Nintendo Revolution is now call Wii
Nintendo explains the reason for the new name. 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. No confusion. No need to abreviate. Just Wii.
Okay, it's not language specific except that the pronoun "we" is different in different languages. This made me wonder if Nintendo gave different explanations for different languages - for example, did they tell French speakers that Wii sounds like oui? (I think "Yes" would have been a great name.)
Non.
Mon nom est … Wii
Comme on prononce "nous" en anglais.
I checked the other languages on the Nintendo Europe site and every one that I looked at said that the new name sounds like the English "we".
So if they don't really mind if "Wii = we" is universally understood my next question is, will they mind if I abreviate it to Wi? Or will IL, IA, MI, and MN feel envious?
Posted by marybeth at April 28, 2006 01:11 AM Other StuffYou know that's the real reason they named it that - consider the number of cheeseheads sitting in their mom's basements now drooling over the new system.
Posted by tee bee at April 28, 2006 04:55 PM