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Nintendo Revolution gets a name - Wii

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Yes you read right, the next generation console from Nintendo will be called "Wii", which sounds like the word we. That in turn means that this is the console for everyone. I personally liked Revolution much better.


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Thats a stupid name. "weeee" :-\
 
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I concur, Revolution was sweet. Wii sounds like something puny or weak. Argh, atleast it will be sweet. Then again Longhorn sounded better than Vista, but that's an os, not a gaming console.
 

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Stupid name. Nintendo is going to go bankrupt within the next decade.
 

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wazzledoozle said:
Stupid name. Nintendo is going to go bankrupt within the next decade.

I agree. The time for Nintendo has come and gone. Now it is the xbox. No one wants a stupid system with the only game worth buying for it is RE4!
 

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PVTCaboose1337 said:
I agree. The time for Nintendo has come and gone. Now it is the xbox. No one wants a stupid system with the only game worth buying for it is RE4!
A lot of people like super smash bros, not me personally. I think I am going to sell my cube and get a slim PS2.
 
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since the gamecube... i havent bought another nintendo product...
 

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i would only get wii only if SSB was online multiplayer...that would be awesome. :rockout:
 
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im buying it, i want a fun lil cheap system. should be fun for every1 that comes over to my house and wants something to do.
 

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The Nintendo Wii... That just sounds like shit! :mad:
 

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Seriously...is Nintendo even trying to sell these things or are they just trying to make their last console go out in a blaze of glory?:shadedshu
 
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It just makes it sound like a little girls toy... :(
 
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well i wasen't gonna buy "wii" for the name but for the games, and that what matters.
 

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killatia said:
well i wasen't gonna buy "wii" for the name but for the games, and that what matters.
But it just shows Nintendo is already making dumb decisions... :shadedshu
 
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wazzledoozle said:
But it just shows Nintendo is already making dumb decisions... :shadedshu
they made worst desisions then a bad name (remember virtual boy). plus have you heard about red steel. pretty sweet game on the "wii" that'll easly make up for the name.
 

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killatia said:
they made worst desisions then a bad name (remember virtual boy). plus have you heard about red steel. pretty sweet game on the "wii" that'll easly make up for the name.
All I've seen are renders. And plenty of trash game have great renders.
 
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wazzledoozle said:
All I've seen are renders. And plenty of trash game have great renders.
i can't remember the website that had the info on red steel but e3 is around the corner to our pleasure.
 

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Wii is an appropriate name for it as its going to get pissed on by the PS3 anyway LOL :roll:
 

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killatia said:
well i wasen't gonna buy "wii" for the name but for the games, and that what matters.

Well have fun playing your games with this controller.



Oh wait...that isn't the Wii controller, it is from a 20 year old game console...I get them confused sometimes.

Oh, and you have to wonder how good the games are going to be when Nintendo cares more about the color of the controller then they do about actual games.

The name is just one bad decision in a long line of bad decisions that will lead to this being Nintendo's last console. :cry:
 
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I must say they did make one good decision.
They have kept the Zelda franchise all to themselves.
Things like that will keep them alive for there are many Zelda fans.
 
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I don't like the name Wii either, but I'm willing to give it the benefit of a doubt and see what happens when it comes out. I don't think Nintendo will go bankrupt, even if they have to pull out of the console market they still dominate the handheld market. Nintendo's profits are the highest this year, since 2001.
 
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Thermopylae_480 said:
I don't like the name Wii either, but I'm willing to give it the benefit of a doubt and see what happens when it comes out. I don't think Nintendo will go bankrupt, even if they have to pull out of the console market they still dominate the handheld market. Nintendo's profits are the highest this year, since 2001.
yep, nintendo has enough money to stay in bussniess without having to pull a sega (becoming a third party)
 

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You know what this means. The revolution controllers can now officially be called wii sticks. :roll: "Wanna go play with my Wii?" "Let's have an all night Wii party!" Wiiiiiiiiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi!* :D

*EDIT: all the way home! rofl
 
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Sandman said:
You know what this means. The revolution controllers can now officially be called wii sticks. :roll: "Wanna go play with my Wii?" "Let's have an all night Wii party!" Wiiiiiiiiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi!* :D

*EDIT: all the way home! rofl

Noob1: My wii stick is shaking!
Noob2: Thats the "rumble pack"
Noob1: No... I dont think it is.. :-\
Noob2: Oh, the "other" Wii stick.
 
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