Why the name change?

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#1 chickenlover900
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Why did the Revolution change its name to the Wii? Wii is a pretty cool name but i like Revolution because it is the revolution of gameplaying. What do you think?
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#2 blueteeth
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i think this  topic should have been posted 7 months ago when nintendo changed the name too wii
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#4 AbstractTerror
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Which name sounds more casual-gamer/non-gamer friendly: Revolution, or Wii (We)?

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#5 Dark_Link142
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Because not everyone around the world could pronounce revolution. And besides, revolution didn't get Nintendo's message out entirely. Wii means We all play right? And this, like blueteeth said, should have been posted 7 months ago.

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#6 chickenlover900
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I dont care if I should have posted it 7 months ago, all I want to know is why they changed it.

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#7 SwigGY12
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Woah..I think I steped into 10 months ago.
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#8 reggie186
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Woah..I think I steped into 10 months ago.SwigGY12

My thoughts exactly.

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#9 reggie186
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I dont care if I should have posted it 7 months ago, all I want to know is why they changed it.

chickenlover900

Something about Wii being a more "family-friendly" name or something... I don't really remember the specifics. It was a year ago.

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#10 -COOLIO-
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wii is still a dum name immho
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#11 mkfalcon2007
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u think 'wii' is a bad name? hmm how bout ps3?  i think thats plain stupid.  ps2 fine...but if these numbers keep goin' up..ps8 anyone?  playstation 8 kinda sounds like mario party 8..same deal...getting old.  i got nothing against the ps3...but the name.....err lack of originality.  xbox360 on the other hand...has some originality tho..and a good one on that.  instead of goin' with xbox2..they chose 360...which sorta makes it sounds as if this is their third console and that theyve been around for a while.  for example..if it was xbox 2 vs ps 3..umm that sounds like xbox is worse..so they did 360...whoch is a lil' more than just a number.  and now that they did 360, their xbox3 will have to be something else.
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Revolution was a code name like project Dolphin and StarCube for the GameCube, project Nitro for Nintendo DS, project Atlantis for the GameBoy Advance and project Reality and Ultra 64 for Nintendo 64.

Wii is a more casual name.

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#13 gibbon1618
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Revolution was a code name like project Dolphin and StarCube for the GameCube, project Nitro for Nintendo DS, project Atlantis for the GameBoy Advance and project Reality and Ultra 64 for Nintendo 64.

Wii is a more casual name.

chris3116

good call