Or at least give everything a foul stain of yellowish. Just yesterday Nintendo declared that the new name for the Revolution console will be Wii. The reasons? Well, they want gamers and nongamers to unite into small cuddly pillowparties all over the world. At least if you are to believe the official statements made on the official Revolution site yesterday.
No, but seriously, I do think sticking to Revolution would have been a better choice because:
1. It's a serious statement of Nintendos effort to revitalise it's own products.
2. It's a perfect step away from the childish/infantile mark they have unrightfully earned over the last decade.
3. Revolution was established within the gaming community and everyone could relate to it.
4. It made perfect sense and described the product perfectly.
5. It marked Nintendo as a serious competitor on the gaming market.
I think Wii is a lesser good choice because
1. All the wee-wee jokes we will have to endure if we buy one.
2. It's meaning is too farfetched and cryptic to both gamers and non-gamers alike.
3. Non-gamers won't start liking games or start appeal to a product just because of a product name change. Only gamers will care about that.
4. It is not established within the gaming community at all.
5. It sounds like the name of a childrens toy and do not describe the product.
Sure I understand that Revolution might not be the best choice back in the homeland Japan. Levolusion all the way and all, but Wii is even worse in western countries. After all it pronounces like Wee, and already the internet is flooding with jokes on this and pictures of Mario wetting his pants.
The most ironical thing however is that Nintendo also has made it official that the distributor Koch will make Wii available to the players in Great Britain.
So you brit's can sleep safely tonight, knowing that Cock distributes Wee still.
No joke. Seriously.
Friday, April 28, 2006
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roligt att du antränger dig för att skriva så korrekt och duktig engelska när du i själva verket skriver halvdant. meningsbyggnad och ordval, i vissa fall stavningen. trovärdigheten tappas, enormt.
The english is out of courtesy to international friends, and NOT his first language.
It would be bad if he didnt know proper swedish grammar, like punctuation , use of commas and capital letters.. *cough*
Hoho, buurn. :)
Mr. Anonymous, the English Language Institute called, and they want their fine-toothed comb and nit-picker back.
As a native English speaker, I see no problem with his writing. He shows clarity of thought, smooth sentence transition, and correct use of conventions. While not technically PERFECT, he gets his point across to the reader.
It's a BLOG. Get over it.
Why would a name matter? It's not like you're not going to buy one because of the name.
wee wee jokes...and Nintendo thought they were dealing with mature grownups.
Why would a name matter? Well in a true philosophical sense it's just words. But in a cultural context you get problems. Like you wouldn't want to call it Nintendo Violence, Sony Murderstation or Microsoft Sexbox, now would you? Names matter more than we think. In marketing strategies a name can be the fine line between success or failure.
Now I agree that the jokes are childish, and in time will fade. We will forget and forgive, because the console will in the end speak for itself.
But, it is a bad name. We'll just adapt until we fool ourselves into thinking it's a good name.
As a sidenote, I find it very immature to be unable to separate from ones own fanboyism and loyalty, and the facts upon the table.
Ooh, ooh, when is the Murderstation released!? I want one ;)
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