even i think the name is terrible but doing go dragging the good name of innocent fruit into this!
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Originally posted by: MarioQuote
When you don't even pose a counter argument, it further proves Ian's point.
See what Paladin did here? This is a counter argument. You look like less of a nebbish Nintendo fanboy when you use one.
I'm not going to repeat myself, and you need to lighten up.
What I like mostly about Wii, is that Nintendo effectively walked right up to everyone who wanted them to become more mature and generic, and slapped them in the face with a nice bag of reality.
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Originally posted by: mantidor
The top for me is and will always be Twilight Princess remote functionality, but this is awfully close.
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Originally posted by: wandering
The power of wii has infected everyone on the ship. Being an android, I am the only one not affected. Therefore, I can say with absolute objectivity, that there is only solution: everyone who does not like the name 'wii' needs to piss off because they are stupid.
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Originally posted by: Mario HORRIBLE news about the NST FPS. It's gonna turn out like generic garbage (like MPH) and we already have an exclusive FPS in Red Steel, and I wanted Wave Race from them!
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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
I'm having a great time watching people get into a huge piss over a NAME, then watching as their little conspiracy hopes are shattered, and then watching them have an even greater whine...
(Ahaha, personal attack, I don't think so...)
(Edit: I wonder how many enemies I've (and other Wii advocates such as Deg and Hostile Creation) unjustly made because of me mocking the whole "urine" argument and this whole tirade in general...It's pretty sad, really, considering I hold nothing personal against any PGC member...A NAME is tearing this community apart, and it's not the name's fault...)
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane I'm saying they should make an effort to not be lame. What's wrong with Nintendo having a very normal name that no one would have any strong opinion about? If the games are all that matters then why do they need an odd name anyway? What does Nintendo possibly gain with calling their console Wii? There is an INSANE amount of risk and there is like no payoff. They gain no advantage whatsoever in choosing this name over something more neutral.
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Originally posted by: Gamebasher Nintendo has always given me the best games there is to play, so good in fact that I found it hard to find anything that was as good on the other two consoles, so I have no reason to believe that a name which at first seem odd, will change any of all that!
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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN They can also increase sales and get more games by being fun instead of cool... look at the DS. The thing has everything going against it except for fun, and it's outselling the PSP with its amazing superior image and marketing pretty much everywhere.
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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN
You realize you're just strengthening my point: they need to find another way to sell the console to people, because this "cool" thing just isn't working out for them.
Nintendo needs to utterly divorce themselves from the whole Sony and Microsoft marketing style of "cool" and reach out to new people the way they reached out to me with the NES and Mario... the message should be, "buy this console to have some simple fun". Forget about "cool". Forget about catering to the whims of an increasingly jaded and elitist mindset. Give my brother a reason other than a pathetic desire to be "cool" to buy their console.
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Originally posted by: vudu At first all they need to do is buy a few one-minute ad spots during major programs and air the video at revolution.nintendo.com. That will work nicely for letting the world know that Nintendo's rebranded itself.
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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN My 8-year-old brother is buying a PSP, not because of the games, not because it's fun, but because it's cool. Do you see nothing wrong with this?
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Originally posted by: vudu
Most people watch TV. Most people's first real impressions will be from commercials. I find it unlikely that Nintendo will just say Wii and end the commercial like that. At least in the beginning, they'll explain the name, the concept and how it works.
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Originally posted by: Caliban
Oh shut up Smash_Brother, there was nothing wrong with the Starwars kid but there was/is something really wrong with people that make fun of him in a bad way.
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Thank you, that's the funniest thing i've ever read in my entire life.
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<sarcasm> We've got a Nostradamus in the forum! </sarcasm>
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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN
Okay Ian, have fun avoiding a console whose name you "don't care about" because of its name... and what your no doubt extensive marketing experience tells you other people will think about it. Because after all, market success is more important than having fun. Your dollars shouldn't go towards buying things to have fun with, they should go toward guaranteeing you belong in a group that will get fun things later.
I'm with Deguello. Enough with the immaturity... one day was all right, I assumed you all weren't that serious. Now it's just... kind of sad.
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Originally posted by: BigJim I haven't seen any good marketing out of them in years, so consider me concerned. They can brand it whatever stupid name they want, but if they don't have a plan to make it stick, they're done before they began.
