People want the real reason it's called Wii? Here it is..

So Nintendo was trying to think up a new name for the Revolution. One of the development guys asked offhandedly why they even needed to change the name. Another guy responded "I'll tell you why: iWhy." The team leader thought this was a great idea, and sent it off to the higher ups for approval. The higher ups loved the new name, but decided to change it to iWi, "Because symmetricity is key". They sent out a mass e-mail, stating that this was going to be the name of Nintendo's new console. Unfortunately, they made a typo in the e-mail, and everybody was told the console was going to be called Wii. At a party the following night at Iwata's place, Shigeru Miyamoto got really drunk and started shouting "Wheeeeeeeee!". Taking this as a sign of approval, Satoru Iwata had the name "Wii" commissioned at once.

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