 Nintendo says Wii! |
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 Apr 29 2006, 05:00 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 2-April 06 Member No.: 8,426  |
Yeah yeah, you've all heard by now, the Final name for the Revolution is now the Nintendo Wii.
I kinda like it. Wii as in Small (it's still the size of three stacked DVD cases), Wii as in playing together (The Online service, peeps!), Wii Remember our Wii youth (Virtual Console: Nostalgiavision!), then there's the 2 I's representing the funky Wiimote (get it?), people playing together.. As long as you keep your mind out of the damned Gutter, you'll realise that it's actually a damned good name. Opinions? Muskie |
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Apr 29 2006, 05:06 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,353 Joined: 5-June 02 Member No.: 2,840 |
I think the true test of the new system is going to be the new controller. Will it be nothing more than a novelty? Will it truly change the way we play games? I think that'll prove to be the biggest question mark about this system.
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Apr 29 2006, 03:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
For what I've read in other forums, the vast majority of people think it's a lame name. There's even a Penny Arcade strip about it.
EDIT: Weeee!!! :grinbig: This post has been edited by JongWK: Apr 29 2006, 04:05 PM |
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Apr 29 2006, 05:50 PM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
i agree, it is somewhat nonsenical, and thinkt hat the revolution was a better name for it, honestly.
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Apr 29 2006, 05:58 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Indeed. They keep picking awesome "in testing" names, then switching to lamer names.
Nintendo Dolphin? I'd've played that. Nintendo Revolution? I'd've played that. Nintendo Wii? Are they on crack? |
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Apr 29 2006, 09:12 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
I'd have bought the Nintendo Vagina.
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May 3 2006, 02:12 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 560 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 6,893 |
Speaking of "new and original controller add-ons..." |
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May 3 2006, 03:00 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,353 Joined: 5-June 02 Member No.: 2,840 |
"The Revolution will come with an analog stick that is able to attack to the remote. Once connected, it may resemble something out of an adult magazine. Complete with rumble pack." "I feel dirty..." -Aeris (narrating) and Leo (holding the controller) from VG Cats, on using a Revolution (Wii) controller :D |
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May 3 2006, 03:54 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
They must have hired the same branding consultants Washington State hires for their new tourism promotion campaign: "Say WA" |
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May 3 2006, 07:21 PM
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Karma Police Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,358 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Gothenburg, SE Member No.: 6,505 |
Whatever. All consoles are named stupid things.
First it was just plain brand names, which wasn't too bad. Then came the "cool" prefixes, like Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive. Then everything was named after some techincal figure nobody really understands eccept that higher is better, like the Nintendo 64 or Amiga CD32. Last time it was all about the shape of the box, like Xbox or Game Cube. Play Station was a good first name, but then they just slaped on a sequential number each time a new one came out and that's not really a strategy you would like all their rivals use too. <edit> I happen to think Sony is the most cowardly evil of the companies. People complain about Microsoft, but just look at Sony's hardware destroying copy protection and law breaking witch hunts for pirates. Microsoft may be as greedy as can be (like all major companies), but Sony is actually hostile to their consumers as it's not the pirates that suffer from what they do. Off topic but it just came out ;) < /edit> And this time we had the usual new sequal to Play Station, and two names that means the same thing; Revolution and 360. Both alluding to the same idea of making a radical turn for something new. Microsoft was first, so Nintendo backed off and renamed their console (as they've done before btw, Super Nintendo was originally code named Dolphin). The name Wii will not be a controversy for long, and it seems to look nice with the design of the console. Sort of "Macish". |
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May 4 2006, 12:10 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
So the 360 is just full circle? :P Here in Uruguay, older people remember a certain General who, during a public speech, said that before the military regime the country was in full crisis, but now they'd made a 360 degrees turn. :grinbig: |
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May 4 2006, 03:09 PM
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Karma Police Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,358 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Gothenburg, SE Member No.: 6,505 |
:D
When Nintendo fans were debating the name Revolution's similarity to 360 before the name change—I saw this on some game site's forum—they argued that 360 was just spinning in place. While revolution can mean full circle as well as rebellion, 360 doesn't have that second meaning. |
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May 5 2006, 02:23 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Everywhere Member No.: 1,393 |
Y'know, it's kind of a shame. I've loved Nintendo with a passion since I counted my age in single digits, but I'm not sure I can really justify buying a system that sounds like something I have to do in the bathroom after too much caffeine.
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May 5 2006, 07:11 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 488 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 90 |
I have to agree, I'd feel stupid going into a store and saying to the clerk, "I want a Wii." and getting told where the toilet is.
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May 5 2006, 08:27 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Would you rather they called it the Nintendo Blowjob?
In all seriousness, I trust Nintendo. It single-handedly revitalized the video game market and has consistently shown itself to be the leading innovator in the industry. Their first-party titles are, without exception, of the highest quality and possess superb gameplay. The controller looks gimmicky and it may be, but I said the same about the DS touch screen and was proven wrong. Nintendo hasn't really succumbed to the temptation to make useless gimmick controllers that look great on paper but suck in reality since the Power Glove (and the power glove wasn't even made by Nintendo, just licensed). Of course, Nintendo of America really should be bombed into oblivion for the absurd censorship policy that ended when Mortal kombat 2 was released for the SNES but which I still feel sore about. |
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May 6 2006, 05:39 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Everywhere Member No.: 1,393 |
Dude! I would totally pay good money for a Nintendo Blowjob!
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May 6 2006, 08:52 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 176 Joined: 7-September 05 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 7,706 |
I think they should of stayed with Revolution. I do agree with hyzmarca on revitalizing the video game market. I personally like the direction they're going with their games and game systems.
I think right now there's too much emphasis on all this technical bullshit, (e.g. lighting, physics, the amount of polys a system can handle...) and less emphasis on things like game design. Nintendo seems to have recognized this and has taken steps to remedy it. When I saw the trailer for The Console Formerly Knows as Revolution i was totally sold, and you know Nintendo is "good for it". Catsnightmare - Sunday, 12:00pm, Dragon's Lair Burnett location. Be there. This is assuming you aren't already a part of our SR group. |
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May 12 2006, 02:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
Name, shmame.
It looks cool, the controller is interesting, but most importantly, it is backwards compatible. That's something that Nintendo has dropped the ball on far too many times. Add to that the library of games available for download (dare we hope for the Shadowrun game?) and I'll be buying one for the family as soon as I trade in the Gamecube. I'm a big Sony fan, but there's no way I'll buy a PS3 when it comes out. I like to wait for the price drop. However, if the price in the Wii is anywhere near reasonable, I'll pick it up the first day. |
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May 12 2006, 05:32 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
The Wii looks like it'll be the cheapest console of the three, which is always a plus (and Nintendo's SOP). TIME magazine has a huge article about the Wii and its controller, and the reporter couldn't say enough good things about it.
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May 12 2006, 06:07 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
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May 12 2006, 04:54 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
It sounds like people at E3 can't get enough of the Wii Controller at the demo booth. I just read an article saying the line was a 3 hour wait, and on top of that most of the people who actually got to try it said it was worth the wait.
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May 12 2006, 05:00 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
It seems to me that the Wii is the only "next-gen" console that is really "next-gen". The Xbox 360 and PS3 are just like the Xbox and PS2, only with better graphics, faster, etc. It's the same thing as last generation, only done better. The Wii is actually doing something different.
Granted, the PS3 has a tilt-sensitive controller, but compared to the Wii controller that's hardly anything to get excited about. |
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May 15 2006, 03:01 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Nintendo will never have an SR game, as Microsoft owns the sole right to the SR franchise, and does not seem interested in ever giving it up. |
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May 15 2006, 11:30 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 8-December 05 Member No.: 8,057 |
A Nintendo system has already had a Shadowrun RPG. It was on the SNES.
However, I think the back library for the Wii is only first-party NIntendo titles, in which case, no Shadowrun. |
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May 16 2006, 01:14 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I'm not sure if you're saying Nintendo made an SR game before and therefore I'm wrong, or if you're saying Nintendo made an SR game and the Wii is supposed to be backwards compatible, and so you can play the old, old SNES game again if you want. Either way, I'll clarify my statement. Nintendo will never (in the future) make a Shadowrun game. It does 'have' one in that there's a game more than 10 years old that runs on a non-supported, antiquated system. You can, of course, play it with a ROM on your computer. I've played the Genesis version, and I daresay it's still better than what M$ is working on. |
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