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g911turbo on 01 August 2013
zorg1000 said:
areason said:
Again why nintendo shoudn't have had the "wii" in the name.


I think having Wii in the name is fine, shpuld have been something like Super Wii or Wii Ultra. That would be easier to recognize its an upgrade


I'm starting to think you're right.  Seems like the name needed to do more to distinguish it as being a HD upgrade.  Wii HD even.  Hell Wii 2...



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sales2099 on 01 August 2013

But its a accessory to the Wii....right? Ask any non-gamer and they will confirm what I said :P



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luisvideogames on 01 August 2013

Hmm. Guess they don't.




superchunk on 01 August 2013

How the hell did they screw that up? I'm sure their marketing teams have tons of Nintendo provided images for use in these circumstances. Some idiot must of pieced that together and is just a clueless son-of-a-bitch.

Pretty fun though. lol



DerpSandwich on 01 August 2013

I understand that Nintendo is to blame overall, but come on people, this particular case is one major screwup from Target. This is going to confuse the crap out of people.



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g911turbo on 01 August 2013

Maybe Nintendo should start offering a trade in program. 50 dollars of a Wii U system when you bring in your current Wii core.

Then offload those Wii's at cost as refurbs.



zorg1000 on 01 August 2013
areason said:
zorg1000 said:
areason said:
Again why nintendo shoudn't have had the "wii" in the name.


I think having Wii in the name is fine, shpuld have been something like Super Wii or Wii Ultra. That would be easier to recognize its an upgrade


No it's not nintendo wanted to cater to all audiences with the wii-u, especially to the ones who weren't fond of the wii. Putting "wii" in it's name made the situation worse. 

It makes sense tho, brand recognition is huge for many products, its why Sony continues to use the Playstation name and Apple puts I in frontbof everything. Keeping the Wii name made sense since it sold 100 million.



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Conegamer on 01 August 2013

That's just shocking. But what do you expect, eh?



 

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Lonely_Dolphin on 02 August 2013

Though I woulda preferred Wii Too, the current name is fine imo! It's not much different from Playstation 2 and what have you. It just needs games to distinguish it as new console!



Wagram on 02 August 2013

Nintendo really should have come up with a new name. Even Wii 2 would have been better from a marketing perspective.