Pregame: Revolution
The then codenamed Nintendo Revolution offered one more huge secret. "Touching is good, but feeling is better" was a reply by President Iwata when asked what the controller would offer. The internet exploded with "revealed" controllers left and right, each one more ridiculous than the next. Then one day during TGS '05, Iwata revealed the true revolution.
Pregame: Evolution
One question remained though. What was under the hood of the Revolution? The PS3 blew away expectations with their Killzone 2 "gameplay" trailer at the previous E3, and the 360 was already out and about with it's impressive looking titles such as Perfect Dark Zero. So how could Nintendo ever dream of competing if the console couldn't keep up graphically? Well, early in 2006, Game Informer had an exclusive on Red Steel, the first game that would give us a glimpse of what the Revolution was packing. The images was analyzed and scrutinized, and in the end many deemed that the Wii wouldn't hold up to the technical prowess of the other consoles.
Pregame: Nintendo... Wii?
A month before E3 06, after months of speculation, Nintendo.com revealed that Codename Revolution was just that, the codename. The real name would be revealed to be... Wii. How was that pronounced? Way? Why? No... it would pronounced "We, as in, all encompassing". Then came the wee jokes. If it had to do with the bathroom, or even rhymed with the word, it was used. Not even the Nintendo sites were saved from the jokes. Sure, there were a few "Wii will Rock You!" bastions of hope, but all in all... it wasn't safe to be a Nintendo fan during that time.
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