What's a Wii?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:00 am

"Do you want to come to my place and play with my wee?"

Nah, still doesn't sound right.

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:51 am

I'm a Nintendo man, and the name change strikes me as... weird and unnecessary. They've already talked about "Revolution" so long that I had already gotten used to it, and everyone in the gaming world already knows when it's going to come out and will buy it most likely based on whether they like the games enough. This whole thing doesn't sit right.

However, I'll probably just buy it anyways if I have the money, because the name doesn't really make a difference to me. I'll just end up calling it 'The new nintendo system' anyways, or saying 'You want to play Mario' instead of 'Hey, you want to go play with my Wii?'

Or, knowing me, that will become a running joke rather quickly.

Glarryg · Post by **Glarryg** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:08 am

Meh. I read the article on GameSpot about this, wherein they quoted parts of the marketing presentation. To hear the presenters in my mind saying phrases like, "It's not about you or me. It's about Wii," made the whole thing sound like an episode of "The Apprentice." Hence my negative evaluation of the whole thing. Yeah, there'll be lots of penis and urine jokes at the beginning, and they'll taper off like the PlayStation jokes did (although the word "PlayStation" still sounds kind of funny when Judge Judy says it), but I still can't see myself watching a commercial for a new game on TV with the word "Wii" popping up on the screen at the end without shaking my head.

Although it might look kind of funny if they had the letters flip around and turn into that little Mario "M"/moustache face symbol they used in Super Mario Sunshine. That's about the only creative thing I could see happening that wasn't a forced pun.

"Wii need help."

Glarryg

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:10 am

I still say it should be called "The Cock."

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:43 am

yeahduff wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:Nintendo's marketing department has always had problems. When the NES first came out, their slogan was, I kid you not, 'Your parents help you set it up!"

Go to http://www.retrojunk.com and look it up if you don't believe me. Not to mention all the other horrible commericals they had for their products.

As for the 'Wii' itself, I think it's starting to fall into the 'Let's be more like Apple, they know what they're doing!" even though they don't. Their marketing stratagies are the same. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if some ex-apple employee went to work for Nintendo and was like, 'Ok, here's my idea. We'll drop this whole 'revolution' business. That's so 90's. What you need is an 'I'. Because everything cool has an 'I' in it. In fact, let's put TWO I's in there, and make it.... DOUBLE COOL! Yeah. And what goes good with two II's? Well let's see. You've got Mario, so 'Mii'? Nah, that sounds too self centered. We can't be THAT obvious. Hey, you guys did it with Wario! Let's just turn it upsideown. "Wii". YES! IT'S BRILLANT!"

Then the whole marketing board, stunned by either loss of brain function, or having the logic center of their brain snapped like a twig, all began clapping incoherantly.

And thus, the 'Wii' was born.
Uh, wait. Mac doesn't know how to advertise? Can you even name an MP3 player that isn't an iPod? Even if you can, how many people out there can, do you imagine? Remember what computers looked like before the iMac? The whole Mac vs PC thing is probably the most boring debate in the history of language, but in regards to aesthetics and marketing, c'mon, Mac by about ten miles.

I actually like Wii a whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooole lot better than Revolution. May as well call it Nintendo X-TREME!!!!!!!!! Wii works best written down, I'll admit, but it's no more of juvenile reference to the male organ than PlayStation is.

But hey, I voted against ComicGenesis.

So was Hitler's marketing strategy. That doesn't make it moral, or right.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:48 am

I forget the name, but isn't there a rule that states if you compare anything to Hitler in an internet debate that isn't relevant to Nazi Germany at all, you automatically lose?

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:53 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:I forget the name, but isn't there a rule that states if you compare anything to Hitler in an internet debate that isn't relevant to Nazi Germany at all, you automatically lose?

No.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:57 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

You'll have to copy and paste it since the the link doesn't like to work properly.

Ignacio · Post by **Ignacio** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:25 am

Ok, it's an outright silly name. But have you guys gone through any other messageboards since the announcement? Silly or not, every single board is talking about it. This system's gonna sell.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:30 am

The name wouldn't deter me at all, even if it was called the PanAmerican Shit Box. Free time and game selection is what I'll decide on.

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:32 am

Ignacio wrote:Ok, it's an outright silly name. But have you guys gone through any other messageboards since the announcement? Silly or not, every single board is talking about it. This system's gonna sell.

Yes it will sell... to Internet forum-goers and Nintendo fanboys. Unfortunately, the indication Nintendo's been giving is that they're attempting to expand their market to the general public and non-gamers (remember the first video with the controller and the old people?). A dopey name like Wii is exactly what won't help them do this.

But then again, I'm a Nintendo fanboy... and not in marketing.

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:32 am

KittyKatBlack wrote:
yeahduff wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:Nintendo's marketing department has always had problems. When the NES first came out, their slogan was, I kid you not, 'Your parents help you set it up!"

Go to http://www.retrojunk.com and look it up if you don't believe me. Not to mention all the other horrible commericals they had for their products.

As for the 'Wii' itself, I think it's starting to fall into the 'Let's be more like Apple, they know what they're doing!" even though they don't. Their marketing stratagies are the same. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if some ex-apple employee went to work for Nintendo and was like, 'Ok, here's my idea. We'll drop this whole 'revolution' business. That's so 90's. What you need is an 'I'. Because everything cool has an 'I' in it. In fact, let's put TWO I's in there, and make it.... DOUBLE COOL! Yeah. And what goes good with two II's? Well let's see. You've got Mario, so 'Mii'? Nah, that sounds too self centered. We can't be THAT obvious. Hey, you guys did it with Wario! Let's just turn it upsideown. "Wii". YES! IT'S BRILLANT!"

Then the whole marketing board, stunned by either loss of brain function, or having the logic center of their brain snapped like a twig, all began clapping incoherantly.

And thus, the 'Wii' was born.
Uh, wait. Mac doesn't know how to advertise? Can you even name an MP3 player that isn't an iPod? Even if you can, how many people out there can, do you imagine? Remember what computers looked like before the iMac? The whole Mac vs PC thing is probably the most boring debate in the history of language, but in regards to aesthetics and marketing, c'mon, Mac by about ten miles.

I actually like Wii a whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooole lot better than Revolution. May as well call it Nintendo X-TREME!!!!!!!!! Wii works best written down, I'll admit, but it's no more of juvenile reference to the male organ than PlayStation is.

But hey, I voted against ComicGenesis.
So was Hitler's marketing strategy. That doesn't make it moral, or right.

"Is Playstation burning!? IS PLAYSTATION BURNING!?"

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:54 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

You'll have to copy and paste it since the the link doesn't like to work properly.

The apostraphe broke it!

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:36 pm

Ho ho ho!

[Insert joke about urine and/or penises here].

Anywho...I'm neither thrilled nor repulsed by the name. I can see what they were trying to do with the name, and the they were on the right track...they just kind of missed the target.

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:37 pm

Here's an interesting commentary... did we all just get punk'd by Nintendo?

http://www.snarkhunting.com/2006/04/nin ... brilliant/

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:41 pm

no TM registry for Wii? Somebody get on that, then. We'll make millions!! Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haha-ha!!!

Seriously, though. I don't think Wii is the worse name for a gaming system ever... I give that award to the <a href="http://www.cyberiapc.com/vgg/pics/wonde ... derswan</a>

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:49 pm

I'll still get on. And it will probably be the only console I get this generation.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:14 pm

PieceOfSkunk wrote:Here's an interesting commentary... did we all just get punk'd by Nintendo?

http://www.snarkhunting.com/2006/04/nin ... brilliant/

... now i really wish I could sneak into the LA convention center for E3....

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:27 pm

You say you want a revolution (ytmnd)

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:45 pm

Maybe they want to inforce a voting for different name?
Like Nintendo Genesis?