Wiik in review...

Well, busy day of posting. Last thing for this weekend is the new name of Nintendo's next next gen console: Wii. Formerly the Revolution, this console will somehow be totally compatible with everything from Nintendo's last twenty years of gaming. Oh, it also comes with a wacky remote that you swing like a sword. Double oh, it now has a fucked up gimmicky name: Wii. As in we. So far nothing of this system screams "buy me!" While the name alone won't turn me off, I just don't get why they need a new name. I remember the good old days: The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) were good solid gaming names. You knew what you got and the name carried even without the company's name in there. Then we got the Nintendo 64. Oooookay. 64 bit, great! Then the Gamecube cause it looked like a cube. I thought and hoped that it would stick, much as Microsoft has it's X-Box and X-Box 360, Sony has it's PlayStations 1,2 and 3, I wanted Nintendo to continue it's cube line. Why not? Box, Station, Cube. That's what they are. A place for games. Not trendy, obscure games. They didn't need a fucked up marketed name for the VCR or DVD player. Keep the name simple. This is all about the ipod. Trendy names for simple things. It's a fucking mp3 player. It's annoying that I have to explain that mine is not an ipod because it's not by Apple. Where does Wii come in? It's cutesy and an obvious attempt to ummmmm...yeah, not sure what, but even Revolution was better...

Let the Wii jokes begin people.