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Originally Posted by Mac
Its codename was Nitro, wasn't it? Or am I wrong? But I like Nintendo DS. I was getting tired of every Nintendo handheld being called Gameboy. But it made me chuckle when everyone called it a "Gameboy DS" at my school when it first came out.  |
Nitro is the name of the DS to TV capture card.
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Originally Posted by Linkkenzo
Heard they called it Wii because when people play they say weeee!!!!
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Here's the real deal: Nintendo was trying to come up with a new name for the Revolution. One of the
PR guys was all like "Why do we even need a new name?". Another
PR guy responded "I'll tell you why: iWhy". Iwata was all like "Symmetricity is key, it's going to be called the iWi". Unfortunately, when he e-mailed the proposal to everybody, he misspelled it "Wii". Miyamoto got completely drunk at the next Nintendo party and started yelling "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!". People took this as a sign of approval for 'Wii', and the name stuck.