Revolution never was the name, just a codename. Like how the gamecube was codenamed "Dolphin" for some reason. Anyway, I think revolution sounds too similar to 360.
The name Nintendo means ‘luck from Heaven’. The name Revolution means ‘overthrow of a ruler’. People still ask, “Why didn’t they just keep ‘Revolution’ as the name of the console?” Aside from the obvious reasons (already trademarked, internet searching for ‘wii’ is much easier to find the console than ‘revolution’, etc.), Nintendo did keep the ‘Revolution’ name. They simply combined Nintendo and Revolution which comes out as ‘Wii’. In Kanji of the old Japanese (19th century and earlier), the name ‘wii’ can literally mean the ‘overthrow of the gods’. Anyone well educated in 19th century Japanese literature or earlier will pick up on the word. With the focus of the Wii to be entirely on disruption and with the collected comments of Nintendo’s top executives listed in this article, it should be proof enough that Wii is a weapon to not only dethrone Sony as market leader. The Wii is to render Sony (and Microsoft) as completely irrelevant as the industry landscape remolds itself due to the disruption. Wii will ‘overthrow the gods’. Who is the origin of giving the console such a celestial name? I will give you one guess.
Nintendo just wanted a nice, short name that could be recognized by all the countries. "Wii" also refers to "we" in the sense that it gathers gamers and non-gamers together.
I remember how much people hated the name when it was announced. I personally didn't care; it was Nintendo's next system and I was going to own it no matter what.
And yes, the PS3 is getting it's butt kicked by a system called Wii. It will be a household name in no time (if it isn't already).
did u know that nintendo is thinking about chnging the wii's name because of hate mail they've recieved :)Roushrsh
WHy would they do that? They released a system and the name is the name. Comon man! And btw whats the whole PSWii thing? Is that just some joke that EVERYONE uses? Its very tiresome, i'm sorry.
Instead of Revoultion. After all its very revolutionary, with the motion sencing and all. Did Nintendo say why they renamed it?Mikerules868
the real reason they didn't name it revolution was because in other countries, revolution was a word that was hard to pronounce or so they decided to give it a simple name for all countries to say
I think wii is a great name. When I found out I thought it was way better then something corny like the revolution. But I read in an interview that often often people in Japan come up with shortforms for things, and they wanted something that could not be broken down, was short and not region specific, and original... Thus wii.
[QUOTE="Roushrsh"]did u know that nintendo is thinking about chnging the wii's name because of hate mail they've recieved :)nvs22
WHy would they do that? They released a system and the name is the name. Comon man! And btw whats the whole PSWii thing? Is that just some joke that EVERYONE uses? Its very tiresome, i'm sorry. lol thats mean
[QUOTE="lzorro"]The console’s name, Wii, has proven to be the most talked about, the most debated, and the most cried over console name ever. Reggie says that, “Wii means just as it sounds: ‘we’.” But Wii only sounds like that in English. In French, Wii is ‘oui’ as in ‘yes’. There is a better origin of the name which Nintendo is probably hiding. The name Nintendo means ‘luck from Heaven’. The name Revolution means ‘overthrow of a ruler’. People still ask, “Why didn’t they just keep ‘Revolution’ as the name of the console?” Aside from the obvious reasons (already trademarked, internet searching for ‘wii’ is much easier to find the console than ‘revolution’, etc.), Nintendo did keep the ‘Revolution’ name. They simply combined Nintendo and Revolution which comes out as ‘Wii’. In Kanji of the old Japanese (19th century and earlier), the name ‘wii’ can literally mean the ‘overthrow of the gods’. Anyone well educated in 19th century Japanese literature or earlier will pick up on the word. With the focus of the Wii to be entirely on disruption and with the collected comments of Nintendo’s top executives listed in this article, it should be proof enough that Wii is a weapon to not only dethrone Sony as market leader. The Wii is to render Sony (and Microsoft) as completely irrelevant as the industry landscape remolds itself due to the disruption. Wii will ‘overthrow the gods’. Who is the origin of giving the console such a celestial name? I will give you one guess.
:D what do you think? WOW.. i ususally dont read huge posts... but the explanation is kinda kewl
[QUOTE="Roushrsh"]did u know that nintendo is thinking about chnging the wii's name because of hate mail they've recieved :)apboyer
Did you know that saying "Did you know" does not instantly make something you overheard true?
I either read it on colume 212 or 213 of nintendo power or I read it somewhere on nintendo.com either way I read it, i never said anyone has to beleive me
[QUOTE="Uchiha_madara"][QUOTE="lzorro"]The name Nintendo means ‘luck from Heaven’. The name Revolution means ‘overthrow of a ruler’. People still ask, “Why didn’t they just keep ‘Revolution’ as the name of the console?” Aside from the obvious reasons (already trademarked, internet searching for ‘wii’ is much easier to find the console than ‘revolution’, etc.), Nintendo did keep the ‘Revolution’ name. They simply combined Nintendo and Revolution which comes out as ‘Wii’. In Kanji of the old Japanese (19th century and earlier), the name ‘wii’ can literally mean the ‘overthrow of the gods’. Anyone well educated in 19th century Japanese literature or earlier will pick up on the word. With the focus of the Wii to be entirely on disruption and with the collected comments of Nintendo’s top executives listed in this article, it should be proof enough that Wii is a weapon to not only dethrone Sony as market leader. The Wii is to render Sony (and Microsoft) as completely irrelevant as the industry landscape remolds itself due to the disruption. Wii will ‘overthrow the gods’. Who is the origin of giving the console such a celestial name? I will give you one guess.
:D what do you think? WOW.. i ususally dont read huge posts... but the explanation is kinda kewl Their other excuses are just them being modest lol
did u know that nintendo is thinking about chnging the wii's name because of hate mail they've recieved :)Roushrsh
lol no way, thats pretty wierd. cause all the kids in my class ae asking me. "wtf did they call it a Wii? so you can say wanna play with my Wii?" i just tell em at least i have one. hahaha
They do what they want? I don't know.....as long as I have my systems I don't care what they call it as long as it isn't something abscine, profane or somethin. Just as long as it plays games, I am fine
[QUOTE="lzorro"]The name Nintendo means ‘luck from Heaven’. The name Revolution means ‘overthrow of a ruler’. People still ask, “Why didn’t they just keep ‘Revolution’ as the name of the console?” Aside from the obvious reasons (already trademarked, internet searching for ‘wii’ is much easier to find the console than ‘revolution’, etc.), Nintendo did keep the ‘Revolution’ name. They simply combined Nintendo and Revolution which comes out as ‘Wii’. In Kanji of the old Japanese (19th century and earlier), the name ‘wii’ can literally mean the ‘overthrow of the gods’. Anyone well educated in 19th century Japanese literature or earlier will pick up on the word. With the focus of the Wii to be entirely on disruption and with the collected comments of Nintendo’s top executives listed in this article, it should be proof enough that Wii is a weapon to not only dethrone Sony as market leader. The Wii is to render Sony (and Microsoft) as completely irrelevant as the industry landscape remolds itself due to the disruption. Wii will ‘overthrow the gods’. Who is the origin of giving the console such a celestial name? I will give you one guess.
:D what do you think? Overthrow of the gods, AKA overthrow of the PS3 and 360.. :D i love the wii !! lol
Nintendo called it the wii because its simple to say, and you need not abrevhiate it.. and its the only thing called wii, so no confusion..
Microsoft called it the X-box 360 because they were a year behind sony and Nintendo. so they called it the x-box 360 to catch more peoples attention.
Sony called it the PS3 because/.... its the third playstation in the line-up and their too dumb to think of something cool.... IMO
[QUOTE="muhamaghat"][QUOTE="lzorro"]The name Nintendo means ‘luck from Heaven’. The name Revolution means ‘overthrow of a ruler’. People still ask, “Why didn’t they just keep ‘Revolution’ as the name of the console?” Aside from the obvious reasons (already trademarked, internet searching for ‘wii’ is much easier to find the console than ‘revolution’, etc.), Nintendo did keep the ‘Revolution’ name. They simply combined Nintendo and Revolution which comes out as ‘Wii’. In Kanji of the old Japanese (19th century and earlier), the name ‘wii’ can literally mean the ‘overthrow of the gods’. Anyone well educated in 19th century Japanese literature or earlier will pick up on the word. With the focus of the Wii to be entirely on disruption and with the collected comments of Nintendo’s top executives listed in this article, it should be proof enough that Wii is a weapon to not only dethrone Sony as market leader. The Wii is to render Sony (and Microsoft) as completely irrelevant as the industry landscape remolds itself due to the disruption. Wii will ‘overthrow the gods’. Who is the origin of giving the console such a celestial name? I will give you one guess.
:D what do you think? Overthrow of the gods, AKA overthrow of the PS3 and 360.. :D i love the wii !! lol
Nintendo called it the wii because its simple to say, and you need not abrevhiate it.. and its the only thing called wii, so no confusion..
Microsoft called it the X-box 360 because they were a year behind sony and Nintendo. so they called it the x-box 360 to catch more peoples attention.
Sony called it the PS3 because/.... its the third playstation in the line-up and their too dumb to think of something cool.... IMO
Actually Microsoft called it the 360 because it's supposed to be the Center (Circle=360) of your media HUB :D
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