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Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Deaths Head on April 27, 2006, 18:11:00 PM
... the Wii


:cry: Wii oh Wii?  What a crap name!

Is it April the 1st?

Read more: http://revolution.nintendo.com/ http://next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2841&Itemid=2
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Cypher on April 27, 2006, 18:33:49 PM
/Walks into Game Shop.

Can I have a wii please?

 :?  :yarr:
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: PuNk on April 27, 2006, 18:44:45 PM
There is no way im calling it that. The Revolution it will stay!
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Serious on April 27, 2006, 18:46:06 PM
Quote from: Cypher/Walks into Game Shop.

Can I have a wii please?

 :?  :yarr:

Wee? Probable answer will be directions to the nearest public loo  :mrgreen:  :lol:
Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Deaths Head on April 27, 2006, 18:50:22 PM
Please Sir, can I have a wii?

Youre taking the Wii Wii!

WEEEeee...eeeEEEeee...eeeEEEeee...eeeEEEeee...
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: soopahfly on April 27, 2006, 18:51:10 PM
Wheeeee!
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Serious on April 27, 2006, 19:02:58 PM
Oh dear I think I have pulled the thread down to toilet humour level  :D
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Pete on April 27, 2006, 19:03:14 PM
Could be worse.. uh, Poo?
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Dave on April 27, 2006, 19:23:22 PM
I wonder how long it took them sat round a table before some marketing spaz came up with that one.....  :roll:

going into game... "can I have a wee please" - f*** sake  :roll: they really are utter mongs - wtf was wrong with revolution
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: TheMallrat on April 27, 2006, 19:30:26 PM
We are the knights who say...Wii!
Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: redneck on April 27, 2006, 20:08:48 PM
dear god. its a bit late for an april fools joke
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Cypher on April 27, 2006, 20:10:37 PM
Let the endless jokes roll on...

Quote from: Serious
Quote from: Cypher/Walks into Game Shop.

Can I have a wii please?

 :?  :yarr:

Wee? Probable answer will be directions to the nearest public loo  :mrgreen:  :lol:

That was the joke.
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Serious on April 27, 2006, 20:11:13 PM
Quote from: DaveI wonder how long it took them sat round a table before some marketing spaz came up with that one.....  :roll:

going into game... "can I have a wee please" - f*** sake  :roll: they really are utter mongs - wtf was wrong with revolution

Im wondering how much they were paid for it  :evil:
Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: DeltaZero on April 27, 2006, 20:17:05 PM
Could it be said Whhhiiiiiy (saying the i as an eye rather than an eee sound) - like it just had one i - The Wi - maybe?
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Dave on April 27, 2006, 20:24:55 PM
Quote from: Serious
Quote from: DaveI wonder how long it took them sat round a table before some marketing spaz came up with that one.....  :roll:

going into game... "can I have a wee please" - f*** sake  :roll: they really are utter mongs - wtf was wrong with revolution

Im wondering how much they were paid for it  :evil:

dunno I guess a handfull of top marketing consultants all earning six figure salarys would have paid a small fortune for a bunch of gimps to interview people in thier target market, probably spent a load of cash on various focus groups then after several months of debating & heated discussion theyd some f**ktard would have suggested wee - I guess it probably cost them a few million on creative types to think up that fantastically stupid name.
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Smugs on April 28, 2006, 00:41:47 AM
No way Revolution was a great name this is just well crap no beyond crap.

Nintendo should have known how crap it would sound in English and that people are just going to take the piss out of it. (pun intended :P)

Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Serious on April 28, 2006, 01:35:25 AM
Quote from: DeltaZeroCould it be said Whhhiiiiiy (saying the i as an eye rather than an eee sound) - like it just had one i - The Wi - maybe?

I think that would make it the WHY? and thats what most of us are thinking...
Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Deaths Head on April 28, 2006, 07:40:13 AM
Apparently it was decided on by a committee within Nintendo.  Not an external marketing company.

You know what they say about things made by Committee?  It seems it applies to names as well.
Title: *Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: DeltaZero on April 28, 2006, 10:32:29 AM
Quote from: SeriousI think that would make it the WHY? and thats what most of us are thinking...

Yeah, just without the h sound.
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Badabing on April 28, 2006, 12:18:18 PM
I cannot wait for this machine! whens it due out in the UK?
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Smugs on April 28, 2006, 16:22:57 PM
They should have left it as Revolution in the English speaking countries like when they renamed the Famicom to just NES.
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: neXus on April 28, 2006, 16:56:16 PM
Get two, stick them in front of a needy(loo wise kid)

Film the kid saying Wii Wii

lol

What on earth are they thinking?
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Chanser on April 28, 2006, 18:08:10 PM
Wanna know the UK distributer: http://www.kochmedia.co.uk/history.html?rid=1672668768910722483287
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Sweenster on April 28, 2006, 18:53:26 PM
Quote from: ChanserWanna know the UK distributer: http://www.kochmedia.co.uk/history.html?rid=1672668768910722483287

OMG you have to be kidding me, nintendo is turning into a carry on film...
Title: Re:*Drum Roll* And the Revolution will be called...
Post by: Pete on May 01, 2006, 01:12:08 AM
QuoteWell, let me see. Weve been working on a name for a good year and have had this one in mind for some time (http://uk.revolution.ign.com/articles/703/703593p1.html)