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[zroid]

are you telling me it's not pronounced "dees"!?

 

[PandaPedinte]

Am I the only one who did read the thread title as the song ABC from the Jackson 5?

 

[Daingurse]

My nickname is actually Dee Dee, so you got "2 Dees" right here. This thread is hilarious.

 

[Chinpoko_Master]

It's hilarious how much Nintendo's modern naming schemes for their products have confused the mainstream.

 

[LamerDeluxe]

I will just call them double-d and triple-d then.

 

[wsippel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgwdN9IRbg

They and their time travel duplicates drawn and quartered him with electric whips from the future.

Boring. I prefer to imagine they used the nipple stabbing method. They look like they're pointy and sharp enough to cut diamonds.

 

[A Sentient Keyboard]

First the Kawaiian Islands in the cute Mario thread and now this? It's been a good week for dumb puns on GAF.

 

[-Horizon-]

I will just call them double-d and triple-d then.

I saw a movie in triple-d before, it was awful.

 

[LamerDeluxe]

I saw a movie in triple-d before, it was awful.

Double-d is usually enough.

 

[fallagin]

'Dees'? It's pronounced 'Dus'!

 

[zma1013]

Dees?

Bees?

Beads?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Dees?

Bees?

Beads?

Deeds, Mr Deeds!

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Dees?

Bees?

Beads?

Gob's not on board.

 

[Albo]

Am I the only one who did read the thread title as the song ABC from the Jackson 5?

2Deedees,
Easy as 3Deedees,
or as simple as Wii U'ees
2Deedees, 3Deedess, Reggie me and you girl!

Spoiler

Can't believe I just did that

Spoiler

Reggie's master plan all along exposed, to make a jackson 5 comeback using subliminal messaging with nintendo system names

 

[tensuke]

Dees?

Bees?

Beads?

Luigi's not on board.

 

[miserable]

 

[Oersted]

Read in a big-ass newspaper how fine Dr Dre and Eminem sounded on Love The Way You Lie. So eh, journalism?

 

[MYE]

Oh come the fuck on. They cant even get the 3DS, 2DS shit right?

3dees lool

 

[Yawnier]

Yeah Reggie, you keep on telling yourself in your sleep that the name of the Wii U isn't a problem.

 

[redmetal86]

2Deedees,
Easy as 3Deedees,
or as simple as Wii U'ees
2Deedees, 3Deedess, Reggie me and you girl!

Spoiler

Can't believe I just did that

Spoiler

Reggie's master plan all along exposed, to make a jackson 5 comeback using subliminal messaging with nintendo system names

I actually laughed at this. Bravo.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Reggie's reaction: "mee."

Fixed.

 

[Oddduck]

Nintendo is to blame for that as well. It's Nintendo's job to make sure it's as easy as possible to report / talk about their products. Stuff like this should be taken into account even in the early talks of what to name a system and how to position it.

Well I'm talking more about this specific instance with ABC News.

For the most part, I agree with you though.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Do you honestly think that these people that don't understand a thing about gaming, would buy any sort of console with their money?

That is precisely what happened with the Wii; firstly with Wii Sports and then later with Wii Fit. These are the kind of people who won't understand the Wii U because its marketing is so poor.

 

[Zoramon089]

Dunno why there is a thread for someone thinking it is pronounced the way she did it. Seems like it is a reasonable mistake.

Not really. And I don't mean a little bit. I mean, it's not acceptable AT ALL. The DS came out in 2004 nearly 10 years ago. If you don't know how to pronounce the name by this point you shouldn't call yourself a reporter because you're clearly not in a position to be telling people news

 

[Albo]

 

[Daingurse]

 

[D-e-f-]

'Dees'? It's pronounced 'Dus'!

naw, man! that new thing is now called a deuce deuce! y'all trippin'!

 

[Jac_Solar]

Dees ees terrribull!

No, but really I fault the news people for not getting it right, and not caring enough to get it right but at the same time you have to think Nintendo failed getting their message out about the Wii U. And now the 2DS, which is a really weird release for them. If Nintendo wanted to make a cheap alternative to the 3DS you have to wonder if there was a better way to go about it.

They should probably just have called it 3DS Lite, and put up with people whining that it's not 3D, so it shouldn't be called 3DS, since it won't have 3D.

 

[BY2K]

This is fucked up.

 

[Rapstah]

Man, Triple-D had a way better gimmick back when he was Dunter Durst-Delmsley.

 

[polyh3dron]

fucking idiot media.

 

[Cameron122]

3DS nutz

#juvinile

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Man, Triple-D had a way better gimmick back when he was Dunter Durst-Delmsley.

What about Double D, Darn Danderson?

 

[WealthyGadabout]

It's so cold in the Dees.

 

[Reversed]

Technologically impaired journalism.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

The real story is the Wii U being called a Wii.

Again? In this month?

 

[Gen X]

wut

the name being confusing is one thing, but seeing "DS" and thinking that's pronounced "Dees" ...

Reminds me of when the PSP first came out and I heard someone call it a 'Pisp'.

 

[Naked Prime]

Dees Nutz? ....Iwata laughs (please understand)

 

[Lunzio]

Welcome to Nintendo's naming conundrum.

 

[Night_Trekker]

Now imagine all the stuff the news gets wrong on subjects you know nothing about.

 

[mattchuuu]

How many Wii owners will go through life never knowing it's successor was the Wii U?

How many media outlets?

 

[Kokonoe]

I love this thread.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Science fact: being around video games temporarily lowers the IQ of journalists by 50 points and fogs over 2 years worth of journalism degree schooling.

 

[BolognaSoup]

And these are just the video game stories they get wrong...

 

[hamauzu kaito]

"Now, Billy, money's a little tight this year so we can't afford those extra dees. I'm sorry, but you'll have to make do with the two dees. They play the same games as the three dees but in less dees. But look on the bright side, it has one more screen on it than your Wii gamepad we got you last year!"

Thanks for making me the spectacle of the day in the office. I couldn't keep the laughter in. Too funny! On topic: if people are making it this far they know its something different just don't know the name.

 

[RPGamer92]

Wii price drop- from $250 to $300. What a deal!

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Wow!


People want to blame Nintendo for the naming but I blame the so called news reporters for the shitty reporting.

How hard is it to google the information or go to a store. If people can understand that a newIpad model is out there that looks almost exactly like the previous one, than people can understand the difference between Ninty's console. But that only works if the news actually does there freaking job!

I mean seriously, we don't blame Kamiya when Kotaku puts up an article stating that Bayonetta 2 will be in next week's Famitsu/Game magazines.

 

[Regiruler]

This is fucked up.

Unless you are talking about the unfortunate article pairing I don't see an issue?

 

[Nintendo Playstation]

Is this woman related to Carlos Mencia?

 

[Toparaman]

This really is a grand comedy of errors.