nintendo wii

wtf
:fryingpan:

and more hokeyness on the controller

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148455.html

Madden:   Players will hike the ball by mimicking a quarterback receiving the ball from the center, and then pass it to a receiver by making a throwing gesture with the free-hand controller. The faster the passing motion, the more of a bullet pass it becomes (in previous Madden editions, bullet passes were made by holding the passing button down longer).

Kicking the ball will be accomplished by sweeping the controller up as if it were a kicker\'s leg striking the ball. A fast, level swing will make for a hard, straight kick.

The Revolution controller will also come into play when running the ball, as jerking the controller left or right will make the ball-carrier juke to either side, while shoving it straight ahead will make him stiff-arm the opposition.

kick your ass now please if you think this sounds "cool"

In two player mode you get to tackle your friends.
 
At least if nothing else it will be different. Madden hasn\'t been interesting in more than ten years.  It still isn\'t, but at least it\'s different.

Christ I just saw that they\'re calling it the Nintendo Wii.
 
I thought you had misspelled wifi or something.
 
"Nintendo We" is retarded. I actually didn\'t mind saying "the Revolution"
 
Telling people about the "we"... That\'s going to make me feel embarassed.
 
 
Piss poor marketing decision by Nintendo.
 
Wii......

Actually that sounds cool, but we all know it will be impossible to be good at it.

I see nothing wrong with nintendo breaking the console mold.  I just hope it catches on so wii can continue to enjoy nintendo games in the future.

they could have called it the "nintendo shitclam" and i honestly wouldn\'t think anything of it

apparently they are call the controller the wiimote  :rolleyes:

ow i\'m sowwii

edit * they should have sticked with Revolution or Rev for short

[Titan]

Wii? I\'m sorry but I liked Revolution better. Sounded cooler :cool:

I can\'t wait to pick up my preorder first.

"I\'m serious man, I gotta wii"

Since nintendo\'s site crashed, I wrote to its PR agency. Did my part, even if they delete it.

I used to tell people all about the Revolution controller. But I am too embarassed to call it by its name now. Come on, weemote contwol? What were they thinking.

Might as well take whatever public perception they were trying to build and flush it down the toilet.

I still can\'t believe the naming decision.  It\'s like they accidentally left NOA off that e-mail chain or something.

Weeeeeee!


EDIT: Christ look at that. ^^^^ And I\'m a Nintendo fanboy. Unbelievable.

[Living-In-Clip]

That is the gayest name........ever

[Jumpman]

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looking for it...


:sick:

Egads dudes thats awful.

It\'s not the first, or the last, time that Nintendo will market a popular product with a strange name. Pokemon, anyone?

They could have called it Pocket Monsters and too many people would confusingly think "Monster in my Pocket?"...

"Wii" is so tight, so minimalistic... that it\'s really destined to work.

not for me

gimmick controller was only the first strike

Pokemon is indeed derived from Pocket Monsters. Japanese love Engrish.
The marketing is confirmed in Kohler\'s "Power Up :How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life".

Anyway, this Red Steel game looks promising

http://games.fok.nl/news.php?newsid=10245

Wii shall see if the console name will have any negative effect at all when the games show up...