Sethos Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Awesome. According to Siliconera, Nintendo’s trademarked “Zii”. It’s like “Wii”. With a “z”. Wii 2 would have been a little more traditional, don’t you think? Wii60, maybe? There’s no detail, obviously. Probably just Shigeru filing random trademarks at 2.00am in his Santa hat and reindeer pants. VG247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2009 Bring back Revolution! Zii is just as lame as Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manish Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Umm, is that picture just there to show everyone what "Z" looks like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good luck with that, Creative (soundcard makers) are making an android media player and a phone called the Zii, they might have applied for the trademarks first. They should have called it the Wii II so it will be the Wiiii! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2009 Good luck with that, Creative (soundcard makers) are making an android media player and a phone called the Zii, they might have applied for the trademarks first.They should have called it the Wii II so it will be the Wiiii! As long as the products are different enough they can still file for Zii. Seeing as one would be a home gaming console, it's pretty different on that merit alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted December 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2009 aw, I was so hoping it would be called Wii Wii :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 15, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted December 15, 2009 Wii, Zii, whatever, all ridiculous names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.r9 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 aw, I was so hoping it would be called Wii Wii :p :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I was hoping for Poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I wouldn't trust this with a bag of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Why, did nintendo steal your salt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami- Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I wouldn't trust this with a bag of salt. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't really see how Wii is any more or less ridiculous than Playstation or Xbox as a name. Maybe it's just me. If you remove the potty humour, they all sound pretty ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2009 Wii can be explained, as can Xbox. I don't actually remember how they decided on PS or if that was even disclosed. But wtf does Zii mean? It's not even the next letter in the alphabet for incremental sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't really see how Wii is any more or less ridiculous than Playstation or Xbox as a name. Maybe it's just me. If you remove the potty humour, they all sound pretty ridiculous. Anything technology/web related usually has a ridiculous name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonite Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Wii can be explained, as can Xbox. I don't actually remember how they decided on PS or if that was even disclosed.But wtf does Zii mean? It's not even the next letter in the alphabet for incremental sake. Maybe it's because you can turn a 2 into a Z. 2ii = Zii versus Wii 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenomorph Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 There are a lot of names they could go for. WII W2 WiIiI Super Wii Wii Entertainment System Wii64 WiiCube WiiWii Wii Master System Wii Advance Wiicast Wiitastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 15, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't really see how Wii is any more or less ridiculous than Playstation or Xbox as a name. Maybe it's just me. If you remove the potty humour, they all sound pretty ridiculous. At least Playstation refers to what the device was at it's root, Play, what you do on it and I guess station referring to the outlet itself. Xbox is a little more obscure for those not in the know but its name still derives from something gaming related, Direct X. Wii? WTF? Okay someone is going to explain where it comes from to me, but it's not something easily worked out from my end... Gamecube was a much better name for a games console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDreamX Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I have no evidence to back this up, but I'm pretty sure they are just covering their rears. Wasn't there a Chinese Wii rip-off a few years back called the Zii? They're probably just protecting their properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 At least Playstation refers to what the device was at it's root, Play, what you do on it and I guess station referring to the outlet itself. Xbox is a little more obscure for those not in the know but its name still derives from something gaming related, Direct X.Wii? WTF? Okay someone is going to explain where it comes from to me, but it's not something easily worked out from my end... Gamecube was a much better name for a games console. it is like Google. it doesnt have any meaning at all. it just sounds catchy and people will remember it quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted December 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2009 Maybe it's because you can turn a 2 into a Z.2ii = Zii versus Wii 2. Possibly but then it's not really obvious that it's a related product. That type of advertising really lends itself best to logos where you can see the branding. Asking someone in a conversation, have you heard of a Zii, and they'll have no idea it's the next console. Edit: For those that don't know, Wii was chosen because it is a syllable that all the languages can pronounce with ease and relatively the same. i.e Scotland, wee is an every day word for small, in France it's the same pronounciation as oui (yes), and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted December 15, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2009 Z = Z axis = 3D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Where are people getting that its a new console from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightracer Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/15/nintendo...ii-yii-and-zii/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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