ok nintendo has officially lost the plot..

madrab

the official name of the revolution is......

Nintendo Wii

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=138673

yep wee, piss, tinkle, piddle...

should be nintendo Wtf

Goodshape

That sucks alright.

There was absolutly nothing wrong with the name Revolution. I really thought they were going to hang onto that, as they did with the DS (originally a 'code name' too).

Seriously though... "Can I get a pre-order on a Nintendo Wii, please"... I don't want to have to say that.

//edit
Offical linky. They're not even joking

madrab

frantic mothers running around at christmas

"mI need a wii, you gotta help me"

LookingFor

It doesn't really matter. Names become second nature eventually.

The logo is nice, though. Kind of like a cross between something Sony and Apple would do, in terms of look.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

honru

The Revolution would have been a crappy final name. Can't get used to "Wee" either.

Ciaran500

randomname

lol Wii, wtf were they smoking!

super_furry

Still not as bad as the Dreamcast.

turbot

Hahaha

Maybe they'll have a game that simulates going to the gents bathroom for a piss.

Their handheld controller could be used in place of your, you know, unmentionable...

projectmayhem

nintendo go would have been better then this.

though someone told me today it's quite possibly a decoy for the real announcement at e3

Goodshape

projectmayhem wrote:

though someone told me today it's quite possibly a decoy for the real announcement at e3

Is it really wise to confuse and annoy your audience like that?

It's the Revolution, it's the Wii, its the Somethingelse... too much.

JPA

:eek: What the hell were they thinking?

Surely they know what wee is in this part of the world?

satchmo

Jebus that's a terrible name.

Brerrabbit

This is so, so stupid.

never mind the stupid new name ("Wii" Wtf?), in marketing parlance they had already built up a crazy amount of hype under the "brand" of "revolution" (rather than "nintendo") and now they have cast that to the winds for what?

Oh this is so so so so so so silly! 3 months (or whatever) before launch nintendo have decided lets name our new console after a combination of some ridiculous concept that doesn't really translate well from Japanese and marketing babble ("together "wii" will change the world" or whatever ffs); honestly it's like the nintendo marketing directors 10 year old sprog was asked how best to mess up his dads' new product
Are nintendo trying to fail?

come on lads

P.S sorry about all the parenthises and bad grammar but this is so stupid. Oh nintendo! (Brerrabbit buries his head in his hands and crys)

whimper maybe it IS a joke? oh please!? please be a joke

Doodee

am, i shall remain skepticle until i see it for definite but i would have thought Marketing people at Nintendo were a little brighter than to name it something like that in Europe and US. Unless they drive jaguars and use a Mac of course

Goodshape

A comment on either Digg or Eurogamer made the point that the name 'Revolution' probably wouldn't have gone down too well in China... isn't Revolution one of the many blocked words on chinese search engines?

Doesn't make 'Wii' any better, but then they never did seem to care much about the UK/Europe markets.

Doodee wrote:

i shall remain skepticle until i see it for definite

The news comes from the offical nintendo site.

DonkeyStyle \o/

i also remain testicle, I still think they're going to call it the famlicom.

rainbow kirby

*facepalm*
*sigh*
*hiss*
What a ****ing stupid name. Way to shoot yourselves in the foot, Nintendo. Revolution was a perfectly good name, why bother changing? Even some of the other codenames (N5 anyone?) were better...

Doodee

no, i mean see it on the shelves with that name.

I dont think i'd want to spend a load of money on a wii

sprinkles

Nintendo retards would have suited better

PS: just saw the website, puntastic.

"wii will change the world" - *wipes sick from mouth* - How pathetic.

Perfect advertising campaign should be the exact opposite of the Carlsberg ads:

"Ninty don't name consoles but if they did, they'd probably be the worst names in the world"

Seriously Ninty, you've let yourself down, but most importantly (to me at least) you've let me down. (still gonna get one though)

Zapp Brannigan

projectmayhem wrote:

nintendo go would have been better then this.

I think thats gonna be what their Internet Service is called.

Lord Oz

All I can say is, when they were handing out names nintendo must have been out taking a wizz.

Zillah

Introducing ... Wii.

As in "we."

While the code-name "Revolution" expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.

Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.

Wii will put people more in touch with their games ... and each other. But you're probably asking: What does the name mean?

Wii sounds like "we," which emphasizes this console is for everyone.

Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.

Wii has a distinctive "ii" spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play.

And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd.

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.

Thats craptastically retarded.

hairball

ah c'mon guys it's only a name and dummb as it is i think it's all very funny and i actually kinda like the logo

steviec

Rubbish name but it won't make a bit of difference.

Sega had the best names and it never did them much good. I always thought "Play station" sounded stupid but it never takes long before the name simply means the product and you stop thinking about it.

chump

I think it's Ace.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

meh, nintendo tbh.
Their best console was the SNES ( not the greatest name either), and how long ao was that. Maybe just maybe they could be trying to recreate their luck with another naff name

edit: i mean non hand held

Rnger

When i read Wii I first that it was like wi from "wifi". makes a bit more sense i think.

Well really my first reaction was "theyre calling their new console world war two!?!?" no no. thats wwii

cregser

All your base are belong to wii

Gamecube anyone? That's a crap name. And Nintendo called it the Starcube before a similar outcry.

Crucifix

That's an odd one alright. I was secretly hoping they'd call it the Dolphin or the Ultra 64 or something.

Call Me Jimmy

well it gets tongues wagging, and they say any publicity is good publicity so fair balls to them.

Zillah

If anyone played Rome Total war, they'll recal that the family names were spelled "Jullii" and "Brutii", and the double "i" was pronounced "ee aye", so I at first had hoped that "Wii" was "Wee Aye", which is much better than "wee", but no, its wee. Pee. Urine. Idiots.

flogen

cregser wrote:

All your base are belong to wii

Gamecube anyone? That's a crap name. And Nintendo called it the Starcube before a similar outcry.

True, NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Gameboy, DS... no outstanding names, and XBOX and Playstation aren't brilliant either...

When I read it first I was pronouncing it "why" in my head, but that opens up a whole new can of worms!!

Odd name, nice logo, irrelevant in the grand scheme of things... they could have called it the Nintendo Syphilis and it still would have lived or died on its games... (Excuse me, but have you got Syphilis? My son really wants it for Christmas but no one else seems to have it in stock...)

cregser

Zillah wrote:

If anyone played Rome Total war, they'll recal that the family names were spelled "Jullii" and "Brutii", and the double "i" was pronounced "ee aye",

That's probably something to do with the vowel before the consonant. Like Uwii - "oo we aye"... i dunno...

hairball

flogen wrote:

Odd name, nice logo, irrelevant in the grand scheme of things... they could have called it the Nintendo Syphilis and it still would have lived or died on its games...

prexactly!

Lord Oz

No way is it going to stick, they're a laughing stock all over the net.

fobster

Lord Oz wrote:

they're a laughing stock all over the net.

And there's the rub. As someone said there's no such thing as bad publicity.

Matt Simis

fobster wrote:

And there's the rub. As someone said there's no such thing as bad publicity.

There is a difference between popularity routed from being funny and being a joke.


Matt

koneko

Wow. Woeful name. Seriously Nintendo, were you high or something?

qz

Reckon they'll have a change of mind ala the PS3 controller after all this feedback?

rainbow kirby

Maybe it's just a publicity stunt, and they'll have picked a non-retarded name by E3? One can only hope...

koneko

rainbow kirby wrote:

Maybe it's just a publicity stunt, and they'll have picked a non-retarded name by E3? One can only hope...

Fingers crossed!

thelordofcheese

I read it as Nintendo 'Y' [as in the first half of WiFi], that said i do like the logo, and if wii think about it, has there been a well named console ever?

Playstation, Xbox, N64, Mega Drive, Jaguar they're all pretty daft names.

Laguna

Nintendo Wii?.. Jesus, it has to be a decoy, I mean.. come on!.

If this isn't a wind up they may as well go the whole hog and call it the Nintendo Turd or something equally lavatorial.

CombatCow

worst name ever!


That is all.....

flogen

Laguna wrote:

Nintendo Wii?.. Jesus, it has to be a decoy, I mean.. come on!.

If this isn't a wind up they may as well go the whole hog and call it the Nintendo Turd or something equally lavatorial.

As I've said on Nintendo it's a sign of a cultural divide; the name was probably devised by a Japanese team in their Japanese HQ; the sound 'we' in Asia could have an amazingly positive meaning for all I know (or none at all, which is better than it does here).

I doubt it's a decoy though, but there's always a chance that Nintendo will revise the pronunciation (or even spelling) for the west in light of the fact that it means urine... a pronunciation like 'way', 'wai', or even 'why' would fare much better.

Tusky

Big nintendo fan...but WHAT? Terrible terrible name. They have shot themselves in the foot....again and again...

I bet Sony & Microsoft are delighted.

aidan_walsh

People, clearly the name is the sound of fun.

Nintendo Wheeeeeeeeee!

Hugh Hefner

Holy bollox. If I had the opportunity to name a console I'd be trying to name it the slickest, coolest name I could come up with. And yet, console after console, companies don't even seem like they try.

yawnstretch

Well

Gaming in Ireland is officially ****ed up the ass now.

Nice one nintendo - when this ****ing thing comes out I wont be ever able to mention my hobby again

THANKS A ****ING LOT

LegacyUser

They actually don't give a ****ing toss about the European market and this just demonstrates it. I think Nintendo are arrogant. And I don't like them.