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apparently Wii = 5 in numerology - someone on gamefaqs reported that. dunno if it's true or not as couldn't find a google source suppoorting it but seem to explain a bit cos the console will be the 5th one.
Some people whoses first language isn't English pronounce Wii like the letter V which is the Roman numeral for 5. That's what that someone on gamefaqs must have meant.
 

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The fact that they need to post a full explaination of what the name means should be an indication to them of what a rediculous name it is.

It's a marketer's nightmare.
 

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Look, there are still some things Wii don't know about the Wii ( gotten so used to saying rev
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Maybe they will revel the second part at E3: the Cked! And the console will be named the Nintendo Wiicked!
That would be pretty damn.... wiicked!
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In all the time they had to think about this, that's all they've come up with? The least i can say is "underwhelming". This is obviously an over thought, over simplified marketing creature. And I think it will be a deterrent to their projected sales.
For all the ideas they tried to convey, i think the Nintendo Unity would have been a better choice...

Of course what would I know, i'm just an average joe and not a marketting "genius"
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I thought at first it was pronounced "why". Which is kind of philisophical. Then I read off the bbc website it was pronounced wee. What stupidity.

Why would you ever talk about games again if you had this console?

You cant say it in the same way as, "Im gonna play with my revolution or PS2".
Its "Im going to play with my wee.
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No business has ever made such a dumb move.

In response to what somebody said about nintendo having to explain the name?
I think somebody high up in marketing did indeed lose a bet, and had to make the name actually sound viable.
 

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It's a marketer's nightmare.

Er... it's the marketer's dream. It already creates a challenge: how they put it on magazines and stores? How will they work this presentation Wii all have seen on ads, store communication? Will it hit non-gamers? It will be very interesting to see the Wii release campaign.
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Well, if the name is suppose to convey the idea of "w-e" with the two i's representing people playing with the revmote, then that pretty much confirms the idea that the Rev . . . Wii will ship with two sets of controllers.

Weeeeeeeeee!
 

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A marketer's nightmare is when nobody cares about your product. I think the opposite happened...
You're absolutely right. A lot of people are talking about it; from hardcore gamers to general public media. You can't buy publicity like this. Who needs marketing strategies when 3 letters manage to catch the attention of so many people in 24 hours flat?

[Edit] Aaannnndd Taka.M said exactly the same thing 3 hours ago in the other thread. That'll teach me not to read the whole thing before replying
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I like the new name. Sure, I liked Revolution too ^^
Being French, no piss jokes here
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Still, the puns are flying... But Wii'll all get over it
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EDIT : lol@the script changing W.e to Wii
 

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I'm done worrying about it. I hate it, but its not my company so they can piss it away if they like (no pun intended that time). I'm sure the faithful will all be Wii-ing by years end. But I think they blew their best chance in 15 years to get back a real chuck of market share.
 

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Well, if the name is suppose to convey the idea of "w-e" with the two i's representing people playing with the revmote, then that pretty much confirms the idea that the Rev . . . Wii will ship with two sets of controllers.

Weeeeeeeeee!

Ummm.... bad logic. Don't count on it. In no way does the name confirm shipment with two controllers.

But yeah. The name isn't all bad... I've coped.
 

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you know i think that name is pretty pathetic. it sounds like it is either made for french people, homosexuals, asian people, or children. nintendo has stated they want to change there image, but people won't take them literally. be honest is a regular person going to buy a sony console if it wasn't a playstation, or buy a microsoft system not called the xbox? maybe put both companies did research and found that they do better if they keep there name, what's with nintendo and changing the name everytime? they get no benefits from the regular joe that knew what an nes, or snes was, but whats a wii. they should go with something like a previous poster stated and call it the nes5. i'm sorry, but i think word of mouth is going to die, because no one is going to brag to friends or buddies that they got a wii. and i feel sorry for the little video game nerds when it comes out, the kids in grade school, because they are going to get beat up so many times when they ask other kids if they want to play there wii. schools will ban the word being said for the sake of getting sued buy parents that think they kids at there local gradeschool are a bunch of perverts. yeah this is going to work real well, i wonder if nintendo will get sued, like mcdonalds did for supposedly making people fat. they are going to have alot of angry parents. there went all of the previous gamers for nintendo. i really wanted to support nintendo after non supporting them since snes, but if they are going to give names like this they are going to be the next sega anyway.
 

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