Did Nintendo Punk Us with Wii?

[dipdude]

I spoke with branding company Igor International yesterday about Nintendo’s choice of Wii as the new name for their next-gen console.

During the interview Steve Manning became convinced that Nintendo had deliberately picked a bad name for the console and that it was, in fact, fake. Manning thinks that Nintendo is creating an enormous viral campaign by releasing a fake name and then coming back during E3 and announcing the real one.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/punkd/did-nintendo-punk-us-with-wii-170381.php

 

[Freefrag]

^^ lol tht seems like a stupid idea frm nintendo though the name of the console is quite annoying....

 

[hunt3r]

^^Nah its a great idea if its true. Look at the amount of publicity they have generated for it.

 

[dipdude]

On the other hand, this is the point of the discussion where I start to ponder, suppose Nintendo is smarter than all of us. It's just over a week to E3, where Sony fans will be all giddy and running around like they have a Blu-ray chasing their tails. Amid all this, Nintendo announces a name change which is not only interesting, but controversial. You can't not notice it. Essentially, Nintendo steals more than a wee bit of Sony's thunder.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/04/29/a_wii_bit_more_attention_for_nintendo/

 

[dipdude]

Nintendo "Revolution EXPAND" Promo GC 2005.So that's how they got Wii.......The name was secretly hidden in this video! Muahaha they sure like to play with our minds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ilu8fKK_38&eurl=