Hardware Why Wii 'U'?

What do you think 'U' means?

  • You

    Votes: 48 76.2%
  • A third person

    Votes: 2 3.2%
  • Doesn't mean anything really

    Votes: 6 9.5%
  • Not sure

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Something Else

    Votes: 6 9.5%

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fossda

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Just why? I don't understand the name... I know that the two i's in 'Wii' are supposed to represent two people playing together, but what does 'U' mean?
 

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U could mean anything, but I believe the marketing gimmick is that its the Wii, created specifically for "U."
 

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Reggie Fils-Aime explained this at the beginning of the first announcement, on the E3 last year. I can't recall it word by word, but it was something like this:

"the wi ...... stands for we ...... as in "us". But we...that is, the people, don't want just a console for "us"...we want to include one...that includes you...as well. Hence...WiiU. And that...is what we...at nintendo...are all about. To create...and enhance...and innovate...and blah...blah...blah..."

And so on. It took me about thirty minutes where "WIIU" was displayed in the background before I realised that all that stuff about "we" and "you" was actually an excuse for the pathetic attempt introduction of the name.


So if I was going for the technical correct answer, I'd vote for the first one.
The cynical answer would be: "it means that marketing shows our audience like retarded names, so we followed up on the wii with this!" *.
...but in all honesty: I can't but vote for "it doesn't mean anything really". Those who think different** can try to convince me there's a reason for the second "i" in "wii".



*the Ouya sure is going for the same marketing segment here :P
**that's an incidental pun. For a change, it has nothing to do with apple.
 
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Reggie Fils-Aime explained this at the beginning of the first announcement, on the E3 last year. I can't recall it word by word, but it was something like this:

"the wii...stands for we...as in "us". But we...that is, the people, don't want just a console for "us"...we want to include one...that includes you...as well. Hence...WiiU. And that...is what we...at nintendo...are all about. To create...and enhance...and innovate..."

And so on. It took me about thirty minutes where "WIIU" was displayed in the background before I realised that all that stuff about "we" and "you" was actually an excuse for the pathetic attempt introduction of the name.


So if I was going for the technical correct answer, I'd vote for the first one.
The cynical answer would be: "it means that marketing shows our audience like retarded names, so we followed up on the wii with this!" *.
...but in all honesty: I can't but vote for "it doesn't mean anything really". Those who think different** can try to convince me there's a reason for the second "i" in "wii".



*the Ouya sure is going for the same marketing segment here :P
**that's an incidental pun. For a change, it has nothing to do with apple.
The reason for the second 'i' in Wii, as I said in my first post, is that the two 'i's represent two people playing together.
 

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The reason for the second 'i' in Wii, as I said in my first post, is that the two 'i's represent two people playing together.
*sigh*

I understand you see that as a reason. Personally, I wouldn't go beyond that "it is supposed to" you used in the introduction post.


To put it differently:

The U in WiiU is supposed to be about 'you' in a similar way that a piece of colorful barf on canvas is supposed to be art.
 

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The reason for the second 'i' in Wii, as I said in my first post, is that the two 'i's represent two people playing together.
*sigh*

I understand you see that as a reason. Personally, I wouldn't go beyond that "it is supposed to" you used in the introduction post.


To put it differently:

The U in WiiU is supposed to be about 'you' in a similar way that a piece of colorful barf on canvas is supposed to be art.
I saw it in a facts book, and it said that Iwata chose the name for that reason. Although, of course, the other reason, as seen in KingVamps' post, was that 'wii' sounds like 'we'.
 
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Reggie Fils-Aime explained this at the beginning of the first announcement, on the E3 last year. I can't recall it word by word, but it was something like this:

"the wi ...... stands for we ...... as in "us". But we...that is, the people, don't want just a console for "us"...we want to include one...that includes you...as well. Hence...WiiU. And that...is what we...at nintendo...are all about. To create...and enhance...and innovate...and blah...blah...blah..."

And so on. It took me about thirty minutes where "WIIU" was displayed in the background before I realised that all that stuff about "we" and "you" was actually an excuse for the pathetic attempt introduction of the name. :P

Haha, nice one ;)
 

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it means "the person holding the tablet". As that's the focus, rather than just "Wii" (the various people playing and playing together).
 
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