Nintendo Wii -- the Revolution gets a real name
By Ryan Block 
posted April 27th 2006 12:24PM
posted April 27th 2006 12:24PM
Seems like we've been calling this thing the
Revolution for, well, forever. Well, we just got word over the wires that -- well ahead of any expected E3 announcements -- Nintendo announced the officially truly true name for the
Revolution: the Nintendo Wii (like "we"). Nope, stop calling it the Revolution, it's not the Go, either. They're going for that whole
gaming plurality thing that they've been talking about, bringing together communities who love to play, old school
gamers, casual gamers, today's more evolved gamers: "It's about Wii, and together Wii will change
everything." Ooook, guys, whatever you say. And yeah, we'll spare you all the puerile jokes.
bahhahahahaha
@(Unverified)
Reading these comments now is funny.
@sweet greggo it is interesting that this joke of a name is now #1 in videogame console race this generation
Wii?
Really?
Wii?
Not even "Wheeeh!"?
Wii?
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how about the Meh?
This can't be serious.
They should have stuck with the Revolution. This name is just bad.
That's gotta be a joke. That's an awful name!
Wii hope this is a joke.
ok this is the lamest name ever. They should of called it the nindendo wifi if they wanted to associate it with wireless.
Personally, I think revolution is a better name then both of the ones I just mentioned.
And the little pig went WeeeWeeeWeee all the way home.
Give me a break. I want to take a Wee on Wii.
They should have just called it Nintendo 5 or kept revolution.
Its east to refer to it as "the revolution", saying "the we" just sounds bad.
That is so gay, why not just call it Gizmondo?
Revolution sounds so much better.
Do you hear that Nintendo????
Take that for your p/r staff.
ok I had to include the obligatory montey python reference:
Wii are the night who say.... NI!
Revolution is the only name to use.
belated April Fool's joke? let's hope...
OMG.
I thought the link was a bogus site so I went to nintendo.com. Sure enough. Their next console is named after a bodily function.
Uuuuurg.
Wiik! Maybe they should just give up on consoles and sell software like Sega.
I like the sound of Revolution. The name is just perfect to turn Nintendo around from the kiddy image that they have.
I do find it amusing that Webloginc's revolutionfanboy.com blog is now going to have to be changed to
wiifanboy.com
:-D
OMG this is confusing ViiV and Wii... We all thought Viiv was more like Viv but was to be Vive, so were told by Intel.
Now Nintendo we get Wii, which to me is Wi as in Wi-Fi. Nope it's wee as in 'eh wee lassie' or 'I need a wee' or simply 'weeeeeeeeeeee!'
Why is the marketing department beginning to dictate our English? We should have brand idol, which name gets the boot or not as Wii sounds craptacular. I preferred Revolution or Nintendo RS to go with the DS theme.
Wii, the people, say the new name is dopey.
Wii sucked at coming up with a good name for our console.
Nintendo,
You are joking, right???
Wii
Why not just call it the Nintendo WTF
Great. And just like that, Nintendo kills all the hype they've managed to generate with the Revolution, which by the way is a great name for the system. Wii. More like Wtf.
I refuse to call it the Wii. It will be forever known as the Revolution.
Anyone else notice how much alike it is to the Intel Viiv advertisments on the right of this page?
Maybe they thought the "Revolution" name was too grandiose, but it sounds much better than "Wii".
call it iNES
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Sorry for riding your comment, but why is this still on the 'Game Changer' thingy on the main page?
or call it the WiBro
LOL
Oh, brother. This company is hopeless. And here I thought they actually learned something from the purple/lunchpail handle GameCube debacle.
MS and Sony are going to have a field day with this. And wii shouldn't blame them for doing so.
I can't wait to touch my own Wii ::wink::
too bad http://www.wiifanboy.com/ is already a registered domain....
I personally think the name is fine. Who cares what the name is? When you think about it the name doesn't matter it is how the system performs, and personally I think Xbox and Playstation are getting to hyped up and are fogetting what matters the most, the gamer.
that is so incredibly LAAAAAAAAAAAAAME.
wii-volution!
Gonads and strife!
Wheeeeeee!
or call it the 360 ..... opps that is already taken.
Nintendo PAID someone to come up with that? It wouldn't be so bad as wi as in wi-fi, but weeee? Yeah, that's gonna help you shake your kiddie image, Nintendo.
gerrynjr you blew it.
We are now no longer the Knights Who Say "Revolution", We are now "the Knights who say 'wii'!"
You must return here with a shrubbery.
Wii.
Hmm. One quote comes to mind, I don't know why.
"I think Oscar Wilde only *wished* he was this gay."
The heck? Nintendo Wii?
WHYYYYYY?!
Nintendo's marketing department has been doing its best to drive the company under since probably around the days of the Super NES. They just don't get it, and this is the worst name they've come up with yet. I guess they really didn't learn anything from the five-year exile into wilderness that we know as the GameCube. Hugh Notron (above) is right: "Revolution" clearly expressed the console's purpose, and its codename status made it feel appropriate, not marketing-speak--and definitely cooler a lame marketing conceit subbing "wii" for "we."
It's not lame.. and since when has a console's name ever affected it.
For all i care it could be called 'This Sucks' and i will still buy the Wii...
who am I kidding it dosent sound right.. until it's released i am still calling it revolution
call it the playstation iv--mess with sony's heads a bit.
Maybe "Wii" is the name for the Japanese market, much like the "Super Famicom" was, while US market used "Super Nintendo".
Add another "W" in there, and it's a reminder of who won the war - yikes.
This will break the console- and before you say it's just a name- it's not, it's a perception, and saying Nintendo WEE makes me sick.
@(Unverified) a few years later, looks like you where wrong..
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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