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Poll Result
  Wii - Good or bad?  
 
It rules!
42%
 42%  [ 6 ]
It sucks!
35%
 35%  [ 5 ]
Its ***????
21%
 21%  [ 3 ]
 
  Total Votes : 14  

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Konedima
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:30 am    Post subject: Nintendo Wii Reply with quote

Seeing as nobody has posted this yet I guess I will. Nintendo has announced the name for the revolution, it is now the "Wii". I'd like to borrow a joke from a gamespy newsletter here and say they must have been on some serious Wiid when they thought of this. There is a little flash movie (and a rather lame attempt, in my opinion, to explain the name) at http://revolution.nintendo.com
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmmm the shallow pseudo-innovative console has a shallow pseudo-innovative BS name
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

icarus wrote:
hmmm the shallow pseudo-innovative console has a shallow pseudo-innovative BS name
I wouldn't agree with the first bit but the second bit is true as true can be.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the new name. It's cute, eye-catching and different.

Nintendo are trying to hook the non-gamers with this, not the hardcores. The hardcores have decided whether to buy it or not a long time ago. A name won't alter their opinions. But mum, dad and the old grandparents need a name that doesn't sound intimidating. In the eighties, they introduced the NES, making it non-threatening by designing it to look like a toy rather than a machine. They're basically doing the same now, but with the name.

Also, it's fun to say. Weeeeee!

EDIT: And those gamers who HAVEN'T decided, will decide when they see the games out for it.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NOoooOOoOoo!

What kid is going to admit to his friends he has a Wii in his room? Sure, it looks pretty as a logo, but it sounds like wee. *sigh*
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
"HEY GUYS I GOT A WII
ITS IN MY ROOM LETS PLAY WITH IT"

ummm whats a wee

OMG IT ROXORZ ITS LONG THIN AND YOU PLAY WITH IT

ok...
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Revolution was a perfectly servicable name. They should have kept it.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Weeble wrote:
NOoooOOoOoo!

What kid is going to admit to his friends he has a Wii in his room? Sure, it looks pretty as a logo, but it sounds like wee. *sigh*
i think people might go old-school and call it a nintendo. or i'd hope anyway.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow the YTMND crowd is going crazy over the wii

http://www.ytmnd.com/list/?search=Wii

warning not all YTMND sumbitions are safe for work (or school of family)
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

01d55 wrote:
Revolution was a perfectly servicable name. They should have kept it.


I agree, Nintendoes excuse is that its easy to remember and stands out from the crowd.

Unfortunatly they are right about it, This is really going to hurt the ammount of people who will take this seriously.

Quote:

Kid: Mummy, Mummy! Can I get a Wii for my birthday?
Mum: A what?
Kid: A Wii!
Mum: You want WHAT for your birthday?
Kid: I want a Wii from the guys at Nintendo!
Mum: Riiiight
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anticheese wrote:
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Kid: Mummy, Mummy! Can I get a Wii for my birthday?
Mum: A what?
Kid: A Wii!
Mum: You want WHAT for your birthday?
Kid: I want a Wii from the guys at Nintendo!
Mum: Riiiight
I think they'll run enough ads to stop that from happening...
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Five bucks says that will happen at least three times Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anticheese wrote:
Five bucks says that will happen at least three times Smile
five hundred it'll happen at least three hundred. but unless everyone is in a giant big brother house i don't think we'll know
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh no. It's the Invasion Of The Stupid Wii Jokes. Seriously, I'd thought I would escape that here. I was wrong.

It's kind of interesting to observe that name etching itself into the brains of the impressionable internet crowd. Sure, you think it's stupid now, but all this furore is only serving to deeply burrow the name into your skulls, making it nigh on unforgettable. You'll only forget the Wii the day you forget your own names.

We'll see how things go.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have to admit that Nintendo is rather brave coming out with a name like that. But I think that letting the name out this early before market will help reduce the number of pee jokes by the time it's out as it'll get old quick. Personally, I think the name is dumb, but it does the job they want it to.

In other news, I can't seem to find any reasoning on their part as to why the controllers look like tv remotes. Anyone have any idea? It doesn't make sense to me from an ergonomic standpoint.
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