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Nintendo's UK press outfit have just sent through a short movie, along with the following text:- Introducing Wii. While the code-name Revolution expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer. Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else. Wii will put people more in touch with their games and each other. Wii sounds like we, which emphasizes this console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. Wii has a distinctive ii spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play. And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd. CONFIRMED: Nintendo Wii is the official new name for the Nintendo Revolution. The company have also confirmed that the console will accept 12-centimetre "Wii" discs, as well as Nintendo GameCube discs. To play DVD movies, you'll have to pick up a seperate device that plugs into the Wii... Update: Perrin Kaplan, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for NoA said "A lot of thought went into the name. The other systems have an extension of their current names;
I can just imagine going into a GameStation or Game store in town and asking "Can I have a wii please?" KMxRetro 27th Apr, 2006 Really shay0, it isn't - I assure you. "I would like a light gun for my Wii" Funk^ 27th Apr, 2006 What do you think? There's no way they can release it with that name in the english-speaking world. "Hey guys, after the pub do you want to come round to my place and play with my Wii?" Why has this happened though, and how well have Nintendo done at keeping this underwraps!
FlaccidBeadle 27th Apr, 2006 A amte of mine just said: Nintendo are going to piss all over the competition... hmmm millerlfc 27th Apr, 2006 This is going to alienate the female buyers. After all, only men will be able to have a Wii standing up. in5ane 27th Apr, 2006 Congrats on the slashdot KMxRetro 27th Apr, 2006 Why, thank you kindly.
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