The Nintendo Wii

Anonymous · Mon 28 May, 2007 15.49

The latest games console from Nintendo: the Wii.

I first saw it on The Gadget Show just before Christmas 2006.

In the last couple of months, The Gadget Show compared games playing on a Wii and another console or two, with playing games on a high-end PC.

During that programme, one presenter said "playing with my Wii" and admitted that that's an expression prone to having jokes made about it.

Well it's alright reading that written down. Hearing that statement e.g. on radio, telephone, that could be misinterpreted, could it not.

Consider this scenario: you've never heard of the Nintendo Wii games console.
You hear someone say on the phone "playing with my Wii". What would you think they mean?

Personally I think the name "Wii" was a bad choice, as it could be misinterpreted to someone hearing it, and who hasn't heard of the console. I think they should have stuck with its development code name Revolution.

Has anyone bought a Wii yet? If so, what do you think of it? Better or worse than its Nintendo predecessor? Got any games specifically for it (as opposed to ones intended for the predecessor but still compatible with the Wii)?

Anything about the Wii - discuss it here.

Jovis · Mon 28 May, 2007 15.52

All this talk of wee, it does remind me of toilets. What colour of toilet is in this season? It's just that I'm having a new bathroom suite, and I'm basing it on the new toilet I am getting. I really don't want to have a bathroom that's unstylish.

Sput · Mon 28 May, 2007 16.09

I think it has to be white. You can't beat shite on white.

Jovis · Mon 28 May, 2007 16.12

This is true. It's particularly bad when you eat After Eight mints (I really don't understand why it's more so with this type of chocolate). The poo comes out in this strange color with a sort of greenish twinge.

Sput · Mon 28 May, 2007 16.14

At least it comes out fast though. I can usually squeeze one out of the middle 8 of the theme tune to 8 Simple Rules.

Anonymous · Mon 28 May, 2007 17.14

Good grief! I started a thread about the Nintendo Wii and only irrelevant replies have been posted here.

The purpose of this thread is to discuss the Nintendo Wii.

Jovis · Mon 28 May, 2007 17.27

Actually, I'm thinking of having mint coloured walls, to remind me of my After Eight mints. At least that way, my green-twinged poo won't look out of place.

Sput · Mon 28 May, 2007 18.33

Well your eyes will certainly adjust to having so much green around, so your mossy logs will genuinely appear better to you whenever you go to cast Churchill's reflection

Lorns · Mon 28 May, 2007 21.24

Jovis wrote:Actually, I'm thinking of having mint coloured walls, to remind me of my After Eight mints. At least that way, my green-twinged poo won't look out of place.

You need to try dinking red wine or mulled wine. It will clear your bowels out good and proper. I won't discuss the colour because it's not very lady like to discuss bowel movements.

Reeves · Tue 29 May, 2007 02.25

Tumble Tower wrote:Has anyone bought a Wii yet? If so, what do you think of it? Better or worse than its Nintendo predecessor? Got any games specifically for it (as opposed to ones intended for the predecessor but still compatible with the Wii)?

Anything about the Wii - discuss it here.

I must admit that you pick your times.. this thread is about five months late. I've got one and it is addictive. I bought a few games with it but I only seem to be playing Wii Sports all the bloody time :roll:

As for the name, Nintendo make two points. One is the word "we" which means us/together, as Nintendo like to think of this console as universal; suitable for anyone. In other words, they want the Wii being played by children, teenagers, adults, and even OAPs. Secondly, the "ii"s are meant to represent people playing the system.

Someone said something along the lines of "remember how stupid we thought the name "Playstation" was when it was first announced?". I completely disagree, as I've never gone to the toilet for a good hard Playstation.. nor have I ever playstationed my pants since I was four... teen. But consoles are renown for their silly names, like Dreamcast, Gameboy, Gamecube, Snes, Intellivision etc. None of these were slated or joked about.. I guess Nintendo just asked for it..

Then I thought about how the name Revolution could be awkward to say in some countries.. so maybe Nintendo just tried 2 save themselves from a "Jif is now Cif" situation.

Sput · Tue 29 May, 2007 11.14

Please stay on topic. This thread is for the discussion of turdular items.