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www.nintendo.com

Sorry if old or really old but I did a quick search and I don't recall seeing this in the Nintendo page.

In the upper pat we get...

GAME BOY - GAMECUBE - REVOLUTION - NINTENDO DS

That looks like the names of the systems...if Nintendo is not considering to use that as the final name why use it in your homepage...any ideas?

 

[Amir0x]

www.nintendo.com

Sorry if old or really old but I did a quick search and I don't recall seeing this in the Nintendo page.

In the upper pat we get...

GAME BOY - GAMECUBE - REVOLUTION - NINTENDO DS

That looks like the names of the systems...if Nintendo is not considering to use that as the final name why use it in your homepage...any ideas?

Maybe because it's the only label they currently have for it, and if you wanna find info on this machine that's what you'd click on?

 

[Tarazet]

I still say they should've called the GC Dolphin instead...

 

[Goreomedy]

What a cocktease of a thread.

I jiz in your general direction, sir.

 

[Striek]

If it doesn't end up being Revolution or N5 it'll probably be the lamest name Nintendo can think up...

 

[Sullichin]

Uh, click on Revolution. It clearly says "CODENAME: Revolution" on the left.

 

[ThunderEmperor]

What a cocktease of a thread.

I jiz in your general direction, sir.

yeah bastard

 

[Link_Cubed]

I got a quick trivia....

Nintendo 64 was Ultra...
Gamecube was Dolphin...
But someone knows or remembers what the codenames for NES and SNES where?

P.D. oh and GBA was AGB, right? (Advanced Gameboy...so much for a codename...)

 

[capslock]

Uh, click on Revolution. It clearly says "CODENAME: Revolution" on the left.

Fuck, that sounds like a cheap Patrick Swayze movie.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I still say they should've called the GC Dolphin instead...

Even though many thought it would sound "gay" I agree with you. Dolphin grew on me.

 

[Link_Cubed]

Uh, click on Revolution. It clearly says "CODENAME: Revolution" on the left.

Sorry sir but on my IE that left part doesn't appears...must be my fault...

 

[Silkworm]

Wasn't GBA codenamed Atlantis? Or was that some aborted handheld by Nintendo?

 

[Agent X]

i like the name "Revolution", why not call it that.

If we're going by codenames, why wasn't the DS first called Nitro?

I bet they stick with Revolution as the final name.

I also like the Revolution name, and hope they keep it as the final name. It's one of the best names for a video game system in recent years.

 

[FightyF]

IMO it should be called Revolution. The name is fitting, and it automatically places itself as superior to the PS3 and 360 as far as concept goes. Ie. It's not just another console that's been done for years and years on end.

 

[James-Ape]

I take it from that webpage that the revolution will not be able to download GC games but play them only, as any mention of downloadable content doesn't mention GC games.

 

[Triumph]

They should call it the Nintendo Dripping Wet Vagina, then all the cool kids would want one.

 

[Timo]

Wasn't GBA codenamed Atlantis? Or was that some aborted handheld by Nintendo?

that was a lost civilization.

 

[Goreomedy]

They should call it the Nintendo Dripping Wet Vagina, then all the cool kids would want one.

So, which console would be the choice of gay men?

 

[Tarazet]

So, which console would be the choice of gay men?

The Japanese PS3, of course..

 

[Silkworm]

Ah vindication! GBA was indeed codenamed Project Atlantis!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance

 

[Goreomedy]

I don't know, guys. The boomerang doesn't strike me as "hung".

 

[clearacell]

Some guy told me the official name was the "Nintendlow Resolution", so I punched him in the face.

 

[Silkworm]

You know, I never did watch Atlantis. I was sort of interested in it, but then people said it was basically a rip off of Nadia and a poor one at that. Oh well, maybe one of these days I'll rent it

 

[scarybore]

I got a quick trivia....

Nintendo 64 was Ultra...

Wasn't it Project Reality? Ultra 64 was the official name for quite a while though (certainly had print adverts in the UK for Ultra 64), but a codename it was not.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Silkworm]

Deathcraze is correct. Project Reality = codename, Ultra 64 = temporary "official" name (which I believe was changed due to some copyright infringments on the word "ultra"?).

 

[AndoCalrissian]

Deathcraze is correct. Project Reality = codename, Ultra 64 = temporary "official" name (which I believe was changed due to some copyright infringments on the word "ultra"?).

IIRC they changed it from Nintendo Ultra 64 to Nintendo 64 to make a more cohesive global brand name for the system.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I don't know, guys. The boomerang doesn't strike me as "hung".

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Silkworm]

Ah, okay. I read about the Nintendo Ultra 64 to Nintendo 64 transition but I had some foggy recollection about copyright being difficult to get for "ultra" as a brandname (probably thinking of something else), but it makes more sense that Nintendo simply wanted to contract the name to Ninteno 64 or N64 if you prefer. NU64 does seem a little less catchy afterall

 

[GaimeGuy]

I'm waiting for Project Reality.

Edit: wasn't Project reality that crazy theoretical virtual reality machine that was written about in NP?

 

[FitzOfRage]

IIRC they changed it from Nintendo Ultra 64 to Nintendo 64 to make a more cohesive global brand name for the system.

I think that was the offical reason they gave, but they supposedly did have some trademark issues with "ultra".

And also I think they won't go with revolution for the same reason. It's so widely used by so many companies it greatly increases the odds that one of them is going to find a way to say Nintendo's usage infringes on their trademarksomehow (and of course they wouldn't come forward when the name was announced, and Nintendo could still easily change it, they would wait until the system was on shelves and branded). I mean Microsoft picked what you would think is a pretty obscure name with "Xbox", and they ended up having to pay another companye for the name.

 

[bumpkin]

GameCube 2. You saw it here first. :lol

Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised. Both Sony and Xbox kept their console's core name in their successor's moniker.

 

[Scrow]

GameCube 2. You saw it here first. :lol

Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised. Both Sony and Xbox kept their console's core name in their successor's moniker.

i'd be suprised.... it wont be called Gamecube 2

 

[Speevy]

Nintendo Gamepath
Nintendo Starpoint
Nintendo Direct

 

[AndoCalrissian]

I'm waiting for Project Reality.

Edit: wasn't Project reality that crazy theoretical virtual reality machine that was written about in NP?

No, it was the codename for N64.

 

[master_shake_05]

If it doesn't end up being Revolution or N5 it'll probably be the lamest name Nintendo can think up...

Super Remote Fun Time (with system)!!!!

 

[mj1108]

They should keep the Rev name.

 

[bjork]

Gamecube: Champion Edition :lol

 

[master_shake_05]

Gamecube: Champion Edition :lol

I lol'ed, but only a little bit :/

 

[CarlosX360]

I'll just leave this here, and allow someone to post about it or sometning.

A new Revolution Theory

 

[Slurpy]

I'll just leave this here, and allow someone to post about it or sometning.

A new Revolution Theory

*Bashes head against wall*

The requirements for calling something a 'theory' seems low these days.

 

[Xenomiggs]

That's Nintendo X for ya.

Yeah, GBA was called "Atlantis" at one point, just like "Nitro" was the code name for the DS. (But we never knew that until after the final name was practically decided)

 

[CarlosX360]

That's Nintendo X for ya.

What you mean ME?

I wasn't the one who wrote that, you fool.

 

[GaimeGuy]

No, it was the codename for N64.

Then what am I thinking of? there was an article which went into pretty good detail on a theoretical virtual reality system that they said could be available by 2050 at the rate technology is growing. You could play games in your dreams because the machine would send impulses to your brain. :lol

 

[CarlosX360]

Project Reality ----> Ultra 64 -----> Nintendo 64

The first two were codenames for N64, however, U64 was a arcade hardware, and codename for the system...Its sad, because it was more recognized more than N64 ever was, because some big names were powered by it.

 

[Drinky Crow]

GAMECUBE TURBO

 

[AniHawk]

GAMECUBE TURBO

Why did this one die off.

Game Jesus was rather shortlived too.

 

[White Man]

Wasn't Revolution the code name for that shitty Disney Atlantis movie?

 

[h1nch]

 

[miyuru]

Ultra 64 was never a codename - it was the official name, at least in America (I believe in Japan, the system was always to be called N64?).

Regardless, the system itself was unveiled as the Nintendo Ultra 64 IIRC. Later, it was annouced that the name would become Nintendo 64.

 

[Oblivion]

Anything other than Revolution or N5, and I will be a very unhappy camper.