"...by letting the gaming community vent now about the name, they will be less distracted as launch titles for the system are announced and initial reports about what it's like to play the games begin to come in."
Translation: "We know this name really sucks, but we are going to do it anyway. Now the big story at E3 about Nintendo wont' be "How dumb is the name?"
ZOMG!!! are u nutz I thought i could finally convince some NON-gamers to play nintendo on the new revolution... but the wii??? who is gonna take me seriously??
A noble attempt to "be different" has been hastily replaced with a successful execution of being downright ridiculous. Wii will be the downfall of Nintendo, mark my words.
I was giddy when i saw the system and controller last year. with my buddies showing off thier shiny new 360s, i just kept saying "wait for the revolution"
tonight all my buddies made piss jokes. Revolution is a far better name, PLEASE, PLEASE pull a starcube and change the name at the last minute.
Wii instead of Revolution - who came up with that? Where's the marketing department? "We're gonna play som Wii". More like "I've gotta take a Wii".
Keep with the cool.
More proof that the marketing department from Japan needs to be kept completely out of NOA's marketing. I'd be embarrassed to walk into a store and ask for a "Wii" anything. Your console is a revolution, its name is a joke. This just won't fly anywhere outside of Japan.
I support this petition because this is obviously the worst piece of marketting ever. The whole little i thing has been done before, more successfully by the iPod, which actually sounds like a noun. Wii sounds stupid, it sounds alien, and most importantly, it sounds like urine.
NINTENDO, learn this, we don't have to get used to the name...
you're not the only video game company out there, if we don't like it, we have other options, BETTER options!
I REALLY wanted a revolution, not a wii... and yes, just because of a name I'm going with a playstation 3, or maybe even an xbox 360... but no way in hell I'm getting a wii...
Haven't you guys learned anything from the past? First it was "we won't move to CD", then "no internet gaming" and now it's "no HD and Wii"... golden years are long gone and show no sign of coming back...
I was actually looking forward to buying the revolution, but give me a break this name is so stupid it just plain taints the whole thing. This name makes the system sound like a pathetic joke.
This name is not catchy and doesn't feel inclusive. All it does is make sure that anyone over the age of 3 in the U.S. won't want to refer to this system by its name.
Hey everybody lets go play Wii!
I might be wrong but this really sounds like NCL came up with the idea then told NOA what the name was going to be and no one at NOA thought to mention the negative connotations to NCL, or NCL didn't care. The difference between Wii and Google or other strange product names is that Google has no connotations.
The name does not work like it's intended. It isn't based on a noun. it's a pronoun with HORRIBLE connotations. Big mistake.
I like the idea, but this is NOT the right word.
Call me shallow or whatever, I don't mind, but there's no way in hell that I'm supporting a company that makes such a stupid move with that name when things aren't looking that bright to start with... I actually had high hopes for nintendo and the revolution, but just reading wii makes me fell ill...
playstation 3 is looking pretty neat right now! looks like I'll save a little more money and enter the HD era...
just because of a horrible name! cuz honestly, reading wii makes me really ill...
Nintendo told me I was going to get a revolution. Wii has nothing to do with what they are pyutting on. I mean Nintendo cahnged it from only eing 2 players to having 4. What is wii supposed to have 8 players? They have the balls nobody else in the industry would do even with microsoft being one of the biggest comapnies in the world.
Like I said, Revolution is what I want to play, and what Nintendo is trying to do. Change the way we play games. Plus, i've pronounced it as why more than we. I sure as hell hope this is some kind of sick joke.
Like if Nintendo is even going to consider this petition! Also, what's up with all the moaning? It's just a name! Shit. Am I the only one here who does noit think that in order for a system to be good it needs to have some "kickass" name? I've seen pics of Wii in action and I think that Sony and Microsoft and most "gamers" (yes I use the name lightly because most "gamers" these days barely even deserve the name)would be mistaken to underestimate the potential that Wii has.
Sometimes, even the greatest company of all time comes up with something that they'll think it's really great, but it really isn't... they know it, but they won't admit it... this is one of those times! They know that the name is crap, if the name was really good, they wouldn't have to say that "people will have to get used to it"...
And to think that I had such high hopes for the Revolution... I tought that nintendo would be back to the top spot... but wiii that's all in the past!
honestly, image/name is everything, a huge deal! and wii doesn't represent the revo, it just makes them look dumb...
Deanna Said:
Bob: "Hey, Fred, wanna come to my place afterschool and play Wii?"
YEAH let's play Mario Kart Wii, NAH! forget it, let's plat Mario Wii-wii Land.
WTF?
It's like a nightmare... Tomorrow we will wake up and this will be all gone.
If not, I'm looking forward to the next generation console... the Nintendo Poo.
this is absolutely the saddest day in nintendo history. what hurts the most is that they had done everything right up to this point - slick console, new controller, 3rd party exclusives, 1st party revivals - but they blow it all with something so trivial, so childish, something so easy to avoid. i dread the day where i have to play zelda on a playstation, but i fear it is soon.
What the hell. What the hell. Wii? What kind of a name is that?! I haven't been this outraged at a Nintendo decision since the N64 era.
I don't care if it sounds good in Japanese. Was the english language not considered at all? Did it not occur anyone the possible interpretations of the name other than 'We'? Is it supposed to look cute alongside the word "Wifi"? Is it supposed to bring attention to how tiny the system is? What happened to Nintendo's more 'mature' outlook which was supposed to propell them out of the 'kiddie' atmosphere? The name sounds like a soft grating on my ears. I can hardly stand to acknowledge it.
EVEN MY 11 YEAR OLD SISTER THINKS ITS THE STUPIDIST NAME EVER THATS GOT TO MEAN SOMETHING.REVOLUTION,BLUE WAVE N.E.S (NINTENDOS EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM)WELL ILL STILL GET ONE MAYBE TWO ONE FOR MY SISTER BUT I WILL TAPE REVOLUTION OVER WII!!!
!VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
HEUHAEUEAHUEAHUEAHEAUUEAU HAEU....Fuck you nintendo fuckin' freaks...loooool!!!!!!! What a fuckin' ridiculous name, as bizarre as you nintendo lovers!!!! RIGHT ON, FUCKERS!!!!
For the Love of all that is good, Nintendo... DO NOT SLAP YOUR FANS IN THE FACE WITH A SLANDER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Wii(WEE)aka EX-REVOLUTION is literally spraying Anti Nintendo graffiti all over Mario, Link, Samus, etc. All their legacies are in shame if they appear on the "WEE".
Really ... Casual will not buy this just because of the name... As the Nintendo Revolution: I seen Nintendo at the first place, the golden age of nintendo would have been revived.
As the Nintendo Wii: Las palce again...
The people who are defending Nintendo for an idiotic decision are stupid, why is it that every other big evil corporation has known the branding game--but a worldwide videogame provider cant?
Look at the company's bullshit:
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Nintendo sums up the name change with the following comments. "So that's Wii. But now Nintendo needs you. Because, it's really not about you or me. It's about Wii. And together, Wii will change everything."
Obnoxious, self-indulgent and idiotic. Thats what Nintendo has shown by a simple name change, and its not a superficial one. The Financial Times has focused on gamer reaction, so it is making a diffrence, just because hardcore Nintendo fans can gulp this doesnt meant the average (and yes, usually male) gamer will accept it.
