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Poll: Would You Rename Nintendo Wii U?

By Jorge Ba-oh (jb)

9270 on 27.01.2012 at 00:13

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Rumours circling the interwebs suggest that Nintendo is considering re-branding the Wii U console - does it need a name change?

According to CVG, insiders are suggesting that Nintendo is really thinking hard about how to name the hardware and if "Wii U" would cause confusion amongst the general public.

Naming has played a vital role in the strategy for both the Wii and DS, the platforms have become household names in the public eye. The success of the original dual screened handheld has also offered a slight curse on the 3D follow-up: there was, and still is, a fair bit of confusion as to just what the 3DS is.

Granted sales for the 3DS are on the up, but the initial and ongoing confusion with the name has lead Nintendo to ponder how to approach the Wii U, so say those close to the Japanese outfit.

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After the rapid price drop for the hardware last year, company president Satoru Iwata mentioned how Nintendo will learn "bitter lessons" when putting together the finishing touches to the new living-room box.

Do you think the Wii U needs a new name in time for launch? Have your say in our poll and comments below.

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irfy on 27.01.2012 at 01:24#1

To this day I still hate saying Wii, its just a bad name for a console. I want a name change but I dont see Nintendo coming back from the name Wii, I liked Revolution better but I guess Revolution did suit the console at the time of the launch. What name would you have instead of Wii U? Name has to have a 3 letter/number acronym which will make it easy to refer to the console, pretty hard to come up with a name isnt it? lol

Echoes221 on 27.01.2012 at 01:29#2

Definitely. Especially if they want to escape the issues that they have with the DS branding.

Mush on 27.01.2012 at 02:04#3

They should call it the Nintendo Wii 2... or the Puu! Smilie

welshwuff on 27.01.2012 at 02:13#4

Why do people keep jumping to Wii 2 when this is not Nintendo second console ever... Xbox 360 is called so because Xbox 2 sounds inferior to PS3, so, why not, "Nintendo 7" as a big F YOU to everyone else Smilie

Mush on 27.01.2012 at 02:58#5

They should call it the Souped-up Wii (with) Awesome Games. SWAG. Lol, jk. xD

SirLink on 27.01.2012 at 05:49#6

Honestly, I don't give a damn about the name of a console; it's all about the games for me. That doesn't say that I wouldn't appreciate a new name for the Wii U though, especially if it's one that's easier to say and has a good acronym.

Calling it the Mega Nintendo Entertainment System (MNES) or something like that would be pretty cool. I'd love to refer to their next console just as the "Nintendo" though.

Sonic_13 on 27.01.2012 at 07:38#7

I don't mind the name, though I think there could be potential confusion by the uneducated consumer about whether Wii U is an entirely new console or not.

Though the Wii U name goes better with the fact that Wii Remotes (and other Wii accessories) are standard controllers in addition to the Wii U controller.

Duggler657 on 27.01.2012 at 07:56#8

Ifry said:
To this day I still hate saying Wii, its just a bad name for a console.

Agree.
The re-branding issue is huge. The X-box did a good job and the playstation has had no problem. Nintendo... even had this problem in the SNES era. And speaking of the SNES...

SirLink said:
Calling it the Mega Nintendo Entertainment System (MNES) or something like that would be pretty cool. I'd love to refer to their next console just as the "Nintendo" though.

What they should really do is just go with the old Super Nintendo color sceme that was rumored about ages ago and go ahead and call the sucker the "Ultra Nintendo" or something along those lines, completely agree. I know "Hardcore" gamers who still worship that system. Just got done watching them play it.

Oh, and Nintendo, absolutely stop ripping off Apple with names, so the "Nintendo Wii Pad" is out the door. Smilie

Gretna (guest) on 27.01.2012 at 09:20#9

Lol they should call it U. Then the next one U2... Oh the hilarity!

Arindam (guest) on 27.01.2012 at 09:39#10

I'd call it the Wii T ('witty' Smilie , with the T referring to the Tablet.

gunpowder Glen (guest) on 27.01.2012 at 09:39#11

Why not Wii 2?

Stulaw on 27.01.2012 at 13:00#12

I'd just name it the U, I'll probably end up calling it that if the console keeps its name, it's not too important, unless people get it mixed up with the Wii (which the 3DS is partly sales and retailers fault for not setting a distinction), my cousins even call the 3DS a 3D DS even though it clearly states everywhere on it that it's called the 3DS.

Just glad it's not called the Wii HD.

( Edited 27.01.2012 12:00 by Stulaw )

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Darkflame on 27.01.2012 at 14:01#13

"Nintendo 6" Smilie

Or, rather, Nintendo VI!

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SirLink on 27.01.2012 at 14:55#14

This is probably what many of us thought when first hearing the name "Wii U" at E3 2011. Smilie

bornforthis43 on 27.01.2012 at 16:56#15

This is the first thing I thought of lol.

But yea, it's a bad name, reason being because the consumers won't know the difference between the Wii and WiiU. I always thought Revolution was a sick name though.

Canyarion on 27.01.2012 at 17:20#16

Call it "Yuu". Easy and simple. Everybody will think of the Wii when they see it, yet they also understand this is something totally new.

Canyarion on 27.01.2012 at 19:47#17

Stulaw said:my cousins even call the 3DS a 3D DS

Could do worse: today I heard a girl call it the DS 3. Smilie

Ifrit XXII on 27.01.2012 at 21:20#18

Get rid of Wii entirely. I liked the name for the current Wii but the WiiU is just lazy. Nintendo need to completely redesign the WiiU and branding. Something fresh and different to gain more interest. Right now, it's mights as well be called WiiHD.

PhoenixFirewalker on 27.01.2012 at 21:26#19

Ok here is what i think Nintendo should rename their upcoming gaming console they should call it the Nintendo Phantom!!!PS please comment and let me know if you like the name i came up with. Smilie Smilie Smilie

Darkflame on 27.01.2012 at 22:05#20

Phantom was a name of a console that never came out.

Canyarion said:
Call it "Yuu". Easy and simple. Everybody will think of the Wii when they see it, yet they also understand this is something totally new.

But Yuu doesnt mean anything :-/

Hence Vi which is close to Wii but also means their 6th console.

( Edited 27.01.2012 21:06 by Darkflame )

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Canyarion on 28.01.2012 at 00:40#21

Yuu sounds like You. It's perfect. I wish I registered www.yuu.com.

Vorash Kadan on 29.01.2012 at 18:44#22

Absolutely I'd rename it!! What was wrong with Revolution from the start? Sure it may be hard to pronounce in some countries but so it playstation!!

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matt (guest) on 30.01.2012 at 14:44#23

It will be called Nintendo_RS

3DS/RS

Revolutionary System

XBOXer (guest) on 03.02.2012 at 22:16#24

i think it's best idea of the decade. Wii is probably going to stay, i am afraid, but that "U" is just f..ing ridiculous. Why not call system SNES 2? That was biggest ever name of the Nintendo hardware, why not call this one similar? "Wii" is a name for a toy console, not some new HD beast... Well, whatever ninty is going to come up with, it should be better than "Wii U" anyway.