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FatherJack
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by FatherJack January 5th, 2009, 14:20
Wiinoma? I don't get it - what's it supposed to mean? Also, how are they going to fit TV on that pokey little hard disk it has?
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by spoodie January 5th, 2009, 14:39
I think Nintendo have done away with brand names meaning anything. What does Wii mean?
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by Dog Pants January 5th, 2009, 15:09
Isn't Wii Japanese or something? Maybe it's meant to be a pictoral representation of something, like two people trying to work out how to unfold a sofabed.
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by FatherJack January 5th, 2009, 15:36
It's Wii, because it sounds like We, as in us . Meaning people playing together, also the i's look like the controllers.
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by Stoat January 5th, 2009, 16:09
FatherJack wrote: also the i's look like the controllers.
And two people.
It'd be a good name if it wasn't for the whole piss thing.
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by TezzRexx January 5th, 2009, 16:48
FatherJack wrote: It's Wii, because it sounds like We, as in us . Meaning people playing together, also the i's look like the controllers.
The reasons for the name itself (being a "collective" exprience) was mentioned in the E3 launch years ago and was then never mentioned again.
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by TezzRexx January 5th, 2009, 16:51
Sidenote: Did anyone see the story about Nintendo changing its logo? (Or changing the colour, from red to grey)
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by Dog Pants January 5th, 2009, 16:52
Noooo, do tell.
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by Stoat January 5th, 2009, 16:56
No, that was it.
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by Dog Pants January 5th, 2009, 16:57
Oh
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by TezzRexx January 5th, 2009, 16:58
Yeah, they literally told everyone they couldn't use the old red logo anymore and forced them to use the grey one for reasons I didn't quite understand.
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by Lee January 5th, 2009, 21:52
Dog Pants wrote: Isn't Wii Japanese or something?
I heard it was Japanese for cute.
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by cashy January 5th, 2009, 22:01
Lee wrote:
I heard it was Japanese for cute.
He's right, Japanese girls just
stink of cute.
See what I did thar? xD
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by FatherJack January 5th, 2009, 23:38
Lee wrote: I heard it was Japanese for cute.
Hmm, that's kawaii, sort of sounds like it.
Wii to get new TV channel [News]
The reasons for the name itself (being a "collective" exprience) was mentioned in the E3 launch years ago and was then never mentioned again.
