Nintendo Revolution gets a name - Wii

Darksaber · Apr 27, 2006

Yes you read right, the next generation console from Nintendo will be called "Wii", which sounds like the word we. That in turn means that this is the console for everyone. I personally liked Revolution much better.

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POGE · Apr 27, 2006

Thats a stupid name. "weeee" :-\

wtf8269 · Apr 27, 2006

I concur, Revolution was sweet. Wii sounds like something puny or weak. Argh, atleast it will be sweet. Then again Longhorn sounded better than Vista, but that's an os, not a gaming console.

wazzledoozle · Apr 27, 2006

Stupid name. Nintendo is going to go bankrupt within the next decade.

PVTCaboose1337 · Apr 27, 2006

wazzledoozle said:
Stupid name. Nintendo is going to go bankrupt within the next decade.

I agree. The time for Nintendo has come and gone. Now it is the xbox. No one wants a stupid system with the only game worth buying for it is RE4!

wazzledoozle · Apr 28, 2006

PVTCaboose1337 said:
I agree. The time for Nintendo has come and gone. Now it is the xbox. No one wants a stupid system with the only game worth buying for it is RE4!

A lot of people like super smash bros, not me personally. I think I am going to sell my cube and get a slim PS2.

drade · Apr 28, 2006

since the gamecube... i havent bought another nintendo product...

ktr · Apr 28, 2006

i would only get wii only if SSB was online multiplayer...that would be awesome. :rockout:

OOTay · Apr 28, 2006

im buying it, i want a fun lil cheap system. should be fun for every1 that comes over to my house and wants something to do.

MZ3692 · Apr 28, 2006

The Nintendo Wii... That just sounds like shit! :mad:

newtekie1 · Apr 28, 2006

Seriously...is Nintendo even trying to sell these things or are they just trying to make their last console go out in a blaze of glory?:shadedshu

POGE · Apr 28, 2006

It just makes it sound like a little girls toy...

killatia · Apr 28, 2006

well i wasen't gonna buy "wii" for the name but for the games, and that what matters.

wazzledoozle · Apr 28, 2006

killatia said:
well i wasen't gonna buy "wii" for the name but for the games, and that what matters.

But it just shows Nintendo is already making dumb decisions... :shadedshu

killatia · Apr 28, 2006

wazzledoozle said:
But it just shows Nintendo is already making dumb decisions... :shadedshu

they made worst desisions then a bad name (remember virtual boy). plus have you heard about red steel. pretty sweet game on the "wii" that'll easly make up for the name.

wazzledoozle · Apr 28, 2006

killatia said:
they made worst desisions then a bad name (remember virtual boy). plus have you heard about red steel. pretty sweet game on the "wii" that'll easly make up for the name.

All I've seen are renders. And plenty of trash game have great renders.

killatia · Apr 28, 2006

wazzledoozle said:
All I've seen are renders. And plenty of trash game have great renders.

i can't remember the website that had the info on red steel but e3 is around the corner to our pleasure.

HookeyStreet · Apr 28, 2006

Wii is an appropriate name for it as its going to get pissed on by the PS3 anyway LOL :roll:

newtekie1 · Apr 28, 2006

killatia said:
well i wasen't gonna buy "wii" for the name but for the games, and that what matters.

Well have fun playing your games with this controller.

Oh wait...that isn't the Wii controller, it is from a 20 year old game console...I get them confused sometimes.

Oh, and you have to wonder how good the games are going to be when Nintendo cares more about the color of the controller then they do about actual games.

The name is just one bad decision in a long line of bad decisions that will lead to this being Nintendo's last console. :cry:

bruins004 · Apr 28, 2006

I must say they did make one good decision.
They have kept the Zelda franchise all to themselves.
Things like that will keep them alive for there are many Zelda fans.

Thermopylae_480 · Apr 28, 2006

I don't like the name Wii either, but I'm willing to give it the benefit of a doubt and see what happens when it comes out. I don't think Nintendo will go bankrupt, even if they have to pull out of the console market they still dominate the handheld market. Nintendo's profits are the highest this year, since 2001.

killatia · Apr 28, 2006

Thermopylae_480 said:
I don't like the name Wii either, but I'm willing to give it the benefit of a doubt and see what happens when it comes out. I don't think Nintendo will go bankrupt, even if they have to pull out of the console market they still dominate the handheld market. Nintendo's profits are the highest this year, since 2001.

yep, nintendo has enough money to stay in bussniess without having to pull a sega (becoming a third party)

Sandman · Apr 29, 2006

You know what this means. The revolution controllers can now officially be called wii sticks. :roll:

"Wanna go play with my Wii?" "Let's have an all night Wii party!" Wiiiiiiiiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi!*

*EDIT: all the way home! rofl

POGE · Apr 29, 2006

Sandman said:
You know what this means. The revolution controllers can now officially be called wii sticks. "Wanna go play with my Wii?" "Let's have an all night Wii party!" Wiiiiiiiiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi!*

*EDIT: all the way home! rofl

Noob1: My wii stick is shaking!
Noob2: Thats the "rumble pack"
Noob1: No... I dont think it is.. :-\
Noob2: Oh, the "other" Wii stick.

Sandman · Apr 29, 2006

POGE said:
Noob1: My wii stick is shaking!
Noob2: Thats the "rumble pack"

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