Nintendo's 'Wii' Just A Marketing Gimmick?

[wraggster]

Tom's Hardware has an editorial up on the Nintendo Wii in which the author postulates that the new name may be a bigger PR stunt than it looks. From the article: 'Saying Wii is controversial mainly in the English-speaking world (the Japanese can't even pronounce it); in France, for instance, it's a homonym for oui. But the upcoming E3 Expo plays mostly to an English-speaking crowd, even though it's an international event. It's just over a week to E3, where Sony fans will be all giddy and running around like they have a Blu-ray chasing their tails. Amid all this, Nintendo announces a name change which is not only interesting, but controversial. You can't not notice it. Essentially, Nintendo steals more than a wee bit of Sony's thunder.

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/30/1748242

[stotheamuel]

sounds possible... "we" can just mean too manny things..

[Shilo]

Speaking of Wii meaning so many things

My cousin told me this on MSN, I guess he got it off of some site

"Hey baby, wana come to my house and play with my Wii?"

LOL

maybe they will change it back? I don't know, I'm getting useto it:D

[Zherae]

Maybe Wii is an acronym, W.i.i or a short name.