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Rumour – Natal to be formally called “Wave”

NATAL is teh cool 49 28.82%
 
WAVE is teh awesome 32 18.82%
 
Meh! Don't care 75 44.12%
 
Never been intto motion controls! 14 8.24%
 
Total:170
kingofwale on 27 May 2010

please tell me it's April Fool's day.

OMG, i have major De ja vu going back to "Nintendo Revolution" to "Wii"



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thismeintiel on 27 May 2010
TheNoobHolocaust said:
Wave and Move sound okay at best, who the hell comes up with the names for these, and why do the project names sound much cooler. Arc + Natal >>> Move + Wave

Completely agree.  Arc would have been a much better name.  Especially considering that the symbol for Move looks like a friggin "A".

@OP

I think Sony needs to change their Kevin Butler/Move ad, since this name gives a whole new meaning to this:



 

hatmoza on 27 May 2010
Rainbird said:

Soooo, Microsoft Wave... Sounds like Microsoft is moving in on Google! ;O

EDIT: MicroWave O_O

 

Best post ever.



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Naraku_Diabolos on 27 May 2010
famousringo said:
TheSource said:

Wave is an infinitely better name than Natal guys. Don't kid yourselves. We're all just used to the code-name.

I agree completely.

The word 'wave' is associated with motion, fun on the beach, and friendly greetings.

The word 'natal' is associated with a fetus slowly gestating in a womb, or a variety of geographical locations.

How anybody could think that giving birth would sell more videogames than surfing is beyond me.

And "natal" is also another term for talking about your butt.

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na·tal [náyt'l]
adjective
  of buttocks: relating to the buttocks

 

[Late 19th century. < Latin natis "buttock"]


Garnett on 27 May 2010
TheSource said:

Wave is an infinitely better name than Natal guys. Don't kid yourselves. We're all just used to the code-name.

I have say i agree, I mean Natal sounds stupid, but we are just used to it, so we accept it.

 

Natal sounds like a womens name, and what does "Natal" have to do with it? The name "Wave" makes sense, since we "Wave" in the games.

 

Edit- changed Wave to Natal



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slowmo on 27 May 2010

Maybe they should've gone for the Wiive instead, far more catchier...



Squilliam on 27 May 2010

Its the Wave which is going to wash over the Wii and PS3... LOL

But don't you usually wave goodbye? I guess its going to be leaving us pretty quickly with that name!



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pbroy on 27 May 2010

 

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kingofwale on 27 May 2010
Garnett said:
TheSource said:

Wave is an infinitely better name than Natal guys. Don't kid yourselves. We're all just used to the code-name.

I have say i agree, I mean Wave sounds stupid but we are just used to it.

 

Natal sounds like a womens name, and what does "Natal" have to do with it? The name "Wave" makes sense, since we "Wave" in games.

 

 

nothing wrong with clearly marketing to its target audience.

 

"wave" just sounds.... average, At least "Natal" sounds different and unique, which is what it should be.



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
CommonMan on 27 May 2010

Kinda dumb, I realized I've become accustomed to Natal at this point, and it's going to be weird when they change the name.



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