Nintendo renames Revolution console 'Wii', field day ensues
Nintendo has decided that its fairly coolly named ’Revolution’ console prototype will be known as Wii when it hits the shops. The name change comes just over a week before E3, with Nintendo spokespeople saying "Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak."
Now that I don’t doubt.
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