I seriously can't even find the words to explain how horrified I am. "Revolution" was an excellent name, but Wii? I mean...aside from the eventual pronunciation battles people will fight over it (even though you pointed out the official pronunciation), I...think there's a serious vaccum of talent in Nintendo's marketing department. Then again, what do I know? If it's cheap and has a ton of downloadable content, including the game catalogs from the previous Nintendo consoles, you could call it the Nintendo PileOJunk and I'd probably still pick one up. :(

How could Nintendo have done such a thing, i'm still wondering if this is really true because it is absolutly horible. I'm telling you i love the console but the name is almost enough to make me not want to buy the console. Sorry Nintendo but the name is really gonna make hardcore gamers count you out. All i can say about the name change is one word ironicly and will be way overused in the future but that word would be...Why?

I'm not sure why companies feel compelled to change names. It's the same thing with Origami to UltraMobile PC. I liked the name Origami better. Why fix something if it ain't broken is a motto everyone should follow!!!

Yeah, I don't really know if I will be able to say wii someday without feeling guilty... BUT does anyone remember when the Playstation came out... It has since become a huge success and almost natural to say, but if you think back to say Play Station almost seemed like Play School or some other childish piece of crap, it sure as heck didn't resound "Cool Game System". So I don't think I like it right now, but I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt for now. It can't be any worse than Playschool, I mean Playstation.

People the only reason we don't like Wii is because we've grown used to the name Revolution... Nintendo always does that. It has a different production code name and a different release name, it did with DS with game cube which had a cool name when it was in production stages I think it was dolphin, they did it with Nintendo 64 which was called Reality in early stages then Ultra 64 and finally Nintendo 64 and they have done it again... So no I don't mind the name change and it shouldn't matter either. I am thinking this is a PR stunt with E3 only 2 weeks away Nintendo thought it was a good time to come up with some news to keep us interested till May 8th when they unveil the new console of which we know nothing except that new controller And by the looks of it Big N has done it again

All I know is that Wii will have 20 games (including FF crystal chronicles which people speculate it will be an exclusive MMO and Mario 128) on launch 3 times as much games as Xbox 360 had.. It will be alot cheaper than any of the other 2 consoles.. Companies are already making exclusive games for the console and even former Nintendo dislikes like EA are making games like Madden for them.. Not to mention Nintendo's decision to allow free access to it's online service the Nintendo Wifi.. Wii and Wifi ....hmm To be honest the more I think of Wii the more I like it.. I have also seen that video nintendo released with it's statement at http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/home/index.do Again the name makes little difference the console alone packs one mean punch

ii Liike iit. ii don't know what all the fuss iis about. 'Revolution' is not original, and what happens after a revolution anyway, civil war? Nintendo would have no direction to go. This is branding people, and I for one welcome Wii.

I don't think that we, no pun intended, liked the name revolution because we've grown used to it, it was just cool. Besides all the puns we could make with the name like "Viva la Revolution" or "Let the Revolution begin", Wii sounds odd. Seriously compare it with: NES,SNES,N64, Nintendo Gamecube, The gameboy advance SP, The Nintendo DS and now Wii. I'm still thinking its an april fools joke. But I'm still buying one regardless.

Oh boy it truly is a poxy name! Sometimes I wonder who thinks this stuff up and I'd like to know how much they get paid? Revolution was a pretty nifty name and did sum up what the console is about. I'll be buying one but would rather walk up and as for a 'Revolution please' If I walk up and say ' I'd like a Wii' I'll be directed to the nearest urinal ( The childish joke had to be done, or is going for a wee a british saying? ), I think Nintendo is coming back from the brink and will take the lead.

Wow, do you people have NOTHING else in your life to worry about???? It is just a gaming console, who cares what the heck it is called. If it has games that are playable you sheep will run right out and but it, and the games, and the accessories.

I'm wondering whether this may turn into one of those classic cases of marketing mistakes - of names not working in different languages - the first thing I think of is it sounds like what you do when you go to the toilet. But maybe that's just the way I learned to think in primary school in the UK! And I don't think it'll be pronounced consistently around the world - w just doesn't occur in many languages, or the sound it represents is quite different from the English sound.

Look things have codenames, like windows longhorn wich now is vista or whisler which became xp. Companys will do that, which i belive is normal.