Should the Wii U be renamed?

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

chris_wing said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

I'm not suggesting that a fast switch would be done, but a gradual phasing out of the part by marketing in the first place.

Meaning that commercials and packaging would center around showing the front and center. So people might related to it as the U, even though the official boxname at that time would still be the Wii U.

When perception has shifted to the U as the common name, then Nintendo could quitely change the packaging or naming...
... and no one would really notice. Or care.

But people know what "Wii" is, & people know what "Nintendo" is, they don't know what "U" is.  If they changed the name to Nintendo U, or Wii 2 people would take notice, seeing it as a new thing altogether.  "A "U", what's a "U"?",  & good luck trademarking a letter.

bold: Great point. Didn't thing about that. No way you can properly trademark that U. Dang :(

 

I'm not sure if Wii 2 would do it. The wii sounded new. I understand it has a lot marketing power left, but still it's not helping the Wii U at this moment.

Nintendo U is better. The Nintendo U is so obvious, and the nintendo part be left silent for most people.