Nintendo Wii - The Good, The Bad & The Freakin' Weird...

[Zeus]

Ok so the votes are in, the majority say the Nintendo Wii is a really poor choice of name for Nintendo's next-gen console - with some refusing to purchase the console if the 'wii' name remains. On the positive side, the name is quick sharp and innovative, on the bad side it sounds like a complete joke when pronounced.

Here is a Slashdot post which has links as to why the Nintendo 'Wii' is good, bad and weird...


Yesterday Nintendo released the official name for their next console. Formerly the Revolution, and now simply called Wii, reaction has been strong among gaming fans. A Brian Crecente article in the Rocky Mountain News looks at why <a href="http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denver/freePlay/2006/04/wii_has_fans_asking_why.html#more" target="_blank">Wii is bad</a>, from a marketing perspective. Chris Kohler, over at Game|Life, looks at why <a href="http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1467976" target="_blank">Wii is good</a> because of its iconoclastic nature. And, always happy to help with the irreverent, Games.net examines why <a href="http://www.games.net/features/109067.shtml" "target="_blank">Wii is weird</a>. From that article: "We don't think Nintendo Wii is a truly terrible console name, but it's an uncharacteristically risky choice, even for Nintendo. We admire its simplicity and its playfulness (the two i's represent multiplayer action, you see). But on the flip side, parents will have a hard time pronouncing it (''Nintendo...why?'') and hardcore gamers will slam it ...''


News Source: <A href="http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/04/28/0053205.shtml" target="_Blank">Slashdot.org</a>

[Cyphix]

If you won't buy a console purely because you don't like the name, then there is something wrong with you.

[Bad Andy]

If you change the name of your console from Revolution to Wii, there's something wrong with you.

[peppers]

ow well might as well accept it and start updateing the forum

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6721/boxtabfullnrv5mw.gif
^it even looks ungly doseint it

[evlspcmk]

no matter how hard i look at it the Wii reminds me of world war 2 like the letters... its just the 1st thing that pops into my head when i see it

[SONIC]

OMG does this **** continue like forever? They named it Wii, live with it goddamnit! It's not like Playstation or Xbox are better names! If people choose not to purchase the new Nintendo system because of the name of it, then they prolly wasn't gonna buy it in the first place! I'm so damn sick of mainstream idiots not getting the whole point of it all! OMGLOL they called it WEE... now, back to Halo and all the brilliant EA Sport series... christ! Get a fucking clue everybody! Ignorants!!! *Rant over*

[Cyphix]

If you change the name of your console from Revolution to Wii, there's something wrong with you.

The name of the console was never "Revolution."

[Xboxmodder999]

I hated the name at first, but now I actually like it, and like it a lot.