AndrewTS Posted April 29, 2006 Author Report Posted April 29, 2006 Actually, I was just setting it up. No one bit. It was appropo because it was supposedly another cross-culture marketing blunder. They were gonna call it the Go. They could then call the next console the Supernova, which is a star dying with a bang. Nova invented revolutions and the Wii. etc. "A JST is what now?" A poster I replied to.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 Odds are that Wii gets bastardized into being pronounced Wi like the Wi in Wi-Fi just so it sounds cool to the techy crowd.
AndrewTS Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Posted April 30, 2006 The Nintendo WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!!!~~~
devo Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 Let's just go all the way and change it to the Nintendo Kawaii. It is pretty cute, after all.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 You say that like it would be a bad thing. I dont mind Wii = Wee! It could be worse...I dont know how..buit it could be worse.
CanadianGuitarist Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 I'm expecting some crappy commercials with Michelle Wie now. My first instinct upon this news was a Golf Digest article from 2002, when Michelle Wie was essentially unknown. The headline read : WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE! Bad name, but fun to say. < Revolution, but still.
Skywarp! Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 After a few days of thinking about it, I'm over the whole awful name thing. Nintendo's track record for fun games speaks for itself, and this may be no different. However, I wouldn't be surprised if this system ends up being the Big N's swan song. It almost seems like Nintendo's story would work as a Shakespeare tragedy. Nintendo's tragic flaw being blowing off Sony for the SNES add-on, and Sony vowing revenge one day. I just wonder how many people are going to be dead on stage in Act V, Scene V.
AndrewTS Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Posted April 30, 2006 The SNES CD add-on had nothing to do with it. Nintendo saw Sega's colossal screw ups and realized it wasn't such a hot idea. The problem was that by the time Nintendo adopted disc-based media for games, they'd already been overwhelmed by Sony. Well, that and Nintendo happens to not be a world-wide reaching super conglomerate like Microsoft and Sony. When you own movie studios, record companies, make dozens of types of electronics, own half a country, etc. it's pretty easy to arrange a marketing blitz. Likewise, when your operating system is in 9/10 PCs worldwide and you have more money than God, you can burst into the videogame biz despite having no prior experience, and still buy your way to at least modest success. Nintendo is run by some crazies, but they aren't as stupid as Sega, whose US and Japan wings were at each other's throats, burned bridges with millions of gamers, thought there was *NO WAY IN HELL* that enough people would play those nerdy "role playing games" for them to bother marketing them, and thought FMV games were the future of gaming. It wasn't even until recently that Sega put Yuji Naka out to pasture, denying for years that he was little more than a cancer who had ceased to produce anything relevent for years.
AndrewTS Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Posted April 30, 2006 He refused to let Sega Technical Institute use the Nights engine for Sonic Xtreme, or he'd walk, so they had to start over from scratch. Naka didn't create Sonic or design the stages of Sonic 1. Basically, all the hype about him was like a really mediocre director getting credited for a good movie when he just used a great script and the entire movie had been masterfully storyboarded.
Use Your Illusion Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 You say that like it would be a bad thing. I dont mind Wii = Wee! It could be worse...I dont know how..buit it could be worse. You're right, they could have called it Poo.
Anya Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 I think of Sega as incompetent and Nintendo crazy. Both are dumb, but Sega does what they do because they don't know any better...Nintendo just lives in their own world where they're still in charge.
AndrewTS Posted April 30, 2006 Author Report Posted April 30, 2006 I think of Sega as incompetent and Nintendo crazy. Both are dumb, but Sega does what they do because they don't know any better...Nintendo just lives in their own world where they're still in charge. Yeah, they live in Japan. As bizaare as Nintendo's decisions were this generation, the DS is outselling *everything* in Japan right now. The extremely-traditional GC didn't do them any favors in the long run.
EricMM Posted April 30, 2006 Report Posted April 30, 2006 this is the fact I keep harping. People: Stylus? WHAT!? CRAZY!!! DS KILLS the PSP in Nippon. I dunno whats going on over here, but I see more people watching a DS than playing one.
Ravenbomb Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 ...or is it? http://www.snarkhunting.com/2006/04/nintendo-wii-brilliant/
AndrewTS Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Posted May 1, 2006 It's wishful thinking. Nintendo likely waited last minute to put the paperwork in, and just because it isn't currently registered means absolutely nothing.
Ced Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 I doubt Nintendo would pull a swerve at this point in terms of the name. The strategy of letting everyone vent on the name now rather at be mocked outright at E3 is alot more plausible. Pulling out the great games around the first year or two of launch will equate to forgiveness, but they're still getting kicked in the balls at this point for the out there name.
Scroby Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Honestly, if someone doesn't want to buy the "Wii" now just because of the name change they will be really missing out. The "Wii" despite the name change still sounds very promising and even if the name is horrible people should still want to get it. Espically since it will be the cheapest next gen system! Besides when you think about it...has Nintendo ever been good at naming their systems? Gameboy Super Nintendo Nintendo 64 (codenamed: Dolphin) Gamecube DS Ok the Gamecube and DS were obvious names for the two systems but come on, Nintendo hasn't been really the best at naming their systems. If you think about it, Nintendo naming the system the Revolution is to bold of a move for the company. If the system didn't do well, then people would have been all over Nintendo for calling their system a Revolution. Wii might me a strange name to choose but it doesn't bother me all that much.
Prophet of Mike Zagurski Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Nintendo 64 (codenamed:Ultra 64) Gamecube (Dolphin) Fxd.
Guest BOOT Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Nintendo 64 (codenamed:Project Reality) Gamecube (Dolphin) Fixed.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Speaking of the Ultra 64, I thought they blew it by just not calling it ULTRA NINTENDO..cause its better than Super!..
razazteca Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 The name change is just a distraction from the fact that the controller is a fucking 80's era VCR remote/Intellivision controller! So now everybody is mocking the name change and forgetting how gimmicky the system is...this makes me wonder if David Blaine, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller are on the marketing staff cause this is some slight of hand bullshit.
devo Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Yes, because Intellivision controllers had accelerometers.
Hoff Posted May 1, 2006 Report Posted May 1, 2006 Yeah, or it might be like the stylus. We really have no idea.
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