Komrade Kayce

For those bashing the name... yeah, its a bad name, but look at the good points.

1. Nintendo really IS doing something completely different. They could have chosen any name, any name, and they chose something so completely silly and off the wall that we are all laughing at it.

But more importantly.... we're all talking about it. How different it is. Nintendos whole big idea all along was to be different, and now they really are, its sort of a leap.

2. Its unique. Its one thing to have a Gizmodo or a Playstation or a Xbox or etc... but Wii really does stand out. Once again, very Nintendo.

3. Like I said, this isnt going to stop anyone from buying one who was going to buy one before. And if you're willing to not get a system because of the name, you're an idiot.

4. Its fun to throw around, by fanboys and non fanboys alike. Look at everyone here, sony fanboys, xbox fanboys, whatever. How many of these people do you think are going to talk to other people in their life to update them on the Nintendo 'Wii' and laugh at how silly and stupid the name is? Bingo, LOTS. LOTS of people who never ever discuss anything Nintendo because they dont care. This, on the other hand, draws attention, makes people talk about the system.

Everyones always going to have wii jokes, and its funnier if you own one. Think about it. 'How much do play with your wii? I play with mine several times a day'.

5. Its simple. You dont need an abbreviation for it, its just Wii. Now the shortest console name since the Xbox, by one letter.

6. Think of all the other retarded names that have come out that eventually became part of pop-culture. Im sure Neo-Geo sounded pretty stupid when it was first talked about. Same with calling a game Y's or friggen NOIDS. Even now, Noid sounds pretty stupid.



Im not defending the name, I still think its dumb, Im just saying there are tactical moves to doing this.

Yeah, all in all, Ill buy one too because Im a huge Nintendo fan, name or not. The name will honestly mean nothing in the long run.

I still think its retarded, however. :)

Well, look at it this way, actually.

This name is not going to change the minds of any of the people who were already set on owning one. So there, Nintendo still has its fan base.

Its extremely viral, because of how silly it is. Immediately, Nintendo brings attention to itself, quite easily, on something as simple as a name.

That being said, the name is retarded. I dont care about the business tactics or whatnot, I dont want to talk about my 'wii' with friends. Can you imagine having a discussion about it around people who know nothing about games/systems? Way to make yourself look like a dirty pervert.

"Oh yeah, my wii stopped working, so I wanted to go over to Jimmys house and play with his, but Jimmy never lets anyone else play and constantly hogs his wii."

"My wii was acting kinda funky, so I smacked it a bit and all of a sudden, it worked!"



If everyone complains and laughs, maybe Nintendo will change the name right before launch. Hey, look at the PS3 controller. It was scrapped due to fan response.

Actually, the more I think about it, maybe that was the whole plan in the first place. Look at all the publicity they're getting from this, who says they're not just attracting attention and then blammo, its called something else?

Thats a pretty crappy list. My desire to play any of those games is about nil. Except maybe that Sadness one... that sounds KIND OF interesting.

Im a Nintendo fan, too. Its just those dont look very exciting. Wtf... painting with a fat white guy with a fro? I still can't beleive its not an april fools joke.

I fully agree with Katamari. I fire up a couple then play that game forever, the music and the activity is just mesmerizing.

Im surprised FEAR wasnt in that list. Theres nothing scarier than playing a game where things spontaneously pop out at you than playing that same game completely high.

Should have made two lists. One for really cool/deliberatly funny sayings, one for unintentionally hilarious due to poor dialogue/translation.

Ian Gibson needs to die for even quoting anything from that trash.

GameFam however, is right on the money. Where ARE all the meatbag related quotes from the HK? Best one in the whole game, by far, was HK translating for the Jawa and saying there was a 98 percent chance he wanted help, and a 2 percent chance he wanted to be blasted into atoms.

All along, I figured it was some communist plot. Hear me out.

Even before that joke site came out calling Mario a communist for his red clothes and ideals behind defeating the popular koopa government. I just had a hunch that the Communists were behind Nintendo. Now I have proof.

Nintendo is breeding a new generation of terrorists. People trained to worship a false idol in red suspenders. Terrorists who place multiple mysterious looking boxes that could contain really anything, hence the question mark on them. This is a security threat, people, these are people who are being allowed to threaten the safety and sanity of buttfuck nowhere America.

As well, if I've done my research correctly, some of them could actually contain POISONOUS mushrooms that when eaten, would either kill or shrink the victim. This cannot be tolerated. I will not allow my fellow man to eat strange purple mushrooms from question mark blocks that could possibly kill him. America, we must make a stand, right here, right now.

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Jack Thompson, you're the only lawyer I can think of who would possibly take this case. Together, we can beat those Terrorcommies at Nintendo who promote violence through violent game imitation (cmon, you're favourite topic!). Quickly, before someone gets stomped on or people start kicking bridges into the water to kill city officials.

Lets do this.

Let it be statated and known that as a Canadian who deals all day with Americans, I stuck up for you guys. Having an idiot in charge of your country does not instantly make you all idiots, and I understand that.

Gareth does not represent our country, merely one of the darker sides of it that is slowly going away. Lets not turn this into Canada-America bad time.

Honestly, I see it like working at a japanese restaurant. If you're typical caucasian street slacker and you go to work there, well, you must obey restaurant policy because that is your environment. If anything, its kind of a good thing, opens your mind a little.

And its not like any of these 'enforced rules' are overly extreme. Except maybe asking the women to go get coffee... thats funny, but sexist all the same. Otherwise I think the goodmorning thing, however stupid sounding, is harmless, and I like the fact that EVERYONE, regardless of level in the company, is responsible for keeping the place clean.

I dont agree with 'uncomfortably' japanese at all. I wanna go work at Koei now. :)

Gareth, I certainly hope you're not Canadian, I dont need one more idiot representing my country. Please go take your place in line with Mr Harper if you are.

Actually, its a little bit different here in Canuckville for the implementation of other cultures. From what I see on a daily basis, it usually doesnt bother us to be having to adapt to other peoples ways. Take a look at Toronto/Montreal for example, there are huge chunks of the city where average Canadian whitey is spending his free time enjoying some other culture/subculture.

I guess its going a little extreme in the Koei example, but Im all for a little creativeness in the workplace.