Revolution is officially called...*drumroll*

[MulciberXP]

should have named it the Okamah Gamesphere

 

[fearsomepirate]

You know, Happy Fun-Time Joy Box doesn't sound so bad now. And I'll bet Nintendo's totally sticking to their guns on this one. Did they even have a focus group?

 

[Crossbar]

nintendo poetry competition winner mr.pee wee herman's masterpeice " nintendo and you"

My assocations went to Mr Herman as well. Leaves kind of a bad taste in the mouth. I wonder if Nintendo wants to exploit the paedophile market, probably not a very good move.....

 

[pjbliverpool]

Someone should tell Nintendo April fools day was at the start of April.

 

[Rur0ni]

I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I think it may elicit curiousity in the product certainly among the wider market, beyond what's normal for a Nintendo system. I think the key for Nintendo is to ensure that that product, and the communication of that product, is effective enough to get people past the initial humor/novelty of the name, and get people to think "that actually sounds really cool" (the product, not the name) and to want to try it.

It will generate curiousity and attention. How they communicate the product beyond the name will be important.

(And yes, I'll be getting one regardless. They could call it WorstGameConsoleEver and I'd still buy it ).

I'm with him.

 

[pc999]

While I do not like the name first after some habituation it gets nice.

But this do have a marketing potential to mass market viral marketing really big.
And people after a while will dont bother with the name anyway.


Still I would prefer Rev.

 

[fearsomepirate]

Some ideas...

Nintendo Terd
Nintendo Anys
Nintendo Nuhtsakk
Nintendo Scrotyl Katastrophe

I think they're trying to put "Playing Nintendo" back into the popular vocab, b/c "Playing Wii" just sounds stupid.

 

[MuFu]

What format are the games? WiiVD?

Sorry.

 

[scooby_dooby]

Wii-D aka 'weed'

 

[liverkick]

I'll be severly disappointed if Nintendo doesn't license "Michelle Wie Wii Golf" in the near future.

 

[sfried]

I'll still buy the console, but it will nag and annoy me FOREVER that it carries such a sucky name, I just know it.

Seconded. I dislike the name alot. I think they should've stuck with Nintendo GO. Sounded better both east and west.

 

[Teasy]

Possibly the stupidest name they could have chosen for the west, especially the UK. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't actually go out of there way to explain that "Wii" is pronounced "We". If it was just called Wii with no mention of pronounciation 99% of people in the UK would just think it was called "Why", but not literally if you know what I mean. Which would be no worse then XBox 360 to be honest. Still why have a name that can cause any problems like that anyway, Nintendo seem to care so much about image this time around it would be insane to give it a name that sounds silly in the region its released in. In the end I'd be pretty confident that the console won't have this name outside of Japan.

 

[scooby_dooby]

Around here, past the surprise of the announcment, noone really cares about the name, the explanation is even liked...
(Told to about 10 people)

Maybe that's becase it translates roughly to "yes" in french, rather than piss!

 

[MuFu]

Game Informer interview with Matt Atwood (NOA Public Relations Manager):

People want more immersion and we will deliver it.

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200604/N06.0427.1154.38678.htm

Interesting read.

 

[!eVo!-X Ant UK]

Ninty already have a up hill challenge trying to win back gamers and convince people that they can still produce the goods. But this is just gonna make people think the oposite.

 

[Teasy]

Game Informer interview with Matt Atwood (NOA Public Relations Manager):



http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200604/N06.0427.1154.38678.htm

Interesting read.

Complete and utter PR bollocks IMO. He's basically saying that the name is stupid at first but will be good once someone finds out loads about the system and plays it. That's the most backward thing I've heard in a while. A name is supposed to get you interested in a product not the other way around! He's also either downplaying the whole "wee = urine" thing or he just has no idea how synonomous those two words are, especially in the UK. I can guarentee 100% that nobody in the UK will ever walk into a shop and ask for a wee. Its that simple, no amount of time and "getting used to it" will change that. If the console is called wee in the UK it won't sell and will be rideculed in the media (not just gaming media either) and in the public for months on end, its as simple as that.

 

[Metal]

Oh my gosh. Worst name ever!

 

[MuFu]

Complete and utter bollocks PR IMO.

Just interesting to hear someone from NOA talk about Wii in depth (jeez, you can't type anything about Wii without it being a pun).

Again, it may sound a little bit of a line, but I think it fits well. This is not about you or me, it’s about Wii.

Surely it's about us?

 

[Titanio]

Complete and utter bollocks PR IMO.

I'm amazed he actually refers to it still as Revolution himself in the interview!

Once you touch the Revolution, this will make more sense. Once you play more games, and once the system is out, and more and more people play it, and you’re realizing these different experiences, it’ll make more sense. Again, it may sound a little bit of a line, but I think it fits well. This is not about you or me, it’s about Wii.

Throwing in the last sentence into a regular answer like that, is just groan-inducing.

 

[MuFu]

He can't say "once you touch the Wii" though, can he?