Introducing... the Nintendo Wii

**Finch** · 28 Apr 2006, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by marwan

Baloon Fight Wii

No, man. It's Balloon Wars or i don't sleep. Game A is massive Balloon Fight fights, Game B is Massive Multiplayer Online Balloon Fight Fights, Game C is Balloon Saga, and Game D is turn-based OR real-time strategic Balloon Battles.

**Clash!** · 28 Apr 2006, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by marwan

Baloon Fight Wii

Ill jam a Wii up my butt for that.

**kedawa** · 28 Apr 2006, 05:54 AM

Now that the initial sense of wtf has worn off, I just find the name and its accompanying rationale to be pompous and arrogant, and I think that's the reason I don't like it.
The goofiness of it isn't a problem.
FM Towns Marty is a silly name for a console, but it never really bothered me.
Nintendo could have called this thing the BreadLord and I wouldn't have cared.

**Finch** · 28 Apr 2006, 05:57 AM

I want a BreadLord.

**maruchan** · 28 Apr 2006, 06:01 AM

ehh dosent matter.. people will still call it a nintendo. no mater what..

**Cowutopia** · 28 Apr 2006, 06:05 AM

I really think that's their biggest problem. Or...I can't even tell. A lot of people with NES's are all growed up now. But they're still branded with the Nintendo name, still synonymous in a lot of people's minds with "toy." They've been moving towards this sleeker, more mainstream apple image, and I'm just not sure it's going to work.

To me Kedawa, the whole Apple vibe is mostly what turns me off to this, but it also sounds really dumb when you use it in a sentence.
I wish I could fucking sleep.

**sethsez** · 28 Apr 2006, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by PBMax

Wtf are you talking about? It's interesting you had time to consult with the entire country of Japan.

I don't have to consult the entire country of France to know that the Nintendo Merde wouldn't go over so well.

Originally Posted by Cowutopia

A lot of people with NES's are all growed up now. But they're still branded with the Nintendo name, still synonymous in a lot of people's minds with "toy." They've been moving towards this sleeker, more mainstream apple image, and I'm just not sure it's going to work.

When I was growing up an Apple computer was a clunky thing you used in school to play Oregon Trail, and they were generally pretty geeky. The company turned their image around in a major way.