X

Wii are the champions...of silly names

Wii are the champions...of silly names

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
Molly Wood
Nintendo has officially announced that it's replacing the cool code name for its next-gen gaming console, Revolution, with the . According to the Nintendo site, Wii (pronounced "we") is indicative of a togetherness sort of feeling, thanks to its "distinctive spelling" and its lack of "confusion." Maybe Wii will grow on mii, but for the moment, all I've got are a bunch of inappropriate wii wii jokes.