Name review: Wii (Nintendo)

[zotmeister]

Perhaps you hadn't heard: Nintendo has renamed their upcoming console, previously "Revolution", to "Wii".

Wow - it'd be embarrassing to own one now, as opposed to merely ridiculous.

Nintendo must be hoping that the painfully obvious epithet of just saying the name twice will prove too obvious and too painful to bear frequent repetition. In so doing, they're apparently forgetting this'll be marketed to pre-teens. Or maybe that's what they're going for? Perhaps the next console AFTER the Wii will be the Wii-Wii.

But that pales in comparison to the true horror this segues into. I may as well get it overwith before someone else does it far more tastelessly:



Zotmeister Seal of Approval: OF COURSE NOT! WHAT ARE THEY, HIGH?

Those who (incorrectly, apparently) pronounce the name as "why" aren't much better off; no ludeness, but all the dignity is still drained out, and you're left with one ever-crushing question... There's an Abbott & Costello routine in there. - ZM

EDIT: For further entertainment, research this British perspective from YakYak.org (WARNING: not intended for children).

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, it's Abbot and Costello. But yeah, you're right.

[zotmeister]

D'OH! I should have known I was naming the wrong pair! I've edited the article. (I had originally said Laurel & Hardy. Shame on me.) However, I feel I must point out - if for no other reason than my own redemption - that Bud's surname has two 't's. - ZM

[jezendar.livejournal.com]

Regardless of which is correct, personally I think 'why' is a much more appropriate pronunciation for this...

[(Anonymous)]

hmm.. how about the WWII? at least then we could goose-step and heil.

- carl

[unknownforce.livejournal.com]

'why' was my first thought, since I was wondering 'why' they felt the need to use such a horrible name when they had a perfectly fine and valid one before? This reminds me of "Attack of the Clones" and how many starwars fans (the few ones left after the horrors of Phantom Menace anyway) were scoffing at it. Of course, you can make fun of it as much as you want, because the true intention was likely to GET people to laugh and shake their heads in shame. Just when I thought nintendo could stoop no lower than "touching is good" *shudders*

[avenger314.livejournal.com]

I'm having to withdraw from my Marketing PhD, and this IDIOT director of marketing hasn't been fired. Or shot. Sigh.

;-(