[Mia D]

Parents aren't going to call it WII

they're going to call it the nintendo, LIKE THEY CALL ANY NINTENDO PRODUCT

I haven't YET heard a parent say WHERE ARE YOUR GAMECUBE GAMES. It's always WHERE ARE THE NINTENDO GAMES and I have to go WELL DO YOU MEAN NINTENDO 64 or GAMECUBE or GAMEBOY or WHAT?

AND SOMETIMES THEY MEAN GAMECUBE

(sometimes they mean nintendo 64!)

I also always hear the DS called THE FANCY GAMEBOY

So I'm not worried. Parents will see the word NINTENDO and go OH OK THIS IS WHAT I BUY and they'll just STRAIGHT UP FORGET about the WII

[Smeg]

I have not heard "fancy Game Boy" before, but I have heard "Nintendo" as blanket term for all video games, regardless of manufacturer. Also, don't forget game systems all play tapes.

[KingMike]

"I don't know dear, Junior said he'd like the Sony Nintendo."

Still going back to the popularity of the NES, aren't there still people who consider any game system a "Nintendo"?

[Altered Bonk]

I remember back in the day, none of my friends knew what the hell a "Genesis" was. Everyone just called it the SEGA.

[Carnivol]

It's hilarious, but even to this date, most places around here, the NES is still referred to as something which translates to English as "Regular Nintendo"

The MegaDrive was mostly referred to as "Sega" here, I didn't know many people who had the MasterSystem, but those who had either called it the master system or "the old sega"

Anything after that has kept its name around here.
Though, I guess with "Wii" stores might often wiill either get "Revolution" or "The new Nintendo" around where I live atleast.

But I have to admit, I like the new name, I think it's a tad bit weird, but still very clever.

[FlowingMindspin]

Hah, I thought my area (Central PA) was the only one that had "Regular Nintendo". Around here they play "tapes" and the controllers are "paddles". Also, consoles are referred to as "decks". And all handhelds are "Gameboys". The one that always bothers me the most is when people call levels or worlds "boards".

I still have friends who are "bit" obsessed... I was telling my friend details about the then-called Revolution, and he said, "how many bits are they up to? 256?". Oy. It's kind of funny that it's present in other regions as well.

[Carnivol]

[FlareNUKE]

I've always heard people say them properly… Except for Playstation 2 which they just call Playstation, any Game Boy as just Game Boy, and the Playstation is the Playstation 1.