Hardware Why Wii 'U'?

[Psionic Roshambo]

Wii in your Coke tested poorly in focus groups....

Heheheheheh

Edit: When people see it they will do a U turn?

 

[flygon12345]

Wii has 2 i's meaning 2 people playing with the wiimote and the U is the gamepad controler used by another person who is playing the other 2 who has the wiimote

 

[The Milkman]

The U is supposed to represent Nintendos goal with this console, to make a console with the pick-up-and-play fun of the Wii that made it such a hit with families, and the Hardcore gaming experience of a HD console, something thats often ment to be played in couples or some groups of friends or alone, hence the U. Its actually quite a clever name when you look at it.

 

[loco365]

If it were Wii Mii, that'd be a lot of guys with a lot of problems.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Did you see last year's E3? They went on and on about how "U" was because Nintendo was reaching out to you as a gamer.

 

[Yumi]

Were there any other guessing names before it was officially announced "Wii U"? Like the Revolution.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Were there any other guessing names before it was officially announced "Wii U"? Like the Revolution.

Revolution was the official code name. For the Wii U it was Project Cafe, and for Gamecube it was Dolphin. They weren't "guessing names".

 

[Yumi]

Were there any other guessing names before it was officially announced "Wii U"? Like the Revolution.

Revolution was the official code name. For the Wii U it was Project Cafe, and for Gamecube it was Dolphin. They weren't "guessing names".

Oooh, okay. Now I know. Thank you.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Were there any other guessing names before it was officially announced "Wii U"? Like the Revolution.

Revolution was the official code name. For the Wii U it was Project Cafe, and for Gamecube it was Dolphin. They weren't "guessing names".

Oooh, okay. Now I know. Thank you.

Like pretty much everyone outside of Nintendo, I wish they had stuck with Revolution.

Just a little side-note, DS is both a codename and official name. DS stands for Dual-Screen, and people liked the way DS sounded, so they never changed the name.

 

[weavile001]

in some places, U is the same thing as You

 

[Pleng]

Like pretty much everyone outside of Nintendo, I wish they had stuck with Revolution.

Uhhh let me fix that for you....

like a small group of hardcore gamers, who are probably quite well represented on this forum but still are only a tiny percentage of the total market for the Wii, I wish they had stuck with Revolution

yes that looks better

 

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