Nintendo Wii

Okay, I'm fairly disturbed by this news. But Nintendo has just released that the name of their new console: Nintend Wii. This is pronounced 'we'.

I was quite attached to the codename 'Revolution'. And MUCH prefer it over the new name 'Wii'. Read more about it on http://revolution.nintendo.com. Their reasoning for the new name is as follows: "Wii has a distinctive 'ii' spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play." Along with other lame reasonings for the name :S Nintendo Revolution. I liked the codename Revolution because it sounded like something completely new was going to be released from Nintendo (which is it). Nintendo aren't going to try and compete with Sony and Microsoft and are releasing a console which is new and innovative. The Wii is new and innovative because the controller can determine it's relative orientation in 3D space (as I said, completely different to Sony's and Microsoft's consoles).

I think this change of direction to not directly compete with the Sony PS3 and the Microsoft XBox360 is good for Nintendo. I love my Nintendo games and I don't love them because they have the best graphics or anything, but because they are different, unique and enjoyable. I'm looking forward to the innovative games that come out of this new console. I will definitely be buying a Nintendo Wii as it will be backwards compatible (yay, first ever for Nintendo consoles) so I can play my GameCube games since I broke my GC from leaving it running for too long :S