Scrap "Revolution", the console is now named "Wii" http://revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703502p1.html http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo/revolution-is-officially-wii-170030.php
I thought it was joke when I first read it. They better make one hell of a logo, because the name sucks so it needs compensation.
Lower case i's, like iPod. Similarity to Intel's recent marketing scheme (viiv, in case it passed you by). Looks a bit like Wifi, which is tech of the moment right now. Kind of ticking the boxes. Not a hugely inspiring name, but then within a month we'll all stop thinking about what it means and just accept it as the new Nintendo console. When you think about "Playstation" it doesn't occur to you that it's the opposite of "workstation", it's just a Playstation and that's that.
Is nintendo smoking too much wiid? EDIT: I know a few languages, including greek, that "wii" would not be pronounced as it should, and would just make the market hate it, be it for the lame name. And I thought GameCube was a bad name. Also, the fact that everyone i know has heard about the name revolution, and they now change it to "wii" will create the same confusion that people had who knew about the dolphin, but never got to realize that it was the gamecube. I have people who walk in my office asking me, after seeing a familiar logo.. "Is that a dolphin next to your gamecube?I thought that thing never got released - does it have better specs than the cube?"
Thanks a lot Nintendo. As someone who's had this nickname for 20+ years thanks to my initials, I'm sure I'll never hear the end of it.
"mommy mommy, i need to have a wii" EDIT: damn, that would make a nice advertisment campaign, for kids at least
I kind of see what they are doing, but it is hardly inspiring. My first impression was a negative one. I do hope I warm to it as I really want to like the Rev/Wii. I will not let a name give me a downer on a console but this is the first negative thought I have had about the Rev/Wii. (Give me a good month before I'm used to it) Oh and sorry to be so childish, but Wii does sound rather like wee. EDIT - Japanese side of things http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20060428/wii.htm apparently it is going to be written ウィー.
I'm speechless... No, wait, I'm not. This is a really bad name and logo. I thought "Go" was bad, but now, I wouldn't mind it so much. Oh well, I'll buy it anyway. Also, I thought of this when I first saw the name. :lol:
There's some words that have a certain "force" when spelled. Words such as "XBoX (ex box) and "PlayStaTion" (capitals indicate vocal spelling force) . Try shouting "Wii", and you ll run out of breath. It just doesn't sound loud enough. iPoD does on the other hand, and so does ViiV. Wii also sounds like the French word "oui" , and to name a product "wii".. I can't imagine my granpa wanting to play with a "wii" or my parents daring to ask me for the controller of the "wii". Bad impression, very bad.
