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04-27-2006, 01:23 PM
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Man of tomorrow
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Brooklyn
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You forgot TurboGrafx-16, though! Nothing says game console quite like [extreme! preface][random boring and sterile noun][random number that means nothing to the normal consumer]. It was marginally worse than XBox 360.
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Oh yeah, forgot about that one. Oof.
PC Engine is slightly better by comparison.
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04-27-2006, 01:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,224
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MegaDrive is the coolest fucking name in console history so shut it
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Wee wee spout?
WTF?
we have one hope!
the MegaDrive was renamed to Genesis in the states.... maybe this could Happen again
PLEASE GOD
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04-27-2006, 02:06 PM
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Conduit of the Evil Skull
Join Date: Jul 2005
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OK, all this 'wee' talk is distracting people now, and they're using it against us. (Us=Nintendo fans who hate the name 'Wii', They=Nintendo fans who don't mind)
If we ignore the piss connotations (which are petty, really), or the 'WHY?!?' one either (which is what it really looks like and is how everyone will pronounce it - wi-fi, for instance), it still leaves us with an undeniable fact: it's a really really crap name.
Nintendo want it to be catchy, so people will easily remember it. They won't even remember how to pronounce it! And how brain-dead do Ninty think we are? Is 'Xbox' harder to remember than 'Wii'?
I'm all for having a short name that people will remember, negates the need for an abbreviation and is easily identifiable. The problem is that the one they have chosen is pathetic.
Let's have a taster - some real world scenarios, that you should say out loud:
"Hi, where are your Xbox games?"
"Hi, where are your Wii games?"
"I just bought a PS3!"
"I just bought a DS!"
"I just bought an N-Gage!" (sad bastard)
"I just bought an iPod!"
"I just bought a Wii!"
"There's this great new game coming out on Xbox 360"
"There's this great new game coming out on Nintendo Wii"
N64 Magazine
NGC Magazine
NWii Magazine
Only available on Playstation 3
Only available on Nintendo Wii
Has my point been made? Feel stupid yet? Think they could've thought up a little bit better name?
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04-27-2006, 02:27 PM
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Bridgeadier General
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Wee wee spout?
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04-27-2006, 02:36 PM
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Thumb Tourist
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 17
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NWii? Ennui?
"a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of occupation or excitement"
from Latin mihi in odio est, "it is hateful to me". Compare with annoy.
In other news, I think Lil' Jon should be the spokesman. I mean, just look what he did for "skeet skeet skeet".
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04-27-2006, 02:39 PM
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Zombie Thumb
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Finland
Posts: 769
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There's a new no.1 in my list of dissappointing name changes. And Windows Vista (I know Longhorn was only a codename) was already pretty dissapointing...
Wii sounds like a fitting name for one of those fresh, new, white and light, easy-to-use sofwares or services which probably have something to do with networks and in reality are of no use whatsoever. You know, one of those that have a very polished website with a picture of a smiling young (not too young, though) person wearing a wireless headset. It's definitely not a good name for a console..
For some reason, I love that logo animation, though.
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04-27-2006, 02:43 PM
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my god it's full of stars
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Antonio, TX
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04-27-2006, 03:26 PM
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Thumb Zombie
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Land of the beavers
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Oh that's just fracking perfect. They just lost a sale.
(Yes, I'm shallow)
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04-27-2006, 03:28 PM
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disease vector
Join Date: May 2004
Location: The stinking Baltimore Washington sandwich
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I came as soon as I heard! And then I wiid, naturally. 
I think the cock/piss-angle isn't really such a problem, but the fact that 'wii' is almost totally unusable in a regular English sentence--I don't know--it's just a strange choice.
But when you think about it, 'GameBoy' is pretty fucking wierd too.
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04-27-2006, 04:13 PM
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Wiihii!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Rafael, CA
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"Hey guys, when I fly to the States next week, I'm riding a Virgin!"
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A good analogy.
And MegaDrive is a retarded name. "Mega.. Drive." What the fuck?
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04-27-2006, 04:14 PM
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Remo Action News
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Francisco
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At least "Riding a Virgin" can be sort of delivered with a sly look or something. It's risque. It's entirely different than saying "I play with my Wii."
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04-27-2006, 04:37 PM
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woot woot
Join Date: May 2004
Location: London, UK
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STUPID FOOLS!
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04-27-2006, 04:42 PM
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Snazzy Paper Horse
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Australia
Posts: 461
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I think my favourite console name (even though it was a codename) was the Katana. Seriously, how cool was that?
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04-27-2006, 04:44 PM
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Zombie Thumb
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Detroit, MI
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Yeah, that was a somewhat alarming piece of trivia.
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Would you like more alarming trivia?
I remember back when I was seven (or there abouts) I heard someone in my class use the word "penis" and I thought it was hilarious. That night I was making fun of the kid, and my parents had to explain to me that that is actual what it's called.  I blame my ignorance on a sheltered childhood, and living my early years in Paraguay.
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04-27-2006, 05:07 PM
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Deskrabbit
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
Posts: 120
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we have one hope!
the MegaDrive was renamed to Genesis in the states.... maybe this could Happen again
PLEASE GOD
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04-27-2006, 05:19 PM
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Thumb Resident
Join Date: Sep 2004
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There have been a lot of names for high-profile apparatuses over the years that have initially struck me as stupid, but then kind of grew on me over time. This was oddly opposite; "Wii" struck me just as kind of weird at first, but not stupid - then I got to thinking about actually using the name in real life situations (rather than typing it)...and yeah, maybe a little stupid.
I'd be funny if their idea of a name that was short and easy and didn't need to be abbreviated backfires, and just so people don't sound retarded they refer to the Wii as the "W.I.I."... That'd be pretty amusing.
...I don't know, I still refer to all consoles as "Nintendos" anyways, just to sound retro and cool, so this isn't that big a deal to me. The controller still was pretty sweet last I checked....
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04-27-2006, 05:28 PM
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No good to you dead
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Area 5
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The thing about it is that, beyond the toilet humour, it actually doesn't make sense; and someone at Nintendo knows this because they had to create an ENTIRE page to EXPLAIN it.
That's why the name is so amazingly stupid, because it totally fails to encapsulate the console and its aims by having a name that no-one will know instinctively how to pronounce. So okay, Nintendo do explain the aims and meanings, but it does so on this site, and at great length; and if you need a website to explain the meaning and pronunciation of your flagship product, well, you've totally missed the point of a name.
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04-27-2006, 05:45 PM
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Eggers
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Oakland, CA, USA
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Poor Nintendo. Poor fans. The outrage, disillusionment, and apologism makes for very entertaining reading for me, though! 
However, I'll admit this was the most likely candidate for my next console purchase. Right now, though, I'm leaning towards skipping this entire generation of consoles, as I've recently poured too much cash into upgrading my PC.
Wiip. 
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04-27-2006, 05:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: The Antipodean Colonies
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Let's play the wee nintendo?
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The Consolevania lads are going to love this.
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04-27-2006, 06:01 PM
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dumb tourist
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Japan
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It even looks crap. Just the bare combination of those three letters. How could japanese people with their fancy designer-kanji come up with something that unesthetic. 'Wii' - totally unbalanced.
And thinking about 'Wii' being used in real conversation makes me giggle.
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04-27-2006, 06:22 PM
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Bridgeadier General
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 665
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I wonder what Penny Arcade is going to be about tomorrow.
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Would you like more alarming trivia?
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04-27-2006, 08:48 PM
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Zombie Thumb
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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It's entirely different than saying "I play with my Wii."
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I don't have a Wii, so I play with Chris's.
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04-27-2006, 08:52 PM
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Zombie Thumb
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Detroit, MI
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04-27-2006, 09:29 PM
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dot com
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Not Toronto
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I wonder what Penny Arcade is going to be about tomorrow.
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04-27-2006, 09:52 PM
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Zombie Thumb
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 877
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True. It's been a while since I've had a good laugh over a PA, yet I still read it every other day for some reason.
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