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Everyone else "Yay they gave us exactly what we wanted, and a nice normal name too!" soypoint-2

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they didn't do an Xbox and call it something confusing, but I was hoping this console could have it's own identity.

I'm happy for a more powerful Switch, it sounds neat. Still, I kinda was hoping for something more... Nintendo weird.

~~Okay maybe I'm just mad because I was hoping after the Nintendo Switch that we'd be getting a Nintendo Dom and a Nintendo Sub~~

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[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 15 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

lotta, like, parents and other people on the periphery of gaming industry thought the WiiU was just an extra tablet you connected to your old Wii. Probably the sound decision here.

[–] butter@midwest.social 4 points 5 hours ago

In Japanese, 2 is pronounced "ni"

So it would've been the Wii Ni

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

One time my mate's house got burgled and they stole the WiiU controller but not the actual WiiU.

[–] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

I’m learning there was a WiiU today. Oh I was really busy 2012 that makes sense.

[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 14 points 16 hours ago

I thought that WiiU was the sound an ambulance makes

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 17 hours ago

Yeah. True. At least they're more creative with naming than Sony lol