Final Revolution name revealed: Nintendo Wii

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-04-27 01:06pm

http://revolution.nintendo.com/

There's a statement on the site (Flash, though, so I can't copy/paste). Totally bonkers...

Vohu Manah · Post by **Vohu Manah** » 2006-04-27 01:18pm

I'm thinking it fits with their intention of creating a game console everyone could use. Not much else though, and it still doesn't make me want to go out and purchase one.

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2006-04-27 01:26pm

It's slashdotted already. Though I did get a chance to view it.

I never really cared for Nintendo's final names. The Ultra 64 became the Nintendo 64. The Dolphin became the GameCube. And the Revolution becomes the Wii.

I guess that's one trend Nintendo doesn't want to break.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-04-27 01:29pm

Link works fine for me, but traffic is high.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-04-27 01:29pm

Bounty wrote:Link works fine for me.

That's probably because it's still in your chache.

EDIT: Now it works.

The explenation is kind of loopy, but overall, I don't mind the new name.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-04-27 01:47pm

Nintendo needs to fire their marketting team.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2006-04-27 02:00pm

I'm still calling it the Revolution.

Pezzoni · Post by **Pezzoni** » 2006-04-27 02:16pm

What the fuckety fuck?

How on earth did they come up with that... And why? I've always thought that their product names were pretty good. That website just appeared to be full of marketing-speak-bullshit, rather than anything else.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2006-04-27 02:43pm

Of all the names possible.......Wii?

What. The. Fuck.

There's no way Nintendo can be this stupid.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2006-04-27 02:57pm

http://nintendowiilol.ytmnd.com/

Prozac the Robert · Post by **Prozac the Robert** » 2006-04-27 03:02pm

That's rubbish. You can't be proud of owning something called wii.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-04-27 03:09pm

I can't hear how you pronounce it for the sound of backpedaling.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2006-04-27 03:48pm

they should of called it the WiiWii. The ad campaign would of been awesome. "Now it is time to play with your WiiWii"

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-04-27 03:52pm

This is for real? Well, I've gone from 'Rev is only console that interests me' to 'whoa, maybe I don't really want one'. I don't fuck girls with stupid names either - I don't want one of my mates to say 'hey, what/who's that?' and have to say 'that's my Wii'.

Pezzoni · Post by **Pezzoni** » 2006-04-27 04:16pm

Praxis wrote:
Nintendo needs to fire their marketting team.

You only just realised this?

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2006-04-27 04:18pm

Should have been Nintendo RS. Thanks to them, lots of innocent people are going to be labeled as sex offenders.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-04-27 05:33pm

I think Hamel's sig image pretty much sums up the reactions to this thread.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-04-27 05:40pm

I'll be making a decal that says "Revolution" and sticking it on my Nintendo Revolution, thanks.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2006-04-27 05:57pm

And if you pre-order, it comes with free gonads and strife!

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-04-27 06:04pm

Hey, I hear they're making a Super Mawiio Brothers game for it!

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-04-27 07:59pm

I actually like it better than Revolution. It's different. Revolution gave me too many flashbacks to the Matrix movies =P

..but yeah, I like Wii. It sets itself apart, and out of all the console names (PS3, 360), I like it the most.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-04-27 08:52pm

*snort* *chuckle* *guffaw*

Damn it, how will the fishing game Revolution happen now with the system being called Wii?

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2006-04-27 09:00pm

Random slashdot quote:

I'd buy it even if it were called "OMG PONIES!"

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2006-04-27 09:01pm

Ok...so now when does Nintendo come out and say they were kidding us?

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2006-04-27 09:04pm

Owned.