Dear God - the Revolution's official name.

[Dreddz]

lol stop playing with your wiiners.

[Zeldy]

lol stop playing with your wiiners.

Thats actually quite clever =P

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

But does anybody genuinely think it will attract casual and non-gamers, and that, in terms of sales, the PS won't pummel it into the ground, just as it did with Nintendo's previous consoles? That's not going to revolutionise the gaming world, and to claim otherwise is naive at best.

The upcoming generation of consoles poses a completely different situation from before. The PS3 will offer graphics approaching photorealism at high-definition resolutions, but its controller and overall interface remain as intimidating to non-gamers as those of any PlayStation before it. It will do nothing to innovate when it comes to the basic way we already interact with games. Meanwhile, Nintendo has been focusing on that exact area for some time now, their primary agenda being to make gaming accessible to anyone. With the DS, they are already accomplishing that to a great extent, and considering all the clever and intuitive nuances of their upcoming console, they'll continue to do so with the Wii, transforming gaming from the relatively niche industry it is into something truly mainstream.

[Del Murder]

Nintendo knows how to break ground, can't deny that, but there are the traditional gamers who like the straight forward approach. I think trying to branch out to nongamers might in fact alienate them from some of their long time loyal customers. Or maybe it's just me. All I know is I really don't like when DS games focus on using the touch screen, and I have no desire to wave a controller stick around. Then again I mainly play RPGs, and there isn't much you can do in terms of gimmicks to make those better.

[Shlup]

C'mon guys! When you play with your Wii, you feel like urine the game!

[Del Murder]

Shlup, that is by far the cleverest thing you have ever said.

[KentaRawr!]

I don't see how it's clever. o_o I am a dull minded fellow. I'll try my hand at a wii joke.

The wii controller is too big. I will get the mini version when it comes out. ...

I stink at this.

[Zeromus_X]

Y'know....for whatever reason...now I don't hate the name Wii. I don't even find it annoying, or funny. Can somebody explain this?

[Madame Adequate]

The upcoming generation of consoles poses a completely different situation from before. The PS3 will offer graphics approaching photorealism at high-definition resolutions, but its controller and overall interface remain as intimidating to non-gamers as those of any PlayStation before it. It will do nothing to innovate when it comes to the basic way we already interact with games. Meanwhile, Nintendo has been focusing on that exact area for some time now, their primary agenda being to make gaming accessible to anyone. With the DS, they are already accomplishing that to a great extent, and considering all the clever and intuitive nuances of their upcoming console, they'll continue to do so with the Wii, transforming gaming from the relatively niche industry it is into something truly mainstream.

I don't know anybody who considers the PS to be intimidating or overwhelming. I know people who think gaming as a whole is pointless or stupid, and I know people who dislike the PS, but I don't know anyone who refuses to play one on the basis that the controls are too complex.

And gaming rakes in more cash than movies. It's already mainstream

[oddler]

http://mitchwii.ytmnd.com/

Mitch rules. Period. And, more than likely, the Wii will, also.

[ljkkjlcm9]

should this turn into a Wii joke thread?

To the hot girl at the bar
"Hey baby, come back to my place and you can play with my Wii all night!"

Pinky: Why Brain, what will Wii do tomorrow night?
Brain: The same thing Wii do(es) every night Pinky.... try to take over the world!

dude, someone who makes ytmnd..... make the pinky and the brain one!

THE JACKEL

[Khaotic]

...Worst idea ever, I was going to go with nintendo this segment simply because I thought the name was original and cool, but now they change it? Buh bye Nintendo, hello Playstation.

[Del Murder]

Why would you choose a system based on name alone? That makes no sense.

[Khaotic]

Does it really matter? I don't buy a system for how powerful it is, none of that matters to me, I care more about the games it comes with and the looks "Revolution" was a good name for it, it looked advanced, and Revolution sounds advanced, but "wii" ? What is that supposed to mean?

Besides, my post was half sarcasm incase you didn't catch it, if good games come out for "wii" i'll still get it, plus its the cheapest of the 3, which is always good too.

[Necronopticous]

...Worst idea ever, I was going to go with nintendo this segment simply because I thought the name was original and cool, but now they change it? Buh bye Nintendo, hello Playstation.

For one they didn't change the name, the console was never named the Revolution, that was the name of the project to build the console, as Dolphin was the name of the Gamecube project. Two, PlayStation 2 is more original and cool than Wii? Really? And finally, are you seriously changing your mind on buying a console because you don't like the official name it was given? It isn't as if Nintendo is going to take legal action against you for calling it the Revolution.