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Exactly.

Can anyone think of brand names that are this awful though? All I can think of is Head, the sports company. Even though, it's powerful. It's more like "Man, today I'm going to go get some head." rather than "Man today I have to take a wee."

What if Sony renamed the PS3 the "Poopee". They might have a reasonable explanation for it, and they might get an A in marketing class for it (if the teacher has a sense of humour.) But Poopee is the most ****ing awful name you can think of. Wii is TOO. There is no denying this. It just has to be fake.

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I just hope the Xbox360 or PS3 stands at E3 have something funny on their banners (do they have banners at E3), like, "now with less Wii."


Or, ""we-wii"" free. hahaha.

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It's certainly not fake when it's posted by Nintendo.

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PR stunt what garbage. He's an amazing idea. "Any news will make people talk about something more than they did before because, they have something to actually talk about."

Everytime they make some bad decision the same idiots chalk it up to some genious that only nintendo understands. It's so terrible it has to be part of some super clever plan.

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The name symbolizes the same half-witted thinking and "look we're different" approach that I've expected of Nintendo for the past few years now. I fully believe this to be the real name.


Also, think about what would appear more idiotic: Calling your new system Wii, or pretending to call your new system Wii to piss everyone off for a few weeks then reveal a name that only could be better than that one. "Lol, we was just kidding" Come on now.

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To be fair, when I first overheard two kids mentioning "PlayStation" on the bus ride to middle school one day, I thought it a very childish name. The first thought to come to mind was a toy from PlaySkool for toddlers. To go from a name like Genesis to PlayStation, I didn't have high hopes for that system. Plus I had previously heard of Ultra (N) 64 and Saturn. But look which turned out to be the success. Though I doubt many had my original feelings about PlayStation.

A name becomes what the item is. Mustn't look at the product and name as separate entities.

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Seriously though, it could be PUUPSTATION.

Nintendo is just inviting criticism.

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I don't think you can compare any console name to Wii. It's that bad.

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Maybe they were thinking along the lines of something universal like chi, ki, ka, or om...and just screwed up.

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Fixed.

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I don't know about the name. Its definitely different, but I don;t know if its necessarily bad. I didn't like the name Xbox 360 at all, and it seems as if the name was a success anyway.

The only real problem I have with it is the spelling. The two i's kind of make me have to pee when I look at it.

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I voted yes, just sounds weird..

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Owned by hotlinking.

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I've moved on to the bargaining stage.

"Please God, I'll start going to church again, just don't let it be called WEEEEEEEEEE"