(I used to call this Revolution Ramblings, but decided to change the name for some reason.)
First and foremost, the name of the “Rev” is Wii. Not Nintendo Wii, just Wii.
Also from that GI interview: “GI: It’s been rumored that the new big Revolution secret is the fact that the nun chuck controller is also motion detecting”¦
[NOA Public Relations Manager] Matt Atwood: Really. That’s interesting. I would say 9:30 in the morning on Tuesday of E3 will be filled with surprises and I would just show up. Because there’s been a ton of speculation. Some of it’s right. Some of it’s not. We’d say that if that’s the only secret you’re expecting you’re going to be very surprised.“
EA has set up a large, Wii-dedicated development team in their EA Canada offices. Their first project will be an exclusive version of Madden, which will differ from the PS3/360 version and use the controller to intuitively mimic the motions of football players. The team is also working on other Wii titles. In the interview with IGN, EA gives away what Matt Atwood hinted at above: Nintendo’s secret of an accelerometer in the nunchuck attachment.
Cubed3 tells us that Gamespot received a postcard hinting at a Kojima game on the Wii at E3. It shows the Kojima Productions logo riddled with words that begin with “RE”. Hmm. Must be that game we had the semi-scoop on in the Fall.
At a recent Nintendo event, Reggie told fans that there’ll be a new racing game for the Wii at E3 that showcases a brand new form of racing control. [Via Revolution(Wii?)Report]
Cool ad concepts for the Wii over at BGB. [pictured image from BGB]
[Update 2– Added 3rd Wii advertisement to the word “Cool”.]
I'm not sure about it not being called "Nintendo Wii" but i can see why they want to eliminate the word "Nintendo" from the word so non-gamers only think of it as a new thing completely… or is that a bad thing?
I like rollin's posts. I get so much out of the post, and then i have a ton of other articals to read.I'm glad we are getting marketing photoshops now instead of negative stuff.
"Wii. Want some fun?"Haha, classic.Everytime I watch that video, I love the Wii more and more. Dang, it's like friggin' medicine, man.Wiiiiiiiii!
I can't disagree more with the removal of the Nintendo name from the Wii.People seem to be comparing this name to the iPod for some reason. The difference here of course is that the Apple iPod can be called the Apple iPod. Also, the iPod is a line of products, not just one model. Thirdly, the broader "i"-line of products has also become synonomous with Apple.Where as the GameBoy can exist by itself without Nintendo name attatched, the Wii cannot. The GameBoy is a product line. It is the portable console of the Nintendo brand just like iPod is the portable music player from Apple. Dissimilar, however, is that the Wii is one product not a line. This is one of the reasons that Apple is so successful with their iPod: they are all iPods. No matter what storage size, screen size, or color you have it's called an iPod. Nintendo on the other hand has not created a strong console line identity since the days of the NES and SNES. Every console since has had a completely seperate identity. This doesn't assist brand loyalty. Maybe even some young parents might remember the NES line from their younger days, but they are not going to, in any way, link their memories of Super Mario Bros. to the Wii if Nintendo doesn't slap its name on there in big font.I see Nintendo's 20 year history of VIDEO GAMES as a major possitive. Disassociating their new product from that legacy doesn't seem to make sense to me. To me, touting the idea of two decades of innovation would be something I'd want to be included right in the name of my new featured product. Maybe if Nintendo was trying to become a "super multi-media hub for your entertainment center" like Microsoft and Sony they would distance themselves from their name. Nintendo, however, has made it clear that this is exactly the direction they wish to avoid. They are proud of the fact that they make games and I feel that for me, throughout my entire life the words "Nintendo" and "video games" have gone hand and hand. Playstation hasn't been there my whole life, neither has Xbox. Nintendo is unique in the market in being the only company to have a generation which has grown from children to adults playing its games. It seems like as people from this generation have children of their own that Nintendo ought to be putting its name out there. This seems to be exactly the kind of cross-generational culture that Nintendo wants to create and with the system's virtual console abilities I think the lacking of the words Nintendo from the logo is a mistake.
Nintendo Entertainment System.Super Nintendo Entertainment System.Nintendo 64.Nintendo GameCube.Wii…a product of Nintendo.If I am an older person, and I know i was not into Nintendo back in NES, and got scared to death with the 3D games on N64, I may not give it a second look.Nintendo is changing their appeal.Hardcore gamers will play it because they are hard core. They know it's Nintendo. Older folk may not be so turned off by it. Maybe its not as extreme as it sounds but Nintendo knows what they are doing so let them do it. In a few weeks wii will be cool with it.– FRiSBY
Hey guys – glad you like the advert ideas we're making over at BGB for Wii. 🙂
oh secrets secrets secrets, all this Wii speculation is getting old. When it was just stated that "We'd say that if that's the only secret you're expecting you're going to be very surprised." I just started salivating
And yet no word on MOTHER 3 IS THE US. Grr. It's already out in Japan, jeez.
Heck, not even a word of whether Touch Panic! will have a U.S. release, either!I'm going to have to order mine from Japan, damn it!
I think the biggest story here is the confirmation of the ACCELEROMETER FUNCTION OF THE NUNCHUCK ATTACHMENT!The interview with EA's John Schappert irrevokably confirms it: "…and it does use the accelerometer in the nunchuck unit as well" He says at least 2 other things that confirm the rumor in the interview, never once mincing words.How can you still be debating the name with the confirmation of the veracity of such a huge rumor in this post?Read that interview. I hate Madden games but the interview tells more about the functionality of Wii than the last 10 official Nintendo press releases combined!Come on, people… get on the trolley!
And all that is just the beginning of the Wii secrets that'll be here that morning of May 9 as stated by NOA PR.Oh and what are they smoking in Japan? YARIS? Wii?Both Toyota and Nintendo are on a "Apple (martini) bender" lol
Wow – I just got back from a 5-day vacation, and being a rabid Infendo reader I've been dying to hear some news. Not having had access to the internet during my vacation, I came home to see that the Revolution had a new name: Wii. And at first, I thought to myself "Oh GOD… no!"And then I read up about it.And then I watched the new video.And then I watched it again..And, just – the fact that it's so simple is so COOL in my eyes. I understand people's argument that "Revolution" was a GREAT name – and I agree! It was a great name. But there's something about Wii that is extremely attention-grabbing. I personally feel like adding "Revolution" onto titles just wouldn't do it for me. Think about it, DDR already HAS the word "Revolution" in it. Super Mario Revolution? Hm, it kind of sounds like a GameCube game in which Mario starts a revolution, rather than a game of a brand new system.I understand that this name is extremely unique, different, and primarily rather strange – but I, within the past 30 minutes, have gone from thinking it was a HUGE mistake to thinking it as genius.And I absolutely LOVE the following slogan, whether or not it is the 'official' one (I'm doubting it is, but it has a brilliant ring to it):Wii will change everything.Huzzah!
Cool. ^_^Now listen to the radio show and you'll be all caught up. 🙂
If you go to Nintendo's official site, you'll see that they list "Nintendo GameCube" and "Nintendo DS", but have always only listed "Revolution" and not "Nintendo Revolution".When the heck are they going to change that to "Wii"?