Revolution's final name....Wii. (pronounced we)

[cppcrusader]

I don't disagree with the fact that its working. I merely take issue with the fact that it's an underhanded marketing technique from a company that, in my memory, never stooped to those levels. While Nintendo might like to use the other products have weird names excuse, it doesn't fly with me. Those other products weren't being marketed with a name that made sense for a year and a half before changing the name.

I do want to see Nintendo back on top, but they should've handled this one like the DS. Which, thanks to innovative games like Brain Age is bringing non-gamers into the fold.

I honestly don't think a big ad campaign or a weird name to generate buzz is what's going to sell this thing. What's going to sell it is the same thing that sold the DS. There was a strong core group of people, both gamers and developers alike, that believed in the system and the new directions that it would be able to take us. Those people talked up the system constantly because they wanted to see it succeed, I was one of those people. Couple that with playing the system at a demo station and that's where the success of the DS came from.

I want to see the Revolution succeed, because its a needed step for the industry. I've just lost some respect for Nintendo though for doing what I thought they were beyond doing.