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Lonely_Dolphin on 02 August 2013
Wagram said:
Nintendo really should have come up with a new name. Even Wii 2 would have been better from a marketing perspective.


Or better yet, Wii Too! :L

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OdinHades on 02 August 2013

Nintendo should buy Sega and make a new console. Not a Super Nintendo. Not a Mega Drive. But a Mega Nintendo! Oh yeah!

:P



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think-man on 02 August 2013

Im not even trolling but I was looking at that picture for about 2 minutes and trying to find what was wrong with it....Then I read the paragraph under it :/



 

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Soundwave on 02 August 2013
think-man said:

Im not even trolling but I was looking at that picture for about 2 minutes and trying to find what was wrong with it....Then I read the paragraph under it :/

Wii U name and the design of the Wii U (look wise) are poor. It shouldn't look so similar to the existing Wii from the front.

You're not going to mistake this:

for this:

Or this

Or this

The Wii U and Wii look way too similar.

I know Apple gets away with it, but they're Apple. The audience is highly motivated to find out what the new iPhone is to stay in the loop. Other companies have to work to get their message across.



think-man on 02 August 2013
Soundwave said:
think-man said:

Im not even trolling but I was looking at that picture for about 2 minutes and trying to find what was wrong with it....Then I read the paragraph under it :/

Wii U name and the design of the Wii U (look wise) are poor. It shouldn't look so similar to the existing Wii from the front.

You're not going to mistake this:

 

I know Apple gets away with it, but they're Apple. The audience is highly motivated to find out what the new iPhone is to stay in the loop. Other companies have to work to get their message across.

You're spot on.



 

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JGarret on 02 August 2013

What they thought would be an advantage has turned out to be quite the obstacle...big mistake making the Wii U look so similar to the Wii, especially when their marketing seems completely inept.



Suke on 02 August 2013

I'll never understand why they named it Wii U.....god what were they thinking and it look so similar to.

I would of kept the Wii the same and for a new console, aim for Xbox and Sony audiences. :/



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justinian on 02 August 2013

It's just an error and can be corrected.

The difference between Nintendo's naming their consoles and both Sony and MS is that their systems have a brand name. Playstation and xbox.
Nintendo has always had a totally unique name for their latest systems. N64, Gamecube and Wii.
I like this and really hope they would have continued this way. Be different from the rest.

Nintendo have a far larger casual market than it's rivals and any naming confusion should have been kept to a minimum or totally avoided.

I said it before and I will say it again. There were many people that ask me about the wii u as a christmas gift last year and many thought the wii u was simply a tablet to addon to the original wii.

Somewhere something went wrong.



007BondAgent on 02 August 2013

Nintendo really should have called it the wii too or wii 2, cant believe they thought the wii u was a good name

It's quite possibly the worst name in video game history, along side the vita, xbox one and atari jaguar lol



happydolphin on 02 August 2013

Let's blame Nintendo for the stupidity of the world. The 3DS also shouldn't have looked like a DS Lite... (nope)