What would you have named the Wii U?

[PaperLuigi3]

Nintendo and Doc Brown invent a time machine together. It's a DeLorean, but they nickname it the Mario Kart. They send you back in time to make them rename the Wii U to something that doesn't sound like a toddler's babbling. What do you name it?

 

[Lancelot]

The Wuu or the wjj

 

[Tao]

The 'Wii 2'. Make it obvious to the people who only know something is new if it has a higher number.

Or the 'Dolphin'.

Or the 'D*ckpunch Megabox Nuclear ****blaster 4,000'. People would at least stop asking "is it an add on for the Wii?"

 

[Dustmop]

People would at least stop asking "is it an add on for the Wii?"

I hate to confess to having been a part of that crowd, very early on.

I never bought a Wii, so when they announced the Wii U and all the focus was on the GamePad instead of the console, I was like, "I don't get it. Do you just buy the weird tablet controller for your Wii? What does it do? Why is it special? This is an enhancement?"

Nintendo, I love you, but learn marketing pls.


I support the idea of calling it a Wii 2, or frankly just naming the system after the GamePad itself. :v

 

[Red Cat]

Nintendo 512. This is after I rename the Gamecube Nintendo 128 and the Wii Nintendo 256. No more silly misspelled words that way.

 

[Cress]

The Wuu

That's copyrighted from Game Dev Tycoon, no stealing other people's names.

 

[pokedude729]

New Wii (To be sold alongside the New 3DS)

 

[ApolloJusticeAC]

The Evolution. IDKW.

 

[Midoriya]

The Wii Omigo****'sherebuyitnowmegatronsystemboomboombuyitnowX

 

[ThomasNLD]

The Nintendo 1.

Make clear its from Nintendo and start a new count, like Tao said it makes it a lot easier for parents to know what they are buying for their kids, since that seems to be the largest part of the market they work in.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

The NexGen.

 

[Dreamy Luigi]

Wii 2 since they love Wii. Could have easily made the U logo be a 2 instead.

 

[Tao]

Despite the 'Wii U' sounding a bit like a Wii accessory and people still not realizing it's an entirely new console (as I've said), I actually do like the name Wii U. Just thought I would throw that out there. If marketing and awareness for it wasn't an issue, I would say keep it.


It's feels nice to say, especially if you say it over and over so you sound like a firetruck.

 

[Midoriya]

Despite the 'Wii U' sounding a bit like a Wii accessory and people still not realizing it's an entirely new console (as I've said), I actually do like the name Wii U. Just thought I would throw that out there. If marketing and awareness for it wasn't an issue, I would say keep it.


It's feels nice to say, especially if you say it over and over so you sound like a firetruck.

I just tried that and it DID sound like a firetruck if I repeat myself really fast. lol

 

[Panazel Maria]

Why say Wii U when you can say Wa Hu?
A name that just rolls off the tongue like an exclamation of joy!

 

[Alienfish]

^Reminds me of the Wuhu tracks of Mario Kart.. dude.

Idk this one shoulda been named TV DS or something 'cause technically it's dualscreens

 

[Midoriya]

^Reminds me of the Wuhu tracks of Mario Kart.. dude.

Idk this one shoulda been named TV DS or something 'cause technically it's dualscreens

Aha! True.

 

[Alienfish]

Uncreative. but tbh the Wii U name sounds wrong... You are not really the console, it's not VR or anything. Wii-2 or something sounds good as well, I mean 2 screens, it's the sequel kinda.

 

[Tao]

Why say Wii U when you can say Wa Hu?

Yea but saying "Wa Hu" over and over just sounds like Mario spamming the long jump.


Firetruck > Mario spamming long jump.

 

[Alienfish]

Yea but saying "Wa Hu" over and over just sounds like Mario spamming the long jump.


Firetruck > Mario spamming long jump.

Nee-naw. Also they'd probably get racist sues because it sounds too Asian