Wii the People

According to any tech blog on the net, I noticed that Nintendo has officially changed the name of the "Nintendo Revolution" to the "Nintendo Wii". Cnet is reporting that "The name--which is pronounced "we"--is meant to invoke a feeling of cooperation, and the double "i" is intended to visually conjure up the image of two people standing together" and it's having some mixed reviews around the internet from what I can tell.

For the most part, the reaction seems to hover between, "Nintendo are the biggest idiots in the world" and "I really don't give a shit, as long as it is the same console they promised us". Personally, I'm thinking that Nintendo has done some pretty interesting things in the past, and this is just another one. Do I think it's a great name? No, it seems weak at this point, and I don't really see the imagery. However, I don't like the name Google all that much, but I do realize it's a name that sticks in people's heads, and has become (almost) a household name.

I can't really speculate much more than that. Maybe it'll be awesome and be one of the best viral marketing campaigns in the gaming industry, maybe it'll spell doom for the Mario Brothers.