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<blockquote data-quote="Taleweaver" data-source="post: 4340387" data-attributes="member: 237261"><p>Reggie Fils-Aime explained this at the beginning of the first announcement, on the E3 last year. I can't recall it word by word, but it was something like this:</p><p></p><p>"the wi ...... stands for we ...... as in "us". But we...that is, the people, don't want just a console for "us"...we want to include one...that includes you...as well. Hence...WiiU. And that...is what we...at nintendo...are all about. To create...and enhance...and innovate...and blah...blah...blah..."</p><p></p><p>And so on. It took me about thirty minutes where "WIIU" was displayed in the background before I realised that all that stuff about "we" and "you" was actually an <s>excuse for the pathetic attempt</s> introduction of the name.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So if I was going for the technical correct answer, I'd vote for the first one.</p><p>The cynical answer would be: "it means that marketing shows our audience like retarded names, so we followed up on the wii with this!" *.</p><p>...but in all honesty: I can't but vote for "it doesn't mean anything really". Those who think different** can try to convince me there's a reason for the second "i" in "wii".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">*the Ouya sure is going for the same marketing segment here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":P" title="tongue :P" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":P" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">**that's an incidental pun. For a change, it has nothing to do with apple.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taleweaver, post: 4340387, member: 237261"] Reggie Fils-Aime explained this at the beginning of the first announcement, on the E3 last year. I can't recall it word by word, but it was something like this: "the wi ...[i][/i]... stands for we ...[i][/i]... as in "us". But we...that is, the people, don't want just a console for "us"...we want to include one...that includes you...as well. Hence...WiiU. And that...is what we...at nintendo...are all about. To create...and enhance...and innovate...and blah...blah...blah..." And so on. It took me about thirty minutes where "WIIU" was displayed in the background before I realised that all that stuff about "we" and "you" was actually an [s]excuse for the pathetic attempt[/s] introduction of the name. So if I was going for the technical correct answer, I'd vote for the first one. The cynical answer would be: "it means that marketing shows our audience like retarded names, so we followed up on the wii with this!" *. ...but in all honesty: I can't but vote for "it doesn't mean anything really". Those who think different** can try to convince me there's a reason for the second "i" in "wii". [size=2]*the Ouya sure is going for the same marketing segment here :P[/size] [size=2]**that's an incidental pun. For a change, it has nothing to do with apple.[/size] [/QUOTE]
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