Nintendo 'taking the wii' with the new consoles name?... :O

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Nintendo 'taking the wii' with the new consoles name?... :O

Post by stewie128 »

Since 'Wii' has more than one meaning in the west, regardless of its
spelling (or at least it does here in europe- 'wii' as in 'wee=urine!'), I just
dont see how nintendo will be able to get away with not changing it to
something more pleasant.. lol. Supposedly the name was partly chosen in
meaning 'we' rather than anything else (!)....

With their new console, Nintendo may want to reach out to new people that
have never played games regulary before and focus on
multi-user-playability, but with a name like 'Nintendo Wii' they may find it
difficult to attract new customers. Even if they still manage to do it, the
name isnt going to help matters in the slightest. Im glad that they are at
least trying to do something different by offering a new method of control,
graphically some of the new wii games at this early stage dont seem a
great deal more enhanced than whats on the gamecube at the moment.
Isnt the new Zelda game on the gamecube? It looks very good at this
stage visually from all the previews.

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I could be wrong, but I think/hope that new control methods are going to
be focused upon more than ever with the next generation of consoles. I like the idea with titles such as the new Wii Mario game being able to use
either methods of control (traditional joypad or the wii standard).
I think that the traditional and wii pads will both be included in the system
straight out of the box?

Amazing graphics only go so far, and of course can take a long while to
develop for any game -something most companies probably wont be so
keen on using up a great deal of is time, especially if they dont have the
funds financially to do so..and as the tech specs of consoles become even
better (perhaps more so in a few console generations time), smaller
development companies may never be able to use any new machines to
their fullest.. graphically at least.
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Post by sweener2001 »

nice editorial.

you don't really know much of anything about the wii, do you?
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Post by stewie128 »

only what nintendo tell me at E3! Im pretty sure the new Mario can use the gamecube ports on the Wii using the standard controller as well as the Wii's own custom weirdness with all its possible attachments. I just hope it takes off and the playstation doesnt take over the market yet again for the next gen.

The Wii console name is still crap though :P
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Post by Deathlike2 »

Listening to everything that one company says at face value is as brilliant as being brainwashed.

Please, use your brain.
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Post by stewie128 »

of course you cant believe everything any company says 100%, but if
they can back up what they are saying with real meaning one cant
always argue! i think nintendo are at least going about the next gen in the
right way by focusing on new methods of control.. of course videogames are
one of if not the largest form of entertainment financially, but no one wants
the market to become stale, and better graphics arent the only way forward.
its good to compare with the competition..
i do hope sony and m$ have something in the works to compete :)

Deathlike2 wrote:Listening to everything that one company says at face value is as brilliant as being brainwashed.

Please, use your brain.
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Post by Joe Camacho »

Bitching about the wii's name is sooo a couple of months ago. Now we have catchphrases as "Wii will rock you" and "Wii will win".. From the same people that bitched about the name in the first place.

And we all know that placing a $ next to the M, when talking about Microsoft makes you SOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOL.
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Post by sweener2001 »

this is lame, and so are those "paragraphs"
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Post by Deathlike2 »

sweener2001 wrote:this is lame, and so are those "paragraphs"
Seems like a cut+paste job considering the responses.
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Post by stewie128 »

i just cant help being so d*mn bl**dy polite -
and if the regulars insist on leaving out those ****
and starting an attack just because one person
mentions the wii name being controversial, so be it.
Ill take the 'cut n paste' remark as compliment 8)
..but really, I cant see me changing my mind about the name
in a couple of months time. still, its a Nintendo console
so it should in theory be anything but a load of old wii,
at least when regarding games
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Enough with the stupid.
Whatever you think, it's time for pwntendo to take back the crown.



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