That’s the latest rumour floated by Game Informer, the same outlet that published the first story with rumoured details on Nintendo’s follow up to the Wii. Instead of Wii 2, Wii HD, Project Cafe or Four GameCubes Duct Taped Together, Nintendo may just go with Nintendo.
It’s a bold, but potentially perplexing choice, if true, and not out of the realm of possibility. “Nintendo” is how the NES was colloquially referred when that system was dominant, so maybe that’s Nintendo’s best shot at broad brand recognition.
We’ll known for sure (at least I hope) this Tuesday, when Nintendo holds it’s E3 2011 keynote.
Final Nintendo HD Name Debate Continues [Game Informer]
THXultra
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 9:43 AMThat would be sweet!
Dark_Templar
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 10:00 AMF**K YEAH!
I would totally buy a Nintendo…Nintendo (Ninty Ninty?)
Peter Richards
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 10:09 AMTuesday our time?
metalisticpain
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:30 AMI would totally be happy with a Nintendo Entertainment System for a name again :)
Just Nintendo is awesome.
Effluvium Boy
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:54 AMPerhaps they’re setting themselves up to save on marketing costs for future consoles.
Nintendo -> Nintendo 2 -> Nintendo 3 -> etc.
MikeZdoseit
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 12:14 PMHmmm, how perplexing uninteresting
Tali
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 12:18 PMIt makes sense – you know how many casual gamers say ‘oh I’ve got a nintendo’? Then i have to ask ‘DS, Wii, what?’. But this naming convention would cover all :)
Hieronimus
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 12:21 PMThe current grey logo is never gonna catch on, is it?
Doraiya
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 1:55 PMNintendo Nintendo.
Mario Mario.
I see a pattern here.
Rohan
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 3:11 PMI got a feeling that all this speculation is going to hurt us in the long run when the official name is released and it’s terrible.
It might just be Wii 2 or Wii Tu, Wii Pu, Pu. Or something stupid to that effect.
Then you’ll get 1 Zelda game, intended for the Wii, ported to the Wii Pu and wait 3 years for Animal Crossing HD. With close to nothing in new features or functionality.
You could forget that Nintendo ALREADY have the highest selling console of this generation when you look at the Wii and its lacklustre library. I couldn’t be more unexcited for this thing.
The only thing I’m truly interested in, is how Sony and Microsoft are going to react to this.