Cobretti2 said:
nah
the Wii is the new NES.
Hence why I think there will be a Super Wii. The Wii name is a brand on it's own, so it be foolish for Nintendo to drop it. Common people out there don't even know Nintendo make the Wii. To them it is "Wii makes Wii".
Just like playstation is a common name. A lot of people do not know sony makes it.
Another good example was when I went to a shop and the mother of a child said she wants zelda for her son's playstation.
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I don't know where you live but I read recently that Mario was rivaling Mickey Mouse as the worlds most popular mascot/cartoon character. Also I even today hear people say "Do you have any Nintendo games" its not as common as it was in the 90's but people still call video games Nintendo games.
I remember back during the Genesis people would talk about playing their Nintendo games, but it was Genesis games not Nintendo. Fact is Nintendo synonymous with video games. Everyone who know anything about video games knows about Nintendo.
Nintendo didn't need a brand like PlayStation, their name alone sells alot of products. DS and Wii both prove Nintendo doesn't need to brand everything the same way. The Nintendo brand is strong enough to sell any product they send to market.
P.S - the Nintendo logo is on every Nintendo product. Where as I don't think every PlayStation product says Sony or every Microsoft product says Microsoft. Nintendo as a brand is the most popular in the gaming world, Wii added to its popularity but wasn't soley responsable for it.