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Nintendo Revolution Renamed 'Wii'
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on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:24 PM
from the weeeeeeeeeeee dept.
from the weeeeeeeeeeee dept.
Retroneous writes "The Nintendo Revolution has had its name changed to the Nintendo Wii." Confirmation on the official Revolution site. Update: 04/27 16:32 GMT by Z : More information available from a Gamasutra article: "New details on the disc format have also been revealed: 'Instead of a tray, a single, innovative, self-loading media bay will play both 12-centimeter optical discs used for the new system as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. Owners will have the option of equipping a small, self-contained attachment to play movies and other DVD content.'"
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WTF8 (Score:5, Funny)
To quote Irwin Mahatma Fletcher: I R pissed.
First Pun! (Score:5, Funny)
Terrible (Score:5, Interesting)
Maybe it's just mii though...
The question now is... (Score:5, Interesting)
This goes a long way... (Score:5, Funny)
Weeeeee! (Score:5, Funny)
also announced (Score:5, Funny)
Wii. Not so Wii. and FREAKIN HUGE.
Re:also announced (Score:5, Funny)
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"Touching is good...", "Wii-wii..." Oh My (Score:5, Funny)
Just like parents thought twice about buying a product for their child that kept telling you how good it was to "touch", it's going to be hard for self-respecting gamers to ask for a "Wii". And God-help us when the 16-year-old behind the counter at Wal-Mart explains to the nervous parents how the NDS will interface with the Wii, so the product with the catch-phrase "Touching is good" can be used to interface with your..."Wii."
I love Nintendo, and I think the new console is going to rock - but naming it "Wii" is like naming your kid Richard when your last name is Head; you're just gimping them unnecessarily from the start.
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Super, 64, DS (Score:5, Funny)
I feel victimised (Score:5, Funny)
Was it something I said?
Cheers,
Ian
A rose by any other name... (Score:5, Funny)
Nintendo Wtf? (Score:5, Funny)
WTF?
Yeah! The Good News! (Score:5, Insightful)
Kudos to Nintendo for getting their stupidity out of their sytem early, and in a manner which won't affect the machines performance.
What about Japanese? (Score:5, Funny)
Please? I don't care if you have to lie.
Obligatory Monty Python Joke (Score:5, Funny)
Gonads and strife... SHUT UP! (Score:5, Funny)
Is it pronounced Yo mutha fucka weeee! [albinoblacksheep.com] or Wheee! (nyeh nyeh nyeh) [youtube.com]?
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Re:And one Xbox to rule them all.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Nintendo while not number one has been having constent profit, and has had one quarter in company history that was not profitable. This was causing by the extra investments and the USD taking a dive in value. But over 100 years of profit looks good.
Microsoft while a rich company does not have limitless funding. Shareholders will eventually get upset with all the money being pissed away. While it remains to be seen what happens this generation, I'd be extremely suprised if Microsoft killed off both Sony and Nintendo. Hell it will be surprising if the Xbox360 turns a profit 1/2 through it's life cycle.
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Re:April 1st was 26 days ago (Score:5, Funny)
Admittedly, Wii does sound strange (and alot like 'weeeeeeeeeeeeee' :) ), but it also has something that makes one wonder what this 'wee-thing you just talked about' is.
Off record: If the Wii's can connect to eachother, would it be a 'wiiwii' ? And would I be in trouble if I told people I'm off playing with my friends and our WiiWii's ?
*cough* I'm sorry.
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Re:April 1st was 26 days ago (Score:5, Insightful)
????
I fail to see how nintendo can be talented at self-destruction if they've been doing it for a decade.
I mean, I have no inherent abilities at self-destruction, but give me free reign at Nintendo & I'll run the company into the ground in less then a month.
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Re:April 1st was 26 days ago (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Oh Good Lord (Score:5, Funny)
I can visualise the Penny Arcade strip already...
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/05/27 [penny-arcade.com]
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Re:Oh Good Lord (Score:5, Insightful)
Seems to me one of the problems with this name is that it's not immediately clear how to pronounce it from the way it is written.
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Re:No way (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:That Said (Score:5, Insightful)
I dispute this claim.
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