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Nintendo trademarks Bii, Cii, Oii, Yii and Zii

by Andrew Yoon on Dec 15th 2009 12:30PM

The internet is running rampant with speculation that Nintendo is working on a follow-up to its current home console, tentatively dubbed "Zii." Siliconera discovered a Japanese trademark for the Zii, and many wondered if this was the official name for the fabled Wii HD.

Conspiracy theorists will want to settle down, though. Our friends at Engadget discovered that the Zii trademark request is simply a renewal of a 2006 request. In fact, in addition to the Zii, Nintendo has applied for trademarks covering Bii, Cii, Oii, and Yii. Unless Nintendo is planning on making five new consoles, each with a different name, it seems as though the company is just covering its bases.

Source - What Is The Nintendo Zii? [Siliconera]
Source - Nintendo trademarks 'Zii' all over Japan [Engadget]

Tags: bii, cii, japan, nintendo, oii, trademark, Wii, yii, zii

Reader Comments (78)

Wii H-Dii?

Two Wii's ductaped together?

Ductapii, I'm going to go register that one right now.

What about Wii1080Pii?

Nope only Pii.

Maybe they're going the Sony route and making a scaled-down, "slim" version.

The PiiWii.

If the Wii got any smaller it'd be in direct competition with the DSXL

It would be awesome if they called it the Pii. Mostly just because when they write some sort of official Virtual Console PR, they'll inevitably have a sentence like, "The Pii NES catalog includes games such as..."

OH ho ho ho- Pii NES. How ravishingly immature!

3.14

PiiWii Herman?

I would bet they just want those names so 3rd party knockoff brands can't get them.

Like the Vii

or VVII

They're sitting on a pile of cash as tall as a house

Obviously, any other letter would lose the point of the Wii name (We).

This article makes me laugh so hard. Seriously what the fuck is Nintendo on.

Riddilin

Pii Cii Pii

A Cii Dii Cii

@ballistic3188
You made me laugh so hard, I fell out of my chair.

Haha, they sound ridiculous, but so did 'Wii' back in the day.

I really wonder what their next console (and handheld) will be called...

back in the day?
Wii still sounds ridiculous

Holy shit that's even worse than Wii. At least with wii, they could use it with an advertisement hook like "wii want to play". What are they going to do with this?

Zii plane?
Zii germans? (just finished Saboteur, sorry)

I think as someone said above its to combat the crappy 3rd party Wii knock offs.

Yeah, that was my idea too. Nintendo wouldn't be as stupid as to make knockoff names for their own products. At least, i certainly hope they wouldn't be

No, this is just a belated effort to stop the Vii, which is why Vii isn't on the list.

Zii goggles!

Maybe "Zii" is going to be their camera expansion! Right? Like "see". Only stupider.

the wii zii has a nice ring to it

I think George Jefferson already has the lock on that one

nice

HDii?

DSii?

Revolution? Oh wait...

This shit is crazy. Nintendo needs to play it old-school.

Super Wii Entertainment System (SWES).

This.

It's pronounced "Swess"
No, it's "Ess-Wess"
Please, us real fans know it's "Ess Doubleyou E Ess"

Now you're playing with Wii...SUPER WII!

Not to be confused with "swass"

My roflconsole goes sweswesweswesweswes

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/nintendo-trademarks-zii-over-in-japan-creative-is-like-zaywh/#comments

Guess we think alike.

Is there some Nintendo exec that has a lisp that we don't know about?

I fully support this idea and everyone else should as well

But the nursing home just bought their new fangled Wii-thingy.
What do you guys think the HD one will have to offer to get the same mass appeal the Wii did?

More duct tape.

MOAR RESOLUTION!!!

I'm sorry.

If I was Nintendo I woulld have been more scared about people getting their hands on the name VVii. That looks way to close to Wii to be comfortable.

Most likely its just Nintendo covering its butt Vs potential knockoff products

similar to the "PXP-2000"

I mean nothing says loving like having some console that looks similar to the Wii, is called the Vii and comes with twenty built in "classic" games.

The nintendo Bii?

To Bii or not to Bii?
That is the question.

That's almost like the N64's original tagline:

Get 'N' or get out.

Yeah, that tagline did wonders for them, huh?

They didn't use it for long if I recall correctly. I actually liked it. It had attitude.

It's an attempt to connect with the Biisexual Apple fans.

The "By eye sexual" Apple crowd? Or... no, I'm not even sure how you pronounce that...

I agree, though. I really liked the "Get N or Get Out" slogan. Was epic.

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