Wii-U thoughts so far

[Niode]

What does Wii U mean anyway? Seriously?

[Reprise]

It means we and you can all play together... Or something...

[flex wood]

I'd be willing to bet money that Nintendo will change the name to something else when they either release a slim edition or drop the price in 6 to 10 months.

And am I the only person that realizes that the Wii U is basically just a console version of the ds?

[BoringSupreez]

And am I the only person that realizes that the Wii U is basically just a console version of the ds?

That's a neat way of thinking of it. If Nintendo ever wants to, they could re-release all kinds of DS games on Wii U.

[KDub]

Yeah because a full name change for a price drop would make total marketing sense!

[emwearz]

What does Wii U mean anyway? Seriously?

I thought it meant Wii Upgrade?

[Jamisonia]

I think the nomenclature will definitely prove to be an issue. To be honest when I talk about it at work I'm almost embarrassed to call it the Wii U. It sounds so dumb. A couple people at my work thought it was just a tablet add on to the Wii as well. The name does not differentiate it enough.

I seem to remember hearing that Nintendo was considering a name change late in the game, then scrapped it I guess because it was too close to launch. That may mean they realize its a problem. However what can they do about it? For this generation they will just have to live with Wii U and 3DS sounding extremely similar to their predecessors. Best thing they could probably do is cut off the Wii and DSi quick.

[jay_red]

In case anyone misses it from the other thread, there is a new system update (2.1) that should fix the freezing issue.

[Octopod]

I went to look for the update and my system was already doing it in the background. Now I don't know how to leave the update screen though but I think it is almost done.

[AznKhmerBoi]

downloading it now and hopefully this will speed up the os a bit. As far as the freezing, have not had that happen yet.