| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | Brent Dearth | i refuse to invite friends over to play on my Wii ... unless they're incredibly hot ... or i'm incredibly drunk. |
| 2 | Anonymous | The new name will be Nintendo Puu. The P stands for the person that thought this name up and the double U (UU) represents the ass that this name was extruded from. What is the name of the branding company that thought this up? Someone please tell me so that my company won't suffer the same fate that Nintendo will over this one. From now till release people won't be able to mention Revolution without making reference to that galactically stupid name. |
| 3 | Anonymous | Please Nintendo, PLEASE change the name or at least give the US market a different one! |
| 4 | Anonymous | |
| 5 | Anonymous | Blow my WiiNES |
| 6 | Anonymous | It's terrible, nobody is going to want to say... i'd like a wii for christmas, or hey i'm going to play with my wii...
IT's ABSURD!!!! |
| 7 | Chris Taran | Please bring back Revolution! |
| 8 | Steve Adams | Wii think it sucks as a name... Just mii opinion. |
| 9 | Anonymous | |
| 10 | Anonymous | Apparently I'll be able to make my Monkey Balls bounce by pulling up on my Wii stick.
... awesome. |
| 11 | Brett Michol | |
| 12 | Anonymous | You are naming it after an American child's term for urine or their genitals. Great job! Back to Revolution please. |
| 13 | Anonymous | The name needs to have more than one syllable. "Wii" just sounds funny. Next time, pick a project name that won't make a good console name, like "Dolphin" for the Gamecube. |
| 14 | Anonymous | Wii SUX!!! |
| 15 | Sheldon Wilson | Revolution is the best name for the system. |
| 16 | Michael Tuohy | No. Just, no. I'm having difficulty expressing my utter disbelief at this name. There's still time, Nintendo. You don't even have to change it back to Revolution, just change it to a name that doesn't invoke images of urine. Please. That is all. |
| 17 | Anonymous | |
| 18 | Neil morrison | Please nintendo, change it back at least for the Native-English speaking markets, where it means something completely different. |
| 19 | Brian Pagnotti | |
| 20 | Anonymous | Sure, i's may be all the rage today with iPod and iTunes, but that doesn't mean two i's together will work at all. I vote for at least 2 syllables! |
| 21 | dw | No. |
| 22 | Revdrjflash | |
| 23 | Anonymous | I'm sorry, I just had to write in and tell you that I think that the Nintendo Wii is an absolutely atrocious name for the system which was previously known as the Revolution to use in the English-Speaking world.
I understand the concept of the is looking like people and the controllers, and I understand the concept of "We" and bringing people together, but "Wii" does not instantly connote those things to a consumer.
Wii, to me at least, looked as though it would be pronounced "Why?" I had this initial reading because of Intel's ViiV platform (pronounced Vive), and the conditioning that consumers have had with the iPod to say "i". Clearly, this is not a good idea, as one does not want to be asking their consumers why they should buy a product, or why said product even exists.
Once I learned that it was pronounced "We", I instantly thought of "Wee" because of the double vowels in "Wii", rather than "We". Wee, as I'm sure you know, means small, can refer to urine, and also sounds like something a young child might yell. It doesn't have any good connotations in my mind, and this is coming from someone who loves the concept of the nee-Revolution and has been waiting with bated breath for more information.
Lastly, I would just like to say that i understand your desire for a name which is pronounced the same in many different regions, but I feel as though the name Wii fails in English-speaking countries. I like the reccomendation I have heard of calling it the Go, which would be able to be said in just as many regions, without the strong negative connotations of the word Wii in English.
Thank you very much for reading. |
| 24 | Tony Lambiris | Please please please. don't rename it to Wii. ANYTHING else.... why not name it Nintendo V (as in 5th generation Nintendo console) or even Nintendo Wi would be an easier pill to swallow. You need this console to kick the asses of Microsoft and Sony, please don't screw it up by using such a god-awful name.
Thanks. |
| 25 | Anonymous | |
| 26 | Ryan M. Johnson | I will still buy the new console, but wii need to change it back. |
| 27 | Gamesmith | PLEASE change the official of the next-gen Nintendo to its once, and very cool, code name - Revolution. |
| 28 | Anonymous | This name expresses nothing but the lack of awareness that nintendo has of their kiddy image. And this is so easy too make fun of.
I used to love the revolution, but this name is turning me away |
| 29 | John | I'm picturing two kids playing "swords" at a urinal. Who could honestly asked their friends come over and play with their "Wee" and take themselves seriously??? |
| 30 | Jesse Hernandez | Please don't name it Wii that is an atrocious idea!!!! |
| 31 | Todd Mercer | Worst name for a console EVAR. |
| 32 | Tom Poole | |
| 33 | Sam Taylor | Nintendo, please change the damned name, before it's too late...
Did Sony put you up to it?! |
| 34 | Drew Hicks | Yes there have been innovative strange names in marketing. A few have even been successful. One thing all of them have in common: They don's sound like slang terms for penis or urine. Fix this now. |
| 35 | Brian Smith | Terrible name that will hurt sales to casual gamers. |
| 36 | Anonymous | |
| 37 | Raheel P | Japanese people can have wii, just begin our Revolution. |
| 38 | Anonymous | Wii is the worst idea I can think of. I literally tried to think of something worse that wasn't obscene and I couldn't do it. |
| 39 | Larry | Yes, come over to my house and play with my Wii!!! |
| 40 | pocketdora | Poor Nintendo. After years of being hounded for failing to listen to marketing people, it appears they have finally given up the resistance just when they needed it. Wii is possibly the worst product name I have ever heard, in ten years of naming and marketing products. It is the kind of linguistic train-wreck you get when you design by committee. It reminds me of a fictional car brand in a Ben Elton novel, which the Germans wanted to sound teutonic and hard, and the French wanted to sound light and whizzy, and ended up being called the 'Krappee'. It costs an awful lot of research yen to come up with a name that wrong. And guys, if you need a paragraph to explain to the public why your name is good, it's not. I'm a Nintendo obsessive so I will still buy it. I fear I may be the only one though. *sigh* |
| 41 | Pete | WTF!!! Please let it not be true!! |
| 42 | Desmond | And this little piggy went "Wii, Wii, Wii all the way home". This is seriously funny stuff. Who the hell gave this the greenlight at Nintendo? How about Nintendo Pii? |
| 43 | Michael Rou | |
| 44 | Anonymous | It's amazing how much less I'm interested in the console now that the hype of the "Revolution" has died. |
| 45 | Justin Blades | |
| 46 | AmishBurrito | Just Leave it Revolution |
| 47 | Anonymous | Wii's a great name!
Now I can network with my friends and we can play with our wii-wii.
And he can touch my wii. And I can touch his wii.
But if they redesign, it better get smaller. Because I don't ever wanna have a smaller wii than anyone else. |
| 48 | Jed | I definitely want a different name, like Revolution or FreeStyle. The name looks cool, but it doesn't sound cool. Not in English. |
| 49 | Anonymous | My first reaction: this is totally unbewiivable. This is a marketing mistake of collossal proportions. It'll be right up there with New Coke. |
| 50 | Anonymous | Wii is the worst name ever. Who ever made it must have been high. Leave the name Revolution. |
