SCRUGAtes13

i'm sure our german friends could tell you that w sounds like v, but in english w sounds nothing like it at all. v = fer w= ouer

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insane_cobra

Hm. That still sounds similar to me (not the same, of course), but never mind.

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Fop

Yeah, the sound is somewhat similar, but it's not the same sound. Nintendo is wrong, though, the name isn't international at all. W is pronounced differently depending on language; Finnish doesn't even have the 'w' sound.

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insane_cobra

There's no W in Croatian alphabet either. X, Y and Q are also ommited, but it didn't stop Xbox and Playstation from becoming well recognised brands.

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samIamsad

Not quite, but cobra was talking about.. edit: ah, forget it. You're correct. I suppose.

In any case: You guys are ****in' crazy.

np: The Weakerthans - A new name for everything.

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SCRUGAtes13

why did you edit? you were probably the one who was right!!

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stuboy

What about the Nintendo Woot?

I'd buy that.

Seriously, if they wanted a short, snappy title for their console, they could have actually put some plosives in it. This console basically has gone from sounding cool, different and forceful to vaguely pathetic and juvenile.

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Rayvielle

After the initial first two weeks of toilet gags, the name will still be the same but the gags are gonna start to become stale.

Fact is, I'm more interested that big key developers are now taking the time to make Wii exclusives! From the way it sounds to me, the Wii is going to have hardly any ports whatsoever!

This system is getting HUGE third party support. Already, it has more than the Cube ever had!

The developers of Madden have actually taken the time to make the Wii version of the game totally seperate from the other next gen versions, so that it adapts to the controller...(and from the interview, it sounds like it's gonna be SWEET to play that this time around!). For the record - I HATE sport games with a passion, and have never touched a Madden game in my life. After reading the IGN interview - the Wii version could very well be the first time I delve into the franchise! It sounds awesome!! (Link for those interested -- http://revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703727p1.html))

Not to mention how SEGA, who 15 years ago were Nintendo's biggest rivals, now seem to be giving them a huge amount of their resources, and there are even rumors that a Sonic the Hedgehog EXCLUSIVE Wii title, could be in development.

Who would have EVER thought that possible?

All we have right now, is this name. It's clear there is a divide, some think it's okay, some like it, some dislike it, some hate it! To me at least, the very reasoning behind the name of the console, isn't childish, no matter if the way it sounds or the way it can be inferred, negates that!

What is interesting is that this consoles name has actually made us think about it, more than any other title before it.

That seems to sum up Nintendo's direction for this generation to me, perfectly.

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Jackal

You should have given up BEFORE you tacked on a pointless and incorrect insult. So you like it, others don't. Spare us the enlightened understanding bit for having a different opinion than you.

Oh, please. What thread are you reading? Or are you just making things up to suit your argument? Most people here simply don't like the name. We can all read. We know Nintendo's reasoning. We know they're targeting a different demographic. We know it probably won't make much difference what they call it, and we certainly know that OUR opinions have no bearing on anything. If we're speculating on the wisdom of the choice, that's because we're gamers on a gaming board discussing big game news that Nintendo knew would be big game news. If that offends you, then it seems to me you're one of the few people (if not only person) taking this issue personally here.

insane_cobra

It was supposed to be sort of an inverted joke. You know, babies, wee, everyone complaining it sounds like it's for kids... Eh, now I can't see what I though was so funny about it either, but I definitely wasn't being totally serious. If, however, somebody really got insulted by that, oh well, I definitely don't feel like I need to apologize.

I was referring to internet population in general, not just people here, but yes, maybe that was too much of a stretch. I'm taking this personally, but not because I care for Nintendo - I was always a SEGA fan and Nintendo didn't interest me one bit up until DS and Wii - I'm just so annoyed with how much controversy this totally insignificant issue stirred. Today morning I went to Joystiq only to find at least 80% of its front page occupied with articles about Wii and piss jokes. The people are driving me crazy.

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Jackal

I highly doubt anyone was. That doesn't justify starting to make things personal. It seemed your comments were becoming increasingly edgy, so it wasn't clear to me that it was meant as a joke. So that's that cleared up now.

I understand. Happens to me all the time. And lots of people are poking fun at the name here, too. But it seems good natured to me, not to mention inevitable. The piss jokes are going to go on for a while. And they'll probably never disappear forever in the general gaming public. That's one of the reasons people are (seriously, objectively) arguing that it's not a great name. Things will soon go back to just focusing on the system itself, but for now the name is the big news, so you can't expect people not to talk about it.

insane_cobra

Yes, it's good people are talking about it. I guess I should just avoid the gaming sites for a couple of days.

Not this one, though.

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SoccerDude28

I was thinking about this, are they trying to pull an Apple marketting stunt, where everything is iSomething (iPod, iMac etc..)
But instead of being about I, it is about Wii And the whole console sure does look like apple's gadgets. What a lame name.

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Naveed

My German is bit rusty, but I think this dialogue might be correct:

Wii gehts?
Schlecht.
Wii so?
Nintendo scheisse.

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Fop

It's 'wie'. I know that much.

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Naveed

So it does sounds like Wii.

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Toefur

So far that's the only mockery of the Wii name that's actually funny.

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Dasilva

I don't get it.

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