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Nintendo's new console previously known as "The Revolution." Nintendo has since decided the name "Revolution" has caught on a little too well, so they decided to throw a curve-ball. However, many gamers consider this to be a bad move by Nintendo, as it allows Microsoft and Sony to get a few RBI's (runs batted in), since everybody knows what an "Xbox" and a "Playstation" is, and nobody quite cares what "Wii" means.
The Wii strategy can be summed up here:
1) Underpowered in relation to the Xbox and Playstation game consoles, and only marginally faster than the GameCube. Nintendo hopes to rely on the same gimmicky "innovations" that made the DS every fanboy's wetdream.
2) The controller is based on the principles of the NES system's Zapper (light gun) technology, Nintendo hopes to market a whole new console full of the same rehashed shit they've always been feeding us. The "point and shoot" Zapper gun after all, was a huge success with duck hunt.
3) Nintendo has not had a good success rate with flooding their game systems with games, so once again they plan on having a service where you can buy and download old games from systems such as the NES, SNES, N64, and so on. This will help Nintendo trick gamers into thinking they're getting their money's worth. Afterall, it costs nothing to release a game for download, since you don't have to you know.. actually DEVELOP and PACKAGE the game.
4) Nintendo also picked the name "Wii" because they enjoy the pun associated with changing the word "We" in sentences, to "Wii". It makes them giggle. Examples below.
"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."
"Wii will put people more in touch with their games..."
"Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else."
"Because, it's really not about you or me. It's about Wii."
"Wii will Wii will Rock you."
Real-world demonstration:
"Have you heard about THE REVOLUTION?"
- "It's called the Wii now dude..."
"What the fuck is a Wii"
- "It's Nintendo's new console"
"Whatever happened to the Revolution?"
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"Whacked it instead," "Whack it instead," or "Whacking it instead." - Pronounced 'WEE'
Term used to describe someone who stays at home and/or locked in his or her room to supposedly 'whack it' rather than be social. This person will typically come up with excuses such as "I have work" to justify their self-confinement, but the extent of their personal removal from society suggests that they are probably WII.
Person A - "Why didn't John come to the movie?"
Person B - "Oh John, he can't come, he's WII"
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The official name for nintendo's new Console, formerly known as the revolution.
Some fan boys went fucking ape shit when Nintendo's revolution was renamed to wii.
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(pronounced "Wē" from english we, pronoun for the first person plural) A gaming system made by Nintendo that has recently been renamed Wii from the previous codename "Revolution." it utilizes motion sensing technology in oder to make games more immersive and is not designed graphicly to compete with the Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360. Was the victim of backlash from changing the name from Revolution, but at the same time gained mass publicity by shocking everyone with the unothodox name.
0MG l0lz, t3h w!! w!! is t3h gh3y3st n4m3 3v4Rz.
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Man, can no one give this whole Wii thing a rest? It's only a name!
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Nintendo's new name for its 2006 Revolution project as of 4 28, 2006. The renaming of the project took many consumers by suprise. The Wii is supposed to transcend language barriers and be easy for anyone to pronounce. It has origins in the English "we" indicating that playing together will be central to the system. The "ii" has a similar sound to the "e" in English and puns on the plural of the first person singular nominative "I" in English by duplicating and thus pluralizing it, whereas "we" is the first person plural nominative case.
Wii really need to do something about this new name they came up with.
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Nintendo's next gen system, previously called the Nintendo Revolution. Officially pronounced as "we". Named April 27, 06.
wii..."W" "I" "I" WHY?!?!?!?
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The new (god forsaken) name for the Nintendo Revolution. It is quite possibly the worst name ever endowed to a games console.
Not even the Japanese like it.
"I've been playing with my Wii all day"
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