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What would YOU have called the Wii U or New 3DS?

Nintendo U
3DS+

The Nintendo U is different enough to distinguish itself from the Wii, but still holds that sort of linguistic connection.

As for 3DS+, the marketing idea above is pretty good and is way less confusing than "new".

EDIT: of course I get booted to a new page when I say that.

Kansoku said:
Now New 3DS should've been 3DS+ and 3ds XL+. The marketing writes itself:
"Check out the new 3DS+!
It's a 3DS
+ super stable 3D
+ C-stick
+ better processing power
+ better battery life
+ faceplates (for the small 3DS+)
+ new exclusive games like Xenoblade Chronicles 3D"
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Wii U
New 3DS
2DS
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS
Xenoblade Chronicles X
New Super Mario Bros.

Seriously, they really need to sort out their naming department because these are awful.
 
GameQueue
3DSi

The thing with the "New" moniker is that it makes everything about naming the next system stupid. Like "Xbox One", only worse, how do you follow up on that? You're blocking a completely natural colloquial term.

Imagine this sequence of product releases:
iPhone
New iPhone
iPhone 2

"Have you heard about the new iPhone?"
"You mean the New iPhone? Isn't that kind of old hat now?"
"No the new iPhone, not the New iPhone."
 
Everyone please understand:
Wii 2
3ds 2

So simple it hurts: just like xbox one. (HEY GUYS LETS BE THE COOL KID AND NOT FOLLOW CONVENTIONS!)

Start with a clear concise increment. I don't care how clever you think you are, marketing isn't supposed to be clever on the first step. It's supposed to be CLEAR. I hate that about any company who's font they use is illegible. To me that means they don't want to communicate the product's message at all.

(Once you make a clear message about your NEW product, it's okay to be clever)
 
Rolf NB said:
GameQueue
3DSi

The thing with the "New" moniker is that it makes everything about naming the next system stupid. Like "Xbox One", only worse, how do you follow up on that? You're blocking a completely natural colloquial term.

Imagine this sequence of product releases:
iPhone
New iPhone
iPhone 2

"Have you heard about the new iPhone?"
"You mean the New iPhone? Isn't that kind of old hat now?"
"No the new iPhone, not the New iPhone."
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Haha, your example kills me, because Apple did this shit first with the New iPad and Nintendo followed suit. Just because Apple does something doesn't mean it's okay for everyone. (I think it was a blunder on Apple's part too.)
 
Nintendo U sounds good, separates itself from the Wii Brand. They could have also called the gamepad the NinTablet, which I think is catchier.

Nintendo 3DS+ or Pro sounds great too. Emphasize that they are in the same product line but are better and have more features, unlike the "New" moniker.
 
axisofweevils said:
Wii U -> The Nintendo U.

I don't think there's much confusion about the New 3DS, so I'd have kept that the same. I see a lot of "people will be confused", but I haven't seen any evidence of that.
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New 3DS is fine until Xenoblade comes out, then it goes rapidly downhill.
I think 3DS Advance would have been better, and fitted the Gameboy nomenclature nicely (unless they're saving that for the next one?).

The WiiU is a tougher one. Maybe if they'd done something different with the form factor of the console (ala the Gamecube) it would have had more of a personality of its own to produce a different name.
Wii 2 is probably the best name for the console as it is.
 
The Nintendo NV (New Vision) for what is called the Wii U. Works well with the secondary screen on the Game Pad controller, because it was literally a new way (technically) of playing on a console, which blended the vision of what a console was capable of performing with that of a potential handheld device.

The Nintendo N3D (New 3D). Not really much of a name change, but enough to lessen confusion and slightly differentiate from its predecessor. Honestly, this system didn't need anything elaborate since it's pretty much the same exact thing with a new button and better innards.
 
For those calling it wii 2 you do realize that it would quite possibly would have sounded like weenie in Japanese for all those folks who don't know that 2 sounds like knee in Japanese.
 
NahaNago said:
For those calling it wii 2 you do realize that it would quite possibly would have sounded like weenie in Japanese for all those folks who don't know that 2 sounds like knee in Japanese.
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Call it something else in Japan.
 
rav said:
Everyone please understand:
Wii 2
3ds 2

So simple it hurts: just like xbox one. (HEY GUYS LETS BE THE COOL KID AND NOT FOLLOW CONVENTIONS!)

Start with a clear concise increment. I don't care how clever you think you are, marketing isn't supposed to be clever on the first step. It's supposed to be CLEAR. I hate that about any company who's font they use is illegible. To me that means they don't want to communicate the product's message at all.

(Once you make a clear message about your NEW product, it's okay to be clever)
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The 3DS 2 is not a good name, because the N3DS is not an actual new piece of hardware, it's a slightly more than average redesign. Which, of course, makes the actual name worse but the 3DS 2 would not be any better since it, too, would be a misleading name.

I'll just opted to say what a lot of people have said with the Wii U. Simply the Wii 2 or Wii HD.

With the New 3DS, I would have just went with 3DSi since this revision seems to mirror the DSi one pretty well. 3DS Plus or 3DS Pro just seems dumb sounding to me.
 
Drop the Wii and do a full on reboot of the name with just the Nintendo Entertain System followed by Super Nintendo. I would give it a retro look for the sole purpose of appealing to kids-young adults because vintage/retro is in and it won't confuse any big box stores because SNES/NES hasn't been a thing in box stores since the 90s. Mom and pop shops will know what you are talking about because they keep current.

As for 3DS i would of just simply named it 3DSi and have the big chains like Wal-Mart/Best Buy push those and phase out the normal 3ds and waited for the next system (like the system after the wii) and call it the Super DS with connectivity between the 2 system.

Yeah, it's not original but it's something that appeals to both hardcore and more importantly a generation of people who grew up and maybe don't play games anymore. They have kids and see this "NES" or "SNES" in a store with a retro look and it hits them nostalgia and the kids these days eat the fuck out of retro. From their taste in clothes to music and movies.
 
Do you guys who are suggesting Super and Ultra stuff not realize how incredibly cheesy that sounds by today's standards? I mean, if you're going for some type of ironic, hipster-esque vibe maybe, but no company is going to around calling their products Super This or Ultra That unless they are trying to sell to that niche.
 
NahaNago said:
For those calling it wii 2 you do realize that it would quite possibly would have sounded like weenie in Japanese for all those folks who don't know that 2 sounds like knee in Japanese.
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So does weenie have the same connotation in Japan it does in some English speaking countries?
 
Wii U:

I would have called it the Nintendo. Get away from the Wii branding and get Nintendo back as the same kind of catch-all way of describing consoles that the word was back in the 80s/90s. But everything Nintendo designed the Wii U for, including name, was supposed to carry on the Wii success. I guess they just didn't see it going any other way.

New 3DS:

I don't mind the name. It makes it abundantly clear that it is a new model with new distinctive features compared to the older models. Calling it a 3DS+ as many suggest would be no better than the DSi. Pointless. Put together with the improved 3D and faceplates, "New Nintendo 3DS" makes perfect sense and is an incredibly easy way to sell it to consumers until the next handheld comes out. Example, in a store:

"I want a Nintendo 3DS please"

"Sure! Do you want the older model, or the New Nintendo 3DS?"

Done. It's simple. It explains instantly what it is. Calling it a 3DS+ or 3DSi would imply its less of a significant upgrade than NEW does.
 
I don't think calling it the Wii 2 would have worked because everyone would think that the focus would be all on wii style motion controls and that Wii Sports Club would have come free with it.

Nintendo GamesTab? Dunno. Hard to think of something that emphasises is unique selling point.

Besides, as with the Wii, the name of the machine doesn't matter. As soon as there's enough mainstream friendly appealing games it will sell itself. As it somewhat started doing with Mario Kart 8.
 
Just yesterday I had a friend ask me when I was telling him about a sequel to his beloved Link to the Past existing for the 3DS and he said "so the 3DS I like the DS but just in 3D?"

And I'm sure it can't be just him. If you're going to add one single letter or number to a console name and want to denote it's the successor you'd best not go with a fucking "U" or a "3" before "DS".

I would've gone with "Super Wii" and "Nintendo 3DS Advance"
 
For New 3DS i like the 3DS Plus idea.

For Wii U I would have called...whoever greenlit it and asked them to come up with a better idea than a Tablet controller based console
 
The U and 3DSi.

Cutting the wii part out of the name still conveys the "you" part that they wanted to focus on and they already made tge DSi as their slightly beffed up revision of a handeld so carrying that name over to the new 3ds would have made sense.
 
3DSa
Sun (similar naming convention as "Wii," it's short, simple, something that people will remember, easy to build a brand and advertise around)
 
The Game Boy 3DS XL

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Wii U: Nintendo Entertainment System 6. I think it's time they went back and marketed the pedigree of their consoles, as the longest standing hardware maker in the business. They need to toss the Wii brand under a bus at this point, and I see little point in starting from scratch with a new brand when they already have one that is worth a lot.

New 3DS: 3DSi. DSi had a 2-3 year life span, and I don't expect the N3DS to last much longer. It would have been been better to rely on naming that was at least familiar to consumers. "New 3DS" (a) leads to ambiguity and (b) doesn't give its audience enough credit.
 
Hmm. I would have named them Wii U and New 3DS. The names aren't that confusing tbh unless you're dense or something
 
Maybe it's just me, but "Super" feels like a relic from another era. For whatever reason, I have no problem with it in the titles of games, and it didn't bug me about the SNES back in the day, but "Super Wii" just makes me cringe here and now.

Anything "Wii HD" could be problematic since it sounds like "it's the Wii, only in high-def!" rather than a brand new system. I'm not crazy about "Wii 2" but think it's better than "Wii U".

Revolution or plain ol' U sound great to me. I really like the 3DS Plus suggestion as well.
 
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