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05-01-2006, 04:59 PM
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
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Nike is much better in that respect. Ancient Greek god of victory. Over and done with.
Wii...well you see it sounds like "we" which is you and me and the i's are people playing a game and the W is from the sound a cat makes according to this one guy we know...
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Exactly.
Can anyone think of brand names that are this awful though? All I can think of is Head, the sports company. Even though, it's powerful. It's more like "Man, today I'm going to go get some head." rather than "Man today I have to take a wee."
What if Sony renamed the PS3 the "Poopee". They might have a reasonable explanation for it, and they might get an A in marketing class for it (if the teacher has a sense of humour.) But Poopee is the most ****ing awful name you can think of. Wii is TOO. There is no denying this. It just has to be fake. |
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05-01-2006, 05:12 PM
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
I just hope the Xbox360 or PS3 stands at E3 have something funny on their banners (do they have banners at E3), like, "now with less Wii."
Or, ""we-wii"" free. hahaha.
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05-01-2006, 06:49 PM
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Knight
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
It's certainly not fake when it's posted by Nintendo.
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05-02-2006, 01:53 AM
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A. Naef, 1916b
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
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Exactly.
Can anyone think of brand names that are this awful though? All I can think of is Head, the sports company. Even though, it's powerful. It's more like "Man, today I'm going to go get some head." rather than "Man today I have to take a wee."
What if Sony renamed the PS3 the "Poopee". They might have a reasonable explanation for it, and they might get an A in marketing class for it (if the teacher has a sense of humour.) But Poopee is the most ****ing awful name you can think of. Wii is TOO. There is no denying this. It just has to be fake.
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To be fair, when I first overheard two kids mentioning "PlayStation" on the bus ride to middle school one day, I thought it a very childish name. The first thought to come to mind was a toy from PlaySkool for toddlers. To go from a name like Genesis to PlayStation, I didn't have high hopes for that system. Plus I had previously heard of Ultra (N) 64 and Saturn. But look which turned out to be the success. Though I doubt many had my original feelings about PlayStation.
A name becomes what the item is. Mustn't look at the product and name as separate entities. |
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05-02-2006, 03:36 AM
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
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To be fair, when I first overheard two kids mentioning "PlayStation" on the bus ride to middle school one day, I thought it a very childish name. The first thought to come to mind was a toy from PlaySkool for toddlers. To go from a name like Genesis to PlayStation, I didn't have high hopes for that system. Plus I had previously heard of Ultra (N) 64 and Saturn. But look which turned out to be the success. Though I doubt many had my original feelings about PlayStation.
A name becomes what the item is. Mustn't look at the product and name as separate entities.
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Seriously though, it could be PUUPSTATION.
Nintendo is just inviting criticism. |
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05-02-2006, 03:45 AM
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
I don't think you can compare any console name to Wii. It's that bad.
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05-02-2006, 04:44 AM
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A. Naef, 1916b
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Re: Is Wii a fake name?
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Seriously though, it could be PUUPSTATION.
Nintendo is just inviting criticism.
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Maybe they were thinking along the lines of something universal like chi, ki, ka, or om...and just screwed up. |
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