Wii are all individuals!
As you may or may not know, at heart, I love Macs, also, in the same vein, I love Nintendo over all others.
So it pains me to report the new name given to the console previously codenamed Nintendo Revolution.
emeraldus and I had the following conversation:
usa_p (1:19:01 PM): ................ did you hear what the official name for Nintendo's codename Revolution is?
usa_p (1:19:24 PM): because, you know, ok, we can have a console called the Revolution, that's ok... but... HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW NAME (if you haven't, don't cheat, I wanna tell you)
emeraldus (1:21:25 PM): lol okay so tell me the name, I'm ready for the cringing
emeraldus (1:21:54 PM): I'm not gonna choke on my donut when I read it, am I? lol
usa_p (1:22:31 PM): yes, you will.
usa_p (1:22:39 PM): Ready?
emeraldus (1:22:43 PM): okay lemme swallow lol
usa_p (1:22:54 PM): it's called the Nintendo... Wii
as in "We"
usa_p (1:23:01 PM): Wii
usa_p (1:23:10 PM): And do you know what that means?
emeraldus (1:23:20 PM): uhh nooo
emeraldus (1:23:57 PM): other than that someone in marketing or the whole marketing department needs to be strung up by their pretentious toes?
usa_p (1:24:21 PM): (well, it does stand for "we" but what it really means is:)
"I wanna Wii"
"want to come over and play with my wii?"
"hey mom, i'm gonna go an connect jimmys wii to mine and play all night"
emeraldus (1:24:39 PM): we're gonna wee wee all night long
emeraldus (1:25:15 PM): omfg what the hell were they smoking? Or wait this is a Japanese company right and we already knew the whole flipping country is on crack
usa_p (1:25:41 PM): I'll link you... you have to read it yourself.
Revolution has a new name!
emeraldus (1:26:36 PM): not only a new name but a slow load time
usa_p (1:27:01 PM): because it has to tell you why it's Wii
omg that sounded wrogn lol
emeraldus (1:27:17 PM): and it's a STUPID name lol
usa_p (1:27:22 PM): it really is BAD
usa_p (1:27:28 PM): omg it's so bad!
emeraldus (1:27:46 PM): it's just the CONSOLE that's Wii, not me!
emeraldus (1:28:17 PM): they are giving all sorts of ammunition for the wits out there to lambast them
usa_p (1:30:38 PM): because I came across the "I wanna wii" entirely by accident.. can you imagine at Christmas, "MOOOOOOMMMMMYYYYYYYYY!!!! I WANNA WIIIIII I NEED A WIIIIIII SO BAD!
emeraldus (1:30:49 PM): lol
emeraldus (1:32:36 PM): I am STILL waiting for it to load SIGH
emeraldus (1:34:01 PM): I guess the revolution takes a while to get going, eh? lol
usa_p (1:34:16 PM): well it basically says that they made it "wii" with 2 i's because it's all about "we" and using it together and like, 2 i's
emeraldus (1:34:42 PM): basically we are pulling excuses out of our ass to cover up
emeraldus (1:35:37 PM): that is just so terribly terribly lame lol
emeraldus (1:35:56 PM): Sony and Xbox are laughing their asses off right now I'm sure
emeraldus (1:36:02 PM): NO CONTEST lol
emeraldus (1:36:18 PM): Wii NEEDS YOU lol
usa_p (1:36:22 PM): OMG HAHAHA
emeraldus (1:36:40 PM): Will will change EVERYTHING LOL
usa_p (1:36:54 PM): Behold! The power of Wii!
emeraldus (1:37:18 PM): Wii are totally serious about this marketing campaign!
usa_p (1:37:36 PM): *SNORT*
emeraldus (1:38:18 PM): to really mock them anyone who does an article on it needs to replace "we" with "wii"
emeraldus (1:40:14 PM): and in conversation too! drawing out the "wee"
usa_p (1:40:39 PM): I think wii should do that!
emeraldus (1:40:52 PM): wii will get a kick out of that
usa_p (1:41:12 PM): haha Grr said, ""wii loves it" "we hateses it""
emeraldus (1:41:34 PM): wii is not our precioussss anymore
emeraldus (1:42:33 PM): wii will wock you
emeraldus (1:42:54 PM): OMG they need to get Elmer Fudd to be their spokesperson!
emeraldus (1:43:21 PM): wii is even for wascally wabbits!
usa_p (1:44:18 PM): HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
usa_p (1:46:01 PM): Steve says, "no, they need a lot of French people saying "oui"
usa_p (1:46:39 PM): And his fondness for puns emerges: "hitting the power button give you ennui?"
emeraldus (1:48:40 PM): OMG it's a Monty Python skit in the making!
emeraldus (1:49:13 PM): The Frenchmen from Holy Grail doing their taunting thing
usa_p (1:49:43 PM): he Wiis in your general direction
emeraldus (1:49:59 PM): keep that wii away from me lol
emeraldus (1:53:14 PM): the funniest thing about it from the web page? "wii are totally serious about this"
usa_p (1:55:26 PM): that's the first thing you said in jest too
emeraldus (1:55:45 PM): wii are repeating ourselves ACK lol
usa_p (1:56:11 PM): do you know that "ACK" is the exact way that Grr opened his IM to me about this?
emeraldus (1:56:18 PM): lol
usa_p (1:56:22 PM): SteveGrr (1:03:29 PM): ACK
emeraldus (1:56:46 PM): this little piggy goes wii wii wii all the way home!
usa_p (1:57:02 PM): If I were drinking something, I'd've done a spit take
emeraldus (1:58:05 PM): maaan you don't even have to try hard to mock them
usa_p (1:58:44 PM): no, and I feel bad about it too because I am a Nintendo girl the way I am a Mac girl, but still...
emeraldus (1:58:49 PM): wednesday will now be wiidnesday
emeraldus (1:59:26 PM): lol and I’m totally Playstation loyal
usa_p (2:00:06 PM): I loved the N64 to the tips of my tippy toes
usa_p (2:00:33 PM): as much as I loved the other Nintendos. Game Cube didn't really have as much, mostly upgrades of whatever was good on the 64, but oh, the 64 is my baby!
emeraldus (2:03:17 PM): Nintendo totally needs to buy the right to play "Wii will rock you" while doing their commerical promos
emeraldus (2:03:36 PM): so I can bust a gut laughing
emeraldus (2:04:25 PM): the hospital will be overrun with people suffering internal hemorrhaging from laughing too hard
emeraldus (2:05:58 PM): LOL I am picturing Frenchmen doing that hunh hunh hunh laugh while saying "oui oui oui"
usa_p (2:07:44 PM): Sigh, it is such a shame, the Wii.
emeraldus (2:10:35 PM): wii brought it on ourselves lol
usa_p (2:45:33 PM): SteveGrr (2:44:14 PM): ok, so the revolution joysticks look like remotes right? and the revolution is now the Wii right? so theyre WIIMOTES
usa_p (2:45:27 PM): ......................................................................
emeraldus ((2:45:50 PM): LOL LOL
They really were just asking for it.
EDIT: We're still going on about it, and now Grr is trolling the internet repeating the gems that other people have come up with. There will be no end to this.
So it pains me to report the new name given to the console previously codenamed Nintendo Revolution.
emeraldus and I had the following conversation:
usa_p (1:19:01 PM): ................ did you hear what the official name for Nintendo's codename Revolution is?
usa_p (1:19:24 PM): because, you know, ok, we can have a console called the Revolution, that's ok... but... HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW NAME (if you haven't, don't cheat, I wanna tell you)
emeraldus (1:21:25 PM): lol okay so tell me the name, I'm ready for the cringing
emeraldus (1:21:54 PM): I'm not gonna choke on my donut when I read it, am I? lol
usa_p (1:22:31 PM): yes, you will.
usa_p (1:22:39 PM): Ready?
emeraldus (1:22:43 PM): okay lemme swallow lol
usa_p (1:22:54 PM): it's called the Nintendo... Wii
as in "We"
usa_p (1:23:01 PM): Wii
usa_p (1:23:10 PM): And do you know what that means?
emeraldus (1:23:20 PM): uhh nooo
emeraldus (1:23:57 PM): other than that someone in marketing or the whole marketing department needs to be strung up by their pretentious toes?
usa_p (1:24:21 PM): (well, it does stand for "we" but what it really means is:)
"I wanna Wii"
"want to come over and play with my wii?"
"hey mom, i'm gonna go an connect jimmys wii to mine and play all night"
emeraldus (1:24:39 PM): we're gonna wee wee all night long
emeraldus (1:25:15 PM): omfg what the hell were they smoking? Or wait this is a Japanese company right and we already knew the whole flipping country is on crack
usa_p (1:25:41 PM): I'll link you... you have to read it yourself.
Revolution has a new name!
emeraldus (1:26:36 PM): not only a new name but a slow load time
usa_p (1:27:01 PM): because it has to tell you why it's Wii
omg that sounded wrogn lol
emeraldus (1:27:17 PM): and it's a STUPID name lol
usa_p (1:27:22 PM): it really is BAD
usa_p (1:27:28 PM): omg it's so bad!
emeraldus (1:27:46 PM): it's just the CONSOLE that's Wii, not me!
emeraldus (1:28:17 PM): they are giving all sorts of ammunition for the wits out there to lambast them
usa_p (1:30:38 PM): because I came across the "I wanna wii" entirely by accident.. can you imagine at Christmas, "MOOOOOOMMMMMYYYYYYYYY!!!! I WANNA WIIIIII I NEED A WIIIIIII SO BAD!
emeraldus (1:30:49 PM): lol
emeraldus (1:32:36 PM): I am STILL waiting for it to load SIGH
emeraldus (1:34:01 PM): I guess the revolution takes a while to get going, eh? lol
usa_p (1:34:16 PM): well it basically says that they made it "wii" with 2 i's because it's all about "we" and using it together and like, 2 i's
emeraldus (1:34:42 PM): basically we are pulling excuses out of our ass to cover up
emeraldus (1:35:37 PM): that is just so terribly terribly lame lol
emeraldus (1:35:56 PM): Sony and Xbox are laughing their asses off right now I'm sure
emeraldus (1:36:02 PM): NO CONTEST lol
emeraldus (1:36:18 PM): Wii NEEDS YOU lol
usa_p (1:36:22 PM): OMG HAHAHA
emeraldus (1:36:40 PM): Will will change EVERYTHING LOL
usa_p (1:36:54 PM): Behold! The power of Wii!
emeraldus (1:37:18 PM): Wii are totally serious about this marketing campaign!
usa_p (1:37:36 PM): *SNORT*
emeraldus (1:38:18 PM): to really mock them anyone who does an article on it needs to replace "we" with "wii"
emeraldus (1:40:14 PM): and in conversation too! drawing out the "wee"
usa_p (1:40:39 PM): I think wii should do that!
emeraldus (1:40:52 PM): wii will get a kick out of that
usa_p (1:41:12 PM): haha Grr said, ""wii loves it" "we hateses it""
emeraldus (1:41:34 PM): wii is not our precioussss anymore
emeraldus (1:42:33 PM): wii will wock you
emeraldus (1:42:54 PM): OMG they need to get Elmer Fudd to be their spokesperson!
emeraldus (1:43:21 PM): wii is even for wascally wabbits!
usa_p (1:44:18 PM): HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH
usa_p (1:46:01 PM): Steve says, "no, they need a lot of French people saying "oui"
usa_p (1:46:39 PM): And his fondness for puns emerges: "hitting the power button give you ennui?"
emeraldus (1:48:40 PM): OMG it's a Monty Python skit in the making!
emeraldus (1:49:13 PM): The Frenchmen from Holy Grail doing their taunting thing
usa_p (1:49:43 PM): he Wiis in your general direction
emeraldus (1:49:59 PM): keep that wii away from me lol
emeraldus (1:53:14 PM): the funniest thing about it from the web page? "wii are totally serious about this"
usa_p (1:55:26 PM): that's the first thing you said in jest too
emeraldus (1:55:45 PM): wii are repeating ourselves ACK lol
usa_p (1:56:11 PM): do you know that "ACK" is the exact way that Grr opened his IM to me about this?
emeraldus (1:56:18 PM): lol
usa_p (1:56:22 PM): SteveGrr (1:03:29 PM): ACK
emeraldus (1:56:46 PM): this little piggy goes wii wii wii all the way home!
usa_p (1:57:02 PM): If I were drinking something, I'd've done a spit take
emeraldus (1:58:05 PM): maaan you don't even have to try hard to mock them
usa_p (1:58:44 PM): no, and I feel bad about it too because I am a Nintendo girl the way I am a Mac girl, but still...
emeraldus (1:58:49 PM): wednesday will now be wiidnesday
emeraldus (1:59:26 PM): lol and I’m totally Playstation loyal
usa_p (2:00:06 PM): I loved the N64 to the tips of my tippy toes
usa_p (2:00:33 PM): as much as I loved the other Nintendos. Game Cube didn't really have as much, mostly upgrades of whatever was good on the 64, but oh, the 64 is my baby!
emeraldus (2:03:17 PM): Nintendo totally needs to buy the right to play "Wii will rock you" while doing their commerical promos
emeraldus (2:03:36 PM): so I can bust a gut laughing
emeraldus (2:04:25 PM): the hospital will be overrun with people suffering internal hemorrhaging from laughing too hard
emeraldus (2:05:58 PM): LOL I am picturing Frenchmen doing that hunh hunh hunh laugh while saying "oui oui oui"
usa_p (2:07:44 PM): Sigh, it is such a shame, the Wii.
emeraldus (2:10:35 PM): wii brought it on ourselves lol
usa_p (2:45:33 PM): SteveGrr (2:44:14 PM): ok, so the revolution joysticks look like remotes right? and the revolution is now the Wii right? so theyre WIIMOTES
usa_p (2:45:27 PM): ......................................................................
emeraldus ((2:45:50 PM): LOL LOL
They really were just asking for it.
EDIT: We're still going on about it, and now Grr is trolling the internet repeating the gems that other people have come up with. There will be no end to this.