First, let me say that I love Nintendo’s games. I have both a GameCube and a Nintendo DS, and I love both. I wouldn’t trade my ‘Cube for an Xbox 360, unless I could sell it, then buy a new ‘Cube and half a dozen games with the rest of the money. 
I think that the DS is the only place (including other consoles and the PC) where there is still any innovation in gaming, sometimes making me feel like I’m in the early 80s, with 8-bit computers when almost every game started a new genre, and it felt “magical” (OK, I was quite younger then, too), instead of being yet another sequel, or fitting right into the accepted parameters of an established genre (FPS, RTS, etc.).
And I was quite excited about the Revolution, too. Unlike the other two console makers, whose idea of innovation seems to be “better graphics”, the Revo actually promised something new. A lot of older gamers, who’ve had a ZX Spectrum or a C64, like myself, were enthusiastic about the Revolution, too.
But now, Nintendo have announced the Revo’s final name: Wii. Pronounced like “we”… or “wee”.
Really, what were they thinking? This actually makes me angry - they had everything to succeed this time: a sleek, small, beautiful console, selling for half the price of the competition, with a radical yet accessible new controller, and able to play games from all of Nintendo’s previous consoles.
And they ruin it with the dumbest, most idiotic name I’ve ever seen.
Are they aware that, in English, “wee” is slang for “small”, “urine” or “urinating”, and “penis”? Do they realize that the “I’m going to play with my Wii” jokes will never end? Do they actually imagine anyone going to a store and asking for a “Wii”?
Really, I hope someone gets fired for this. Hard. And I also hope they realize their error, and call it what it should always have been called: Revolution. Otherwise, it’s corporate suicide. (Not really, the DS is selling like hot cakes, but nobody will take them seriously in relation to non-handheld consoles again.)
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