On this day, 6 years ago, Nintendo called their new console "Wii"
The horrified reactions from 6 years ago are hilarious to read.
http://www.1up.com/news/wii_2
(Weirdly, they're very similar to the reactions to the Wii U name...)
http://www.1up.com/news/wii_2
(Weirdly, they're very similar to the reactions to the Wii U name...)
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I always thought that sounded really naff. As if trying too hard. Wii, well that didn't give a f**k did it!
Wonder Swan
Neo Geo
Game Boy
N-Gage
Famicom
Sega Nomad
Gizmondo
Dreamcast
XBox
Vita
they're hardly great names, and whilst i don't mind the term 'Playstation', Sony aren't exactly winning any creativity prizes for naming their consoles PSone, PS3, PS3
What does "Wii" even mean? Is it "Wireless Interactive" or something? If so, then what can "Wii U" possibly mean?
They used "Wii" because it sounds like "we", meaning that it's for everyone, and because it's simple for all languages.
and the " ii" represents two people..
all consoles have working titles
n64 ultra 64
gc dolphin
kinect project natal
xbox err xbox
to me, to you..
Exactly that. Rather than having to use different names worldwide, universally, it is called Wii because it is very easy to say.
Nintendo DS was called Project Nitro, which even to now can still be seen on the back of the 1st Gen DS, and above the barcode on DS cases they have product codes that include NITRO without the vowels (NTR-ABCD-EFG)
The Wii-volution.
They're not laughing any more....
Playstation (sounds childish),
Xbox (boring),
Wii (stupid, stupid name)
They could all be so much better!
The last console to have a great name, was the Saturn. It didn't exactly do well...and neither did the jaguar. Oh well...
the wonderswan...
:rolleyes:
But the console's become a brand, so even if (let's say) Sweden don't use the english words Play or Station, they will when refering to the console.
Hehehe this made me laugh
xbox sounds so ****ing corporate, i'm surprised it wasn't invented on an edition of Apprentice USA.