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Recycle001 on 14 March 2015

I'm sure 'New Nintendo 3DS' is already causing people issues. So let me present a scenario of how dumb that name is(I'm not even going to touch the Wii, no pun intended).
Kid: Hey Dad, I want a New 3DS.
Dad: Whats wrong with yours? Did you break it?
Kid: No Dad, its a New 3DS that I want.
Dad: So you did break your 3DS? You know those aren't cheap...
Kid: Dad! You aren't listening, I want a New Nintendo 3DS! My 3DS is fine, but I want a New 3DS!
Dad: Why do you need another 3DS? If yours is fine, whats the problem then?
Kid: Listen Dad, just get me a New 3DS.
Dad: Alright, but this counts as your birthday present!
Kid: Okay, thats fine.
*Dad goes to gamestop and picks up a new 3DS for his son*
Dad: Here you go son. Don't break this one!
Kid: I didn't break the last one... wait this is the old 3DS, I wanted a New 3DS!
Dad: That's what I got you!
Kid: Jesus fucking christ Nintendo, what have you done!?!?

Maybe a little over exaggerated, but you get the point.



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Turkish on 14 March 2015

To be fair Reggie doesn't do the thinking, it's the Nintendo guys in Kyoto. NoA just follow orders to market it in the States.



AlfredoTurkey on 14 March 2015
RealGamingExpert said:
ExplodingBlock said:

"New 3DS"
"Wii U"

Still waiting for "New Wii U".

New 64 Super Wii-U Cube Advance.



AlfredoTurkey on 14 March 2015
Soundwave said:
The names of their products aren't the problem.

A name doesn't make a successfully product either.

"Playstation" sounds like something Fisher Price would make for toddlers.

XBox One is probably the worst console name ever, considering there already was a console a lot of people referred to as the XBox 1.


I think Genesis is the coolest name in mainstream console history. Genesis sounds cool, and means the start... like it ALL starts with that console. Sega really had some awesome marketing guys during like 1989-1992. At least in the US anyway.



Zkuq on 14 March 2015

I think they need new thinkers.



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DialgaMarine on 14 March 2015
Panther111 said:
Wii u should have just been wii 2... Did they freakkkxxxin forget the success of playstation 2!?!? I believe they have missed out on 6mil sales for wii u just cause of the name to this date... It even sounds the same! Wii u... Wii 2...

It also makes more sense as you can use the wiimote on many wii 2 games.. Imma start calling it that from now on

 They should have done what they had doing before the Wii-U and called it something different entirely. I remember when it was still called Project Beem before it's release. Nintendo BEEM would've acutally been a better name for it.





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zorg1000 on 14 March 2015

I don't get the flack for New 3DS, it explains it perfectly. Wii U on the other hand is bad, it just sounds so rediculous.



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RealGamingExpert on 14 March 2015
DialgaMarine said:
Panther111 said:
Wii u should have just been wii 2... Did they freakkkxxxin forget the success of playstation 2!?!? I believe they have missed out on 6mil sales for wii u just cause of the name to this date... It even sounds the same! Wii u... Wii 2...

It also makes more sense as you can use the wiimote on many wii 2 games.. Imma start calling it that from now on

 They should have done what they had doing before the Wii-U and called it something different entirely. I remember when it was still called Project Beem before it's release. Nintendo BEEM would've acutally been a better name for it.

Wasn't it project café?

Maybe I'm mixing things up here..



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DialgaMarine on 14 March 2015
Recycle001 said:
I'm sure 'New Nintendo 3DS' is already causing people issues. So let me present a scenario of how dumb that name is(I'm not even going to touch the Wii, no pun intended).
Kid: Hey Dad, I want a New 3DS.
Dad: Whats wrong with yours? Did you break it?
Kid: No Dad, its a New 3DS that I want.
Dad: So you did break your 3DS? You know those aren't cheap...
Kid: Dad! You aren't listening, I want a New Nintendo 3DS! My 3DS is fine, but I want a New 3DS!
Dad: Why do you need another 3DS? If yours is fine, whats the problem then?
Kid: Listen Dad, just get me a New 3DS.
Dad: Alright, but this counts as your birthday present!
Kid: Okay, thats fine.
*Dad goes to gamestop and picks up a new 3DS for his son*
Dad: Here you go son. Don't break this one!
Kid: I didn't break the last one... wait this is the old 3DS, I wanted a New 3DS!
Dad: That's what I got you!
Kid: Jesus fucking christ Nintendo, what have you done!?!?

Maybe a little over exaggerated, but you get the point.

 Kindof wierd that the kid is seemingly ordering his father to buy him a $200 product, wouldn't you say?





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DialgaMarine on 14 March 2015
RealGamingExpert said:
DialgaMarine said:
Panther111 said:
Wii u should have just been wii 2... Did they freakkkxxxin forget the success of playstation 2!?!? I believe they have missed out on 6mil sales for wii u just cause of the name to this date... It even sounds the same! Wii u... Wii 2...

It also makes more sense as you can use the wiimote on many wii 2 games.. Imma start calling it that from now on

 They should have done what they had doing before the Wii-U and called it something different entirely. I remember when it was still called Project Beem before it's release. Nintendo BEEM would've acutally been a better name for it.

Wasn't it project café?

Maybe I'm mixing things up here..

 Actually I think you're right, but I do remember Nintendo saying something about BEEM a couple months before E3, and that was rumored to be the name of their new console. Still, BEEM would've been a better name.





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