GameSetQ: Wii're Being Constructive, Not Destructive
May 1, 2006 5:27 PM | Simon Carless
So, we had this GameSetQ feature ("a daily question to be answered by GameSetWatch readers in the comments of this lovable weblog, and in some way related to the day's gaming issues"), and then we forgot about it a little bit, and then we remembered it again, so we're going to do another one!
And, since we just posted some game developer reactions to the naming of Nintendo's Wii next-gen console over at Gamasutra, we figured that we're both too late and too bored of the 'OMG! What do you think of the name?!' questions, so we offer the following, to be answered in comments:
"What name do you think most suits the Nintendo Wii, and what would you have named it, if you were the highly paid chief of Nintendo's crack branding team for this crucial pre-launch period?"
Uhm, when we say crack, we mean efficient, not actually smoking crack. You guys know that, right? The best answer will probably get mentioned in an update to the story - or we'll just laugh and point at it.
Categories: Wii
4 Comments
The fans name these systems long before companies do. Microsoft kept the xbox name because that's what people called it. Sony didn't reinvent the wheel when people called their next system playstation2. Likewise there were lots of names being floated for this system, and all of them were better than wii, N5 being cheif among them.
Nintendo dosn't plan to use their name in conjunction with wii, but their brand could be their strength with this machine. While some equate "nintendo" to kiddiness, we all equate it to the nes. That would be more than fitting for a system meant to play all of nintendo's legacy.
Revolution, N5, or just plain "nintendo" would work.
D | May 1, 2006 6:45 PM
I like 'Noogs'. The Nintendo Noogs. They could use Jason Mewes in the TV ads.
simonc | May 1, 2006 9:23 PM
Snoochie-boochies!
John H. | May 2, 2006 7:42 PM
Frankly I'd have stuck with "Revolution", or maybe if the marketing department insisted on the "people gathering to play/looks-ever-so-slightly-like-the controllers-but-only-if-you-squint" iconography then "Revolutiion" would do.
Snoogins!
Mat Hall | May 3, 2006 5:53 AM