Gaming The Nintendo Wii

[rkenshin]

they forgot the 'F' in between the i's

J/k, hehe

 

[Brouhaha]

All I can think about when seeing/reading Wii is this.

 

[Xboxed]

I remember Steve voting for "Bibidi babidi Buu" and Mark saying something about "Kaching!" But...

What happen with "Be bop a Lula" ? C'mon Guys, we agreed that will be the name!!!! I hate those midday meetings with Nintendo creatives...THEY JUST DON'T LISTEN!!!!!

Be Bop a Lula ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!


Peace

 

[lastdual]

Yes, let's hope this is just a big PR stunt.

The relation to piss remind me of those marketing mishaps that companies often make when advertising in coutnries where they didn't do enough background on the language. My favorite was one by Purdue Chicken:

Purdue Chicken translated the tag line from founder Frank "it takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" into spanish. The problem was they never checked with a translation/cultural specialist. The result was that they rolled out into the market with spanish that said "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused."

 

[Akotan]

I liked the Wii name... It's fun to say! But I don't think I'll say "let me have a Nintendo Wii, please" at stores...

About the announcement page: everyone knows about Revolution, right? It makes sense catch everyone's attention using this name for renaming news.

 

[josh]

Nintendo of america should of said something to Nintendo of Japan...Ummm......no, thats not gonna fly here.

 

[Julee]

Should be the nintendo WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[alexp2_ad]

Maybe, just maybe, if gbatemp was to send out a forum mailer, they could get every member to email nintendo saying:

I am dissatisfied with the name of the Nintendo Wii, I will refuse to buy one unless the name is changed to the Nintendo Hrth

Worth a try?

 

[Cyan]

There is not even one registration domain name with the name WII on the net that is owned by nintendo

http://whois.domaintools.com/wii.com

There is microsoft, korean compagny, Wellness Institute International, etc.

no Nintendo

Don't you think they would have registered some domain name if it were true ?
(I hope it's not

)

Edit :

Ah, there is one NINTENDOWII.COM, registered up to 2008

 

[Jojjy Ugnick]

I will not believe this is the final name until I'm holding my Wii in my hands. :]

Not in public I hope.

 

[Hanafuda]

WHAT THE FIRETRUCK ARE THEY SMOKIN?!?!?!?!?!

 

[PlayingKarrde]

I like the logo at least...

It's not going to be a joke though people. Come on.

 

[tisti]

Stolen from another board

 

[SomeGuyGG]

That name sucks....

It will never even start to sound good... because it just sucks so much.

 

[junker]

thinking about it now, it's really nice. WII!!

 

[RayorDragonFall]

Everyones going to seriously laugh at nintendo over here for that...
In spain nintendo isn't doing very well arround the people at my school, so I hope they don't find out what wee means in english.
RDF

 

[AshuraZro]

I will not believe this is the final name until I'm holding my Wii in my hands. :]


Not in public I hope.

I will bring my Wii with me everywhere. After all, it suposed to be small right? :]

 

[Teun]

Wee Tee Fee

 

[Cutman]

The penis innuendo jokes are already getting old.

 

[Teun]