Ambidextrous Link?

[Hejira]

Totally not a Zelda player here, but I voted for keeping Link a lefty because IMO, the reason for him changing hand preference is silly.

For example, Metroid Prime 3 has Samus opening certain doors with her left hand, and this was controlled with the Wiimote in the right hand. It confused the guy I saw playing it momentarily. (As far as I could tell, the framerate of the video sucked. Nice hi-res, though.)

Sooooooooo, lefty Link and righty Wii player...some period of readjustment time, I'd say, but after that they should get along like...like...

...very much unlike the various parts of my brain at the moment. Which is good. For TP players, not so much for my brain.

I'll probably get Twilight Princess anyway.

[Nate the Great]

Get along like twinkies, hot dogs and Cheez Whiz? Go Weird Al!

[ijdgaf]

I find it unusual that you still call the system "Revolution", Nate. The official name has been "Wii" for about six months now. It'll remain that way for years. And honestly, it will probably sell a bit better as a result. Revolution may sound cooler. But it's time to get with the program, dude. Calling it by its code name won't change the way the games play, or the graphics, or its price. It'll just get you sighs from those in the know and confused looks from those in the dark.

Wii.

Hardly apocalyptic.

[Nate the Great]

"It'll remain that way for years." Try FOREVER. Have you ever known a console name to change? Besides that whole Playstation/PS1 thing which still confuses me...

I'd rather get sighs from other people than wince every time I say "Wii." Every single time. A childish name indicates a childish system and a childish target market.

If you knew me personally, my stubborness would not surprise you at ALL.

[Hejira]

Originally Posted by Infinite Improbability

If you knew me personally, my stubborness would not surprise you at ALL.

I find it interesting that you're stubborn on what to call Nintendo's fifth home console, yet the first line of your sig is, "What's in a name?"

[mudshark]

Par for the course, then.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Infinite Improbability

If you knew me personally, my stubborness would not surprise you at ALL.

I don't know you personally and it sure doesn't surprise me.

[ijdgaf]

It is no more a childish name than "iPod", and it is no more a childish market than "iPod".

Take a look at the game library. The idea is to appeal to kids, adults, old people, hardcore gamers, first-timers... everyone.

Wii is simply a name. It may sound retarded to somebody used to names like "Playstation" and "Super Nintendo", but it's just the sort of name to attract the wide marketshare Nintendo is looking for.

I wasn't too surprised to see an initial outrage when the name was announced. I am surprised to see somebody still on a nomenclature boycott. The rest of the internet got over it months ago.

[Nate the Great]

If you don't know me personally, Z, who online does?

Oh yeah, I believe in playing on par, especially in minigolf.

The name "Wii" attracts a wide marketshare? I thought it was the system, and furthermore, Twilight Princess and Smash Brothers Brawl.