Wii Aren't At Home Right Now
I think the world universally hates the Nintendo Wii thing, myself included.
In our big, internet-fueled world we live in, we have no shortage of strange names. Flickr and Technorati and Google and Amazon. Names that would be laughed at a decade ago.
But wii? Wii will be laughed at for generations to come. I mean, c’mon Nintendo, I’ve been with you a long time. When I was a kid there were two kinds of people in the world: Nintendo people and Sega people. I couldn’t stand those zealous Sonic-loving pricks. And as the years went on, your naming wasn’t half bad. I mean, Gamecube was kinda cute/interesting. Nintendo 64 bought directly into the hype of the 64–bit omgkthxbbq We’re-In-A-Whole-New-64–Bit-World mentality, and Super Nintendo was just…derivative.
But you wanted to be different, didn’t you? You had to break the mold, work your angle, stake your claim. But some stakes don’t need claiming. It’s like they’re unclaimable.
Wii? The very definition. First of all, the entire southern United States will be pronouncing that “Why” and you can quote me on that. I don’t know what’s more tragically funny: That horrible name or standing around Wal-Mart at Christmastime listening to the thralls of people looking for the “Nintendo Why”.
Now, granted, maybe the Nintendo Vuh-jay-jay wouldn’t be the best choice, but, hell, something is.
What was wrong with Revolution? My God, we’ve seen the controller, we know where you’re going with this. You’re going for a…
…for a…
…Wii? What, you gotta piss?
Better luck next console, Nintendo.
1 Comments:
As someone hailing from the Southern United States, I gotta confess that while I wouldn't have pronounced it "why" I would have no clue just from looking at the word how it was pronounced. "Wee?" "Wee-ee?" "Antidisestablishmentarianism?" Then again, I still mispronounce wysiwyg.
My earliest memories of Nintendo were when I was working the game counter at Toys R Us in my youth some sixteen or so years ago. I can't tell you how many snot-nosed kids called up the store wanting to know if we had the latest Mario Brothers game. My answer was always a resounding no, regardless of whether we had it in. I assumed it kept the little gaming techno dweebs at bay.
As for the item itself, whatever it is, you can't be too taken aback by a Nintendo misstep. Remember the PowerPad?
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