Wii Should Have Known Way Back...

[dgridley]

Wii should have known way back in 2005 what Nintendo's next generation game console would be called.. they hid the name in this Nintendo "Revolution EXPAND" Promo! Check it out!

Nintendo "Revolution EXPAND" Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ilu8fKK_38

Wii should have known way back in 2005 what Nintendo's next generation game console would be called.. they hid the name in this Nintendo "Revolution EXPAND" Promo! Check it out!

Nintendo "Revolution EXPAND" Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ilu8fKK_38

wiiexpand[dot]com taken :lol:

Google "wii expand" and you find:

Wii slogan contest !!! - Revolution - Nintendo NSider ForumsHammer Bro Posts: 4814 Registered: 06-09-2005 NAKILE64. Reply 10 of 21 Viewed 49 times, Wii expand the definition of gaming. ...
forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board. id=revolution&message.id=1031596&page=1 - 132k -

Go to the thread and you find the thread has been deleted!

 

[Joseph]

Good read Dave! Thanks

 

[dgridley]

Wondering if WiiExpand will be the name of their wiifi or online network? Seems they'd have regged it already if so.

 

[BrandonG]

Wow interesting. Thanks

 

[gchick]

intersting......thanks for that

 

[Rom]

Woah that commercial... was really long and annoying :o

 

[dgridley]

Yeah.. I found it was overly long, but insightful.

 

[eh-stevo]

Im not too bright tonight and cannot figure out where Wii is in that commercial?

Stevo

 

[dgridley]

They continually allude to it in every spoken sentence.. Every sentence starts with "We" (Wii).. I don't think that's an accident. I haven't watched it again.. but I also thought I caught a very fast glimpse of the Wii logo towards the very end.. you do see the console if I remember correctly.

 

[sunken]

Do they still not have a trademark pending for Wii? Seems odd that a company with a big game console would forget or neglect to pick up the name? A lot of people I've talked to seem to think it all might be a ruse for a real name to be released later on, but then there is a lot of conspiracy theorists that I know.

 

[dgridley]

I believe I read somewhere that the TM is pending.. I don't think it's a ruse.. the buzz, negative and positive, has been phenomenal in any case.. whatever their strategy, it seems to be working out!