Apr
30
2006

The Nintendo Wiiiiiiiii

News Opinion video games By Shay

As it’s been announced, the next gen gaming system from Nintendo has changed names. The name has been changed from the moderately cool “Revolution” to the laughable “Wii”. That’s right…they will be giving us the Nintendo Wii (pronounced ‘we’) come launch.

I can definetly say that I was shocked to hear of this. For starters, I figured that “Revolution” was cool enough. I figured it to be a good step taken in the naming of Nintendo systems. That comes considering the names of their past systems: NES, SNES, GameBoy, N64, Gamecube, DS. With the exception of a few, the names for Nintendo systems have been less than imaginative.

With the Revolution being named the Wii I guess they sort of wanted to give us a kick in the face of off-the-wall creativity. I like unique things but I’m afraid that in this instance, that effort is a bit lasckluster.

Oh well, besides for marketing purposes is a name really that important for fans? Actually, yes! When I talk about this thing to my friends, now I get to sound even goofier. Thanks Nintendo.

11 Responses to “The Nintendo Wiiiiiiiii”

  1. By bentong on April 30, 2006 at 8:44 pm

    Personally, I prefer “Revolution”. However, I guess this happens everytime a company makes a weird name. I first thought the iPod sound kind of odd, but now, wow, iPod sounds cool!

  2. By Shay on April 30, 2006 at 9:55 pm

    Yeah, iPod was odd at first, but just that…odd. I’m afraid Wii isn’t odd, it’s stupid. It may ‘creative’ but that’s not neccesarily a good thing. At least it’s much easier to say that “Revolution”.

  3. By Seraph on April 30, 2006 at 11:52 pm

    Nah WII is fine i guess.. besides, hasn’t Nintendo always been aiming for the younger market? The market that can’t even pronounce Wii in a full sentence.. or make a full sentence to begin with? :D

  4. By Sami on May 2, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    I personally like Wii. Yes, I’m one of the few who does, but I generally ride it off as being that way because I’m a girl–I’ve noticed it’s mostly the guys who have major issues with the name. I think it’s cute. And now I get to bug all my gamer friends by going “Wiiiiiiiii” at random moments just because I can. Awesomeness.

  5. By Eli on November 8, 2006 at 3:52 pm

    I totally agree, Sami. I personally love the name ‘Wii’. It’s creative and it isnt boring like XBOX or GAMECUBE.

  6. By arthritisgamer on October 9, 2009 at 5:05 am

    i love playing all day on my new Nintendo Wii. this game machine adds new level on gaming interactivity.

  7. By Logan Robinson on May 12, 2010 at 11:25 am

    i love my Nintendo wii, i almost use it everyday because i am a video game addict. love the nice features.,;,

  8. By Justin Campbell on June 30, 2010 at 1:51 am

    i love to play all day on my gamecube. `–

  9. By Ava Davis on September 1, 2010 at 3:36 am

    i love to play on gamecubes and on psp machines, so addicting …

  10. By Audio Switch : on October 23, 2010 at 8:54 am

    wether it is gamecumbe or nintendo wii, what matters is great graphics and ergonomics;’-

  11. By Water Filter on December 13, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    i am addicted to computer games that is why i bought a gamecube for me and my brother .,’

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