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Nintendo Wii
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:01 am
by Wally Balljacker
http://revolution.nintendo.com/
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703502p1.html (non-flash article)
So the Revolution has been renamed "Wii". What do you guys think? It's definitely unique. I thought it was incredibly stupid at first, but after letting it settle in maybe it's not so bad.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:03 am
by Judland
One small step for gaming consoles; one giant leap for Scotsmen everywhere.
"Ahy, Lass, hand me one of those Wii (we) Nintendo game consoles... and be quick about it."
Re: Nintendo Wii
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:59 am
by Tsuroerusu
Wally Balljacker wrote:I thought it was incredibly stupid at first, but after letting it settle in maybe it's not so bad.
Yeah, I think it primarily was Nintendo bashers we heard yelling, because there are a lot of those, no matter what Nintendo would do they would still critisize them for whatever, even if they created a game that got 11/10 in every single damn review.
Personally I think Revolution was a better name, but Wii is not bad, I kind of like the "ii" thing, would be quite cool if it was "Xii", would make no sense at all, but looks cool. Anyway, no matter what name they give the console, I'm still gonna buy it, and you know what they have done by revealing that name now? Got a crapload of attention, and E3 will be going off next week.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:07 am
by thetza
Wee? what was wrong with 'revolution'?! they need to hire some apple brain washers to help them with their marketting
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:28 am
by Wally Balljacker
thetza wrote:Wee? what was wrong with 'revolution'?! they need to hire some apple brain washers to help them with their marketting
Revolution was just a code name, like Dolphin was for the Gamecube, and Longhorn was for Vista.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:52 pm
by Tsuroerusu
thetza wrote:Wee? what was wrong with 'revolution'?! they need to hire some apple brain washers to help them with their marketting
It's actually pronounced like "we" not "wee".
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 3:51 pm
by Gomer_X
Tsuroerusu wrote:thetza wrote:Wee? what was wrong with 'revolution'?! they need to hire some apple brain washers to help them with their marketting
It's actually pronounced like "we" not "wee".
I'd pronouce both the same. The extra 'e' doesn't change anything.
I heard on CNet's "Buzz out loud" podcast the reason the picked that spelling was in Japanese 'we' would be pronounced 'weh', so they used the 2 'i's instead.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:43 pm
by snarkout
I MADE WE-WE ON MY WEE WII, WHEE!!!!11!!1!!!one!!eleven
I agree with the "incredibly stupid" sentiment.