Gamers.... introducing the 'Wii'

[bedake]

So have you gamers seen that nintendo renamed the revolution as the Nintendo Wii? It's true, the gaming community has known for awhile that the event was coming but nobody thought it was going to be this, uhm, bizarre?

How do you smoking gamers feel about the name change eh? There has been a mega backlash in the community against nintendo, personally I find it not that big of a deal, a name doesnt make a console unless you are too narrowminded to see past that. The name really isnt that bad in my opinion but nintendo I think really made a big mistake.

bedake Reviewed by bedake on 04-28-2006. Gamers.... introducing the 'Wii' So have you gamers seen that nintendo renamed the revolution as the Nintendo Wii? It's true, the gaming community has known for awhile that the event was coming but nobody thought it was going to be this, uhm, bizarre? How do you smoking gamers feel about the name change eh? There has been a mega backlash in the community against nintendo, personally I find it not that big of a deal, a name doesnt make a console unless you are too narrowminded to see past that. The name really isnt that Rating: 5

[MorbidImpishFae]

Yeah, I heard that yesterday myself...All I could think was Wii? Like Weeeeee? Silly name, the specs still sound like it's going to be an intresting console though.

[mrdevious]

I think Revolution was a lot better and made more sense than "Wii", but as you said a name doesn't really matter. However it would be nice it nintendo could get off their ass and actually give us some real information already.

Personally though, I'm not getting it, I'll be grabbing an Xbox360. Nintendo has just thoroughly disappointed me with the endless barrage of kiddie games, and the incredible lack of history making games on the gamecube (IE final fantasy, Halo, Knights of the old republic, Morrowind). I mean other systems are releasing great epics and ground-breakers, nintendo keeps releasing "mario party 7!" "pokemon super happy fun smiley hour!". everything is just Big wacky get 10 friends together and have fun fun FUN!!!. And I don't care how revolutionary they think the remote is, and I don't know if it'll even work well, but a contoller with 2 sticks worked fine for me, allowed me to do anything with 100% ease.

[MorbidImpishFae]

everything is just Big wacky get 10 friends together and have fun fun FUN!!!.

That's what I like about Nintendo...they don't take themselves so seriously. It's a kind-of nostalgic sort-of feeling. Kinda like still having my old NES system from when I was a kid I guess...

[xNoa]

stupid name but i couldnt care less for nintendo.. im sure they did it for a reason(people whod object to the name wouldnt of bought one whatever its called, and quite possibly more kids and geeky adults would be more likely to buy it) nintendos recent consoles are for kiddys(and are just generally shit anyway) this move just confirmed it!

[dog420]

DIE Nintendo.......!

[mrdevious]

That's what I like about Nintendo...they don't take themselves so seriously. It's a kind-of nostalgic sort-of feeling. Kinda like still having my old NES system from when I was a kid I guess...

Understandable, but it's still caterring to a limited audience. Fun is fun, but you'd think they could give us at least one ground-breaking epic that takes months to fully explore, finish, and experiment with ways to interact with your world.

[MorbidImpishFae]

Man, what's with all the Nintendo hating in up in here?

[benagain]

I dunno. I don't have a gamecube but resident evil 4 was supposed to be a kickass game that was gamecube only for a while. I'm interested more in the new controller. It may be the deciding factor along with the game library. I think I'll wait for all the next gen consoles to come out before deciding.

[MorbidImpishFae]

Understandable, but it's still caterring to a limited audience. Fun is fun, but you'd think they could give us at least one ground-breaking epic that takes months to fully explore, finish, and experiment with ways to interact with your world.

I've heard (though I haven't hunted them out) that there ARE actually some pretty in-depth RPGs for the gamecube (I'd have to call my little brother to ask what the title was, lol)...just nothing that got promoted really heavily. They DID bring out RE4 for it though...and the special edition controller for it was pretty sweet.