Wii U name and logo Confirmed; Not changing.

Sad.....I had my heart set on it being called the "Nintendo U", after that rumor came out :(

http://www.gamexplain.com/article-755-1337985093-wii-u-name-and--logo-confirmed-not-changing.html

Nintendo just released a high resolution version of their logo mere minutes ago on their official site for press, and it confirms what we've suspected: the name and logo are not changing.Here's the logo in its latest form:

Besides a slightly darker hue blue, the logo is otherwise 100% faithful to last year's. And if that weren't enough, the file name itself confirms this is the logo that will be used at E3 2012:

Though many had suspected Nintendo might announce a new name and logo at E3 due to their tepid reaction last year, these hopes were partially dashed when an image surfaced last week of what appeared to be the final Wii U controller, which contained the same logo.

Unless Nintendo's planning on Punk'ing the entire industry, the name and logo are final and won't be changed. Make sure to keep tabs on GameXplain for more news from E3 itself, starting in less than two weeks!

I hoped they would name it something different, but meh guess their trying to wave the name about in the hopes that some people that have a Wii buy it due to the similar name.

meh, If I could get pass the name "Wii" then I can do the same for "Wii U"

Logo is whatever. Its Okay I guess.

guess they didn't learn their lesson from the 3ds

guess they didn't learn their lesson from the 3ds

Chris_Williams

Why should they? The Wii was dumb enough back then, but look at the sales...shalashaska88

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

guess they didn't learn their lesson from the 3ds

Kaze_no_Mirai

Considering the controller, the colour scheme's staying.
That leaves the shape of the console itself and, well, I'm not particularly imaginative on that front.

I guess it's up to some aggressive marketing to get the job done.
Can't be too hard to emphasize the difference in power, can it?
Comparing the two consoles in the same advertisement would certainly help.

[QUOTE="shalashaska88"]Why should they? The Wii was dumb enough back then, but look at the sales...Chris_Williams

It wont be more powerful than the PS4 or 720, but it WILL be your normal generational leap over this gen. 800 unified shader cores, or "stream processors", which is literally 16 times the amount of unified shaders in the 360, and it embarasses the PS3 even more. (the PS3 doesnt even use a unified shading architexture. It has 24 dedicated pixel shaders, and 8 vertex shaders). Oh, and these shaders will also be clocked more than DOUBLE the 360's.

It also has double the ROPS (render output units) as a 360/PS3. (Wii U= 16 to the 360/PS3's 8), so it will do 1080p 30fps no problem. It SHOULD have 32, then 1080p 60fps would be the standard, but I imagine with 16 we will see most games at 30fps, with a select few hitting 60.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="shalashaska88"]Why should they? The Wii was dumb enough back then, but look at the sales...StrongDeadlift

It wont be more powerful than the PS4 or 720, but it WILL be your normal generational leap over this gen. 800 unified shader cores, or "stream processors", which is literally 16 times the amount of unified shaders in the 360, and it embarasses the PS3 even more. (the PS3 doesnt even use a unified shading architexture. It has 24 dedicated pixel shaders, and 8 vertex shaders). Oh, and these shaders will also be clocked more than DOUBLE the 360's.

It also has double the ROPS (render output units) as a 360/PS3. (Wii U= 16 to the 360/PS3's 8), so it will do 1080p 30fps no problem. It SHOULD have 32, then 1080p 60fps would be the standard, but I imagine with 16 we will see most games at 30fps, with a select few hitting 60.

guess they didn't learn their lesson from the 3ds

Chris_Williams

Don't really care about a name or logo, so long as the console delivers.

I'm okay with the name.

It shouldn't exist to have a name in the first place.SolidSnake35

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]It shouldn't exist to have a name in the first place.pickleman999

[QUOTE="pickleman999"][QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]It shouldn't exist to have a name in the first place.SolidSnake35

Bad move, they should ditch the Wii name to avoid confusion if they had their hearts set on "U."

Names and logos are a non-issue to me.

It's just a name. Nothing to see here.

Why they should change it?

It shouldn't exist to have a name in the first place.SolidSnake35

Sooo... we have Wii, Wii "U", Mii... what's next? Wii "shee", Wii "hee"?

What the logo SHOULD look like ( bear with me, this took about 4 minutes of my time)

Not found of the name. Oh well.

The next Wii will be Wiid.

lol @ cows and lems wanting the 'Wii" part taken out. That's like asking the Playstation name to be changed. :|

Hey after this console, the name Wii may no longer be needed, right...? I mean, what more can Wii do? Wii U 2 and then have U2 play at start up everytime you boot the system? yoshi_64

[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]Hey after this console, the name Wii may no longer be needed, right...? I mean, what more can Wii do? Wii U 2 and then have U2 play at start up everytime you boot the system? Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]Hey after this console, the name Wii may no longer be needed, right...? I mean, what more can Wii do? Wii U 2 and then have U2 play at start up everytime you boot the system? charizard1605

lol @ cows and lems wanting the 'Wii" part taken out. That's like asking the Playstation name to be changed. :|

Bigboi500

Not really no. Asking the Playstation named to be changed would be like changing the Nintendo name.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

lol @ cows and lems wanting the 'Wii" part taken out. That's like asking the Playstation name to be changed. :|

thelastguy

Not really no. Asking the Playstation named to be changed would be like changing the Nintendo name.

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[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

lol @ cows and lems wanting the 'Wii" part taken out. That's like asking the Playstation name to be changed. :|

Bigboi500

Not really no. Asking the Playstation named to be changed would be like changing the Nintendo name.

It's called the Nintendo Wii, not just the Wii.They sold a lot of DS's as well.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Not really no. Asking the Playstation named to be changed would be like changing the Nintendo name.

thelastguy

It's called the Nintendo Wii, not just the Wii.They sold a lot of DS's as well.

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]

Not really no. Asking the Playstation named to be changed would be like changing the Nintendo name.

thelastguy

It's called the Nintendo Wii, not just the Wii.They sold a lot of DS's as well.

At least it would have parity with the 3DS branding.

Why should they? The Wii was dumb enough back then, but look at the sales...shalashaska88

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]Hey after this console, the name Wii may no longer be needed, right...? I mean, what more can Wii do? Wii U 2 and then have U2 play at start up everytime you boot the system? charizard1605