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Final Nintendo HD Name Debate Continues

Two days before Nintendo will announce the new system to the world, rumors circulate on the console's actual name.

On Tuesday morning, Nintendo will announce its new gaming system to the world. What remains unclear is exactly what the company will call its latest venture into console production.

For several weeks now, the accepted code name for the system has been Project Cafe, but it's unlikely that the name will stick as a final moniker. For months prior to the announcement of the Wii, Nintendo Revolution was the most talked about name, and that descriptor never materialized.

This time, the most common scuttlebutt across the industry seems to point to a move towards simplicity in naming conventions. Some have suggested that Nintendo will stick with the enthusiasm for their last console and name the new machine the Wii 2 or Wii HD. Other sites, including Game Informer, have commonly referred to the system as Nintendo HD. Another popular rumor suggests that this next-gen system will be called Nintendo Stream, partly due to the supposed ability of the system to stream info to its own controllers. This idea is at least partially supported by the purported presence of a six-inch touchscreen on the primary controller, which would presumably receive data directly from the core console.

Of course, it's unlikely we'll know for sure until Tuesday morning's Nintendo press briefing. Even so, new variations are still emerging on the name even this late in the process. The most recent reports Game Informer is hearing, just two days before the show? It's possible the final name will be just a single word that everyone is already familiar with.

Nintendo.

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Comments
  • Please let it be the SuperWii
  • I could dig just "Nintendo"
  • I think "Nintendo Stream" is quite fitting.

  • HDii. It would be amazing yet sad if I am right.
  • It would be lame for them to just give it the same name as the company. It makes them look like they're idiots that can't come up with names.
  • Wii2 or WiiHD are retarded names. Look at Nintendo's past. Give it a fresh new name. If this system is only a Wii with updated hardware, then WTH? I'm assuming Nintendo is trying to innovate with this.
  • As my friend says quite humorously, it doesn't really matter as long as it's not the "Wii Stream."
  • WiiNES
  • the Nintendo SuperCube HD!!!
  • Nintendo would be a great name except it was used for their first console's name too. Nintendo Stream would be good, but Nintendo Revolution is slightly more fitting... or at least cooler sounding

  • nintenHDo???

  • The Nintendo PlayDreamBox!

  • Super Ultra Mega Nintendo HD Sigma 64!

  • The Nintendo 64 HD
  • Nintendo Entertainment System. Do it.
  • How about we call it "The HD wii that your gonna buy, love for a year, then leave to die on the streets"
  • Nintendo BossMachine

  • Nintendo's Dreamcast 2 A man can dream can't he?
  • personal Nintendo Entertainment System or PNES for short
  • I couldnt resond on the previous article but i tried to tellphil kollar thank you for clearing up that "deleted comment" situation i thought he was being a butthole but he explained that it was no hard feelings.I also wanted to ask if any of you guys read or cared about the letter i wrote on the sonic article before this.

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