Revolution gets new name

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:49 pm

NES_fanatic wrote:
iam7805 wrote:NES_Fanatic wrote:
How can this day piss me off further?
The last remaining Beatles die?
Wow if that happens in the next week I'm hunting you down.

Crap i shoudnt of said that

ps i am a beatles fan

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:00 pm

Motoman wrote:no online play for the GC

I thought the GC had online play, you just had to buy the broadband adapter.

Anyway, that logo kicks ass, the name doesn't though. Nintendo obviously puts more effort into their graphic artists than their... name choosers.

Motoman · Post by **Motoman** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:09 pm

joevennix wrote:
Motoman wrote:no online play for the GC
I thought the GC had online play, you just had to buy the broadband adapter.

Anyway, that logo kicks ass, the name doesn't though. Nintendo obviously puts more effort into their graphic artists than their... name choosers.

Nintendo never embraced it or emphasized and thus developers never embraced or emphasized it either. I think there are only like 3 online GC games.

Anyway look at what Jason A from ign has to say about the Wii ( funny

):

http://blogs.ign.com/JasonA-IGN/2006/04/27/14690/

The Letter "i" Signs Licensing Deal with Nintendo: Wii is the New Revolution

The letter "i" is now the richest letter in the alphabet. Nintendo announced today that their new console will now be called Nintendo Wii. The word uses not one, but TWO images of the letter "i" which is supposed to be prounounced as "We."

As some of you might remember, "i" made a mint a few years ago when it signed a similar deal with Apple. Since then, both iTunes and iPod have made millions of dollars for Apple while becoming one of the fastest growing media technologies in the world.

"I've just been really blessed," said "i" today at a press conference held in San Francisco California. "It's good to see lower case letters like me get a shot at the American dream."

The cousin of letter "i", the "?," has been working overtime today to accomodate the millions of WTF questions posted on the internet in relation to the announcement.

"I'm happy for him and all," said "?," "But this crap just don't make any sense. What the copulate is 'Wii?'"

The actual amount of money "i" made from the deal has not been disclosed to the public. But "i" did manage to give us a hint when asked about the sum:

"I guess you could say 'I'm RICH female of the dog species!'"

Post by **gannon** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:50 pm

I think I've come up with a much better name for it:

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:52 pm

Motoman wrote:Nintendo never embraced it or emphasized and thus developers never embraced or emphasized it either. I think there are only like 3 online GC games.

Ah that's too bad, I would have loved playing SMBM or something online.

That article is hilarious, especially the way the word filter changes half the words...

I'm rich, FINSTER! haha

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:17 pm

Looks like they tooks some hints from the old WWF logo. If Nintendo has the logo setup for the launch titles, I think they're going to stick with this joke. What a mistake, even worse then Xbox 360. With 360 you know Microsoft didn't fix anything they turn all the way around and are back were they started. Nintendo went from GameCube to Wii, from a gaming box to the high-pitch scream a kid makes when they're happy.

How sad.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:32 pm

Okay all, Nintendo just replied to my email. They wrote:

Nintendo of America wrote:Hi!

I appreciate your taking the time to share your comments regarding the name of our next home console. If you haven't yet had the opportunity, please go to the news section of our website (www.nintendo.com/newsmain) to learn our feelings about the name. Rest assured that your feedback will be forwarded to the appropriate department for further review.

Nintendo of America Inc.
R.M. Rickets

Well, there you go. See sky, sometimes people DO listen, and in the masses, this will help. So get off your lazy ass and write Nintendo! (See Sky, I can call names, too

)

CTFan

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:33 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Okay all, Nintendo just replied to my email. They wrote:
Nintendo of America wrote:Hi!

I appreciate your taking the time to share your comments regarding the name of our next home console. If you haven't yet had the opportunity, please go to the news section of our website (www.nintendo.com/newsmain) to learn our feelings about the name. Rest assured that your feedback will be forwarded to the appropriate department for further review.

Nintendo of America Inc.
R.M. Rickets
Well, there you go. See sky, sometimes people DO listen, and in the masses, this will help. So get off your lazy ass and write Nintendo! (See Sky, I can call names, too )

CTFan

Lucky.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:52 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Okay all, Nintendo just replied to my email. They wrote:
Nintendo of America wrote:Hi!

I appreciate your taking the time to share your comments regarding the name of our next home console. If you haven't yet had the opportunity, please go to the news section of our website (www.nintendo.com/newsmain) to learn our feelings about the name. Rest assured that your feedback will be forwarded to the appropriate department for further review.

Nintendo of America Inc.
R.M. Rickets
Well, there you go. See sky, sometimes people DO listen, and in the masses, this will help. So get off your lazy ass and write Nintendo! (See Sky, I can call names, too )

CTFan

Form letter.

Way to stick it to the man anyways.

Nicholai · Post by **Nicholai** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:15 pm

"The Nintendo Wee with interactive remote"? Sounds like the future in adult entertainment to me.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:30 pm

Nicholai wrote:"The Nintendo Wee with interactive remote"? Sounds like the future in adult entertainment to me.

I love arguing with you, Nicholai.

Mode7 · Post by **Mode7** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:58 am

Biggest bunch of hoo-rah over nothing I've ever seen.

Cart versus CD. Now THAT was a real topic to argue over. So now a name's going to be the silver bullet that somehow kills Nintendo, which has already survived two supposed death knells (N64 and GCN lackluster third party). Wii, wow, sure stupid or not. Some are blaming Nintendo for the confusion it will be causing. Well, I blame... the people! Competent people will be able to see that it's a console, regardless of whatever name it has. Biggest bunch of crybabies I've ever seen, especially the ones who decided to jump ship on Nintendo's new console simply because the new name was "too gay" or something else.

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I never cared for "mature" games as a kid. Heck, I voluntarily shied away from them as I grew older. When everyone in middle school was playing GTA, I kept by the "un"mature GCN and SNES, for classics and new. Sure, I did have some Medal of Honor, and I do love my Resident Evil. But, when I hear about a cool new game, adult image is never a deciding factor. I suppose Nintendo did that to me. Whatever, I'm content. I also don't play Mario Party or any franchise kidshow games, so I'm "legit."
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Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:12 am

gannon wrote:I think I've come up with a much better name for it:

WiPhi...The Golden Gamer's Connection!

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:58 am

god damn it nintendo!

i know its silly thing to get worked up about, but its the principle of the matter that pisses me off so much

Nintendo conferance room:
"hey we've got a really good console coming out thats cheaper than our competitors and has a vast back-catalouge of games, this is great."
"hang on, this doesnt seem right, were not top dog anymore and we need to show it. what should we do?"
"Lets alinate our western consumers with a funny name!"
"lets call it urine!"
"no, too graphic, how about wee?"
"yeah, thats it, wait, we've got to disguise it first, how about wii?"
"bingo, that'll confuse everyone"

It seems like everytime nintendo does the opposite of what everyone wants

having said that, a name doesnt really mean much, i hated the name gamcube at first and wanted the dolphin back, but i grew to like gamecube. so there hope yet

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:52 am

Mode7 deserves some candy. ^^^

And who else thinks the Wii logo looks like some guy bending over?