I cannot believe I'm the first to start a thread on it. I claim this thread - Wii!
So, what do wii think of the name? I hate it, personally. Nintendo has become a joke. I had SUCH high hopes for the Revolution. I still think it'll be an amazing console. I can't wait for it. But I will never, ever like that name. It makes me feel embarrased to be a Nintendo fan.
Nintendo is making an awesome console. The name doesn't matter - whatever they call it, we'll start to use. And after a while it's no longer a matter of liking, but merely a matter of... What is it? It's a Wii.
Done.
I personally like Revolution better, but I see a lot of merit in Wii. The idea behind it is very nice, and seems to fit with the way they're putting the thing on the market.
I'd buy it if it was called the Nintendo Shitshovel.
i seriously believe that a name can make a lot of difference to how well a product sells.
i think the Nintendo DS would have sold better if it had been called the Gameboy DS, as the Gameboy name sells.
they should stick to calling it the Revolution because most people who are going to feel stupid calling it the Wii are going to call it that anyway (it's like all those silly people who refer to the original Playstation as the PSX), plus that name suits Nintendo's whole "we want to revolutionise gaming" agenda.
plus if nintendo go bust from it the headlines on sites will all be stupid stuff like "Go aWii" and "Nintendo go Wii Wii Wii all the way home" or even "Wii are teh suck"...
I think Nintendo has died as a console producer. After this wave of new gen systems they will be on their asses for good. Even if they create amazing systems in American at least, they will not be as popular as the PS3 or Xbox-360. They will sell to few units to turn a big profit. It all has to do with how their company operates. They are stuck in the past. The amazing new vision is just a new version of past ideas...that failed. On the Gamecube, there was such a lack of non-childish or party games that many American buyers sold their unit before the first year. Thats why the system is only $99 new.
Nintendo the only one of the 'big three' that sell their console at a profit.
Merchant of Death, that was the most ignorant thing I've read today.
On Topic:
I'm a fan of the system and excited to buy it. I'm not excited about the name, but this wired article does a pretty good job at arguing for Wii.
http://blog.wired.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1467976
Personally, I still look at it and think it's pronounced "Why?"
The thing is, the logo itself looks kind of cool and the logic behind it makes a lot of sense.
"Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else"
"Wii will put people more in touch with their games ... and each other. But you're probably asking: What does the name mean? Wii sounds like 'we', which emphasises this console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii."
Used as "we", I think it's actually rather clever. It's just a little unfortunate that "we" also sounds like "wee".
So all in all, I'll have one anyway - I'll have a wee on the carpet under the telly. :D I don't think I'm ever going to tire of that joke. In many ways, the fact Wii sounds like wee makes the console seem really cute. Bless!
Quote from: Merchant Of Death on Fri 28/04/2006 12:26:26
I think Nintendo has died as a console producer.
Er...
Quote from: Merchant Of Death on Fri 28/04/2006 12:26:26
They are stuck in the past. The amazing new vision is just a new version of past ideas...that failed.
Er... What? Sony and Microsoft chuck bigger chips in consoles so they end up retailing at ridiculous costs and what? That's driving things forwards and leaving Nintendo behind is it? I'm not sure how you can argue that Nintendo are stuck in the past when they seem like the
only console manufacturer trying to do something different. Only thing you can get for the PS2 is an EyeToy. Whoop-de-do. Nintendo got it just right with DS and I'm sure they'll nail the wee when it comes out. DS is proof that you don't need expensive technology to appeal to a mass audience.
Quote from: CaptainBinky on Fri 28/04/2006 13:02:57I'll have a wee on the carpet under the telly. :D I don't think I'm ever going to tire of that joke.
It made me giggle like a schoolgirl. I'm not kidding!
I think Super Duper Nintendo is a better name for the new console myself.
well the N64 should have been the Super Duper Nintendo, that would make the Gamecube the Super Super Duper Nintendo which means this one should be called the Super Uper Duper Nintendo, which would make the abbreviation sound like "sudden".
also i think that Nintendo would be better if they shot that guy that does the voice of mario with a really big gun.
but i will most likely buy a Wiivolution anyway because it's cheaper and i like the idea of using that controller for FPS, and they might decide to make another Doshin the Giant game...
Still the only new console I'm interesting in buying.
It sounded stupid when I heard it, less so now, as with almost all console names (except the boring named ones like "Nintendo DS", "Sony PSP"). Even XBOX didn't make me giggle for more than a few days. It still seems the most interesting of the coming systems... all the comments I see about it reflect one thing, the coming consoles aren't aimed at the same people at all.
MASTER SYSTEM is the best name for console ever
i'm interested in buying all the new consoles, but i'll only buy a PS3 if Sony make a sensible controller or a convertor for the old ones, and go back on their decision to make the only video output HDTV (if that's even 100% official and not just a rumour), because people aren't going to want to pay the ridiculously high price of the console and then have to go out and buy another tv and then have to pay £50 each for a game.
I know most consoles have pretty stupid names if you think about it, or when you first hear them, but it's generally in a super cheesy macho sort of way. There's just something about "Wii" that screams out "I'm insulting your sexuality!!" It's hard to imagine a generation of 15 year old Halo players going anywhere near a "wee console." Maybe Nintendo is just giving up on that market completely? Leave them to Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo will focus on everyone else - that might not be so bad actually.
"Only thing you can get for the PS2 is an EyeToy. Whoop-de-do."
There's more than that!
What about the kareoke mics?
What about the golf swinging simulator?
And at the time, it having a DVD playing function was a big thing!
And what about programs (Yes, PROGRAMS) like Music 3000? I made some damn good tunes with that!
Sure I'll admit that all of this wasn't Sony's inventions, but it does stand that they are things you can do with a PS2. Combining the eyetoy and a PS2 music engine, and a VCR, I made my own music video that appeared on a magazine's DVD. How many consoles can you claim have been able to do that? (I know I brag about that all the time, but it's a good point, I feel.)
I've never been into Nintendo, although I'd have liked to have played all the Zelda games. And my Xbox hasn't had a very long lifespan since I got it. (When WAS the last Xbox exclusive title released anyhow?) Compare that to the PSone, that had exclusive titles years after the PS2 came out.
Also, paraphrasing a friend who works in the gaming industry and has for years:
Merchant Of Death:
You have no idea how popular the gameboy is. People are still buying Gameboy Colour games and the GBA is amazingly profitable. The DS makes up something like 40% of Ninetendo's revenue.
Also, according to him Nintendo has been profiting off of the Gamecube, correct me if I'm wrong but Sony and Microsoft generally lose money on every console they sell for a few years.
Nevermind the whole "blah blah nintendo is for kids" arguement that makes no sense and falls flat on it's face every time.
As far as the Wii, I believe the majority of people will continue calling it the Revolution until they own it. It is also the only console I'm interested in. Then again I just recently bought a PS2 so I could play Ico and Shadow of the Colossus so it's not like I'm a console guy anyway.
the PS2 also pioneered console unreliability (which microsoft then went and adapted to the launch model 360) :P
the only reason i've kept my (second) PS2 is because i just can't be without Soul Reaver 2, and the only real reason i'm keeping my Xbox is because i want to get it chipped to save me having to buy a divx player and NOT so i can play copies...
sadly my gamecube died on me in the middle of playing Zelda64 :( so i'm kinda hoping the new machine will have some backward compatibility function or later addon.
Quote from: ManicMatt on Fri 28/04/2006 15:01:15
There's more than that!
What about the kareoke mics?
What about the golf swinging simulator?
And at the time, it having a DVD playing function was a big thing!
Sure I'll admit that all of this wasn't Sony's inventions...
Yeah, I was thinking first-party product wise. And it took, what 5 years since the launch of PS2 to bring out a golf-swingey thing. Just in time for the release of PS3 with... wait... no announced golf swingey thing. I was at E3 the year that the PS2 was unveiled and there were all manner of cool toys showing off things you could potentially do with a PS2 peripheral-wise. And all Sony developed was the Eye-Toy which although cool, has pretty limited gaming potential.
I'm much more optimistic about a console which is driven around an interesting concept (the weird remote stick thing to wave at Wii) than a console who's only real claim is "wooo! whizzy graphics!"
Quote from: MrColossal on Fri 28/04/2006 15:40:42
You have no idea how popular the gameboy is. People are still buying Gameboy Colour games and the GBA is amazingly profitable. The DS makes up something like 40% of Ninetendo's revenue.
I don't know what the stores are like back in Australia or anywhere else, but in Japan, Nintendo handhelds are still a HUGE market. Not just DS, but as you said, gameboy colour and GBA games too. They take up a pretty large chunk of the Nintendo shelves. Remakes and new titles are constantly coming out. It's hard to keep up with them! As a comparison, the Gamecube shelf is usually pretty lacking. The handhelds are really winning out over here.
Heck, I bought a Wonderswan and a couple of WS games a little while back ^_^
A W followed by two I's? Sounds reminscent of the shorthand way of writing World War 2...
And didn't the Japanese lose that war? I seem to remember something about Truman pulling a switch or something. It's just all so hazy.
How can those marketing assholes have forgotten recent national history? I mean, aren't there still fallout effects in Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
I think the name is an obvious example of groupthink. These are the same people who slap X-Treme in the title of snack food or use a Z instead of an S in a product name because it's more "urban". (You know, since that's our target audience, let's condescend them.)
Gay gay gay gay gay.
The best thing to come out of this is the jokes and joke images. So far, this one is my fave:
(http://www.monthenor.com/stash/bluewii.gif)
I'm actually quite excited. It's the only console that seems to have a solid structure behind it and the name is intriguing... And the price tag is one I can actually afford.
If I make some extra dough in college, you can sign me up for a Wii.
I really didn't like the name to begin with, but it's starting to grow on me. It's totally nuts, and I can't actually tell if the name makes more sense or less sense the more I think about it. It's definitely got people talking though, and any publicity is good publicity. I think there's a definate Apple (iPod/Book/Mac) influence here, that's what it makes me think of more than anything else.
I can also say that's it's the only console of the next round that interests me, though It should be noted that I'm a total Nintendo fanboy at heart and they could probably take a dump in a jar and I'd still buy it.
Quote from: [lgm] on Fri 28/04/2006 16:32:03
And the price tag is one I can actually afford.
That is of course a concern. Personally I tend to buy price tags printed on non-bleached paper. They are also very affordable.
Sorry.
On another topic,
Quote"Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii."
Is Wii the new Esperanto?
Has anyone seem the logo in action (so to speak)? I think it's kind of cool.
http://revolution.nintendo.com/ (http://revolution.nintendo.com/)
...and to be fair, it's missing a "W" and the "i"'s would need to be uppercase before anyone could really start confusing it with the second world war.
Quote from: CaptainBinky on Fri 28/04/2006 15:57:12
I'm much more optimistic about a console which is driven around an interesting concept (the weird remote stick thing to wave at Wii) than a console who's only real claim is "wooo! whizzy graphics!"
But haven't you seen the PS3's controller? it's a joypad AND a boomerang in one!
I'll take whizzy graphics over weird remote stick thing anyday. But then I can be superficial at times. Mind you, I'm hardly getting excited about the PS3 either. And I doubt I'll bother with the 360.
At least PS3 dynasty warriors will (hopefully) have a new fecking game engine!
Nintendo are brilliant but also regularly so mind-numbingly idiotic that I really wish someone would go down to their offices and slap some sense into every single person that works there. Their Fisher-Price approach to the Gamecube was wrong-headed and I suspect seriously harmed that machine's credibilty and commercial viability. An abstract name like 'Wii' could've worked fine, had they chose a word that doesn't mean friggin' "piss". I can't help thinking they've pointlessly doomed the fortunes of a potentially excellent console.
I recommend reading the wired article then Paul, I'll quote a bit from it:
"Is it a homophone for a British slang word that means "urine"? Yes. But so is the first-person plural pronoun. If I said, "What are we doing tonight," would you repeat back to me, "What are wee doing tonight? Huh? Huh? Get it?" I would wonder what the hell your problem is, quite frankly.
The French word for "yes" also rhymes with "wee," and indeed this was the subject of much hilarity in French class. When I was in sixth grade. By seventh grade, when we turned thirteen, we were over it. That the Internet in toto is less mature than a group of thirteen-year-olds is not surprising, but neither is it damning to Nintendo's fortunes.
Of course, I expect the Internet to brim over with toilet humor; that is what the Internet is for. But the Internet is not real life. They've already proven this in a variety of ways related to Nintendo product announcements. Remember the almost universal outpouring of disdain following the announcement of the Nintendo DS? Nintendogs?
And look where that got the Internet. Nintendo DS is nothing short of a nationwide cultural phenomenon in Japan. Nintendo pushed hard away from the traditional notion of a video game system and did quite well for their efforts
In short, the fuss over Wii is an Internet Problem, not a Real Life Problem. In real life, the name's soundalike will pass almost entirely without notice. The positives of Wii will vastly outweigh the negatives. "
The problem for me is that for me the sound 'wee' when used as a noun is inextricably linked with piss, which makes it hard to look at the name objectively. If it was pronounced "why" or even "ooee" it might be easier. I'll be very interested in how they market the thing to english speakers. I have a hard time seeing a machine with a name like that becoming a runaway success.
Incidentally I remember getting the exact same feeling when I heard the titles to the first two Star Wars prequels. Unfortunately I can't honestly say the years have made the name 'Attack Of The Clones' much more appealing, but you know... we'll have to wait and see.
Well, in my opinion, "PlayStation" and "Game Boy" are also terrible names (of the same caliber as that awesomely bad movie "Evil Dead"). They were pretty successful, though.
Dont you think some people are overreacting a wii bit?
There IS a possibilty that it won't be call Wii in the west.
Megadrive/Genesis, Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/SNES, PC Engine/Turbografix, etc.
I know console name changing has kind of died out in this age of the brand identity and global launches, but there's always a possibilty.
Also, it could've been worse. Wonderswan?
The Dreamcast started life as the Katana, then Dural. When the name Dreamcast was finally unveiled the videogame media laughed their collective fat ass off.
Hell of a good machine, tho.
Would the Gamecube have faired any better if it had retained the name Project Dolphin?
Anyone who would be swayed in their purchase by a console's name are...well...a bit strange. And not in a good way.
If it offers me new and enjoyable ways to experience games, a console could be called "Hyper T.U.R.D" and I'd still buy it.
Note: Actually, I think Wonderswan is the greatest name for a console. Ever. I think I'll name my firstborn, Wonderswan. Boy or girl. Doesn't matter.
When marketing is concerned, an internet problem translates very easily into a real life problem.
Sure the name might not affect the capabilities of the system, but it hurts the reputation. If the intention is serious, it's not good when your target consumers end up laughing at it. Let's face it, I would rather not say the new name in public. To someone unfamiliar with consoles, it makes any sentence sound goofy. The marketing has successfully widened the gap between the marginal consumers and the devoted gamers. As Eric mentioned, the gamers will get over it. Whether or not other consumers want wee in their living room is another matter.
The name is certainly not arbitrary to Nintendo, which they proved by changing it in the first place. They could've picked anything, and they picked 'pee'. Oops, 'wee'. Retarded.
As for the joke being short-lived, I think Uranus has been around for a while.
Well, I guess we'll wait and see then. If the Wii is an economic disaster, Big Brother, you win, you're vindicated. If not, you're wrong.
Endless speculation is so tedious, though.
By the way, Duke Nukem Forever will suck. And I say that based on absolutely nothing.
I detest this kind of communicational marketing. "Well let me tell you what Wii stands for! It stands for we it will bring us together!" and all that bullshit, but of course people (of similar education to the one big brother got) are given millions to do this exact sort of lowest-common-denominator target marketing to make sure that they make as much an impression as it is possible. Remember, short-term profit is not the only goal of conglomerates, Brand Inflirtration in everyday living insures the continual growth far more than putting out good product does. So if every internet forum in the world has now freely publicised the new name of the nintendo game system, regardless of whether the users wanted to know or not... that's a good step towards raising public awareness. In this sense, a console named 'poo' would possibly do more for the company than a console named '23xz55'.
hah, if internet problems were real life problems there'd not be a single new book-movie-game system-comic-song that was ever popular. Only people who illogically disdain [or occasionally illogically gush] post endlessly, and false consensus is reached.
Then in the real world, the good sells anyway.
"Everyone on the internet thinks everything is stupid until they see it, and then they're getting it tattooed on their butts"
Quote from: Helm on Sat 29/04/2006 00:14:33
Remember, short-term profit is not the only goal of conglomerates, Brand Inflirtration in everyday living insures the continual growth far more than putting out good product does.
Bear in mind that Western and Eastern buisness practice is generally very different. Traditionally, it's the American/European companies that focus on short-term profit whereas the Asian business model tends to project at least ten years into the future.
I can kind of see what they're doing here. The focus of Wii has been in total differentiation from the rest of the videogame market. Nintendo know that they are unable to compete with either Sony or Microsoft, so they're employing a different tactic and heading sideways. The new name is only one of the ways they are attempting to accomplish this.
They know that the Nintendo faithful will buy the machine as long as it delivers something unique, but they're courting a far broader market than that. Yes, they want to snare the non-gamers, but they also want the non-
nintendo gamers. Crucially, instead of trying to steal gamers
away from those machines, they want Wii to sit
alongside them, hence the lower price point, lower specs and different control mechanism.
I think that Wii, as a name, is so bugfuck because they don't want a brand that can be easily grouped with Playstation or Xbox. It's seperate. It's an invented word, has no point of reference (except pish of course, potential hurdle there) so they get to define it from the ground up. It
might be be a stupid move, it may be short-sighted groupthink but I'm not so sure. At any rate, you kinda have to admire their balls for trying it out.
Quote from: MrColossal on Fri 28/04/2006 15:40:42
You have no idea how popular the gameboy is. People are still buying Gameboy Colour games and the GBA is amazingly profitable. The DS makes up something like 40% of Ninetendo's revenue.
I know exactly how popular the Nintendo handhelds are. I have a gameboy colour and actually still use it. I didn't say anything bad about the handhelds. Only consoles. I am just a big 'ol nintendo hater. Its just how I was raised.
Oh and the fact that the DS makes up almost half the profits of Nintendo is somewhat sad.
Some of those quotes sound like Nintendo is trying to control us and make us join together and rise up in rovolt. Lol
I don't mind about the name really, but i just don't like Nintendo. I loved the nes and the snes and mario 64, but they are really pushing it. How many games about mario and friends/fiends can you make? And the gamecube? Too much plastic! I don't really know why i don't like the nintendo, but sony really know how to make their console glow freshly of quality!
And besides: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Vb2.JPG/180px-Vb2.JPG) (adult toy)
(http://cubemedia.gamespy.com/cube/image/article/651/651283/revolution-controller-revealed-20050915054328083.jpg) (Wii controller)
And the Wii controller also comes with a vibration function!
I don't care what a console's name is as long as it plays games. A game console could be called the crap-o-matic 500, but as long is at has games that i enjoy, i could care less.
I thought the name Revolution was great. But since the name change, it is not gonna deter me from purchasing it. The Xbox360 might not be the best name for a console either, but it is one of the best consoles i have ever used (got to love the xbox live arcade!)
I am a bit iffy on the Wii controller, but i also hated wireless controllers until I used the Xbox360 controller, and fell in love with it right away. (it sleeps with me at night. :))
Bring on the new systems, and everybody keep enjoying games, plain and simple.
Quote from: iamus on Sat 29/04/2006 01:04:04
Bear in mind that Western and Eastern buisness practice is generally very different. Traditionally, it's the American/European companies that focus on short-term profit whereas the Asian business model tends to project at least ten years into the future.
hahahahahahahahahahah. I'm sorry, but for someone who spends much of his time studying how the rediculous short term profit making mentality of the late 80's and early 90s is largely to blame for the 15 year stagnation in the Japanese economy, this is hilarious. Long term thinking doesn't create speculative bubbles, let alone massive real estate and stock market bubbles at the same time, let alone the [then] largest stock bubble and a real estate bubble that values land in Tokyo as more than the entire land mass of the United States.
And it's only 9 years since short term thinking in most of the rest of East Asia pulled the region into crisis.
Nah, I'm afraid whether nihonjinron or Lee's "Asian Values" is cited, they're just as greedy and stupid as the rest of us.
Quote from: Merchant Of Death on Sat 29/04/2006 01:06:22
Quote from: MrColossal on Fri 28/04/2006 15:40:42
You have no idea how popular the gameboy is. People are still buying Gameboy Colour games and the GBA is amazingly profitable. The DS makes up something like 40% of Ninetendo's revenue.
I know exactly how popular the Nintendo handhelds are. I have a gameboy colour and actually still use it. I didn't say anything bad about the handhelds. Only consoles. I am just a big 'ol nintendo hater. Its just how I was raised.
Oh and the fact that the DS makes up almost half the profits of Nintendo is somewhat sad.
Some of those quotes sound like Nintendo is trying to control us and make us join together and rise up in rovolt. Lol
So a company makes millions and millions of dollars off of it's handheld console and that's sad? The gameboy and the DS are consoles by the way. You may like to pretend they aren't but ask any company developing for it.
Man, of all the companies in this world to hate... Nintendo? I will never understand fanboy mentality.
Quote from: vict0r on Sat 29/04/2006 02:24:47
(http://cubemedia.gamespy.com/cube/image/article/651/651283/revolution-controller-revealed-20050915054328083.jpg) (Wii controller)
Don't you mean the "Wii-mote controller"?
The more I read about people hating the name, the more I like it.
Quote from: Las Naranjas on Sat 29/04/2006 02:50:40Nah, I'm afraid whether nihonjinron or Lee's "Asian Values" is cited, they're just as greedy and stupid as the rest of us.
Fair doos.
I bow to your superior knowledge there.
No no no! You're not meant to give in when there's a discussion on the internet! You're meant to bring up nazis or something!
Well I was going to say that the economic stagnation was in fact part of a sixty-odd year plan formulated by the Germans and Japanese during WWii......
Wait a mo.....
DO YOU SEE!?!
and since the Office of Strategic Services claimed in 1943 that Hitler was "an extreme masochist who derives sexual pleasure from having a woman squat over him while she urinates or defecates in his face", we can see the whole sinister plot begin to unfold.
My quicky 2 cents...
I've been loyal Nintendo since 1984.
I only own a PS2 because I got a nice tax return in 2005.
I'm not saying that Nintendo is the best system ever...I'm just a very loyal person.
When Dolphin was coming out...I was excited...then I heard they changed the name to "GameCube". I honestly thought this was a DUMB name. Even for a few months after getting the GameCube, I still referred to it as Dolphin.
But the name grew on me. Made sense too, it's a ....cube....
Wii though....I dunno right now....a bit strange. I was looking forward to a Revolution.
But my point is...it's the same thing happening again...but Wii is almost...too simple...if given the task to name the Revolution...
*thinks for a second*
Nintendo XP...j/k
I can't think of anything at the moment, but whatever...it's the new Nintendo, so long as the games are cool, I'm happy.
I live in hope that the name is a fake, searching the internet for evidence that supports this theory and ignoring all evidence that condradicts it.
I think there are a few arguments getting mixed up here. I'm sure this will be successful and make Nintendo a bunch of money. Good on them, I have always been a Nintendo fangirl and as angry as they make me sometimes, it's where my roots/loyalty lies.
The thing about people on the internet's opinions not mattering in the "real world" seems silly to me. What do you think the internet is? A bunch of robots spewing out endless opinions? We're all people, and I'll say to my friends that I meet on the weekend in a coffee shop (okay, I don't meet friends in a coffee shop but bear with me here) exactly the same stuff I say on the net. The internet just gets this eputation of being so seperate because it's so EASY to write whatever you want on the net. If anything, this is where peoples feelings on a subject really come out.
Like I've said, this name won't stop me buying one, and I'll probably adore the machine, but nothing will make me think of "Wii" as a good name. You can try and sound all adult and mature and call the humour "childish" if you like, but the fact that this has happened is the proof that this name generally makes people think of 'wee'.
It is NOT comparable to the word "we" which is used in a completely different manner. As someone said, "Wii" is a noun. There are heaps of phrases I would use with any of my other consoles that are now going to make me feel like a retard if I use the word "Wii". I will probably have to call it the Revolution because of that.
Everyone keeps saying they'll still buy one, no matter what the name is. That's fine, but as long as you people aren't using that as an argument against people thinking the name is shit. Nintendo could have called it a zillion things other than someone that's, for most people, embarrasing or funny to say.
Out of interest, has anyone gone onto any PS or Xbox forums to read what they're all saying about this?
EDIT: Oh yeah... I'm playing my WonderSwan colour right now, and it rocks XD Please do name your children after it.
I still find it hard to say "Wii'll" as in "Gee, the Wii'll be so great". Theoretically, it should be pronounced like "we'll" so it'll probably end up sounding like "wheel"... :P
I'm playing with my Wii!
I'm honestly very truly sorry...
I think the argument about the internet not being equal to real life is not meant to be what you're interpreting it to be. I believe the idea is not that what people say on the internet is not what they think in real life. It's saying that the internet's vocal minority is not equal to the target audience of the device, it's merely a small subset. There's life outside of the internet that Nintendo is aiming for. People who've never played a video game because they're intimidated by something; be it the price, the types of the games, or the complicated controllers.
That being said, I still think that the name is in fact going to lose them some sales to the few "hardcore gamers" who won't own a Wii entirely because of the dumb name. The question that is yet to be answered, and which Nintendo must be confident of the answer to, is whether or not the name is going to gain more sales than it loses by winning over a completely different and much larger crowd.
I still don't like the name, I think it was a bad move. I'm pretty sure they could have come up with something that would have appealed to the masses without making everyone make pee jokes.
Regardless of the name, I can't wait to play with my Wii all night.
Quote from: vict0r on Sat 29/04/2006 08:25:14
I'm playing with my Wii!
It's actually more difficult to use "Wii" in a sentence without creating a double-entendre than not to.Ã, ::)
Quote
From the official site at http://revolution.nintendo.com/
"Introducing... Wii.
As in "wee."
But you're probably asking: What does the name mean?
Wii sounds like "wee," which emphasizes that this console is like a warm puddle of urine dripping down your pants leg.
Wii can easily be remembered by young children and the severely mentally handicapped. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Our fans are a bit like that.
Wii brings images of people gathering to play with and Wii on each other.
So that's Wii. But now Nintendo need you.
Because at Nintendo we like to Wii together."
It only has one analog stick? How do you move the camera? Won't it being having 3D games at all? Fixed perspectives?
I can see it now..
CURRYS SALESPERSON: "How may I help you?"
CUSTOMER: "Hello sir. I'd like to buy a why please."
CURRYS...: "A why? Like as in wi-fi?"
CUSTOMER: "No! A why! I want to buy my son one."
CURRYS...: "A wire? A letter of the alphabet??"
CUSTOMER: "Noo! The games machine, why!"
CURRYS...: "Oh! Your son wants a wee!"
CUSTOMER: "What? Is he clutching himself or something? *Looks at son* He seems fine to me! If you're not going to give me a why I'll take my business elsewhere."
CURRYS...: "Wait! I'll give you a wee!"
CUSTOMER: "WHAT?? HOW DARE YOU! KEEP YOUR ZIP CLOSED! I'M NOT TAKING THIS, I DEMAND TO SEE A MANAGER!"
Quotebut sony really know how to make their console glow freshly of quality!
that's a joke, right?
I'd like to think that Ninty will pull something amazing out of the bag here, and all the fanboys saying that Wii is a silly name will quietly go away.
My first impression was the Nintendo had shot themselves in the foot. Its almost as if they want people to hate it. The name makes sense in Japan, with "ii" meaning good (or something to this effect) but in the West it doesn't quite sit right. The fact that Ninty had to explain the name in a press release sorta deflates the idea of it being accessible the way they had planned.
Maybe they're trying to move away from their kiddy image? I can imagine a child being swayed to an 360 more easily than a Wii.
I still intend to buy one, and I hope the name grows on me. I don't particularly dislike it, and I can feel it starting to grow on me.
As for the Net/Real Life thing, I think its more of a problem in real life, seeing how the name can be confused for other common words it sounds akin to. Unless of course, we called it the Nintendo Wii. That could clear things up.
EDIT: Just realised that in conversation we could just say "Nintendo" if the name Wii turns out to be awkward in aural use.
Whatever you think about 'Wii' (and people are going to get used to it real quick, just like other weird names like iPod and The Colber' Repor'), 'Revolution' would have been a horrible name for the console. It's such a generic label. If they wanted the message to be "we're exactly like every other console on the market", they would have stuck with the code name. Do you think regular people would remember that it's Xbox that is 360 and Nintendo that is Revolution? (One revolution = 360 degrees)
Now they will at least be distinctive. If the console is any good, we'll learn to associate good things with the name.
What adult says "wee" for urine/urination, anyway?
I'll be calling it the ENWII
Oh wiiely?
To me, Wii sounds like a silly name. There's nothing fun about it, nothing sensible - notthing even remotely explanatory of the product. I also like the name "Revolution". A little cheesy, but at least it doesn't sound like it's come straight out of kindergarten. I respect Nintendo, but I think that choice of name is crap - and is targetted at a population of children (fair enough) and people who want to be Japanese (fair enough) - but that's not the "commercial" market. It may be an urban myth but I heard M$ nearly called the new Windows "Longhorn". The first thing that came into my head when I heard that happened to be the first thing a lot of others thought when they first heard it.
Back to Wii - for christs sake didn't they take into consideration in God knows how many countries the word sounds like PISS! WHAT?!
Like ManicMatt predicted, I can see "I need a wee" having a whole new meaning. & I think the name is stupid. :P
Still, I can say all this because I'll never own one. Period. My NES is still kicking butt, and if I want a console I'll go to Sony. But that's just me!! I wonder how many years before there's 20 different consoles to choose from!!?!11! Still if they put "Wii" out there, it'll sell - blatently!
Slightly off-topic, but it's funny how people are coming round to crapness - the new World Cup song was a flop, to me it sounded more like a ballad to boot cleaning or something.
So in ten years time, saying "Wii" will mean one of either three things:
- Urine
- Yes, in French
- A Nintendo Games console
Rrrrrright.
On a personal note, this kind of thing - where companies give a product the name of something that sounds similar, really gets on my nerves. I think it degrades the original meaning & also shows a real lack of creativity. It almost seems like complete corporate driven bullshit! I for one don't associate "Wii" with any kind of fun, nor would I ever associate it with the act of screaming in fun "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" either - because thats the LAST noise I'd ever make whilst playing a frigging computer game. Hehehe :P Anyway, back to point - there was a mobile phone called "Pebl" - pronounced Pebble, which complete destroyed the real meaning of the word "pebble" to me. Younger generations will grow up thinking a "pebble" is a phone & that just doesn't seem right to me. I understand that probably wouldn't happen - but only because "Pebl" wasn't on a global market. A games console reaches millions more & is hyped up in almost every media shape or form to make sure we know about it.
Finally, lets take a look at some of the most recent console names and figure out which one sounds the shittest! LOL!
Playstation - okay, a place I can visit and have some fun perhaps?
Master System - master? must be some kinda daddy
Megadrive - well, my 5 inch floppy drive sucks - so lets try a mega one
GameCube - ooh a cube with lots of games in it!
XBox - Hardcore! its an X, Box!
Wii - what?
Y'know, the funny thing is - when I saw this thread title I thought "Wii" was a shortened version of "Wikipedia".
My thought on the Wii name is that it was a very good marketing move.
Cos now people is talking about the new nintendo console just because of the name,
what if they had named it the 'Nintendo NG' or some shit, then ppl would not have been
talking so much about it, but just because of the name 'Wii' the console gets so much
attention on the intahnet.
So. Nintendo made a smart move.
//Hinders
Nintendo NG would have opened up a lot more puns not a million miles from the "wee" jokes, if you see what i mean...
Quote from: Privateer Puddin' on Sat 29/04/2006 11:25:47
Quotebut sony really know how to make their console glow freshly of quality!
that's a joke, right?
No, not really. I agree that the Wii actually looks pretty sexy(dont get me wrong, the ps3 is sexier), but the gc was just a purple plastic box. It's like the "think" car!
I prefer sony when it comes to design. Seriously. Even tho they release too many sequels. Just look at the psp compared to the ds! Dunno why i don't like nintendo actually. Might be the plastic factor. Or the fact that 9/10 games are about mario or samus.
Quote from: m0ds on Sat 29/04/2006 19:32:27
Still, I can say all this because I'll never own one. Period. My NES is still kicking butt, and if I want a console I'll go to Sony. But that's just me!!
Amen brother. Amen. NES and SNES is by far the best consoles. Ever!
And i stumbled across this lately too. Hope you like it more than the hitler one.
(http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/050919.gif)
No that is not where i got my vibrator joke from! Shut up...
great design you say?
i present to you the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 in all their angular boxy glory...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/BOYD1981/ps1ps2.gif)
if that's great design i'm a barbecue lamp
the only design of Sony's that i really like is the Dual Shock/PS2 controller, it feels more natural than the other consoles with their strangely position analogue sticks.
i found the gamecube controller very uncomfortable to use and too similar to the dreamcast controller (which i guess was similar to the N64 controller), and the xbox controller has too many buttons on the front of it, instead of the black and white buttons they should have added two extra shoulder/trigger buttons...
The PS2's ability to stand both horizontally and vertically meant my console is still alive today.
It always sat horizontally, as it looks better this way, and it's easier to insert the discs. However the laser became old and covered in dust, and eventually the laser lost it's strength and was unable to load up games. Cue putting my PS2 upright. Laser focused! PS2 loads up games again. phew.
hmm, perhaps i should have tried that with my old PS2 instead of thumping it so hard that i rendered it incapable of even realising it had a dvd drive...
It all boils down to this: at some point in the next year or so I'm going to go into a games store and ask the clerk "can I have a wee?" When I bought my GameCube the total bonehead at the store actually asked if I realised this was a bit of a kiddie console, I can hardly imagine what the reaction will be like next time around. ::)
As for the name "growing on you".... OK, I realise there are weird names, even ugly names that grow on you through positive association. But can anyone name any successful products that sound like a term for bodily functions? Or anything similarly bad?
I'm not particularly impressed by the tv remote design. Scotch tried to convince me it was good but I still don't see it. The button placement is unwieldy at best, so the only way I could see me using it is if a 3rd party controller came out with a more l-shaped design that would fit in the palm and have a trigger or something. Also, if you're going to make something wireless then go all the way. Having a cable run to the analog extension is just silly.
I'm still waiting for a console called the MCP, complete with ai voice synthesis and neon blue highlights. The slogan will be: "You don't play the MCP, it plays you!"
you can plug the remote controller like thing into a standard game controller like shell, apparently.
I realize that but the remote is rather long and based on where the analog extension locks in it would be sticking out the top of the controller. I'd much rather just see another company make a decent remote design for it then have to buy a shell anyway.
Quote from: ProgZmax on Sun 30/04/2006 02:42:32
I realize that but the remote is rather long and based on where the analog extension locks in it would be sticking out the top of the controller. I'd much rather just see another company make a decent remote design for it then have to buy a shell anyway.
Uh, you do know the controller is designed with unique functionality that the shape is specifically built for and that all the early testers were almost instantly won over (http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/15/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm)?
(and also This industry insider (http://www.rewozz.com/viewtopic.php?pid=115))
I guess you probably do know this, since I can't imagine someone commenting on the Wii otherwise--I just think commenting on the poor design of the controller when that is the system's prime feature (and one that has blown away every tester) is a little silly.
Plus, the attachment clearly doesn't come out of the top of the controller, but the bottom (unless I misread you, which wouldn't be the first time).
I mean, it's another plastic consumer item that is going to help kill off our future generations or at least lend to 3rd world kids living in landfills, but at least they'll have some good games to play.
*Reads "instantly won over"*
Oh I see, so you have to wave the remote around at the screen? Now I foresee something else...
LIGHTGUN USER:
"Pow! Take that time crisis generic bad guy! Ooh! My arm aches from holding my gun up too long! Good thing the whole game only lasts an hour! I'll just play something else but with a controller."
WEE USER: (I'm spelling it that way from now on)
"Bounce! Take that generic Mario bad guy! Ooh! My arm aches from holding my remote up too long! Guess I'll have to stop playing and fiddle with my thumbs instead for a while."
/me is saddened to hear that the sedentary nature of modern youth has enfeebled Matt to such an extent.
If you're not open to new experiences, you're limiting yourself.
The Wii offers something new, therefore I am intruiged by it. I don't limit myself, therefore I shall get it, and probably enjoy it, as regular consoles have become fucking boring to me. The PS3 is just the PS2 with better hardware. The 360 is an XBOX with better hardware. The Wii is the Gamecube with better hardware (somewhat) and in addition is offering something new.
The choice is obvious to me, and I was a Nintendo hater up until Sega stopped making consoles. *fondles his megadrive and dreamcast*
No I'm sorry, but if you have to hold your arm up at the screen and wave it around for hours on end to play a game you WILL get arm ache.
Although you might develop really strong arms eventually.
I just enjoy taking the piss (No wee-pun intended), even if the nintendo controller was the best controller in the world ever I'd still not be interested.
Hey m0ds, you forgot the fourth meaning:
Hello my wee boy! (As said by the Irish, meaning small)
well it's not as if you're going to be standing up while playing the games, it's perfectly possible to sit down and rest your arm on your lap while using the controller much like most people do with a normal controller. personally i usually sit leaning forward with my legs open, an elbow on each just above my knee to support my arms, or sometimes i'll sit back and rest the controller on my chest, it depends on how comfortable i am with the controls.
the one good thing about the controller design is that it means the console will most likely have more exclusive games due to the way they are controlled, whereas many games will get both 360 and PS3 releases (aswell as PC) as there isn't any real radically different design in the pads so the controls don't have to be adjusted that much.
and although the pictures of that FPS being controlled with that controller, the movement of which is replicated on the screen, is very impressive i can't help but feel that it could just become a fad and people will eventually want a more traditional controller.
basically i'm for AND against the controller.
I think the name is a brilliant marketing move by nintendo. I bet right now, and for a while, the internet media, and other websites are going to be absolutly saturated with wii coverage, just because of the name. Ohh XBox 360. Sounds to me that microsoft were looking for something interesting to do, looked around 360 degrees then decided to make exactly the same console (with slightly improved performance). Playstation 3... Um.. sounds like a stupid movie sequel. Maybe they should give it a subtitle...
Marketing is expensive usually. Nintendo saved themselves millions of £'s in one stroke. Genius I say. Sure the name is a bit naff, but when it gets closer to the release, the media will use it for silly taglines to articles.
Best move ever.
At least they are creative, unlike sony or m$.
Quote from: BOYD1981 on Sat 29/04/2006 23:07:42
great design you say?
i present to you the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 in all their angular boxy glory...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/BOYD1981/ps1ps2.gif)
if that's great design i'm a barbecue lamp
Okay mister BBQ. I present the gamecube "design".
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/gamecube.GIF)
Its a purple box. Totally unappealing to the eye, with a handle! A
handle. Compared to the ps2 whitch design is smooth and cool. And it fits everywhere. The only positive thing about the GC is the short loading time.
Handle is on the back, you've drawn it on the top. My gamecube is black.
Mine is silver. The handle is useful. You can get it in a range of colours. It looks much more interesting than PS2. YOU LOSE.
I love the Ad (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2451501724520612004&q=nintendo+wii&pl=true)
But on the PS2's disc tray you can swivel the logo around weeeeee! And it has an empty space at the back where I store my sweeties in. that MUST be what it's for.
I played the parody ad. I could make out "motherf*cker" and "weeeeee" and that's it. What's it saying?
Quote from: ManicMatt on Sun 30/04/2006 16:23:06
No I'm sorry, but if you have to hold your arm up at the screen and wave it around for hours on end to play a game you WILL get arm ache.
Then plug in a gamecube controller and use that. It does have 4 GC controller ports, y'see. (which also makes it possible to use a PS2 controller on the Wii)
How that eventually translates into how the games are controlled with a GC controller or if it even works with all games, we won't know until the system is released. But I imagine that I'll use the system mainly for the downloadable NES/SNES/N64 games and my small collection of GC games anyway, so I won't use the wiimote that much :)
Quote from: ManicMatt on Sun 30/04/2006 19:14:36
I played the parody ad. I could make out "motherf*cker" and "weeeeee" and that's it. What's it saying?
The song is from a legendary age-old flash, which name I can't remember
Quote from: Privateer Puddin' on Sun 30/04/2006 18:37:31
My gamecube is black.
Quote from: Hotspot on Sun 30/04/2006 18:41:06
Mine is silver. The handle is useful.
Most i've seen are purple. And its crappy plastic design is painful. And the handle is useful? For what? If you are going somewhere with your gamecube you will probably need games too. And controllers. And when bringing all these things why dont you just put them in a bag?!
Quote from: voh on Sun 30/04/2006 19:41:48
Then plug in a gamecube controller and use that. It does have 4 GC controller ports, y'see. (which also makes it possible to use a PS2 controller on the Wii)
What if you dont have a GC controller then? Then you buy new GC controllers for your piss? Unneccesary!
From here, as a person who has never owned a console, not ever been interested in a console before, I'm actually interested in the Wii. I'm sure I'm not the only person in a greatly expanded market which comes from innovation, rather than hurling numbers of specs regarding polygon counts on chainmail bikinis at each other.
What innovation? Crappy controllers?
Vict0r: Yeah, because buying accessories (and buying an additional controller to play in a more comfortable way is buying an accessory) is unheard of for a console. The GC came with corded controllers. Those who wanted wireless controllers had to buy a Wavebird. OH GNO! ADDITIONAL COSTS?!
Games cost 50 euro a piece, on average. An additional GC controller would cost more around 15 or so. If you get it second-hand it'd be 4 euros or so. If you have a GC - hey, the controller also works on the Wii! If you've got a PS2 or XBOX, get a cheap PS2/XBOX > GC adapter and you can use that one.
Wow. So horrible. I don't know how I'm ever going to get around it Ã, ::)
Also, concerning your comment about "crappy controllers".
You're saying it's crappy without having touched or ever seen one besides the pictures posted on the web? Now THAT'S an informed opinion! (cue rolling eyes) ... *load* ::)
Well at least you are better than my former roomie... He would break a ps2/xbox controller per week. I can think your outgoings on a new controller would be less than his.
Hell, I still have my original Megadrive controllers :)
And I've got one of those DC > USB adapters, so I can play emulated games with my dreamcast pad. I'm swimming in console accessories and I love it.
How else would I cross the room? Walk?!
The reason I went from a computer gamer to a console gamer in the first place was because you didn't have to keep buying accessories and upgrades like on a computer.
I couldn't afford to buy upgrades for my Amiga every month to play the latest games back then!
Now I earn money and don't rely on pocket money, I can afford to be a console gamer AND a PC gamer. ;D
However having said that, buying a GC controller isn't a requirement.
Nintendo are targetting non-gamers. From that perspective, its smart.
"Xbox? Oh yeah, thats one of those game console thingies."
"Wii? What the hell is that....I've never heard of it before."
Which I think is exactly what they were aiming for.
It keeps reminding me of The Sims in a targeting non-gamers regard, and that was profitable.
X-Box 360, Revolution, then Magnum X-Treme, Cougar?....they all sound like what focus groups of Gamers [captial G] thought sounded cool, and what is cool to Gamers [capital G] easily puts off others [like me]. Why not let the Gamers stay with the other two and reap the huge potential market. Hell, the more the Gamers dislike the name and the controller, the more appealing it gets to others!
You know what? The controller of the Wii compared to the controllers of the PS2 and XBOX is like in the days of the best computers just having a keyboard. Then the PCs came along with their snazzy mouses and hey presto! A star was born. This controller is my favorite thing about the Rev/Wii, just because it is so DIFFERENT. That's where the money is on this console. Their capitalising on the earliness off the 360 in comparason to the PS3, so, if I'm right, they'll release at about the same time. As gamers look at their slightly dusty 360's and wonder whether to grab a PS3 (because, basically, you'll be getting the same games on both.) Out comes this contraption. Gamers think "Hmm... it's cheaper than a PS3 and will have games I can't play on the other two, and the controller's different." It'll attract non-gamers by looking so different and out of the ordinary, so they'll be tempted to buy it. Parents will see all the nice, simplistic mario games (*dodges shoes thrown by angry audience*) and so they'll buy the console.
Nintendo are onto a winner here. And anyway, when you say stuff like "It'll only have mario games and stuff you can't play on other consoles." Look at games like Harvest Moon and Timesplitters. Fantastic games, and you can usually only get them on Nintendo's consoles.
Yay for originality! ;D
Timesplitters, usually only on Nintendo's consoles?? WRONG! I'd go as far as to say that the very first timesplitters was a PS2 exclusive title.
And Harvest moon was on the PSone, and not so long ago got ported to the PS2 from the gamecube.
Pick better examples man! But controller point taken.
Even tho i'm totally with Matt here, the first harvest moon were actually on the snes.
http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/fanboy.html
Thats all I have to say about that, it really doesn't look like a game system for gamers, it looks like a game system for non-gamers...
and if the PS3 is HDTV only, I'm still set, that was the main selling point for me anyway, because my PS2 looks outstanding on my HDTV using just RCA connections, I can't wait to see what the PS3 looks like using HDMI... I'll probably pee on myself.
For me it's always been about the games, which is why I always bought Sega systems back in the day, because Sega made the games that were the most fun. Now Sega makes games for just about anyone, so when I switched consoles I went for the one that had the best games in my opinion... and that was Sony....
And you have to admit, most Nintendo games are based for a younger audience, and in fact Nintendo has said as much.
And Nintendo makes their money off handhelds, not consoles, that is just icing on the in the black cake.
Quote from: SergioCornaga on Sat 29/04/2006 05:31:20
I still find it hard to say "Wii'll" as in "Gee, the Wii'll be so great". Theoretically, it should be pronounced like "we'll" so it'll probably end up sounding like "wheel"...Ã, :P
So, have Nintendo re-invented the wii'll?
Anwyay, I agree with layabout. Nothing like a double-entendre to get free publicity. Maybe the PS3 will now be renamed "PUSSI3"
Quote from: Alynn on Wed 03/05/2006 09:14:26
And you have to admit, most Nintendo games are based for a younger audience, and in fact Nintendo has said as much.
While that may be true, it doesn't stop them being totally cool...
Animal Crossing?
Pikmin?
Pokemon?
All games I've played and loved despite being 28.
Besides with Gamecube, Nintendo have started branching out to more adult themed games with things like Res Evil etc.
Quote from: SSH on Wed 03/05/2006 09:28:53
Maybe the PS3 will now be renamed "PUSSI3"
We can only hope...
My mind went something like this:
if ($ps[0] == "PornStation") {
� � echo "This is a good name, and it makes me want to buy it.";
} elseif ($ps[1] == "PlayStation") {
� � echo "PlayStation is SO last tuesday.";
} else {
� � echo "Whatever it is, it can't beat PornStation.";
}
Spent too much time with PHPÃ, :-\
I can assure you the PS3 won't be HDTV only, just for clarification incase anyone's worried.
If the Wee controller senses your hands in some ways, just imagine if they could develop a controller that detects HOW OLD YOU ARE.
Quote from: ManicMatt on Wed 03/05/2006 18:35:55
I can assure you the PS3 won't be HDTV only, just for clarification incase anyone's worried.
Can we get a source please!
Heh... Nintendo Wii... the name is bad... really... really bad. Though I'm not a fan of Nintendo Anyways, I'm more of a (dork sounding time wee) PSX fan, though I would have totally taken a Dreamcast over PSX, though I am looking forward to getting a Playstation 3, when I've got a job and money.
I think it's a publicity stunt, they know the console will sell regardless of its name. This way it gets people talking about it. I'm buying one, but it might be a while... it's still all about the games, not the console for me.
Nintendo seem to aim for creating games so far off and crazy when the sad thing is the majority of people just want to play a grand theft auto with a new title and a different colour car, or an EA game, so they lose out for trying to meet the needs of "real gamers".
Well, "real gamers" already have their needs taken care of...
Quote from: Hotspot on Thu 04/05/2006 01:38:16
Quote from: ManicMatt on Wed 03/05/2006 18:35:55
I can assure you the PS3 won't be HDTV only, just for clarification incase anyone's worried.
Can we get a source please!
I read it in PSM2 magazine. And making it HDTV only would be the worse idea thought of since Nintendo renamed their console "wii".
Actually, it really WOULD be commercial suicide. Just trust me on this one, okay?
Also, did you know that if you have a Hi def TV hooked up to your PS3, and put a PSone or PS2 game in then it will upscale the games to 480p and make them look sharp?
It's about the games for me also, which is why I'm buying the Wii. I've already got a PC I can play games with slightly better graphics than the previous version of the game on.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/20060509/cx_ft_uc/ft20060509
And so, the comics get in on the act. (Except I just realised the punchline actually makes no sense whatsoever in terms of how it's phrased. Oh well.)
I only got the joke because I've seen it about twenty times already.
Yeah me too, but I found it amusing to see it in this comic as I read it everyday.
Infact, I'm pretty sure I made that joke myself. You too I bet. And you. Yep, and you too over there!
I am not sure if this has already been posted, But I thought it would be worth it. It is titled "Avoiding Penius Jokes"
Enjoy, I think :-\
(http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/060501.jpg)
(http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comics/20060512.jpg)
Edit: It's basically a spoof of the announcement from Nintendo (http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=8BSOIycJ4t1tpTSwy9u2VmCZRDTV1y8N)
The Wii will fail, Nintendo couldn't market a console in America or Europe if they had all the resources to do so.
Gamecube-all cartoony games with a limited market
Ds-What happened there?There star game metroid prime hunters not even released.
Wii-a combination of the two.
Uh, the DS is selling great in america... (and everywhere else), and Metroid Prime Hunters has been out for ages... it's hardly the star DS game, though, there are many bigger selling and more anticipated games.
They also sold their cartoony games to a rather large market except for on the GC, which sold marginally less than the Xbox.
Not that I have any opinion on how the Wii will sell, it's too much of an oddball to say, I only know I really really want one.
Quote from: Guybrush Peepwood on Fri 12/05/2006 16:25:57
Edit: It's basically a spoof of the announcement from Nintendo (http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=8BSOIycJ4t1tpTSwy9u2VmCZRDTV1y8N)
A spoof? I'd gathered that it was more of a jab to Sony for coming out with the "revolutionary" notion that the PS3 controller is nothing but a Dual Shock controller, with the Shock taken out (no rumble function) and a motion sensor installed (which was NOT totally ripped from the Wii, ooooh no).
timlump:
TOLD 8)
oh how I hate VG Cats