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Yeah, it seems kinda weird. It's pronounced "we". Er, I just don't know. It seems like it'll be exposed to a lot of jokes, but then again a lot of people didn't like the name "Play Station" so who knows. neutral

I think you have a good point there.

One more thing:

I heard about this story. I think it's extremely stupid, and not just because of all the horrendous puns that come out of "wii." Revolution makes it sound epic and behemoth; whereas "wii" or "we" makes it sound small, insignificant, and weak. It's a poor marketing strategy from those zany people across the puddle. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to wii.

Wii sounds nice, it has no sounding meaning in Spanish or German, sounds like yes in french.

I would call it Nintendo Legion(sorry, been in a castlevania kick lately).

Even though you were joking, what you literally said is more or less what it sounds like they're trying to do with this. What I mean is they're looking at everybody, not the hardcore gaming market. A point I've seen made that makes a lot of sense to me is that they're trying to create a name that's so incredibly simple that the average Janes and Joes of the world will be able to distinguish and remember it without at the same time feeling like they're entering the "confusing" hardcore gaming market. Nintendo is trying to reach across social barriers to entertain the greater masses.

Sure, I agree that Revolution sounds cooler. Then again, I know that Sony Music should rot in hell for intentionally putting rootkits on their music CDs, that Microsoft has been convicted of being and abusing its monopoly, that Pebble-Bed nuclear reactors are unable by design to have a critical meltdown, and most importantly that a zergling rush is an annoying pain in the a**. My point? I'm a geek... or a nerd... or even simply a gamer. I am not an average joe. There is a large market of (more) normal people that could easily be enjoying the same games and a name should mean more to them.

Fortunately, I'll be getting the Wii not because of the name but because of the gameplay. I expect some interesting things from Nintendo regardless of what they call their system.

I dunno. Other than what I've said in my post, I forgot to mention that because of their choice of name they are getting HUGE publicity for almost nothing. There is a saying; any publicity is good publicity. There can be exceptions such but this can't be one of them. I mean, it's not like it was a press release where Nintendo said they'd be sacrificing children to pagan gods to make it work. Yeah, this publicity doesn't scream "Nintendo is an evil company."

Also, it just occured to me that by making the name silly like this it probably drastically increases the chances of people buying it because they're drunk. rofl

Except remember this wasn't made by a primarily-english company... Nintendo is a japanese company, after all. Then again, there are many exceptions to common english rhymes like that, probably because we borrow from so many different languages. Anyways, the best example I can remember is the "I before E except after C" rhyme, with "weird" clearly violating this rule.

In any case, I seem to recall a Slashdot post which had a link to an official Nintendo page (or press release?) which said it was pronounced "wee" ; take me saying that with a grain of salt since I can't find the link for you.