Poll: "Nintendo Considering Renaming Wii U" Good Idea or not?

[El Presidente]

Yeah, they should have put more thought into it. "Wii U" just seems like a more subtle rip-off of Apple's habit of putting i in front of everything than "DSi".

 

[StBishop]

I think it'd be unwise of them to drop the "Wii" label altogether. After all, the Wii was the top-selling console of the current generation.

Just name it the Wii 2. Yeah, it's overly simple, but it worked well for the PS2 didn't it?

I'm thinking this.

If not, call it the Nintendo Wii 2 (NW2) And that way it'll be easy to put codes in to POS systems for retailers, in 3-5 years we can all say NW2 instead and it'll be easy to brand things with the shorter name. They get to keep their Wii brand without anyone having to actually say Wii which will be a positive and consumers will know it's an upgrade (because to be honest, the people who don't already know what they're picking when they walk in need all the help they can get, it's not easy to be a n00b in the current gaming market.)

Wasn't the original title of the system "project dolphin" during development ?
I never completly got why they decided on Wii in the end, but as a japanese brand my guess is on the similarity between "wii" and "We", placing the console as a system to entertain the whole family and bringing people actually together.

Wii U, is just plain and unappealing to western markets, but perhaps someone from farther east could explain if there actually are some associations to adding that particular letter.

Rebranding - totally out of the question. The Wii has been on the markt for way to long to do a relaunch of the brand without some major overhaul of the exterior design and gameplay.

No it was project Cafe. Dolphin was a few generations back.

 

[Racecarlock]

How about the Nintendo Chronicle? Hey, if sega did the bible naming thing with genesis, then nintendo can do it to.

 

[cthulhumythos]

it always reminded me of this http://soundcloud.com/ansh4real/spongebob-patricks-siren

anyhoo, i never really cared, but a bunch of people don't like it, and that's a problem if you want to sell something.

 

[LilithSlave]

Not this far in when we're finally used to it.

But it is a terrible name.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

I hope they change it, as it sounds like a European police siren.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Hell yes.
I don't care if they keep the name 'Wii' or anything else, it's just why in the world did they call it the Wii U?
WHO DOES THAT?!

Then again I've come to the conclusion that marketing people live the first 18 years of their lives away from other human beings.

 

[Signa]

Given the logic of using the name "Wii" in the first place, Wii 2 (as in "We too," "me too," inclusive and positive connotations) is the only thing that makes any real sense.

The U does not make much sense at all. Yes, YOU get to play on the system, but that's not really saying anything meaningful at all.