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osed125 on 11 September 2012

Nintendo obviously wanted to keep the Wii name because of it success but at the same time I think they confused a lot of casuals by doing so, most of them will think this is some kind of add-on for the Wii and the price of the system will probably surprised them. Wii 2 or something like that will make a lot more sense imo.

I personally never liked the Wii name and never really get used to it, but it's just a name so I don't really mind.



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NintendoPie on 11 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
A lot of casuals loved the Wii. Where'd you get the assumption that it left a sour taste in their mouth.

 
It's the general consensus I get from people about it. They bought it for xmas, played it for a few hours/days, and then regretted buying it.

I could ask all the people who bought it in my family (AKA everyone) and they would say that they liked it for those first/only two hours that they played it.



Galaki on 11 September 2012

No they shouldn't drop "Wii". Instead, they should drop "U" and pick up "Party" instead.



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gergroy on 11 September 2012

Good God YES!!! Stupidest nintendo console name they ever came up with and they decided to carry it over?



man-bear-pig on 11 September 2012
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
A lot of casuals loved the Wii. Where'd you get the assumption that it left a sour taste in their mouth.

 
It's the general consensus I get from people about it. They bought it for xmas, played it for a few hours/days, and then regretted buying it.

I could ask all the people who bought it in my family (AKA everyone) and they would say that they liked it for those first/only two hours that they played it.


I'm sure they did. My point is, did they feel it was a waste of money given how little they used it?



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NintendoPie on 11 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
A lot of casuals loved the Wii. Where'd you get the assumption that it left a sour taste in their mouth.

 
It's the general consensus I get from people about it. They bought it for xmas, played it for a few hours/days, and then regretted buying it.

I could ask all the people who bought it in my family (AKA everyone) and they would say that they liked it for those first/only two hours that they played it.


I'm sure they did. My point is, did they feel it was a waste of money given how little they used it?

No. They use it like every holiday and they love it.

My grandparents played theirs for several months straight after my uncle bought it for them for Christmas.



Mandalore76 on 11 September 2012
Gamerace said:
I think the people who have a negative association are the core gamers who won't buy WiiU regardless of what it's called because it's not (significantly) more powerful than their current HD console and has another 'gimmicky' controller.

Casuals have no negative association from all the non-gaming people I know who own a Wii. Many are using it for Just Dance right now. Many may no longer use it, but it doesn't mean they regret purchasing it. They had fun and that's a good association. Just because 'core' gamers expect five years of enjoyment from their purchase doesn't mean the casual audience ever had that expectation.

However, I do think WiiU is a dumb and non-productive name (it doesn't effectively transmit the ideas Nintendo wants to convey) and may make many think it's another accessory for Wii instead of a new system.

I can't see anyone thinking of it as an accessory to the existing Wii system any more than someone would have thought the SNES was an accessory to the NES.  Or PS3 being an accessory to PS2, XBox 360 to XBox etc.  Carrying a portion of a previous system's name adds continuity and establishes the new system as the previous generation's successor.  Just because Nintendo has not always expanded upon the name of a previous generation's system when naming their new system, doesn't make it a mistake to do so now.  I think the tablet contoller is more of an innovation than a gimmick, and those who want to find out for themselves will purchase the system regardless of what it is called. 



Immortal on 11 September 2012

Are you kidding? Pretty much everyone I know who owns a Wii has lots of fun memories and loves the console. I'd say that the Wii has the best average word of mouth of any console, really. Well, that's excluding "hardcore" gamers (i.e. 11-year-olds who enjoy cursing online and seeing guts spill on their screens). And really, this audience has never bought Nintendo consoles so it doesn't matter.
If the WiiU fails, it'll be despite the brand name, not because of it.



 

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Roma on 11 September 2012

I think its good

how can I use I wanna Wii Wii U if there is no Wii U in Wii U?



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Crono141 on 11 September 2012
Mandalore76 said:
Gamerace said:
I think the people who have a negative association are the core gamers who won't buy WiiU regardless of what it's called because it's not (significantly) more powerful than their current HD console and has another 'gimmicky' controller.

Casuals have no negative association from all the non-gaming people I know who own a Wii. Many are using it for Just Dance right now. Many may no longer use it, but it doesn't mean they regret purchasing it. They had fun and that's a good association. Just because 'core' gamers expect five years of enjoyment from their purchase doesn't mean the casual audience ever had that expectation.

However, I do think WiiU is a dumb and non-productive name (it doesn't effectively transmit the ideas Nintendo wants to convey) and may make many think it's another accessory for Wii instead of a new system.

I can't see anyone thinking of it as an accessory to the existing Wii system any more than someone would have thought the SNES was an accessory to the NES.  Or PS3 being an accessory to PS2, XBox 360 to XBox etc.  Carrying a portion of a previous system's name adds continuity and establishes the new system as the previous generation's successor.  Just because Nintendo has not always expanded upon the name of a previous generation's system when naming their new system, doesn't make it a mistake to do so now.  I think the tablet contoller is more of an innovation than a gimmick, and those who want to find out for themselves will purchase the system regardless of what it is called. 

The difference between NES->SNES and Wii->WiiU is huge, from both a brand and marketing style.  Different fonts, different colors, clearly talking about the specs and how much more advanced it was.  Even had an updated slogan: "Now you're playing with SUPER power".  From Wii to WiiU, up until very recently, everything was very similar to Wii.  Same white (or black) color, same controllers (except the new tablet), almost identical form factor, plays wii games, no library to speak of (much).  We only recently got WiiU box covers, which will help distinguish the Wii from the WiiU.  But otherwise, unless you really pay attention to this kinda stuff (like everyone on this site does) then it really can appear to be just a new peripheral.



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