Nintendo Revolution named. Prepare to cry. - Page 2

bigjko · 04-27-2006, 10:06 AM

This is likely going to go just like it went with the DS and the Remote Controller.

First Impressions: Pure disgust.
Next Impression: Mild Interest.
Third and Final Impression: Love.

NcroManiac · 04-27-2006, 10:10 AM

I'm not dissing the console for the record, just the name.
I'll probably get it as soon as it gets here, but I'll be embarased telling people oubout it! "Hey joe awarege, gues what! I just bought a Wii!"
"A wee? Is that not a slang for penis?"

insane_cobra · 04-27-2006, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by NcroManiac

Oh, please. Your avatar is holding a knife

So what are you saying, that I just need to be in the opposition? Is it so impossible to comprehend someone might actually like the new name?

artwking4 · 04-27-2006, 10:14 AM

It's going to be nigh-impossible to talk seriously about the Wii console and it's Wii games and Wii peripherals without sounding Scottish.

Lucien21 · 04-27-2006, 10:17 AM

Well in Scotland it has two meaning.

Wee Jimmy - i.e Jim is below average stature.

I've bursting for a wee - I'm feeling like I need to urinate.

So the Nintendo Wee will go down well in Scotland.

mrdriller · 04-27-2006, 10:18 AM

I'd like to preorder a Wii.

Huz · 04-27-2006, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucien21

Well in Scotland it has two meaning.

Wee Jimmy - i.e Jim is below average stature.

I've bursting for a wee - I'm feeling like I need to urinate.

So the Nintendo Wee will go down well in Scotland.

Yeah I was going to comment, judging by the lack of any reference to it from the US contingent...

Does 'wee' in US English not mean PISS?

The director of Nintendo UK must be crying in his office.

mrdriller · 04-27-2006, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Huz

Yeah I was going to comment, judging by the lack of any reference to it from the US contingent...

Does 'wee' in US English not mean PISS?

The director of Nintendo UK must be crying in his office.

It does indeed.

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-27-2006, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tabacco

WiiTF!!!

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-27-2006, 10:30 AM

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Introducing … Wii.
As in “we.”

While the code-name “Revolution” expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.

Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.

Wii will put people more in touch with their games … and each other. But you’re probably asking: What does the name mean?

Wii sounds like “we,” which emphasizes this console is for everyone.

Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.

Wii has a distinctive “ii” spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play.

And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd.

So that’s Wii. But now Nintendo needs you.

Because, it’s really not about you or me.

It’s about Wii.

And together, Wii will change everything.

Who. The. F***. Wrote. This?

I've done ad copy professionally in the past and this one makes my skin crawl. I can see the bullshit under the cellophane. It's....... well, 'corny' is only word that comes to mind right now.

SamandMax · 04-27-2006, 10:35 AM

They're retarded.

NcroManiac · 04-27-2006, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by insane_cobra

So what are you saying, that I just need to be in the opposition? Is it so impossible to comprehend someone might actually like the new name?

No, I was only making a joke. A lame one at that, but still a joke (the "call me crazy" bit and your knife just fitted well together

)

bigjko · 04-27-2006, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Who. The. F***. Wrote. This?

I've done ad copy professionally in the past and this one makes my skin crawl. I can see the bullshit under the cellophane. It's....... well, 'corny' is only word that comes to mind right now.

Meh, so what? No more reason to freak out over this than the 360's 'HD-Era!" or the PS3 '4D gaming!' It's all bull-shit, and we know it. It doesn't matter.

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-27-2006, 10:44 AM

Not in this case, IMO. That's one of the corniest marketing bullshit I've ever read.

Fop · 04-27-2006, 11:02 AM

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Because, it’s really not about you or me.

It’s about Wii[sic].

It should be "us"!

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-27-2006, 11:04 AM

Actually, it should be 'uuS'.

insane_cobra · 04-27-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by NcroManiac

No, I was only making a joke. A lame one at that, but still a joke (the "call me crazy" bit and your knife just fitted well together

)

Oh, sorry, my bad. I didn't make the connection, totally forgot how insane I was.

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I've done ad copy professionally in the past and this one makes my skin crawl. I can see the bullshit under the cellophane. It's....... well, 'corny' is only word that comes to mind right now.

I like it. Of course it's corny, it's marketing!

insane_cobra · 04-27-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Fop

It should be "us"!

Yeah, try selling that in the Middle East.

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-27-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by insane_cobra

I like it. Of course it's corny, it's marketing!

I know, but it's........BAAAAAD corny.

Kingzjester · 04-27-2006, 11:19 AM

Corn has never been this painful.

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