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OneManArmy
2006-04-27, 02:06 PM
http://revolution.nintendo.com/

wii.

how many penis jokes can you think of. :lol:

and just because I like the thought of this.

But how will Madden play in any strikingly different way? Schappert illustrated: "So for example, you're hiking the ball. You grab the controller, and you pull it up. And you snap the ball, without pushing a button. To throw, you take your hand and you gesture a throw motion. The harder you gesture, the more you send a bullet pass. If you gesture softer, you throw a lob. If you're kicking, you take the controller as if it were your foot and swing up on it. The straighter you keep it angled the straighter it goes. If it's tilted a bit, the ball might sway."

"You're... a receiver, you just caught the ball. You want to stiff arm? Take your hand out and extend it. You want to juke left or right? Jerk your arm left or right. So in addition to using the pointing device to select plays, we've completely redone the control scheme as if the Revolution was the only platform."

Schappert continued: "We're not spending our time saying, okay, let me make it comfortable for you, for the person who has played previous Madden games. We're saying, hey, you just bought the Revolution. It has a unique controller, and this game is unique. This is proof of why you bought the Revolution. We're not simply going to port games, we're going to make them so you feel they're unique and original offerings. Sure you might have played a football game before, but not like this."

Ghryphen
2006-04-27, 02:57 PM
Wiitarded name

Mag-Mower
2006-04-27, 04:04 PM
Why Wii? Really, why name it Wii?

Jaged
2006-04-27, 05:21 PM
Fuck you nintendo.

OneManArmy
2006-04-27, 06:07 PM
http://people.uleth.ca/~pollej/owiiwii2.jpg

Ivan
2006-04-27, 07:03 PM
:rofl:!!!

Mag-Mower
2006-04-27, 08:10 PM
http://people.uleth.ca/~pollej/owiiwii2.jpg


I was waiting for that!:rofl:

Setari
2006-04-27, 08:11 PM
Could it be shorthand for something Japanese, maybe? Surely there's a reason they chose it. Wifi - f even?

Hamma
2006-04-27, 08:24 PM
:rofl:

Dumbest name ever.

Rbstr
2006-04-27, 09:47 PM
honestly, Xbox, dream cast, Vista, gameboy, iPod, gizmondo.

FFS when have named not been atleast mostly stupid.

Jaged
2006-04-27, 11:39 PM
honestly, Xbox, dream cast, Vista, gameboy, iPod, gizmondo.

FFS when have named not been atleast mostly stupid.
Those are all decent names... but wii? Thats not even a word.

LimpBIT
2006-04-28, 12:55 AM
:rofl: :rofl: tiny Wii Wii:rofl: :rofl:

Electrofreak
2006-04-28, 02:37 AM
Jesus fuck. Way to fuck up again Nintendo. You're on a goddamn roll since the 90s.

Setari
2006-04-28, 07:37 AM
I still think it's something related to Japan or, y'know, Japanese, that we just aren't getting. Whatever, I don't really mind it.

EDIT: Besides, I bet a lot more people know about the console now.

OneManArmy
2006-04-28, 11:54 AM
http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060428.jpg

OneManArmy
2006-04-28, 02:50 PM
http://adamwii.ytmnd.com/

http://mitchwii.ytmnd.com/

Hamma
2006-04-29, 11:41 AM
:lol:

Giovanni
2006-04-29, 11:50 PM
As stupid as the name is... it gave them a TON of coverage... you just can't buy that kind of advertising.

Mag-Mower
2006-04-29, 11:55 PM
As stupid as the name is... it gave them a TON of coverage... you just can't buy that kind of advertising.

You get the same coverage as haing an artificaial shortage, MS did that, and the media was like wtfhax most popular console evar!!11!11

Giovanni
2006-04-30, 12:21 AM
You honestly think nintendo won't pull the same crap Microsoft did?

It's the oldest fucking trick in the book... it's been done for the PS2, X-Box and Gamecube (to only mention the last generation of consoles). The same shit will be pulled with PS3 and Wii. The difference being... the guys in marketing thought up the most absurd name ever... the announcement being made in the most tacky way so that everyone would be talking about it...

Smartest move EVER if you ask me.

Rbstr
2006-04-30, 12:43 AM
Great way to get the counsole out in people's minds.

Anyway, It's just a name, doesn't effect what's inside of the box/

Mag-Mower
2006-04-30, 12:44 AM
I think nintendos smartest move ever on the next gen is the price point, I am seriously thinking of buying one before a PS3, simply because I am not patient enough to save a bunch of money for a PS3 + HD-TV. I see what you mean though, on top of the Artificial shortages, they also get this extra bit of publicity. Im still waiting to see what Sony can show this year at the Pre-E3 Conferenence, only 9 more days :)

Lartnev
2006-04-30, 10:34 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii

"Wii sounds like 'we,' which emphasizes that the console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii."

So.... it's one of those times where too much thought has gone into the meaning behind the name rather than just giving it something sensible :)

Kyonye
2006-05-02, 08:18 AM
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/060501.jpg

Taken from VG-Cats..

Hamma
2006-05-03, 11:21 AM
:lol: